September I'l, 1907 



HORTICULTURE, 



86 L 



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OUR SUPERB STOCK of STERLING NOVELTIES 



FOR THE FALL SEASON IS NOW COMPLETE 



In Quality, Variety and Price nothing offered this year or that ever has been offered can spproach it. 



The material and style of our New Fiower Baskets are almost limitless iu variety. We have 

 special lines for all occasious and of Suitable Form and Color for all florists" flowers. Zinc-lined 

 baskets and jardinieres for plants are shown in endless variety and si/.e. Our tone ware has cap- 

 tured the artistic buyer. Send for Catalogue or. still better, Try a Sample Lot. 



1 129 Arch Street 



H. BAYERSDORFER & CO., 



The Florists' Supuly House of PHILADELPHIA 



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FLOWER MARKET REPORTS 



Very little change is 

 BOSTON noted in the demand in 



this market. An occa- 

 sional sprint has been offset by dull 

 periods of equal extent and so the 

 average of business is just about nor- 

 mal. Roses are improving daily, and 

 there are some elegant shipments of 

 Carnot coming in. Carnations are be- 

 ginning to appear in small lots of 

 medium quality. Everything from out- 

 door sources shows the effect of the 

 continued rain and fog. asters, gladioli 

 and sweet peas coming in abundantly, 

 but in water-soaked condition. The 

 past week has been a bad period for 

 this class of material. 



Business, the past week, 

 BUFFALO was increasing daily up 

 to Saturday, when there 

 came a halt and the market was over- 

 loaded with all kinds of stock which 

 was carried over. Old Home Week. 

 which was on the program, brought 

 many out-of-town visitors, and the ef- 

 fect was somewhat noticeable In the 

 flower line. Floral work was much 

 in demand and the market was in 

 good condition, cleaning up well, up 

 to Saturday. Asters of poor quality 

 came in plentifully, also roses of short 

 grades, which blocked up consider- 

 ably. Lily-of-the-valley and lilies sold 

 well, as also fancy gladioli. Adiantum 

 and all greens in good supply and de- 

 mand fair. 



Fiusiness shows some 

 DETROIT signs of revival, and 



judginE 



ivom the in- 



creased .lulv and August trade this 

 year an comiiared with last j'ear, the 

 coming seascn promises to be a hui.i- 

 mer. Gladioli, with the exception of 

 America, are a drug. Asters are com- 

 ing in much better than in former 

 years, but more than the local market 

 can digest. 



Business continues 

 NEW YORK very quiet. Roses are 



abundant, particularly 

 rhe short giiidfs, and are selling low 

 unless of exceptional quality. Carna- 

 tions are very few. but there is a suf- 

 ficiency of asters lilies and lily-of-the- 

 valley. Orchids are in very light sup - 

 ply an;l shaip demand. 



The advent of the 

 PHILADELPHIA dahlia is the only 



ripple on the 

 business sea. Eureka, pink, Mrs. J. 

 H. Jones, red and white cactus, 

 Orange King, .\rabella, yellow with 

 bright markings. Standard Bearer and 

 \Vm. Agnew. crimson, Countess of 

 Ivonsdale and a few others are 

 already conspicuous. Long-stemmed 

 American Beauties are still scarce and 

 the .same is true of other staple rose 

 crops. Carnations have improved 

 considerably — prices fair for mid- 

 season. Lily of the valley is cleaning 

 U11 much better. Album and longi- 

 flonmi lilies ai'e in fair supply and 

 meet ready demand. Asters are far 

 too plentitul and great quantities of 

 iiieriium tfi poor stock find an inglori- 

 ous wind-up on the dump. 



DETROIT NEWS. 



Robt. Klagge has made extensive al- 

 terations in his boiler room and added 

 two new carr.ation houses. 



B. Schrocter has at last succeeded in 

 getting mechanics to rebuild his store 

 front. Building operations in this 

 town are so extemsive as to make la- 

 bor very scarce. 



The ilichigan Cut Flower Exchange 

 is undergoing a thorough renovation. 



Gust. Taepke's new range of houses 

 on Elmwood avenue is finished, there- 

 by replacing iive old houses with 

 three new up-to-date houses. 



A partition sale is advertised by 

 the coiirts for the Larges estate, coui- 

 l)rising 10 acres of garden land, 7 

 greenhouses, brick house and other 

 buildings. 



BUSINESS CHANGES. 



E. Guernay lias sold his flower store 

 at lOS St. Catharine street. Montreal, 

 lo Maillette & Plouffe. 



Alburger & Cascaden of Philadelphia 

 have dissolved partnership. The 

 business will be continued by E. Al- 

 burger. 



INCORPORATED. 



Thompson, florist, Chicago, $2,500: 

 grow and deal iu flowers and plant.s: 

 .1. D. Thompson, B. C. Reber and P 

 AV. Peterson. 



NEWS NOTES. 



The Lakeside Floral Company, Calu- 

 met, Mich., have moved into new and 

 commodious quarters on North Fifth 

 street. 



The Lutey Floral Company opened 

 for business in its new establishment 

 on Fifth street, Calumet, Mich., on 

 August 31. 



Mrs. Thos. F. Johnston announces 

 that she will continue the florist busi- 

 ness of her deceased husband at 171 

 Weybosset street. Providence, R. L 



Peter Boyle, a gardener, aged 35 

 years. tatall.y shot his wife and then 

 killed himself, at Pittsburg, Pa., on 

 September 7. 



L'r. George E. Stone of Amherst has 

 been engaged throughout the summer 

 in an investigation of the cause of the 

 death of many street trees in Maiden, 

 Mass. He fijids that gas poisoning is 

 the principal cause of the trouble. 



Fire caused a $3,000 loss at the 

 Perth Floral company's plant. Mason. 

 City, la., destroying flowers and 

 choice plants, as well as buildings. 

 The origin of the fire is not known, 

 as no one was present when it started. 



An 01 der for a casket cover of fab- 

 ulous jirice, to be composed entirely of 

 orchids, caused the sending of emer- 

 gency telegrams to all parts of the 

 country from Thomas F. Galvin's store 

 in Boston on September 10. The goods 

 were secured regardless of expense. 



Our correspondent J. B. D. reports 

 that Orange, X. J., which has shown 

 all the evidences of a metropolitan 

 city in point of the summer exodus ol" 

 wealthy residents to the seaside and 

 mountain, is waking up and the 

 florists' windows are once more in 

 evidence of the looked for tr.ade. 



An annually recurring event is due 

 to hajipen In New York Tuesday, Sep- 

 tember IT, when W. J. Elliott will 

 waken the echoes at 201 Fulton street 

 with his o|)ening fall auction sale of 

 big kentias and other indoor decora- 

 tive jilants. All the old-timers will be 

 out on this occasion. 



