November 9, 1907 



HORTICULTURE. 



617 



FLOWER MARKET REPORTS 



Market conditions are In 

 BOSTON bad shape this week. The 



demand has fallen off 

 greatly vithin the past few days and 

 prices have gone to pieces so far as 

 large lots of Mowers are concerned. 

 The higher grades suffer the most, and 

 after being held in wholesale hands 

 for a day or two are often sold finally 

 in bulk with the inferior gi'ades to the 

 curbstone fakir, and of course at a 

 very low figure. The Beauty trade, in 

 common with everything else, is very 

 quiet and sales have to be forced at 

 cut rates. Carnations, which up to 

 last Friday were well in hand, have 

 come since then in an avalanche and 

 many market giowers have had to car- 

 ry their product home, morning after 

 morning, the effort to sell having been 

 futile. Of violets there is, fortunately, 

 no surplus, and these usually clean up 

 daily. A limited quantity of sweet 

 peas, new crop, is being received and 

 these sell readily at about $1.00 a hun- 

 dred. Chrysanthemums of the moder- 

 ate priced grades — say from six to 

 eight dollars a hundred — s^ll fairly 

 well, especially Ivor>- and other good 

 commercial whites. Lily of the valley 

 very slow and irregular. 



It is not always 

 INDIANAPOLIS the unexpected that 

 happens, and last 

 week was but the repetition of condi- 

 tions which pervade the market an- 

 nually when chrysanthemums become 

 plentiful enough to block the sale of 

 other stock and of themselves. Prices 

 have not suffered to any great extent 

 up to the present time, all varieties 

 moving off nicely. Beauties and teas 

 are holding their own, some good stock 

 being on the market. Carnations are 

 very scarce, but enough are being se- 

 cured to meet the demand. Violets are 

 not plentiful. Lily of the valley and 

 orchids in quantity are being used 

 largely. The local men have made 

 big use of Southern smilax lately, 

 sometimes not being able to obtain 

 enough to meet requirements. Smilax 

 is about the only scarce article in 

 greens. 



Tde wholesale cut 

 NEW YORK flower district is in a 

 very uncomfortable 

 state at present. The receipts of flow- 

 ers are very heavy and the demand is 

 comparatively light. Quality is excel- 

 lent, as a rule, on all lines. The 

 higher grades of roses are superb and 

 carnations are fast approaching ele- 

 gance of flower if still rather short of 

 stem. Chrysanthemums are at their 

 best. -But. to sell this fine material, 

 sacrifice offers must be made and the 

 net returns are far below 's\hat they 

 should be. The lower grade flowers 

 are unloaded for what they will bring, 

 and it requires lots of dicker and argu- 

 ment to turn them into cash. The con- 

 ditions now prevailing are not greatly 

 different from what they have 1)een in 

 the middle of the chrysanthemum sea- 

 son on some o.'casions in the past, but 

 it is natural to ascribe some of the 

 stagnation to the strained money mar- 

 ket, which, added to the excitements 

 of election week, could not have other 

 than a demnraliz'ng effect on flower 

 buying. The exhibitions which are 

 now under way will deplete the sources 



of supply to some extent and will help 

 the situation to some extent, but no- 

 body looks for any great activity in 

 business this side of Thanksgiving 

 Day. 



Business last week 



PHILADELPHIA was fairly good 

 but lacking the 

 snap that should prevail at this season 

 of the year. Chrysanthemums are now 

 at their height. Demand is good but 

 prices rule low. The better varieties 

 of pompons clean up the best of all. 

 Roses are about normal with a little 

 too many for the demand, if anything. 

 Cattleyas have shortened up considera- 

 bly. White orchids very scarce. Gar- 

 denias are now plentiful with excel- 

 lent demand. Violets have been very 

 good, particularly double Lady Camp- 

 bells. Carnations are rather draggy 

 but quality is excellent. Lily of the 

 valley in good demand and excellent 

 quality. Sweet peas are now coming 

 in regularly but as yet are rather 

 short-stemmed. Mignonette just com- 

 menced, also very fine snapdragon for 

 so early. Greens draggj-. 



Business at present 



TWIN CITIES times is fairly good. 

 Chrysanthemums are 

 abundant enough to supply all de- 

 mands. Stock in general is in a prom- 

 ising condition. The planting of 

 bulbs is about done. Other outdoor 

 planting still carried on and will be 

 as long as the ground keeps open. 

 October has been remarkably fine. 



NEWS NOTES. 



Raymond, the young son of C. H. 

 Jacobs of Westfield, Mass., is reported 

 to be quite ill at Noble hospital. 



The greenhouse of F. L. Lainson, 

 Council Bluffs, Iowa, was destroyed by 

 fire on October 27. The loss was about 

 $2,5110; insurai^ce. $300. Mr. Lainson 

 will rebuild at once. 



The extensive grounds around the 

 Pearsall mansion at Black Rock, Conn , 

 are being laid out and planted by F 

 E. Conine of Stratford, who has the 

 contract for the landscape work. 



The barn nf Alfred Hunt, florist, of 

 Norwich, Conn., was burned to the 

 ground on October 21, destroying about 

 two hundred and fifty dollars' wortli 

 of supplies on which there was no in- 

 surance. The greenhouses were saved. 



The department of botany of Welles- 

 ley College, Mass., has received a gift 

 of ifSOC, which will be apiilied to the 

 Kvstemati':' study of plants grown on 

 the college grounds. Wor?.: will begin 

 at once under the direction c^f Prof 

 Wicgand. 



OBITUARY. 



Peter Weissenberger. 

 Peter Weissenberger, a Swiss gar- 

 dener in the employ of H. C. Walbeck, 

 Louisville, Ky., died on October 30. 



Richard Purdue. 



Richard Purdue, father of George 

 Purdue, florist of E. Orange, N. J., 

 died on October 26, aged 81. Mr. Pur- 

 due came to America in 1849. and from 

 18.52 to 1893 conducted a florist's es- 

 tablishment. A widow, two sons and 

 three daughters survive him. 



By the will of the late O. B. Hadweu 

 of Worcester, Mass., his estate which 

 COP' prises 24,CS4 square feet of land 

 with building.^, and is valued at 

 $20,000. is left to Clark University and 

 College to be forever kept for the pur- 

 pose of educating students in agricul- 

 tural horticultural and arboreal know- 

 ledge, scientific and practical. 



Hugh Chesney. 



Hugh Chesney, who for fifteen years 

 has caried on a florist's business in 

 Farmington, Conn., died on October 13. 

 Mr Chesnev was well known to the 

 trade in Boston and New York, and 

 held an enviable reputation among his 

 townspeople for reliability. A widow, 

 three daughters and a son survive him. 



Alexander Aikman. 



Alexander Aikman, who has been 

 connected with The Garden, London, 

 Eng since 1900, died on October 19 

 after' an illness of but a few days. 

 Mr. Aikman's wide experience in gar- 

 dening was gained in the Royal Gar- 

 dens. Kew, ^Cardiff Castle Gardens, 

 and several famous nurseries. He was 

 in his thirtv-second year and leaves a 

 widow and child. By his genial dis- 

 position he made many friends. 



HORTICULTURE'S REPRESENTA- 

 TIVES. 



The following named gentlemen 

 represent this paper in their various 

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 accept subscriptions, advertisementa 

 and news items: 

 BUFFALO, N. Y.— E. C. Brucker, 385-87 



Elllcott St. 

 CINCINNATI, OHIO— Frank W. Ball, 81 



East 3d St. 

 DETROI'H, MlCm— Frank Danzer, 1487 



15th St. 

 INDIANAPOLIS, IND.— George B. Wle- 



gand. 1610 N. Illinois St. 



MONTREAL, P. Q.— Gabriel Vrengde, 27 

 Ontario Ave. 

 NEWPORT, R. I.— David Mcintosh, Ledge 



Road. 

 PHILADELPHIA. PA.-George C. Wat- 

 sou, Dobson BIdg., 9tli and Market Sts. 

 PITTSBURG, PA. — James Hotchlnson, 



corner Dunmoyle and S. Negley Aves. 

 ST PAUL and MINNEAPOLIS— Jolin A. 



May, 163 Iglehart St., St. Paul Minn. 

 TOLEDO, OHIO— J. L. Schiller, 929 Pronty 



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