October 5, 1907 



HORTl CULTURE, 



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A GRAND FERN NOVELTY 



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AMERPOHLII 



the latent and best of them all. We are 



booking orders now for Sept. delivery. 



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WILLIAM P. CRAIG, 



1305 Filbert St. PHILADELPHIA 





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DAHLIAS 



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The LEO NIESSEN CO., Wholesale Florists 



1209 Arch St., PHILADELPHIA 



Open from 7.00 a. m. to 8.00 p. m. 



FLOWER MARKET REPORTS 



Prices are not advanced 

 BOSTON on any particular commo- 

 dity, but good stock is 

 generally scarce owing to the storm o£ 

 rain on Sunday, which finished up much 

 of tlie ,t;arden material which had been 

 filling :n the demand for florists' work. 

 Asters, gladioli and dahlias suffered 

 considerably. Carnations o£ better 

 quality are being received, but they 

 are still far from standard and bring 

 all that they are worth and sometimes 

 more than they are worth. The roses 

 are temporarily short in supply but 

 a few bright days will no doubt change 

 the complexion of thj marKet. A few 

 chrysanthemums are being received 

 but they are small and really inferior 

 to a first-class aster. 



The warm week which 

 BUFFALO caused heavy wind and 

 rain storms did much 

 damage among outdoor flowers and 

 fruits. Asters and gladioli suffered 

 considerably, especially the former. 

 The market opened up brisk on Mon- 

 day aud everything was active; roses, 

 especially white, were in heavy de- 

 mand, with a rather short supply, the 

 cool, dark weather cutting the supply 

 to one-third of receipts of the previous 

 week. Longifiorm. rubrum and album 

 lilies were in good demand and helped 

 considerably in filling floral work or- 

 ders. Lily of the valley and gardenias 

 sold well, while violets, which have 

 improved in quality, moved better 

 than ill the previous week. Carna- 

 tions came in more plentifully, but are 

 not given a chance to remain with the 

 wholesaler long, being snatched up as 

 soon as taken from the box. Enchan- 

 tress is leader and some excellent 

 stock was had, long stems and blooms 

 fairly good size; white and other va- 

 rieties not so good in ciuality. Dahlias 

 are helping out and taking the place 

 of asters. Gladioli are not so plenti- 

 ful, there being no trouble to dispose 

 of the fancy colors, while the mixed 

 ordinary sorts await the cemetery flo- 

 rist after a few days afloating along. 

 Greens are in good supply and quite 

 active. The shipping trade has been 

 heavy, and it looks as if the country 

 florists were having their hands full 

 with business. 



The supply of cut 



CINCINNATI flowers for the past 



week has been very 



meagre. Cosmos and dahlias are about 



the only out-door stock left. Carna- 



tions are not blooming very freely yet 

 ■ftliich has caused a great demand for 

 roses. The supply of lilies is still 

 limited. Lily of the valley is being 

 forced in quantity in anticipation of 

 a good demand for October weddings. 

 Violets are improving and find a bet- 

 ter demand. Several of the craft re- 

 port large orders booked for this 

 month. 



Local business con- 

 DETROIT ditions are rather un- 

 favorable; plenty of 

 time to do work and plenty of room 

 for flowers. While the weather was 

 such as to retard buying, still the 

 scarcity of flowers prevented the us- 

 ual displays in the windows. The 

 wholesaler may not always be con- 

 sidering this expense item of the re- 

 tailer still the latter knows only too 

 well that he must often sacrifice some 

 of his profits by displaying choice 

 flowers in the window to encourage 

 trade but which are in many instances 

 a complete loss to him. 



Business has been 

 INDIANAPOLIS unusually brisk 



the past week, 

 there being a good demand for almost 

 everything. Dahlias are in good sup- 

 ply and quality and make an excellent 

 substitute for asters. Carnations are 

 more plentiful every da.v. flowers fine, 

 but too short in stem. Stock in gener- 

 al is improving, especially roses. Ex- 

 tra fine Carnot and Kaiserin are in 

 good demand and all grades of Beau- 

 ties are called for more than ever be- 

 fore at this time of the year. Chry- 

 santheniuins are to be had in almost 

 any color, but the price and keeping 

 Ciuality are unsatisfactory. Seme vio- 

 lets are seen but quality not up to the 

 ttandard. There is a good demand for 

 longiflorum lilies and lily of the val- 

 ley; also for greens, especially those 

 used for decorations. Good plumosus 

 and Sprengeri are to be had while 

 smilax is very scarce. 



I^ast week was a de- 

 NEW YORK cidedly dull period in 



this market. The 

 present week starts off under quite dif- 

 ferent conditions due to the light re- 

 ceipts caused by the cold weather and 

 the heavy rainfall which spoiled for 

 the time being asters, gladioli, dahlias 

 and other garden product for market 

 use. The scarcity of flowers has not 

 been seriously felt, however, as the de- 



mand is very light on most lines, the- 

 only pronounced call being for blooms 

 of the highest grade, and the street 

 speculator being still the only bidder 

 for the low quality material. Cattleya 

 labiata is coming in more freely and 

 in superb shape. Longiflorum lilies 

 are as good as the best ever seen iu 

 this market. Carnations seem to come 

 along with unprecedented slowness. 

 A few good chrysanthemums are seen. 

 Violets are present in considerable 

 numbers, but they are of poor quality 

 and, furthermore, people are not ready 

 for them. 



General business 

 PHILADELPHIA continues steadily 



improving. Dahlias 

 are in their heyday. The red varieties 

 such as Katherine Duer and Lyndhurst 

 are the best sellers closely followed by 

 Kriemhilde and Nymphea in pinks. 

 There is demand for a good yellow — a 

 better keejier than Arabella. Roses are 

 in good demand, whites especially. 

 Beauties sold very good early part of 

 the week but dropped off later. Kil- 

 lanieys are of fine quality at present. 

 Carnations are not a big factor but 

 there are some very good Winsors and 

 Beacons coming in for the season. 

 Cattleyas are very -choice at present 

 with demand excellent. Lily of the 

 valley has improved both in quaity and 

 dem.anu. Easter lilies are quite scarce. 

 Cosmos cuts quite a figure in the mar- 

 ket and if carefully packed in small 

 bunches with plenty of tissue paper 

 ships well to long distances; but there 

 is no use trying to handle this rather 

 delicate subject in the ordinary rough 

 and ready manner. Asters and glad- 

 ioli are about over. 



Despite the fact that 

 WASHINGTON most of the Wash- 



ingtonians have re- 

 turned to the city and that the "sea- 

 son" is almost upon us, there was not 

 the activity in the cut flower business 

 last week that one would reasonably 

 expect, owing to the almost incessant 

 inclement weather. As the equinoctial 

 period is passed and pretty weather 

 with us once more, the trade have a 

 right to be hopeful of results from 

 now on. There are a fine lot of dahlias 

 now shown. Some carnations are com- 

 ing in, but are short of stem. There 

 is still a glut of asters, which are hard 

 to dispose of at any price. Cosmos 

 will be in in abundance soon, and If 

 the present fine weather continues, 

 both it and dahlias will be fine. 



