October 12, 19u7 



HORTICULTURE 



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A GRAND FERN NOVELTY 



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the latest and best of them all. We are 



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WILLIAM P. CRAIG, 



1305 Filbert St. PHILADELPHIA 



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Chrysanthemums 



Cattleyas 



Wild Smilax 



The LEO NIESSEN CO., Wholesale Florists 



1209 Arch St., PHILADELPHIA 



Open from 7,00 a. m. to S.OO p. m. 



FLOWER MARKET REPORTS 



The cold wave has short- 

 BOSTON ened up the supply of 



some outdoor material, 

 but the market is not materially 

 strengthened on this account, as chrys- 

 anthemums and carnations are begin- 

 ning to make a strong showing and 

 more than take the place of anything 

 that may have been cut off. Of carna- 

 tions the whites are the more salable, 

 colors moving very slowly; quality va- 

 ries. There are some excellent flowers 

 for the season, but more of them are 

 of inferioi- quality. Roses are not up 

 to good pitch yet, and the quantity of 

 the smaller weaker .grades is beyond 

 the market's capacity. Prices in gen- 

 eral are at a standstill. 



Autumn is now in full 

 BUFFALO swing and everybody is 

 busy; social plans tak- 

 ing definite shape, and club and chari- 

 table work being resumed as people 

 settle for winter. It is a little early 

 for any extensive indoor entertain- 

 ment, but informal entertainments for 

 bride-select and similar affairs have 

 been creating a good demand for 

 white roses, lily of the valley, orchids 

 in excess of former fall seasons, and 

 there seems to be no let-up. White 

 chrysanthemums helped out consider- 

 able, and while not large in size, have 

 sold at good prices. Demands have 

 been heavy on Beauties, which are of 

 fine quality, also for Bridesmaid, Rich- 

 mond and Killarney. the supply not 

 being too abundant but good, clean 

 sales daily. The shipping trade has 

 helped to consume a good portion. 

 Carnations are coming in more plenti- 

 fully, but are cleaned up daily, the 

 greater portion being short-stemmed, 

 save Enchantress, which still leads in 

 quality. Asters and gladioli are begin- 

 ning to take a back seat, but move to 

 the front when floral work is to be 

 had; the light varieties find very little 

 trouble in being disposed of. Violets 

 show the effect of last week's Indian 

 summer, and are a little on the shaky 

 list, with demand light. 



The chrysanthemum 

 CINCINNATI never received a bet- 

 ter welcome than it 

 has this fall. Estelle and Glory of Pa- 

 cific are the advance guard. Roses, 

 carnations and lilies are still scarce, 

 but will not be so badly missed now. 

 Stock has been bringing more than i; 

 was worth for some time, carnations 

 especially. Dahlias have been a promi- 



nent flower in the market this season. 

 Some good varieties have appeared in 

 quantity and they have sold well. 

 Business is brisk and the prospects 

 for a good season were never better. 

 The cut flower 

 INDIANAPOLIS business seems a 

 little brighter this 

 week. The weather is more favorable 

 and a shortening up in some lines 

 seems to have helped out considera- 

 bly The quality of greenhouse stock 

 has steadily improved while the com- 

 paratively small supply of out-door 

 flowers, principally dahlias, has great- 

 ly deteriorated and they will soon be 

 a thing of the past. Chrysanthe- 

 mums are coming in generous quan- 

 tity and are of remarkably quality for 

 early October. Carnations are stead- 

 ily improving as to flower and stem 

 and some excellent blooms will be 

 seen at an early date. American 

 Beauty now reigns supreme and has 

 good stems and color. Good tea 

 roses are arriving more plentifully 

 but are far from being equal to de- 

 mand. Lily of the valley moves slow- 

 ly. Violets have made a modest be- 

 ginning. There has been no frost as 

 yet, the weather continuing warm 

 with quite a lot of rain. This has 

 been a good growing season taking 

 ever>thin.g into account. 



Business in Montreal 

 MONTREAL is picking up. Quite ;'. 

 number of weddings 

 have helped the trade along. Oiitside 

 flo'ners are all over, with the excep- 

 tion of dahlias. Roses, carnations anl 

 chrysanthemums are getting more 

 plentiful, but the demand is still fa- 

 ahead of the supply. Wholesale men 

 as well as retailers are satisfied with 

 the present conditions. 



There is a slight stit'- 

 NEW YORK fening up on prices of 

 flowers of the higher 

 grades as indicated in our quotations. 

 i)ut this must not be construed as any 

 general advance in ma 'ket rates on 

 an average for the lower grade flowers 

 are just as hard to dispose of as they 

 have been at any time this season ann 

 theii- value has not been at ali en 

 hanced by recent weather changes, 

 rhrysanthennims are coming in freely, 

 and buyers are looking for much finer 

 material for th(> prices they were pay- 

 ing for indifierent qualit\ two weeks 

 ago. \'iolets continue in over supply 

 and carnalions are rapidly multiplying. 



There are some fine tauties in the mar- 

 ket and these are the cues that sell. 



The commence- 

 PHILADELPHIA ment of the fall 

 wedding seasoa 

 gave stimulus to last week's market 

 especially in the early part. Lily of 

 the valley, white roses, cosmos and 

 Easter lilies went well. For parlor 

 and church decorations the dahlia is 

 much in favor. On the whole it has 

 been a very good season for the 

 dahlia men. very little good stocls go- 

 ing to waste. Early chrysanthemums 

 are now in. Polly Rose and Pink 

 Pacific are most conspicuous but de- 

 mand is not very active. Beauty and 

 other roses cleaned up well until late 

 in the week. The weakness was then 

 particularly noticeable in the shorter 

 grades. Carnations found excellent 

 mark-^t for good stock but far too 

 many short stems are arriving. Prices 

 are a shade easier on cattleyas but 

 these and other orchids move nicely 

 and without waste. 



Following the 



WASHINGTON beautiful weather 



of the past two 

 weeks, a fierce wind and rain storm 

 visited portions of the District of Co- 

 lumbia on Oct. 8th. So far, no dam- 

 age has been reported. Dahlias ara 

 plentiful and in their prime. The 

 first chrysanthemums are coming in; 

 cosmos is pretty well launched on the 

 market and of very good quality. 

 Some violets are being shown, though 

 in limited quantities and short of 

 stem. 



The great scarcity of cut flowers 

 prevailing in the Detroit market is 

 about being broken, through the ar- 

 rival of chrysanthemums, the first 

 having reached the Michigan Cut 

 Flower Company from Robt. Klagge, 

 Mt. Clemens. 



We have received from a foreign 

 correspondent an Interesting account 

 of the extensive bulb growing industry 

 being carried on by Messrs. Van Meer- 

 beek & Co., a Holland firm of over 

 fifty years' existence, who do quite a 

 heavy exporting trade. 



The residence of C. .1. Poster, flor- 

 ist, of Pindlay. O., was damaged by 

 fire to the extent of $500 on Septem- 

 ber 24. but was covered by insurance. 



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