January 11, 1913 



HORTICULTURE 



55 



BUY 



BOSTON 



FLOWERS 



N. F. McCarthy & go., 



112 Arch St., 31 Otis St. 



BOSTON'S BEST 

 HOUSE 



Flower Market Reports 



fC«ntinued from page 53) 



Things are quiet enough 

 NEW YORK in the wholesale mar- 

 kets, ever since the new 

 year came in. Conditions have favored 

 the "bargain counter" element all 

 along and any one who looked for big 

 returns from New Year's sales was 

 slated for the usual disappointment on 

 such occasions. Carnations have fall- 

 en from their pinnacle and can be had 

 at low figures. Roses are also going 

 down in value and the demand from 

 other cities which helped out for a 

 brief period soon petered out and con- 

 sequently the local market must do its 

 own consuming as well as its own 

 producing. Quality runs excellent on 

 about everything and it can be safely 

 asserted that never before at this sea- 

 son of the year has there been so 

 great a variety of miscellaneous mate- 

 rial for the ilower buyer to choose 

 from. After the inevitable reaction of 

 early January we may expect the usual 

 lively society season but in this case 

 it will be a very brief one as Easter 

 and Lent come in at so early a date. 

 Tulips and other bulbous stock are 

 seen in much better quality than at 

 last report Single violets lead the 

 double in demand and selling price. 

 January two to 

 PHILADELPHIA January seven— 

 the period under 

 review In this report — turned out just 

 about as expected. Trading was in no 

 way brisk, neither was it any worse 

 than in former years, tor the same 

 date. The usual atter-the-holiday lull 

 was inevitable. And it happened; but 

 no worse than usual. Stocks of all 

 kinds were plentiful and good. Of 

 course, prices ruled much lower, but 

 there was no glut. The final cleanup 

 all along the line, at reasonable figures, 

 proved the healthy tone of tiie market. 

 An exception may be noted to this gen- 

 eral statement in the sluggishness of 

 the long-stem roses, carnations, etc. 

 These highest grade items suffered 

 more by the fall from quoted rates 

 than did the good to medium at moder- 

 ate prices. Carnations are much raore 

 plentiful and the prices receded until 

 they are now very moderate indeed for 

 mid-winter. The same may he saiil of 

 gardenias. The demand keeps good for 

 sweet peas and lily of the valley and 

 both have improved in quantity s'.r.d 

 quality. Nothing new to report in or- 

 chids. The local violets are especiiiUy 

 good at present. Snapdragon not 

 enough of the better grades and colors. 

 Daffodils and pussy-willows are cheer- 

 ful hints of the coming spring. White 



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 SUPERIOR ROSES. ULY OF THE VALLEY. CARNATIONS. ORCHIDS 



BE^T PRODUCED 

 226 Devonshire Street, 



Boston, Mass. 



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383-387 ELLICOTT ST. 



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MISCELLANEOUS 



Cattleyas • 



Lilies, Longlflorum . . ■ 



Callas 



Uly of the Valley 



Narcissus, Paper White 



" Trumpet 



Roman Hyacinths 



Vlelets 



Daises 



Mignonette 



Sweet Peas 



Gardenias 



Adiantum 



Smllax 



Asparagus Plumosus, strings (per zoo) 



*• *' & Spren (loo bunches) . 



35 -oo 

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zo.oo 



35 -oo 

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60.00 

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 4.00 

 2.00 



3.0D 



3.00 



•75 



2.00 



8.00 



1.50 



35.00 



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15.00 

 40.00 

 25.00 



First Half of Week 



beginaiag lin. ( 



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35.00 

 6.00 

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1.00 

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.50 

 4.00 



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20.00 



10.00 

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 15.00 



60.00 



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1.30 



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camellias are a novelty in the whole- 

 sale markets at present, with good 

 stems and foliage. 



New Year's trade was 

 ST. LOUIS by far better than ex- 

 pected. It was more 

 like a spring day and this brought out 

 the flower buyers, which brought up 

 this New Year's to what it was some 

 years ago. There was plenty of stock 

 for all at very reasonable prices, which 

 goes to show that they will buy flowers 

 when reasonable. Prices were entirely 

 too high for Christmas and this made 

 the sale of plants so large that all of 

 the West End show houses were 

 cleaned out of plants. Today, Monday, 

 Jan. 6, we are having our first real 

 winter day, with everything covered 

 with ice. Roses are coming in in large 

 quantities in all varieties. Carnations 

 did not bring much last week; the sup- 

 ply was greatly in excess of the de- 

 mand. Lily of the valley and sweet 

 peas sell well. Violets are down. Lil- 

 ies are quite abundant and paper 

 whites a glut. Roman hyacinths, too, 

 are many. 



ly low. American Beauty roses, too, 

 have dropped in value. The outlook 

 for big business during the present 

 month is good. 



PERSONAL. 



J. D. Robinson of Bloomington, 111., 

 and Miss Louise Read were married on 

 Dec. 23d at Savannah, Ga. 



J. McHutchison of New York sails 

 next week on the "Bermudian" for a 

 two weeks' stay in Bermuda. 



Mr. and Mrs. P. J. Olinger, of Cincin- 

 nati, have been spending the week 

 since New Year's in Chicago, Evans- 

 ton and Aurora, 111., with their rela- 

 tives. 



The Massachusetts State Board of 

 Horticulture, meeting in Boston this 

 week, has selected Wilfrid Wheeler, 

 of Concord Junction, for the position 

 of Secretary of Agriculture for the 

 state, and there is no doubt of Mr. 

 Wheeler's confirmation. The position 

 carries with it a salary of $4,000 a 

 year. 



Washington. D. C. — Business during 

 the past week was very good although 

 prices have been cut nearly in half 

 since the close of the holidays. Carna- 

 tions, which were quite scarce during 

 that period, are being oitered extreme- 



Boston visitors. — C. B. Knickman, 

 representing McHutchison & Co., New 

 York; M. B. Faxon, New York; A. H. 

 Wingott, Lenox, Mass.; Frank H. 

 Traendly, New York City; Robert 

 Simpson, Clifton, N. J. 



