January 26, 1913 



HORTICULTURE 



127 



Flower Market Reports 



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roses has turned the trade to tulips 

 which are now had in all the leading 

 colors. Jonquils also are selling read- 

 ily. American Beauties are off crop 

 with most growers and good stock is 

 scarce. Carnations are now coming in 

 freely and orders can be readily filled 

 for any amount. Some of the retail 

 flower stores have windows so attrac- 

 tive with lilacs, jonquils, pansies and 

 other spring flowers, that one can 

 hardly believe it is mid-winter. Even 

 pussy willows have appeared the past 

 week. There is a good supply of all 

 other flowers as lily of the valley, vio- 

 lets, freesia, lilies, etc., arid all kinds 

 of green. 



With the exception 

 NEW YORK of American Beauty 

 roses the flower sup- 

 ply is more than ample for the needs of 

 this market at the present time and 

 the tendency of values has been down- 

 ward. Even orchids are in over-supply 

 and are sold only at prices that may 

 reasonably be classed as "mark-down". 

 When one sees high-grade Cattleya 

 Trianae offered in the window of a 

 high-price store at 50 cents each at re- 

 tail, the rest of the story is obvious. 

 Cattleyas are much in evidence in all 

 the wholesale establishments. Bulbous 

 flowers are increasing in quantity and 

 variety and improving in quality. The 

 majority of tulips offered so far, how- 

 ever, are of little account and make 

 one feel a sort of pity for the poor 

 over-forced bulb which was capable of 

 doing so much better if given a fair 

 chance. Carnations seem very plenti- 

 ful everywhere and are again down in 

 price. Figures quoted on roses in our 

 tabulated lists are the average prevail- 

 ing prices for the various grades. There 

 are, however, some preferred stocks 

 from certain highly esteemed grow- 

 ers which find a market at very much 

 higher prices but these sales are lim- 

 ited and special and to quote them in 

 our regular market price-lists would 

 serve no purpose other than to mislead 

 and confuse. 



There was a good 

 PHILADELPHIA volume of busi- 

 ness here last 

 week and trading on the whole has 

 been as satisfactory as could be ex- 

 pected. Of course, we cannot brag 

 about prices which on the average have 

 been lower than this time last year. 

 Roses, carnations, orchids, violets; all 

 classes of flowers, all along the line, 

 are too plentiful. There are indica- 

 tions of a falling off in supply of 

 Beauty and Richmond roses, especially 

 in the shorter grades. White roses 

 have been in good demand, and there 



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Catlleyas 



Cyprlpediums 



Lilies, Longiflorum 



Callas 



Ul> of the Valley 



Narcissus, Paper White 



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Roman Hyacinths 



Tulips 



Violets 



Daises 



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Sweet Peas 



Gardenias 



Adisntum 



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Asparagus Plumosus, striogs (per loo) 



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are very few left over. Killarney is a 

 little off color, but still it is much pre- 

 ferred by the buyers at present to 

 Maryland, which is not a favorite as a 

 winter rose. The carnation market 

 cleans up pretty well but still the 

 prices are not good, although there is 

 not a very big crop. The orchid mar- 

 ket is dominated by the cattleya; fine 

 flowers as a rule but nothing satisfac- 

 tory about the demand and lots of 

 offers of surplus stock coming in from 

 outside at absurd prices. Camellias 

 are a feature of the market and, 

 strange to say, the colored go better 

 than the white. Spring flowers such as 

 sweet peas, daffodils, Roman hya- 

 cinths, daisies, etc., go more satisfac- 

 torily than the staples. Greens slug- 

 gish. 



The market during the 

 ST. LOUIS last week was greatly 



overcrowded with every- 

 thing in the cut flower line and at 

 times making things quite unpleasant 

 for our commission men. In this line 

 we class carnations, sweet peas and 

 paper whites. These had to be sold 

 very cheap in order to make them at- 

 tractive for the buyer. Roses scarced 

 up somewhat and some of our heavy 

 shippers must be off-crop so the price 

 held up well on these. Violets and 

 lily of the valley were in plenty. We 

 have had mild weather, but the 

 weather man says, look out for cold 



and dark weather this week. This 

 should scare things up and prices may 

 advance. 



NEWS NOTES. 



La Manda Park, Cal.— Charles F. 

 Stone has gone into the greenhouse 

 business here. 



Mt. Clemens, Mich. — The green- 

 houses formerly owned by James Tay- 

 lor have been purchased by Arthur 

 Bevershlag. 



Middleport, N. Y.— The greenhouse 

 of John H. Gould was wrecked Friday 

 evening, Jan. 10. by the heavy fall of 

 snow. Loss $3,000. No insurance. 



INCORPORATED. 



New Britain, Conn. — Voltz Floral 

 Company. Capital $20,000. 



Elmhurst, III. — Wendland & Keimel 

 Co. have incorporated as florists, with 

 capital stock of $100,000. 



Evans City, Pa. — Harmony Nurser- 

 ies, capital $10,000. Incorporators: B. 

 W. Smith, C. H. Smith and H. L. Blind. 



Raleigh, N. C— Scholtz, The Florist 

 Incorporated. Capital $6,000. Incor- 

 porators, E. P. Scholtz, Mrs. Nellie 

 Scholtz, J. I. McCallum and others. 



Cleveland, Ohio — Standard Pump & 

 Engine Company has increased its cap- 

 italization from $25,000 to $100,000 and- 

 has opened a retail sales headquarters- 

 at 1406 West Third street. 



