March 22, 1913 



HOETICULTUEE 



443 



Flower Market Reports 



f Ctntinutd front Pa^e J41) 



better condition right now than they 

 have been as Easter approached in 

 past years. Practically all the stock 

 that arrives shows that the bloom was 

 cut at the proper time and sent into 

 the marltet and not held on the plants 

 or bulbs or in a refrigerator. Roses 

 are in an adequate supply, except 

 American Beauties, which are pretty 

 well off crop. The carnation cut, at 

 the time of this writing, is more or 

 less limited. 



As usual the greatest 

 NEW YORK activity a few days 

 before Easter has 

 been with the plantsmen and the plant 

 buyers, but there has also been an 

 injection of life into the cut-flower 

 trade which augurs well for that de- 

 partment when the end of the week is 

 reached. The most disturbing feature 

 of the situation is the very evident dis- 

 position on the part of some of the 

 flower people to hold back their prod- 

 uct instead of sending it in as fast as 

 it is fit. This assininity would not to- 

 day be worth the trouble of even men- 

 tioning it were it not for the fact that 

 the entire cut-flower industry suffers 

 untold injury. If the loss could only 

 be confined to the misguided fools who 

 follow this worn-out practice nobody 

 would care, but it is not so. The qual- 

 ity of most standard crops is excellent. 

 Lilies have, many of them, been forced 

 too hard and are soft in texture and 

 weak of stem. Bulbous material is In 

 very heavy crop. American Beauties 

 are still far shy of the demand, but 

 there are good Brunners in consider- 

 able quantity to help out. The weather 

 thus far has been favorable to ship- 

 ping. 



Business during 

 PHILADELPHIA the past week, 

 was fairly satisfac- 

 tory. Stocks cleaned up pretty well 

 on Saturday. The best sellers were 

 probably white carnations, these be- 

 ing in extra demand for St. Patrick's 

 Day. Other flowers went at normal 

 pace with the exception of violets, 

 which were sluggish. Roses of all 

 kinds were in good demand especi- 

 ally white roses, but the latter were 

 on the scarce side and that doubtless 

 had something to do with the condi- 

 tion. Nothing new as to Beauty; still 

 very very scarce. Carnations remain 

 in the pink of form and condition, 

 with demand all that could be expect- 

 ed. Orchid market moderate both as 

 to quality and sales. Gardenias slow, 

 for some reason or other not easily 

 defined. Sweet peas are in rather bet- 

 ter shape, not so many of the poorer 



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 SUPERIOR ROSES, ULY OF THE VALLEY. CARNATIONS, ORCHIDS 

 BE^ST PRODVCED 

 226 Pevonahlr* Stft, Bo«ton, M«> 



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383-387 ELUCOTT ST. 



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BUFFALO, N. Y. 



—MONTREAL FLORAL EXCHANGE LTD.— 



OROANIZKD FOR THS HKMMTIT OF THB CAXAOUJI TKADK. 

 CUT IXOWSBS AMD nOBIBT*' ■CPPL.IES OF BTERT DEBCBIPTION. 

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MISCELLANEOUS 



Cattleyas 



Lflies, Longlflorum . 



Callas 



Uly of the Valley ... 



DaffodiU 



Tulips 



Violets 



Daises 



Mignonette. 



Snapdra.ion 



Waillower 



Sweet Peas (per loo bunches 



Qardenlas 



Adlantum 



3nillax 



Asparmgus PI umosus , strings (per loo) 



" " & Sprcn (loo bunches) . 



FInit Half gf Wert 



beginning Mar. 17 



1913 



25.00 

 6.00 

 6.00 

 1. 00 



I.OO 



1. 00 



•15 

 .50 



2.00 



4.00 



1.00 



3.00 



6.00 



3.00 



.50 to 

 6.00 to 

 35-00 

 15.00 



to .4« 



to x.oo 



to 6.aa 



to 8.00 



to 2.00 



to 8.s« 

 25.00 



40.01 

 25.01 



grades arriving and the demand for 

 the top notchers is very good. Daf- 

 fodils continue in good supply with 

 brisk call. The southerners are more 

 plentiful but so far are selling well 

 although at very low prices. Dasies 

 are moving rather better; other stocks 

 normal. 



The local market was 

 ST. LOUIS ablaze with all kinds 



of good quality of 

 stock. The wholesalers say that busi- 

 ness was good all of the past week 

 but stock being so plentiful clean 

 sales were out of the question on any 

 thing. Violets and peas glutted the 

 market daily and sold very cheap and 

 big lots were disposed of in this way. 

 There are also plenty of good roses 

 and carnations. The rose market was 

 very heavy on Killarneys and Rich- 

 mond and carnations on Enchantress 

 in all varieties. Easter demand prom- 

 ises to be big this year. 



Business during 

 WASHINGTON the early part of 



last week was not 

 so good as it has been. Saturday 

 found the stores a little busier while 

 on Monday the first of the Easter 

 trade was seen. The run on lily of 

 the valley was quite heavy on that 

 day and noon found the stores com- 

 pletely cleaned out. There will be 



plenty of stock during the week and 

 probably of good quality. The only 

 possible shortages will be American 

 Beauty roses. 



INCORPORATED. 



Bozeman, Mont. — William A. Davis 

 Seed Co., capital stock $7,000. Incor- 

 porators, W. A. Davis, B. C. Parker 

 and E. J. Renstrom. 



Pittsburgh, Pa.— J. M. Phillips' 

 Sons, Inc., to deal in florists' tools 

 and supplies. Capital stock $10,000. 

 Incorporators, E. Heckman, E. H. Phil- 

 lips, E. V. Phillips, M. W. Rigdon and 

 F. J. Tyrrell. 



GEO. C. 5IEBRECHT 



WHOLESALE FLORIST 

 los \A/ES-r 2s«>-> s-r 



CONSIGNMENS SOLICITED 



PHONE {^«|j MADISON SQ., NEW YORK 



ROSES WANTED 



will Pay Good Prices for Saleable 

 Blooms Shipped Regularly. 



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S4 W. 28th Street, New York 



