June 21, 1913 



HORTICULTURE 



937 



Flower Market Reports 



(.Continued from page (??5^ 



cellaneous flowers are to be had and 

 all kinds of green. 



The local market is 

 CINCINNATI rather weak. The 



supply is very large 

 and the call for stock is not nearly 

 taking up all of the offerings. A sub- 

 stantial part of tlie receipts are hardly 

 up to the standard in quality. Quite 

 a few roses are badly mildewed while 

 many of the carnations are soft when 

 they arrive and are affected either by 

 the excessive heat or by red spider. 

 Still, receipts of flowers of quality are 

 more than adequate for the demand. 

 The rose supply includes some very 

 choice offerings but the sales do not 

 begin to take up all of them. Some 

 very fine Giganteum Iilie,s are coming 

 in but they find a slow market. There 

 is a strong demand for lily of the val- 

 ley. Carnations have been pretty 

 thoroughly shot to pieces by the warm 

 weather. Good gladioli are coming in. 

 Sweet peas have been selling very 

 well. 



While there are oc- 

 NEW YORK casional spurts of 



mild activity on one 

 or another specialty yet it cannot he 

 said that the flower business in gen- 

 eral has made much headway from the 

 stagnant conditions reported last week. 

 Retailers are at times quite busy with 

 steamer baskets, bridal work and 

 graduation bouquets, but the receipts 

 coming in are so heavy that all these 

 things together are comparatively in- 

 significant and they make no impres- 

 sion either on accumulated stock or its 

 market value. The price is generally 

 about what the retailer is disposed to 

 pay, a condition that will be easier to 

 imagine than to describe. A couple of 

 hot days played havoc with the qual- 

 ity of roses, carnations and sweet peas 

 especially and the stock is by no means 

 as good as that ofl'ered a week ago. 

 Peonies are still seen in large quantity 

 and the lily situation is not much im- 

 proved yet. 



There was little 

 PHILADELPHIA change in the 

 market last 

 week. Perhaps a little less stock and 

 also a little less business. After the 

 middle of June that condition is to be 

 expected, although according to gen- 

 eral opinion among the wholesalers, 

 summer business has gradually in- 

 creased during the past five years. 

 Roses were very plentiful, especially 

 among the lower grades, and the 

 week's accumulations had to suffer 

 another great sacrifice on Saturday. 

 However, the present week will likely 

 see the end of that. The flush is over, 

 and besides many growers have begun 



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Gardenias 



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Smilax 



Asparagus Plumosus, strings (per loo) 



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Last Naif of Week 



ending June 14 



1913 



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to tear out. Carnations are going down 

 hill fast, both in- quantity and quality. 

 Xe.xt in importance to the rose and 

 carnation at present is the sweet pea. 

 This crop is now very heavy and much 

 more than the market can handle. 

 Mostly all out-door grown, and excel- 

 lent quality. But it is too late for the 

 church festivals and commencements 

 which are the features that call for 

 this class of stock in May and the first 

 half of June. If possible the growers 

 ought to try to get the flush of this 

 crop in a month earlier to get the 

 money out of It. Gardenias on the 

 wane; few and poor. Orchids in 

 smaller supply with demand sluggish. 

 Fine gladioli a feature. Water lilies 

 and blue delphinium are also conspicu- 

 ous items. 



This market has had 



ST. LOUIS a supply of cut stock 

 but the dry and hot 

 weather of late makes the quality poor 

 and extra fine roses and carnations are 

 cut of question at the present time. 

 Prices have fallen off considerable. 

 Ferns are scarce. Asparagus and 

 sniilax sell well. 



A very satisfactory 



ROCHESTER amount of business 

 has been transacted 

 during the past week. Graduation and 

 commencement exercises have been nu- 

 merous and demanded a great quantity 

 of flowers — chiefly sweet peas, which 

 we are glad to say were very plentiful 

 and of good size and color. American 

 Beauty and Milady roses were also in 

 demand. Children's Day exercises, 

 June weddings, etc., are in profusion 

 and some large decorations have been 

 done this week at the churches. Car- 

 nations are not quite so good as of 

 late. Roses in all grades are good. 



also lily of the valley. Out-door roses 

 are plentiful, these retailing at 50 cents 

 per dozen. Peonies are very numerous 

 and the market is practically full. 

 Lemon lilies, Spanish iris, etc., are in- 

 cluded as good stock. Smllax is still 

 scarce. Other greens are fairly plen- 

 tiful. 



The intense heat 

 WASHINGTON of the present week 

 has caused an in- 

 flux of roses in a full open condition, 

 with the result that there has been a 

 drop in prices. There is a fair de- 

 mand lor Al stock. Carnations are 

 fast going out of crop. Catleyas have 

 dropped somewhat in price. The 

 graduation rush continues. The sev- 

 eral conventions held here last week 

 called for extensive dinner decorations 

 but. aside from this, business as a 

 whole is quiet. 



The Smith & Hemenway Co. of New 

 V'ork City, inform us that instead of 

 carrying stock in two places they have 

 arranged to carry at the factory, 

 Irvington Mfg. Company, 130 Coit 

 street, Irvington, N. J., a complete 

 stock after July 10th and all shipments 

 will be made from the Irvington Mfg. 

 Company alter that date. This enter- 

 prise is a movement in the right direc- 

 tion as it means facilitating shipment 

 to customers and making more prompt 

 delivery^ .\lso, they have largely in- 

 creased the facilities of the factory 

 and stock room to take care of addi- 

 tional stcok and of their increased 

 business. It might be well to mention 

 the fact that they are manufacturers 

 of the largest line of hand tools made 

 in the United States, and are Owners 

 of the famous trademark, the Genuine 

 "Red Devil." 



