January 4, 1913 



HORTICULTUBE 



23 



BUY 



BOSTON 



FLOWERS 



N. F. McCarthy & co., 



112 Arch St.. 31 Otis St. 



BOSTON'S BEST 

 HOUSE 



Flower Market Reports 



fCmttinued from fa^ 21^ 



the orange and yellow polyanthus 

 narcissi in this market than in former 

 years. The early tulip with all its un- 

 attractive features is seen here and 

 there already, some being sent in at- 

 tached to the bulb. Rubrum lilies are 

 now in good supply and for the time 

 being bring a higher price than the 

 longiflorum. Of cattloyas there are 

 plenty for all present needs but many 

 of them are under-sized, fragile blooms 

 which cannot be sold at standard quo- 

 tations. American Beauty shows weak- 

 ness as do all other roses and the price 

 has taken a tumble on all grades with 

 further decline anticipated. Carnations 

 are back again to old values, excepting 

 the red varieties, on which there is 

 still a lively demand. 



The day after 

 PHILADELPHIA Christmas la 

 generally look- 

 ed on as a "blue Friday" in the whole- 

 sale cut flower market. This year was 

 an exception. Trading opened up with 

 gratifying briskness, and stocks in 

 most lines were eagerly called for. 

 The weather was clear and crisp; 

 there was snow on the sround, and 

 people seemed to catch the Christmas 

 spirit. With this impetus the three 

 days before Sunday were really beyond 

 the average in previous years. As we 

 write (Dec. SO) — of course — the scene 

 is changed. It is now the new year 

 everybody is figuring on. Prices have 

 dropped very nearly to normal and 

 there is enough of everything for 

 everybody. White roses are selling 

 well and American Beauties "fairly" 

 well. Richmonds go "pretty" good. At 

 least that's what C. E. Meehan says. 

 What C. E. M. needs is some poetry in 

 his soul — he is too matter of fact. They 

 tell us also that pink roses were in 

 "fair" demand. There you are again. 

 "Fair" demand — Arthur Niessen will 

 be telling us that the word "fair" is 

 misleading and that we ought to con- 

 sult somebody who knows. Meaning — 

 with all our courage we are afraid to 

 state whom he means, although we 

 have a shrewd guess. Too many white 

 carnations. Other colors kept cleaned 

 up in good shape. There was a drop 

 in orchids except on extra well colored 

 cattleyas. The small flowers were 

 hoping for recognition and they were 

 numerous. Gardenias sold well up to 

 Christmas but have been dragging 

 since. 



From what we can 

 ST. LOUIS learn from the florists 



in all parts of the city 

 Christmas was very trying on them. 

 The one good thing was the weather 



ALBANY CUT FLOWER EXCHANGE 



THOMAS TRACEY, Mgr. 



WHOLESALE ONLY 



76 Maiden'Lane, ALBANY, N.Y. 



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WELCH BROS. CO. 



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Si;PE3UOR ROSES, ULY OF THE VALL£Y. CARNATUNS, ORCHIDS 



BEST PRODUCED 



226 Devonshir* Street, Boston, Mass. 



William F. Hasting Co. 



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383-387 ELLICOTT ST. 



BUFFALO, N. Y. 



— MONTBEAL FLORAL EXCHANGE, LTD.-, 



ORGANIZED FOR THE BENKFIT OF THE CANADIAN TRADE. 

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NEW YORK QUOTATIO NS PE R 100 

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To Dealers Only 



Cattleyas 



Lillea, Loogiflorum 



Callas 



Uly of the Valley 



Nardasus, Paper White 



Trumpet 



Roman Hyacinths 



Violets 



Daises 



Sweet Peas 



Gardenias 



Adlantum 



5nillax 



Aipsragus Plumosus, siriDKs(pcr loo) 



" " A Spreo (loo bunches) • 



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ending Dec. 28 



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which was delightful in all respects — 

 more like a .lune day. This helped 

 out Kreatly when delivery time came 

 and plants npeded no wrapping. The 

 leading retailers say that plants sold 

 much better than out flowers, as the 

 latter werp too high in iiritc and that 

 they really pushed the sale of plants. 

 The great call was for poinsettias, 

 both plants and cut, azaleas and cycla- 

 men following in plants. The show 

 houses of the West End florists were 

 cleared out of anything that was good 

 in plants on Tuesday. The wholesalers 

 who placed great value on cut stoclj 

 got left and consignments came in 

 heavier than they expected and the 

 retailers bought lightly at first and the 

 drop came Wednesday morning when 

 the demand was light. Among the 

 stoc't that sold well were Beauties, 

 Richmonds. orchids, red carnations 

 and poinsettias. Killarneys were far 

 too many, also white carnations, pa- 

 per whites and Roman hyacinths. 

 Violets had a big call, also lily of the 

 valley, of which there was a big sup- 

 ply. From the retailers' viewpoint 

 you can say that this Christmas was 

 the best in years, taking everything 

 into consideration. 



Business as a whole 

 WASHINGTON during the Christ- 

 mas holidays was 

 very satisfactory. There was a good 

 demand tor all varieties of cut flowers 

 and prices were good. Many of the 

 stores soon found themselves entirely 



sold out of azaleas and there was quite 

 a heavy run on cyclamen, lilacs, etc. 

 Carnations are still somewhat scarce. 

 Those coming into the market are 

 very good and are bringing from $6 

 to $10 per hundred. Roses are bring- 

 ing about the same price, although 

 exceptionally fine stock runs consider- 

 ably higher. 



NEWS NOTES. 



Wenham, Mass. — H. Hammond Tracy 

 has purchased another farm near "Ce- 

 dar Acres" for the extension of his 

 gladiolus culture facilities. 



BrocktDn, Mass. — Jahn & Robinson, 

 (lorists, have failed. The failure was 

 announced on the afternoon of Dec. 

 24. and dealers who sold the firm 

 Christmas material are incensed. 



Framingham, Mass. — The florists of 

 the town have found the Boston & 

 Worcester Electric Express a very 

 handy mode of shipping flowers to 

 Boston and a special car leaves here 

 for them at 4.30 every morning. Each 

 morning the early car is piled full of 

 flowers for the Boston market. 



ROBERT J. DYSART 



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