January 4, 1913 



HORTICULTURE 



■21 



Flower Market Reports 



Trade fell off noticeably 

 BOSTON for several days after 



Christmas and the week 

 closed quite dull. The present wee'i, 

 however, has brought a very encour- 

 aging activity and prices, which had 

 sagged away down, recovered some- 

 what on several items, particularly 

 roses. Of the latter the medium 

 grades are the best sellers. New Years 

 Day seems to be slowly gaining 

 ground in Boston as a day of gifts and 

 tlie retail florists are all quite happy 

 over this year's experience so far. We 

 hope the rest of the year will give the 

 same sort of satisfaction. 



A very satisfactory 

 BUFFALO Christmas business was 



had by all. The buy- 

 ing of decorating greens and holly be- 

 gan early and continued to the last 

 day. Holly was good, also laurel and 

 pine. There was a good supply of 

 blooming plants in which Begonia Lo- 

 ralne shared in the heavier demand, 

 while there were plenty of all other 

 blooming and berried plants. The sale 

 of artificial material was heavy. Great 

 quantities of ruscus, statice, poin- 

 settia, etc., was used and it seemed as 

 if everything was going artificial and it 

 did hurt the cut flower business to a 

 great extent. The cut flower line was 

 a little on the quiet side and up to the 

 22nd there was little or no business, 

 but things brightened on the last two 

 days and a good hustle was on. Early 

 indications pointed to a scarcity on 

 all lines the same as every year but 

 things seemed to turn on the last two 

 days and everything came in quantity. 

 Carnations were not too plentiful and 

 had the best sales. There was enough 

 to go around, also of roses which were 

 on the short side a week previous. 

 More red could have been used. There 

 was plenty of Killarney, Maryland 

 and 'Maid, Bride, Ward and other va- 

 rieties. Beauties were in good sup- 

 ply but the high price turned the buy- 

 ers towards other material. All other 

 seasonable flowers were had in quan- 

 tity. No orders were left unfilled ex- 

 cept possibly on carnations and these 

 were before the 23rd. 



Christmas business was 

 CHICAGO satisfactory along all 



lines. The wholesalers, 

 the retailers, the growers of cut flow- 

 ers, the growers of plants and those 

 who handle the prepared products all 

 unite for once in calling this one of 

 the best holidays they have ever 

 known. When all the flowers were cut 

 there was plenty of everything except 

 carnations and in some instances 

 Richmond roses. The usual demand 

 for short but perfect Beauties had to 

 be diverted into other channels for a 

 large proportion of the short Beauties 

 are imperfect and oft color just now. 

 Prices in general kept up well. A 

 weakening on Tuesday was followed 

 by another rise and it was Christmas 

 day before prices went down to stay. 

 Plenty of roses are offered now but 

 carnations are not much more in evi- 

 dence than last week. Lilies, lily of 

 the valley, orchids, gardenias, violets, 

 paper whites and trumpet narcissus 

 make up the rest of the cut flower 

 offerings. Plenty of green of all kinds 

 is to be had at moderate prices. Al- 

 together the new year comes in very 

 auspiciously for the florists. 



WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS 



R05eS 



BOSTON 



January 2 



TRADE PRICES-Per 100 



____^— ____— TO DEAL ERS ONLY 



Chicago i ^sT. louis i phila 



December 31 | December 31 | Pecember 31 



Am. Beauty, Fancy and Special. . . . 



Extra 



No.i 



" " Lower Grades 



Killarney, Extra 



'* Ordinary 



Richmond, Maryland, Extra 



" " Ordinary... 



Bride, 'Maid 



Hillingdon, Ward, Melody, Extra.. 

 " "• Ordinary 



Taf t, Sunburst 



Carnations, Fancy Grade 



Ordinary 



Cattleyai 



Lilies, Longiflorum . ... 



Callas 



Lily of the Valley 



Narcissus, Paper White 



'* Trumpet 



Roman Hyacinths 



Violets 



Daises 



Sweet Peas 



Gardenias 



Adiantum 



Smilax 



Asparagus Plumosus, Strings (100). . 

 '* " & Spren. (100 Bchs.). • 



40.00 

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 10.00 



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8.00 



2.00 



2.00 



8.00 



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1.50 



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8.00 



2.00 



2.00 



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.50 



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25.00 



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10.00 



25.00 to 



60.00 ' 40.00 



30.00 [ 30.00 



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 75.00 

 12.00 

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 4.00 

 4.00 

 4.00 

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 35.00 



12.00 

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 35.00 



1.00 

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 75.00 

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8.00 

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6.00 

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5.00 



10.00 

 6.00 

 10.00 

 6.00 

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 7500 

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 13.00 

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3.00 



2.00 

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1 .25 



15.00 

 50.00 

 30.00 



50.00 

 25.00 

 1500 



10.00 

 10.00 

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5.00 



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2.00 



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3500 



75.00 

 35.00 

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 15.00 

 8.00 

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15.00 

 10.00 

 20.00 

 6.00 

 4.00 

 60.00 

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 16.00 

 4.00 

 3.00 

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 3*00 



3.00 

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 30.00 



1.50 



30.00 

 50.00 

 50.00 



The market held tight 

 CINCINNATI from before Christ- 

 mas throughout the 

 holidays until the last day of the year. 

 Then on the morning of the 31st re- 

 ceipts came in unusually strong. A 

 few of the wholesalers began to un- 

 load many carnations at a reduced 

 price. The result w^as a break, and 

 before noon prices on practically 

 everything had gone down 33 per cent. 

 The elegant weather we are having 

 brought in what appears, in carna- 

 tions, to be a very large crop of ele- 

 gant stock. Roses, too, are coming in 

 nicely. The crop of Killarney espe- 

 cially deserves mention. The other 

 offerings are poinsettias. lilies, callas, 

 violets, orchids, lily of the valley, nar- 

 cissus, stevia, jonquils and freesia. 



After clearing away 

 NEW YORK the debris from 



Christmas, which in- 

 cluded 100,000 or more violets that 

 failed to find a sale, the wholes.Ue mar- 

 Vet started off with a clean sheet but 

 a very modest demand, "downward re- 

 vision" being the rule as to prices on 

 most items. New Year's Day is no 

 longer a day of much special flower 

 buying in this city and the ample re- 

 ceipts from day to day tend to conges- 

 tion especially on white carnations 

 and roses and bulbous stock. Double 

 violets are evidently coming into pub- 

 lic disfavor as compared with the 

 single ones, as has been the case else- 

 where—Boston particularly— for sev- 

 eral years. We notice many more of 



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