May 17, 1913 



HOBTIOULTURB 



769 



Flower Market Reports 



(ConttHHtii frofn pag^lyb^ ) 



Recent cold 

 ROCHESTER, N. Y. biting winds 

 liave not im- 

 proved trade and no one seems to liave 

 been so busy tbis week as previously. 

 Slight frosts have been noticed two or 

 three mornings and most of the out-of- 

 door bulbous stock has been picked, 

 thus flooding the market with tulips, 

 jonquils and daffodils which sell for 

 next to nothing. Good brisk business 

 finished up the week and thousands 

 of carnations were disposed of for 

 "Mothers' Day." Out-door grown li- 

 lacs are at their best now and bring a 

 fair price. Carnations are fine, with 

 long, straight stems. Sweet peas are 

 of good color and quality and sell 

 quickly. They are becoming very 

 popular for corsage work. There has 

 been a scarcity of lilies, but they are 

 making an appearance again now. Lily 

 of the valley is plentiful. Roses of 

 most kijids are also plentiful. The 

 white winter stock is good and used 

 profusely for decorations. Smilax, as- 

 paragus sprengerii and plumosus are 

 in fair supply. There is a large de- 

 mand for bedding plants. 



Last week the market 

 ST. LOUIS was greatly over- 

 stocked. The demand 

 was good but not enough to consume 

 the large consignments, and prices 

 were very low except on Friday and 

 Saturday, when "Mother's Day" sent 

 the price on carnations up to 5 cents 

 when early in the week 1 cent bought 

 almost the best stock. Still the trade 

 had to have the stock and bought quite 

 heavy in all colors. Sweet peas 

 came in heavy also roses; the price on 

 these did not advance as on carnations. 

 Lily of the valley had a big demand 

 all week. Peonies and gladioli sold 

 well. There is a lot of outdoor stock 

 coming In which is being bought for 

 window displays. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



The 82nd annual exhibition of the 

 American Institute of the City of New 

 York will be held in the Engineering 

 Building, Nos. 2.5 to 33 West 39th 

 street. New York City. On September 

 23rd to 25th, 1913. premiums will be 

 awarded for Dahlias, Orchids. Gladioli, 

 Roses, Carnations, Ornamental Plants, 

 etc.. Fruits and Vegetables, on No- 

 vember 5th to 7th, 1913. Chrysanthe- 

 mums, Orchids. Roses, Carnations and 

 other Ornamental Plants, etc. 



WM. A. EAGLBSON, 



The May meeting of the New Lon- 

 don Horticultural Society was made 

 interesting by papers prepared by Mr. 

 Enoch Evans on the "Seed-Sowing 

 Question and the Care of the Seed- 

 lings," followed by a discussion. City 

 Forester Henry C. Fuller gave a re- 

 port on work which had been done in 

 the way of distribution of shrubs and 

 plants during the "Clean City Week;" 

 the demand was greater than was an- 

 ticipated. Attention was also called 

 to the tent caterpillar, which has not 

 been so bad and early for a number of 

 years. 



The Medford Horticultural Society 

 is but an infant among the societies, 

 yet I venture to say that J. K. M. L. 

 Farquhar must have been pleased at 

 the size and intelligence of the audl- 



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ence that came to hear his informal 

 and practical talk on "Spring Plant- 

 ing and Care of Flowers" on the even- 

 ing of May 7. 



Mr. Farquhar began by telling how 

 great a factor the automobile has be- 

 come in enlarging the suburbs of great 

 cities, a corresponding interest in hor- 

 ticulture being the result of that quick 

 and pleasant mode of locomotion. He 

 spoke with no uncertain sound of the 

 distorting of nature by building stiff 

 and formal looking walls of masonry 

 on country estates, thereby robbing 

 them of their artistic and restful ap- 

 pearance. Speaking of trees he drew 

 attention to the many different spe- 

 cies that are available for planting 

 and regretted how little they seem to 

 be known. Care of lawns, and culti- 

 vation of soil was touched upon, also 

 different kinds of manures and their 

 effect upon crops. He spoke of her- 



baceous plants and their proper group- 

 ing, and how a judicious use of bulbs 

 and annuals can make the border gay 

 continuously from early spring until 

 frost. An instructive and enjoyable 

 evening was spent. 



George F. Stewart. 



JOURNALISTIC CHANGES. 



It is stated that J. H. Pepper, for 

 several years managing editor of the 

 Florists' Exchange, is about to sever 

 his connection with that paper and 

 will start a new monthly horticultural 

 trade publication in New York. M. 

 B. Faxon, advertising representative 

 of the Florists' Exchange, is also leav- 

 ing to take a position as advertising 

 manager of The Field. Mr. Long, late 

 editor of Recreation, will become edi- 

 tor of The Field and Casper Whitney 

 will succeed him as editor of Recrea- 

 tion. 



