September 2S, 1307 



HORTlCULTURi: 



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FLOWER MARKET REPORTS 



The market condition re- 



BOSTON mains about the same as 

 last weelv. Small roses 

 are plentiful with a fair demand. 

 American Beauties are coming in in a 

 good condition; also lily of the valley. 

 Carnations are short of stem, and al- 

 though the stock is good the demand 

 is light. Bn&iness on the whole is very 

 quiet. 



A severe warm week 



BUFFALO with heavy rain has just 

 passed, but it is some- 

 what cooler at present. The supply 

 has been heavy on all lines, especially 

 asters and gladioli, though business 

 seems to increase daily. Weddings are 

 as numerous as in June. White roses 

 have been scarce, especially selects; 

 while short Brides were plentiful 

 enough, there was little demand. 

 Beauties were in good supply, but de- 

 mand a little light; other sorts sold 

 well. Beginning Monday the call was 

 for white roses and lily of the valley, 

 which sold out clean and prices wenc 

 up a notch. The recent storm has 

 shortened the supply on asters; select 

 stock is ricarce. Carnations, especially 

 Enchantress, are coming in more 

 abundantly and find ready sale. 



There was quite an im- 



DETROIT provement in the counter 

 sales notwithstanding the 

 abnormally warm weather during most 

 of last week. A few large fall wed- 

 din.^3 beside a great number of small 

 ones put a brighter light on the busi- 

 ness outlook. Heavy rains the latter 

 part of the week have made asters 

 look gloomy; and with carnations few 

 and short-stemmed, roses will have to 

 bear the first onslaught. Violets are 

 appearing, but very small and bashful. 

 A slight improve- 



PHILADELPHIA ment was felt in 

 this mai ket last 

 week, the Horse Show and one or two 

 other happenings having apparently 

 braced things up a little. A few hot 

 days also had some effect curtailing 

 the rose shipments. Beauties were 

 fairly plentiful but the quality general- 

 ly was below par. AVhite roses were 

 quite scarce. Dahlias are coming in 

 freely and go fairly well. The average 

 quality is up to standard of other 

 jears but it will take some cooler 

 weather to bring out their finer points. 

 Good asters sell but the glut of poor 

 ones is something fearful. Poor asteis 

 can't be given away and don't pay 

 freight. Gladioli are nearly over. 

 Cattleyas, oncidiams and dendrobiums 

 are the chief items in the orchid line. 

 Bouvardia is now coming in freely 

 and finds a cordial welcome. Hum- 

 bold ti is not much grown here ex- 

 cept as a Christmas crop. Carnations 

 are coming a little better but there 

 are still a great many poor ones com- 

 ing in. Violets have made their ap- 

 pearance, and while fine as to fra- 

 grance are as yet deficient in size. 

 Sweet peas can still be found in spots 

 and quite good, all things considered. 

 Business is daily 



INDIANAPOLIS improving. All the 



florists report first 



class trade the past week. Several 



store openings, large, funerals and a 

 few weddings collectively, used up 

 quite a quantity of stock. All stock 

 excepting carnations is plentiful. Fine 

 dahlias are in evidence by big majority 

 at the present time. The quality and 

 quantity in all kinds of roses including 

 American Beauty, is quite strong. 

 Tomlinson Hall reports a very dull 

 week. All kinds of greens are very 

 scarce in this section at the present 

 lime. 



STATEMENT OF PLANT IMPORTS. 



There were entered at the port of 

 New York during the two weeks, Sep- 

 tember 11 to September 24, inclusive, 

 the following plants: 



From Holland: C. C. Abel, 57 cs. 

 bulbs: H. F. Darrow, 2 cs. bulbs, 2 cs. 

 plants; Davies, Turner Co., 3 cs. bulbs; 

 J. Dunn, 9 cs. do.; W. Elliott & Sons, 

 21 cs. do.; F. Hageman & Co., 39 cs. 

 do.; J. W. Hampton, Jr., & Co., 81 cs. 

 do.; Peter Henderson & Co., 9 cs. do.; 

 Hutchison & Murray, 19 cs. plants; 

 McHutchison & Co., 30 tubs trees, 35 

 cs. plants; C. F. Meyer, 12 tubs trees, 

 8 cs. bulbs; J. P. Roosa, 19 cs. bulbs; 

 J. Ter Kuile, 48 cs. do.; J. M. Thor- 

 burn & Co., G cs. do.; Vaughan's S=ed 

 Store, 24 cs. do.; R. M. Ward & Co., 

 120 cs. do.; J. R. Pierson & Co., 2 cs. 

 do.; Sundry Forwarders, 2104 cs. do., 

 6 cs. plants. Total, 2562 cs. bulbs, (32 

 cs. plants. 42 tubs of trees. 



From France: International Trans- 

 portation Co., 1 cs. bulbs; Maltus & 

 Ware. 203 cs. do.; Parke. Davies & Co., 



19 ]igs. plants; Schulz & Ruckgaber, 

 92 cs. bullis; C. D. Stone & Co.. 3 es. 

 do.; Vaughan's Seed Store, IC ca. do.; 

 Wakem & McLaughlin, 46 cs. do.; R. 

 M. Ward & Co.. 437 cs. do.; J. M. Thor- 

 burn & Co., 13 pgs. seeds; to order, 

 300 pgs. do. 



From London: W. Elliott & Sons. 

 16 cs. mushroom spawn; H. F. Darrow, 



20 cs. seed; Henry & Lee. 162 cs. 

 bulbs; Order, S bgs. seed. 



From Glasgow: J. M. Thorburn & 

 Co., 21 bgs. grass seed. 



Via Southampton: J. Guile, 14 cs. 

 bulbs; R. M. Ward & Co., 14 cs. do.; 

 Forwarder, 1 cs. plants. 



Via Gibraltar: Sundry Forward- 

 ers. 400 bgs. seed; To order, 85 bgs. do. 



From Germany: P. Henderson & 

 Co., 200 bgs. seed; J. M. Thorburn & 

 Co., IS bgs. do. 



Via Pei-nambiico: Maltus & Ware. 

 14 boxes plants. 



The warm weather of the past two 

 weeks has for the time being inter- 

 rupted the bulb trade, but the first 

 frost will start the ordere with a rush: 

 that is, the retail orders. The whole- 

 sale trade has been very heavy ever 

 since the first shipments were received 

 from Holland ; in fact, every sign 

 points to the same great sale.^ of the 

 last few seasons — sales that have 

 cleaned up everything in the line of 

 Dutch bulbs several weeks before the 

 final freezing of the ground, resultiui; 

 in many orders being returned unfilled 

 to belated bulb customers. It is cer- 

 tainly marvekrus how the sales of 

 byancinths, tulips, crocuses and nar- 

 cissi are increasing every year. 



Visitors in Boston 

 New York. 



NEWS NOTES. 



P. F. Kessler, 



M. B. Kingman of Amherst, Mass., 

 has reopened his store for the season. 



B. Schroeter of Detroit has his new 

 store front completed. The much larg- 

 er show windows and general improve- 

 ments with paint, brush and wall- 

 paper make everything most inviting. 



The largest exhibit for ye.ars of flow- 

 ers, fruit and vegetables was made by 

 the Northboro Grange ac Marlboro, 

 Mass., on September l'^. In spite of 

 the unfavorable season corn averaging 

 13 1-2 feet in height was displayed. 

 Willis Wheeler, W. W. >Varren, Her- 

 bert Kendall, J. \\'. Allen, Mrs. M. S. 

 Wood were in charge of the fair. 



The celebration of the fortieth anni- 

 versary of the opening of Massachu- 

 setts Agricultural College at Amherst 

 to students, October 2-5, will take the 

 form of a conference on rural progress. 

 The program, which covers many 

 phases of work, includes addresses by 

 Dr. A. C. True, Department of Agricul- 

 ture, Washington, D. C; Dr. George 

 E. Stone, Amherst: Prof. John Craig, 

 Ithaca, N. Y., and State Forester F. W. 

 Rane, Boston. 



Miss Lucy R. Latter, who originated 

 the plan of school gardens in connec- 

 tion with the schools of the London 

 school board, has received a commis- 

 sion from the Government of the 

 Maharaja to institute school gardens 

 in connection with the public school 

 system of Mysore, India. The lar- 

 gest girls' school in Mysore will be 

 placed at her disposal for the introduc- 

 tion of the work and a class of teach- 

 ers will be instructed by her in order 

 to carry on the work after she returns 

 home. She will be in Mysore six- 

 months. 



BUSINESS CHANGES. 

 R. O. Hendeison, ■tf Pana. 111., has 

 taken a lease of the Shaffer green- 

 houses. 



Frank Howard, of Cambridge, Mass., 

 has removed to 21 Boylston street, 

 Boston. 



John T. Ingram, of Oyster Bay, 

 N. Y., has purchased the business of 

 the late J. L. Bingham on Tooker 

 avenue. 



E. W. Davis has bought the green- 

 houses of S. B. Ritler at Athens, Ga., 

 and the name of the Athens Floral Co. 

 will be retained. 



A. Grasser and J. H. Humnhre>-s, of 

 Joliet, 111., have purchased the busi- 

 ness of the Mt. Sterling Floral Co., 

 Mt. Sterling, Ky., and for the present 

 will carry it on tinder the same name. 



MOVEMENTS OF GARDENERS. 



Mr. Nevens, formerly head gardener 

 for J. Martin, Ross Valley, Calif., has 

 resigned and will be succeeded by P. 

 Stahelin. 



INCORPORATED. 



Oak Hill Nurseries, Boston; W. F. 

 Donovan, M. 1'. Twomev, J. T. Ma- 

 honey; capital, $50,000. 



