March 15, 1913 



HORTICULTUEE 



405 



Flower Market Reports 



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not bringing fancy prices but quanti- 

 ties of them are sold each day. There 

 is plenty of all kinds of green. 



For the past week 

 CINCINNATI and a half there has 



been a better de- 

 mand than for some time, both locally 

 and from out-of-town. The rose cuts 

 are in a splendid condition, quantity 

 large and quality right. The supply of 

 American Beauties is limited. Carna- 

 tions are in an adequate supply. The 

 call easily takes up all the good offer- 

 ings. Tulips, jonquils and Dutch hya- 

 cinths are much improved in quality 

 and are meeting with a better call. 

 Lilies and callas are in a large supply. 

 Choice sweet peas continue to sell 

 well. Stock from this vicinity is given 

 a decided preference by the local buy- 

 ers. Double violets are given a wide 

 berth by the retailers and as a result 

 they find a poor market even at low 

 prices. Singles sell tolerably well. 

 Neither lily of the valley nor orchids 

 enjoy a very good call. 



All classes in the 

 NEW YORK flower trade of this 



section are emphatic 

 in stating that the past two weeks 

 are among the quietest ever experi- 

 enced at this season of the year. The 

 market is well supplied with material 

 of good quality and prices rule low on 

 everything with few exceptions which 

 we will note below. American Beauty 

 roses are still among the rarefies. 

 There are evidences, however, that 

 this famine will not last much longer 

 and when the crop does come on we 

 predict it will be a landslide. Carna- 

 tions have been looking up in price for 

 the past few days and there have been 

 sales of acceptable grades as high as 

 four dollars a hundred which is pretty 

 good for this date. The carnation 

 market suffers considerably from the 

 general complaint of poor lasting 

 quality. The explanation of this un- 

 fortunate condition is as variant as 

 ever and the universal remedy is not 

 yet in sight. The wholesale marts are 

 well supplied with roses of all the 

 standard varieties and quality rules 

 good generally. Violets are as plenti- 

 ful as ever and very poor sellers. What 

 little demand there is the singles mo- 

 nopolize. Of sweet peas there are 

 many, a large percentage of them be- 

 ing what are now considered as in- 

 ferior stock. Spencer varieties are 

 coming in from the more progressive 

 growers and some of these are irre- 

 sistibly beautiful. Lilies are seen in 

 profusion on all sides. The oft-re- 

 peated prediction of short supply of 

 these for Easter seems to lack foun- 

 dation. Cattlcyas are among the 

 worst sufff— °rs from the present stag- 

 nation. Buyers are indifferent to them 

 although Trianaes of extra size and 

 finish are obtainable at twenty dollars 

 a hundred and Schroederaes can be 

 had in quantity at a much lower fig- 

 ure even. Schroederae is a beautiful 

 flower and its failure to win populari- 

 ty with the flower buyers is something 

 we can't understand. Bulbous flowers 

 are, as usual at this season, very 

 abundant. Tulips and daffodils are ex- 

 cellent in quality, new and choice va- 

 rieties being well represented but 

 sales are very draggy most of the time. 



BEAUTIES FOR EASTER 



If you should need -any Beauties for Easter, you can be reasonably sure we 

 can ail your order. We will have a good supply of the Specials, and the quality 

 could hardly be improved. Place your order early. 



SNAPDRAGON 



$1.50 Per Dozen 



Pink, White and Yellow. This stock is in splendid condition now, long stems 

 and fine large flowers. Our price is very reasonable, and you can handle it very 



profitable. 



CARNATIONS 



Plenty of the better grades, and quality extra fine. We have never offered a 

 better grade of stock for Easter and our prices will surely please you. 



VAtLEY swt;et peas daisies l,il,ac pansies violets 



With a splendid stock to select from, you have the best assurance your orders 

 will be filled complete. 



THE LEO NIESSEN CO. 



N. W. Cor. 12th and Race Sts. 



PHILADELPHIA, - - - - PA. 



William F. Kasting Co. 



^A/Klole8al' 



383-387 ELLICOTT ST. 



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BUFFALO, N. Y. 



—MONTREAL FLORAL EXCHANGE, LTD.— 



organized for tub BBmrriT of thk canadiam tbadk. 



CDT F1.0WKB8 AND FL«BMT8' aCTI-LIES OF E^'ERT DBSCBIPTION. 

 Hamr-rr«w> Stock a SpMlalty. STBICn.T WHOUHAU; NOTHtHO SOLD 

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 123 MANSFIEJLD STREET, MONTREAI^. P. Q. 



NEW YORK QUOTATIPyS PER 100. To Dealers Paly 



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MISCELLANEOUS 



Cattteyas 



Lillts , LoDKifloruin 



Callas 



Uly o( the Variey 



Nard»9U8, Paper White 



" Trumpet 



Roman Hyacinths 



Tulips 



Violets 



Daises 



Mignonette 



Sweet Peas (per loo bunches) 



Gardenias 



Adiantum 



Smilax 



Asparagus Plamoaos, strings (per loo) 



•• ** & fi|>refi (loo buncV*s) . 



Hist m gf «Mt 



beemning Mir. 10 



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20.00 

 5.00 

 6.00 

 1. 00 



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 1. 00 



1.00 



•15 



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2.00 



3.00 



6,00 



.50 



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35.00 



15.00 



to 30* 



l.5» 



3.0* 



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3.00 



.40 



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 6.00 



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40X 



It seems to be generally accepted Lliat 

 the Easter plant supply is likely to 

 run short this year. If so, the cut 

 flower will come in for a good Easter 

 but we don't hear much shouting yet. 

 Market last week 

 PHILADELPHIA very sluggish. 

 Perhaps the 

 poorest week we have had this winter. 

 The weather was very cold for one 

 thing; but whatever the cause, the 

 fact remains. There was not so much 

 stuff left over at the windup but a 

 good deal had to be cleared at sacri- 

 fices. One lot of 4000 carnations went 

 for $G. which will give an idea con- 



sidering that quoted rates were iwenty 

 to forty dollars per thousand. Prob- 

 ably the worst sufferers in the glut 

 were sweet peas. The fag end of the 

 early plantings fared worst — as th& 

 later plantings are much superior and 



(Continued on page 411) 



ROSES WANTID 



Will Pay Good Prices for Saleable 

 Blooms Shipped Regularly. 



A. L. YOUNC^& CO. 



S4 W. 2Sth Street, New Yerit 



