October 2G, 1907 



HORTICULTURE, 



553 



Flower Market Reports. 



The market shows a (all- 

 BOSTON ing off from last week on 

 all lines. Roses and car- 

 nations show weakness and the de- 

 mand for everything is unsteady and 

 erratic from day to day. Chrytanthe- 

 mnms seem to sell fairly welland the 

 surplus is handled satisfactorily so far 

 Lily of the valley sells well. For vio- 

 lets the demand is fair, but qualiiy 

 generally is poor. The fiist sweet peas 

 of the season from under glass have 

 appeared at Welch Bros., and they are 

 very fine. 



The shop windows are 

 BUFFALO now filled with chrysan- 

 themums and decorated 

 in genuine autumn style, and good 

 displays are seen among the down- 

 town florists. The supply at the 

 wholesalers is abundant, and such va- 

 rieties as Willowbrook, Duckham, Jo- 

 sephine and others were seen in good 

 quality, while a good many of the or- 

 dinary Kinds move at a slow gait, 

 Roses. Beauties in particular, have not 

 moved too freely the past week. Se- 

 lect Bridesmaids have not been too 

 plentiful, though Chatenay, Killarney 

 and Kate Moulton have taken their 

 place to good advantage. Kaiserin, De- 

 troit and Carnot are still with us. 

 Dahlias, cosmos, gladioli and asters are 

 gradually moving out of existence, es- 

 pecially the latter. Cosmos has been 

 a drug. Carnations are becoming mori; 

 plentiful daily; the demand is fair 

 with prices a little weaker. Violets are 

 good and sell well. Lily of the valley 

 is of fine quality and plenty of it; in 

 fact, too much at times. ",vhile greeu 

 goods are in good supply. 



Business has been satis- 

 DETROIT factory all around with a 

 scarcity of stock in every 

 line. Chrysanthemums are coming in 

 more freely, but from all appearances 

 this season will not see that large crop 

 and consequent waste we had one year 

 ago. Those of the trade who cater to 

 the bon ton trade are quite rushed 

 with weddings, receptions and dinner 

 decorations. 



The Cool, bracing 

 INDIANAPOLIS weather of the 

 past week has 

 quickened the trade and the volume of 

 business is increasing. .A few light 

 frosts the past week killed all outside 

 vegetation. Chrysanthemums aie now 

 quite plentiful and at a much lower 

 price than a week ago. So far this 

 year they have not met witii the active 

 demand that has usually prevailed i>t 

 this season. All roses are getting into 

 winter form, some very choice 

 Beauties being on the market. Carna- 

 tions are being much called for, the 

 best stocu finding ready sale. Lilies 

 are a scaice item at the present time. 

 There is a little demand for violets 

 the quality of which is not ui' to the 

 standard. Lily of the valley and or- 

 chids are in good supply and are as- 

 sured )i a good call during the wed- 

 ding season. All green go<ids are in 

 good demand daily. 



Business is at a 

 NEW YORK standstill. The larger 

 chrysanthemums are 

 not bringing what they were the year 

 previous. Carnations are selling fairly 

 well. All outside blooms are spoiled 

 from the heavy f'Ost on Tuesday last. 



Chrysanthemums 



Cattleyas 



Wild Smilax 



The LEO NIESSEN CO., Wholesale Florists 



1209 Arch St., PHILADELPHIA 



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



Demand has been 

 PHILADELPHIA very fair and a 



distinctively bet- 

 ter tone now prevails. Hoses are im- 

 proved in quality .generally. A limited 

 cut of the new Irish rose, Mrs. Jar- 

 dine, is arriving, and is eagerly 

 snapped up. Cainations have also 

 hardened up and last much better. 

 Ch! ysauthemums, while fine, are not 

 yet sensational as to quality, and 

 much iow grade stock is coming in, 

 the latter being very |)oor property. 

 Dahlias are still to be seen in limited 

 quantity but most of the big growers 

 announced tneir last shipment on the 

 21st ult., while some of them finished 

 up even earlier. The lily of the valley 

 market is in healthy .shape, with an 

 added zest from the advent of the new 

 giant variety, "Fortin," which has 

 now become plentiful enough to be a 

 commei'cial jjossibility. Catileyasi are 

 rather too plentiful and Easter lilies 

 are slow on account of the chrysan- 

 themums. Leucothoe sprays are now 

 arriving of extra •ine qua.lity and find 

 ready sale. Wild smilax is also in 

 good demand, but ferns and asparagus 

 go rather slow, quantities of autumn 

 foliage being used at present. 



Conditions in the 

 WASHINGTON retail market ar - 

 improving each dav, 

 and all the stores are beginning to as- 

 sume their wonted air of winter ac- 

 tivity. There was a killing frost the 

 night of the 21st and but little vege- 

 tation escaped, so dahlias that have 

 been such a demt.ralizing medium in 

 ihe market are now virtually thSngso? 

 the past. Violets are coming in in 

 lather bettei' quality and more of them 

 ('hrysanthemums are in their prime 

 and demanding good prices. Carna- 

 tions are still in very limited quanti 

 tifs but are improving in quality. 



ORANGE, N. J., TRADE NOTES. 



Charles Maillavd of Newark has 

 opened a branch store upon Main 

 street. Orange. 



Eniil Decker has just put in two 

 nev\ Volunteer No. 7 1-2 boilers of 

 maV.e of W. H. Page of Norwich. 

 Conn., and made other preparations 

 for increased winter trade. 



Henry Hovnackor has made exten- 

 sive additions to his plant on Central 

 Avemie. (ire hc'se IS-xlO.! for carna- 

 tions, one l(ix104 for miscellaneous 

 stock and a propagating house 

 ". 1 -2x96. He has installed two 

 Hitchings \o. If. boilers. 



NEWS NOTES. 



A. Warendoiff has only one store 

 now, the one located at 119.'; Broadway. 

 Nev/ York. 



The packing house at Evergreen 

 Lodge Garden, Clarksville, Tenn., was 

 I'lirned on October I'i; loss ?6C-0. partly 

 insured. 



Theodore Lang, formerly of 67u Sixth 

 Ave., will shortly open a dorist store 

 at 53rd street and Madison avenue, 

 New York. 



Oli'er Croucher, florist of Hudson. 

 .Mass., has made an assignment to C. 

 P. Tucker, who will sell the property 

 at auction after it has been appraised. 



John McKen^-ie, for the past fifteen 

 years located on Somerville avenue. 

 Cambridge. Mass., has removed to the 

 corner of Massachusetts avenue ami 

 Davenport street. 



The contract for the landscape plaii 

 at Evergreen cemetery, Norfolk. Va.. 

 has been awarded to G. H. Brown, for- 

 merly of the Department of .Agricul- 

 ture, Washington, D. C. 



A. J. FellouriS: 52 W. 2Mh St.. New 

 '.'ork, has filed a petition in bank- 

 ruptcy liabilities. $ll,.'-!'2; nominal 

 assets, $2,21S. Of his liabilities S8,7.50 

 are contingent for stoie rent. 



Fred P. Barrington, the Gloucester 

 iorist, has taken a five years' lease of 

 the propeity of .1, F Wonson, 5d, at 

 lOast Gloucester. .Mass., and has begun 

 to stock the greenhouse there. 



I.ehnig & Winnefeld of Hackensaek. 

 N. .1 , are sending to Mooie. Hentz <4 

 Xash a novelty in some very fine co\'- 

 comb idants in .5 and S-inch pots. 

 They sell readily and are very fine for 

 window decorations. 



.V fire of incendiary origin destroved 

 the potting house of E. \V, Pearson of 

 Newburyport. .Mass,, on the morning 

 of October 17. The loss is about ll,Ouii. 

 The buildings were insured. .Many 

 plants escaped in.iury, but the carna- 

 tions will be a total loss. 



The case of Joseph Comley, florist, 

 of .Vewburyport, Mass., against the 

 Vewbinyi)ort Gas and Electric Com- 

 pany, to recover for damage to his 

 tiowers by escaping gas from the main, 

 has been taken from the iury and re 

 ferred to an auditor, whose decision 

 will be final. 



