April 26, 1913 



HOKTICULTURB 



651 



Flower Market Reports 



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are maintaining a steady figure and 

 generally everything sells that is at all 

 in good condition. American Beauties 

 are not at their best with some. On 

 the whole stock is scarcely up to the 

 average just at this time, especially 

 In the long and extra lengths. Violets 

 are practically of the past. All kinds 

 of bulbous flowers are on the counters 

 and shipments coming up from the 

 South. Lilies are more plentiful than 

 heretofore, many having very short 

 stems. Lily of the valley is shorten- 

 ing up in svipply and stock is sold as 

 soon as it arrives. Iris is coming in 

 fast and is not selling quite so rapidly 

 as last spring. 



The average weekly 

 DETROIT business is fair with 

 no specially great do- 

 ings and plenty of time for all to do 

 more. So far we have been spared 

 the distressing feature of gluts, prin- 

 cipally because there was not such an 

 abundance of bulbous stock and we 

 hope very much that purchasers of 

 bulbs have been conservative this year 

 again. Local retailers are consider- 

 ably agitated over the appearance of 

 flower-loving burglars who, removing 

 some panes of glass at a rear window, 

 enter the stores usually between 12 

 and 1 A. M., take all the long-stemmed 

 roses and carnations, sweet peas and 

 violets, occasionally some ribbons and 

 silkaline. The first to be honored with 

 this visit was Wm. B. Brown, next 

 came Norman Sullivan; then J. F. 

 Sullivan and B. Schroeter, and the last 

 victim was Mr. Taepke. 



A fairly good market, 

 NEW YORK with encouraging fig- 

 ures for the growers 

 who lead In their specialties has been 

 the rule for the past week. There is 

 no surplus of either carnations or 

 roses of good quality. Medium grades 

 are more in the running than the 

 fancy products, but that is because the 

 price is better adapted to the medium 

 pocket book. There is a good call 

 for orchids, especially those adapted 

 for wedding occasions and this, in 

 fact, applies to all choice white mate- 

 rial, particularly lily of the valley. 

 Gardenias are selling out clean every 

 day. if of good finish, and at better 

 prices than at any time of late. 



Last week, i t 

 PHILADELPHIA may truly be 

 said, was one of 

 the most remarkable in many years. 

 Not only because of the scarcity of 

 stock but from its unexpectedness. 

 And the condition seemed to be more 

 than local, as nearby centers, such as 



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Cattleyas 



Ulles, Loagfflonim 



Callas , 



Ulj of the Valley 



Daffodils , 



Tulips 



Violets 



Daises 



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Snapdragon 



Wallf ower 



Sweet Peas (per loo bunches 



Qardenlas 



Adlffotuin 



Smllax 



Asinvagus Plumosus, strings (per lao) 



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New York, Baltimore, Pittsburgh, 

 Washingon — all seemed to want the 

 same things, and had to be turned 

 down. With it all there was no 

 marked advances on quoted rates. Of 

 course, the hardening in prices was 

 very pronounced. The usual wagon 

 loads for the street men on Friday 

 and Saturday were conspicuous by 

 their absence. And. in the balance 

 sheets that's what finally counts. The 

 old timers say they have never seen 

 anything quite like it at this season of 

 the year. Richmond roses were about 

 as short as anything. There seemed 

 to be a redundance of white roses in 



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some quarters but as a rule all roses 

 sold well. Orchids are fairly plenti- 

 ful. Schroederae on its last legs and 

 Mossiaj and Skinneri now are fa- 

 vorites. A few Dendroblum nobile 

 alba are a welcome novelty and meet 

 with ready sale. Gardenias have 

 shortened up in supply and the market 

 for these is now in live healthy condi- 

 tion. Sweet peas are very scarce and 

 only the newly planted are up to par 

 as to quality. New items are "Baby" 

 gladioli, such as Bride, Delicatissima, 

 Blushing Bride, etc., and Spanish iris 

 in blue and yellow. Both colors meet 



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