February 1, 1913 



HORTICULTURE 



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Flower Market Reports 



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grade of goods most readily con- 

 sumed is not the very select 

 but rather the medium and the long- 

 stemmed rose drags away behind his 

 more diminutive brother in popularity. 

 This does not quite apply to the Ameri- 

 can Beauty for the so-called medium 

 grades of this favorite are at present 

 no good and of the long-stemmed 

 "specials" there are not enough to go 

 around and consequently they are 

 bringing a record price. With the ex- 

 ception of the Beauty no other flower 

 is doing any sprinting. Violets are 

 cheaper than ever before at this date; 

 carnations are at about half normal 

 price for the season; cattleyas are a 

 burden for those who have to carry 

 them and they can be had very low; 

 all bulbous stock is plentiful and in- 

 clined to accumulate. The retail peo- 

 ple are not complaining, as a rule. 

 They have little reason to complain 

 for the season has been on their side 

 most of the time and they are getting 

 their goods lower than ever before, 

 quality being considered. And qual- 

 ity is uniformly good. 



We have pleasure 

 PHILADELPHIA in reporting a 



slightly improved 

 market here the past week. Some dull- 

 ness is always expected after the holi- 

 days, and this year it was worse than 

 usual. When the old stagers took note 

 that the period between New Year and 

 Lent was unusually shorl they said: 

 "We will have a good brisk trade, as 

 the period is shorter." The briskness 

 did not materialize. In fact it was 

 duller than usual — to the great confu- 

 sion of the prophets. It is best not to 

 prophesy until after the event. If there 

 had been a good brisk demand all flow- 

 ers would have been scarce. As it was 

 there was enough of most everything 

 except American Beauty roses. What 

 few "specials" there are coming in 

 bring top quotations and all the grades 

 below that are not worth having — in 

 fact, no good. Other roses not special- 

 ly plentiful. The yellow varieties are 

 cropping perhaps better than any of 

 them. The carnation market has im- 

 proved a little. Prices have stiffened 

 considerably over last week's doldrum 

 situation. Pink Delight and the two 

 Wards have been leading the proces- 

 sion as to quality. There is nothing 

 cheering to report regarding orchids. 

 Supply redundant and demand slug- 

 gish. Gardenias are moving a little 

 better. A big volume of violets was 

 moved but there was no appreciable 

 Improvement in prices. Lily of the 

 valley was brisker and sweet peas es- 



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Roman Hyacinths 



Tulips 



Violets 



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Gardenias 



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Last Half of Week 



ending Ian. 25 



1913 



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beginning Ian. 27 



1913 



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pecially so. The chief reason for the 

 latter was the vast improvement in 

 quality. Some fine long-stemmed stock 

 was to be seen around with good flow- 

 ers, good color, and good substance. 

 The crop of this will be getting larger 

 from now on and soon we will have 

 the Spencers with us. From then the 

 sweet pea will be a big factor in the 

 flower market. Daffodils are going 

 well. Double Von Sion made its ap- 

 pearance last week. In a week or two 

 we may look for Emperor and Hors- 

 fleldi. 



Trade was much better 

 ST. LOUIS last week in both 



wholesale and retail 

 circles. There was quite a lot of stock 

 coming in but a notable feature was 

 the big shortage in roses and the 

 heavy demand for them. There was 

 not nearly so man.v carnations as a 

 week ago. but enough to fill all orders, 

 all grades and varieties being well 

 represented. Violets are in plenty. 

 Sweet peas have shortened up a great 

 deal. All white bulbous stock is still 

 overplentiful. Quite a few nice orchids 

 were seen in the market last week. 



PERSONAL. 



Fritz Bahr and Mr.s. Bahr, of Chica- 

 go are visiting California. 



N. S. Halsted of the St. Clair Floral 

 Co.. Belleville, is out for the nomina- 

 tion of mayor of Belleville, III. 



L. Merton Gage, secretary of the 

 American Gladiolus Society, is in Bris- 

 tol. Vt., for a ten days' vacation. 



Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Byer and 

 two daughters of Chambersburg, Pa., 

 are in Florida for a month's sojourn. 



George Hampton, formerly with the 

 H. F. Michell Company, has taken a 

 position with J. G. Neidinger of Phila- 

 delphia. 



Robert Halliday, Baltimore, is re- 

 covering from a very sore hand and 

 is gain able to attend to business at 

 his store. 



Jos. Millang, manager for the New 

 York Cut Flower Co. at its salesrooms 

 on West 26th street, has been obliged 

 to go away, on his doctor's orders, to 

 recuperate after sixteen years' unin- 

 terrupted grind without a vacation. He 

 sailed on the Majestic for Europe on 

 January 26. and after a month's ab- 

 sence expects to return in trim to reel 

 off sixteen years' more of hustle. 



St. Louis visitors — Harry Balsley of 

 Detroit and Julius Dillhof of Schloss 

 Bros., New York. 



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