September 21, lituT 



horticulture: 



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FLOWER MARKET REPORTS 



Very discouraging condi- 

 BOSTON tions prevail in the whole- 

 sale market this week. 

 Short-stemmed roses, asters, gladioli, 

 etc., are coming in to the wholesalers 

 in unwieldy quantities and are unload- 

 ed with great difficulty, the shore trade 

 being entirely at an end and no other 

 outlet offering at present. Even lily of 

 the valley, which had been selling well, 

 now drags badly. Carnations are com- 

 ing on all sides, but with short stems, 

 and as asters are an avalanche still, the 

 carnations create but little interest. 

 Not until frost or some other factor 

 puts a quietus on outdoor material can 

 the greenhouse crop look for much im- 

 provement. 



The time has come again 

 BUFFALO when business is bright- 

 ening or "picking up." 

 Weddings, fall openings, home comers 

 and a sprinkling of floral work kept the 

 retailer busy the past week. Flowe-'S 

 of all kinds have been plentiful enough, 

 but at times certain lines were a little 

 short in supply. Asters of the best 

 quality find ready buyers, but the short 

 stuff remains with the wholesaler to 

 carr?; along until life vanishes. The 

 same may be said of gladioli, only the 

 mixed colors with long stems don't 

 move: the solid colored varieties in 

 light shades are most in demand. 

 Some excellent yellow (canary) .ire 

 seen. Good carnations are scarce. 

 Beauties. Richmond. Carnot, Kaiserins, 

 Detroit are fine. Brides and Brides- 

 maids are improving daily but short in 

 stems. Lily of the valley has been very 

 active and good quality to be ha:l. 

 Dahlias have made their appearance 

 but no demand Avhatever. Violets, 

 southern smilax and all greens sold 

 well. 



Business is improv- 

 CINCINNATI ing as fail approaches 

 but thus far the de- 

 mand has not settled down to any de- 

 gree of regularity. The market is 

 badly over-stocked with flowers of an 

 infericn- grade, while first class stock 

 is bringing a good price and sells en 

 siglit. In roses Beauties are iu the 

 lead; teas are small and short- 

 stemmed. Lilies are fine and the sup- 

 ply is not equal to the demand. Lily 

 of the valley is good and ought to sell 

 better tlian it does. A few violets have 

 made their appearance but as they are 

 not up to the standard most of them 

 are consigned to the barrel. The pub- 

 lic is tired of asters and gladioli and 

 we now await the coming of chrysan- 

 themums and cool weather. 



The market is be- 

 INDIANAPOLIS ginning to tone up 

 for the busy sea- 

 son. Trade is better than a year ago 

 and more customers are calling for a 

 better grade of stock. An abundance 

 of good outdoor stock is to be had but 

 there is a scarcity of good roses. All 

 varieties of lilies, asters and gladioli 

 have been the best ever seen heie, and 

 prices have held up well. The rose 

 and carnation growers report their 

 plant? as in excellent shape and some 

 exceptionally good stock is looked 

 for. 



Heavy supplies of all 



NEW YORK kinds" of flowers are 



reaching this market. 



some shipments being of excellent 



quality — others quite the reverse — but 

 all ouliged to face unpromising condi- 

 tions, for the market is totally unable 

 to digest the enormous receipts. Pr.ces 

 fluctuate on the high grade goods from 

 day to day according to the exigency, 

 but on the other material, both out- 

 door and indoor, the basis of valuation 

 is "get what you can." 



Market feature- 

 PHILADEUPHIA less this week, 

 with a .slight im- 

 provement in spots and a tendency 

 toward better conditions both as to 

 qialities and demand, as cooler weather 

 approaches. Meantime there is much 

 good stuff coming in. The distributors 

 are working harder at present than at 

 any time during the year, and have 

 less to show for it than at any pre- 

 vious season. Beauties are gradually 

 improving in quality and tiiert are 

 some very fair Killarneys and Kaiser- 

 ins. Carnations sold well latter part 

 of week, but the demand is spasmodic 

 on account of the big supply of choice 

 asters which in most cases are pre- 

 ferred. Gladioli are nearing the end 

 and demand improved. Easter lilies 

 are in fair supply and find .-eady sale. 

 Lily of the valley is of good quality 

 but demand not brisk. Smilax is sell- 

 ing better. The asparagus men ought 

 to hold off a little. This stock will 

 go better later. New green galax is in. 

 Bronze scarce; no nev/ before Decem- 

 ber 1st. Tritonias have the call among 

 outdoor subjects. Dahlias improve 

 daily both in quality, quantity and de- 

 mand. 



Business for the 

 WASHINGTON past week has been 

 better than for some 

 weeks. Everything has moved bette ■ 

 in the cut flower line. There is, a 

 glut of asters, especially those of 

 second grade quality. Pond lilies are 

 things of the past. The cool weather 

 is improving the quality of roses and 

 some fine Cochets and Kaiserins are 

 coming in. Dahlias are also coming in 

 rather plentifully but are not of suffi- 

 ciently good quality to command first- 

 class prices. 



PHILADELPHIA NOTES. 



Edward Rieger, fresh from his Euro- 

 pean travels, was a welcome visitor 

 among the wholesalers on Monday. 



A. E. Wohlert, late of Bala, has 

 moved to Merion. the new location be- 

 ing a part of the old Simpson property. 

 He will devote himself exclusively to 

 outdoor work, his brother Emil having 

 taken up the greenhouse end and lo- 

 cated at Swarthmore. 



Liddoii Pennock. of Pennock Bros., 

 has been making expensive improve- 

 ments on the old homestead at Lans- 

 downe this summer, and will reside 

 there when the operation is completed. 



Latest leports from Samuel S. Pen- 

 nock and family locate them in Wales, 

 and all well. 



A novel feature of the Michell bulb 

 display this fall is a collection of va- 

 rious sized Dutch clogs in which hya- 

 cinths, tulips, daffodils, etc., are shown. 



J. Otto Thilow and J. D. Eisele of 

 Dreer's sailed on the Fran Prinsessen 

 Victoria on the 17th inst. for a month's 

 pleasure trip through England and Ger- 

 many. This is Mr. Thilow's maiden 

 trip across the Atlantic. G. A. Stroh- 

 lein arrived home from a business 

 trip through Europe on the 16th. 



OBITUARY. 



.Tohn Waggoner, florist, of Portland. 

 Ind., died suddenly on September 4, 

 aged C9 years. A widow, one daugh- 

 ter and four sons survive. 



Oswald Amiess, florist of South St. 

 Ix)uis. Mo., was seized with a dizzy 

 spell while waiting at the ferry land- 

 ing at East Carondelet and falling into 

 the water was drowned. The body was 

 recovered on the following day. 



Flint S. Kennieott. president of the 

 Kennicott Bios. Company, and pioneer 

 of the wholesale cut flower commis- 

 sion business in Chicago, died suddenly 

 of heart failure on Sept. 9. He was 

 ."i.^ years of age and is survived by a 

 widow and two daughters and one son. 

 The funei'al on September U v,'as at- 

 tended by the Chicago Florists' Club 

 in a body, and the wholesale houses 

 were all closed for the time being. 



PERSONAL. 

 Visitors in Boston: Mr. and Mrs. 

 .Tohn H. Taylor. Bayside, N. Y. 



William Paul, florist, of Springfield, 

 Mass.. has .lust returned from an ex- 

 tended European tour. 



J. E. West, gardener for G. L. Cains, 

 of Montreal, has returned from a six 

 weeks' holiday in England. 



John Berry, superintendent of Monu- 

 ment Valley Park. Colorado Springs, 

 Colo., was general manager of the 

 flower department of the State Fair at 

 Pueblo last week. 



.Jules Vacherot. vice-president of the 

 National Horticultural Society of 

 France, and chief gardener of Paris, 

 has arrived in New York, and will re- 

 main in this country until the end of 

 October. 



.\Ir. and Mrs. .J. B. Heiss. of Dayton, 

 O.. have returned from a very enjoy- 

 able trip through Europe, on the S. S. 

 Kronprinzessin Cecilie. Mrs. Heiss is 

 quite enthusiastic about the florists' 

 window decorations all over the Con- 

 tinent, especially in Germany. 



William Allen, for a long time as- 

 sistant superintendent of Mt. Auburn 

 Cemetery. Cambridge, Mass., has been 

 aiipointed to the position of superin- 

 tendent of Homewood Cemetery. Pitts- 

 burg. Pa., to succeed the la;e Mr. 

 Woods. Mr. Allen is a Welshman, 

 who learned his profession of gardener 

 before coming to this country. His 

 first employment here was under 

 .James H. Bowditch of Boston, land- 

 scape engineer. 



Pennsylvania, Sept. 14, 1907. 

 Dear Sir. — .\llow me to congratulate 

 you upon the manner in wliich yoti 

 handled copy in connection with the 

 recent convention in Philadelph-a, 

 and I would also like to acknowledge 

 particular pleasure in the notes yoii 

 liublish from the other side of the wa- 

 ter.— E. P. 



