June 28, 1913 



HORTICULTUEE 



967 



Flower Market Reports 



As June passes out it is 

 BOSTON tile same oid story with 

 the flower trade. The 

 graduation exercises, weddings and 

 ctlier flower-consuming events that 

 help out on the June flower demand 

 and maintain wliatever semblance of 

 business there is in this closing month 

 of the season have gradually dwindled 

 down and the present week sees about 

 the last of them. It cannot be said 

 that the local demand has been no- 

 ticeably good. From outside points it 

 has been quite satisfactory so far as 

 the wholesale trade is concerned, but 

 even this is now whittled down to very 

 little and it looks as though the grow- 

 ers might at once throw out their old 

 stock without any fear that the action 

 is premature. As to quality it is gen- 

 erally on the wane, some things aver- 

 aging poor as a rule. This is not true 

 of sweet peas, however, which are 

 coming in from outside and are su- 

 perb. Peonies are nearly finished. 

 American Beauty roses are not plenti- 

 ful. 



The market has changed 

 BUFFALO very little from last re- 

 port, though trade con- 

 ditions have been a trifle better. 

 Prices are of the summer kind and 

 then only one-third of the heavy sur- 

 plus is consumed. Roses are showing 

 the summer effect. Killarney espe- 

 cially which are small and mildewed. 

 Maryland is growing more in demand. 

 Some good Milady are had and have 

 preference over American Beauty or 

 Richmond. Kaiserin is fine, also Car- 

 not. Carnations are gradually becom- 

 ing poor in quality. There is an abun- 

 dance of lilies, which clean up quite 

 satisfactory, but at low figures. Peo- 

 nies are nearing their end. 



June is not disappointing 

 CHICAGO those who had antici- 

 pated the receipts from 

 the sales during the month of roses 

 and of commencements and of wed- 

 dings. All sentiment aside, with the 

 dull weeks ahead, the footings of June 

 sales plays an important part in the 

 summer finances. Each week has seen 

 extremes of temperature and the mar- 

 ket has varied accordingly. The past 

 week has been no exception, but even 

 so, most houses report a fair amount 

 of business. Peonies bring 75 cents 

 and $1.00 per dozen for good stock and 

 little or nothing for poor ones. White 

 and light pink are more scarce than 

 the red just now. American Beauties 

 suffered from the extreme heat early 

 in the month and there are many poor 

 ones offered, but there is also a fair 



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Roses 

 Am. Beauty, Fancy and Special. . . . 



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" " No.i 



'* " Lower Grades 



Killarney, Extra 



" Ordinary 



Richmond, Maryland, Extra 



" " Ordinary . . - 



Bride, "Maid 



Hillingdon, Ward, Melody, Extra-. 

 " " ** Ordinary 



Taft, Sunburst 



Carnations, Fancy Grade 



*' Ordinary 



Cattleyas 



Lilies, Longiflorum 



Lily of the Valley 



Gladioli 



Daises 



Snapdragon 



Stocks 



Sweet Peas 



Gardenias 



Adiantum 



Smilax 



Asparagus Plumosus, Strings (ico).. 

 " " & Spren. (too Bchs.).. 



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June 26 



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PHILA, 



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quantity of good stock, in which the 

 mecium lengths seem to lead the de- 

 mand. Carnations are good, bad and 

 indifferent, and the buyer can have 

 his choice. All kinds of roses are 

 plentiful and there are few, if any, 

 wasted. Lily of the valley, as usual, 

 is a strong feature in the June sales. 

 Quantities of daisies and calliopsis are 

 to be had. 



The supply of all sea- 



CINCINNATI sonable flowers con- 

 tinues very large. 

 The call for them is fair but not 

 strong enough to cause either any sub- 

 stantial clearance or stiffened prices. 

 Last week was as a whole a pretty 

 fair one. In spite of the low prices 

 the aggregate sales totaled nicely. The 

 receipts still include quite a large 

 number of excellent roses. The 

 American Beauty supply is ample. 

 The Giganteum lilies are finding a 

 weak market. Gladioli are good prop- 

 erty. Water lilies do not sell any too 

 well. The supply of lily of the valley 

 is rather limited. A large amount of 

 good carnations are coming in but 

 they are rapidly on the decline. 



Supply has been away 



DETROIT above the demand and 

 even the effort of some 



growers to sell cut carnations on the 

 market direct did not lessen the glut. 

 Next in line to flood the market were 

 a shipment of 10.000 lily of the valley 

 and one of almost the same amount of 

 lilies within two*days from one grow- 

 er. In such extreme cases it seems to 

 me the commission man ought to re- 

 ceive extra compensation for hand- 

 ling the goods. 



There is very lit- 

 PHILADELPHIA tie of interest to 

 report. The mar- 

 ket may be summed up in the state- 

 ment that conditions have been simi- 

 lar to our report of last week. The 

 indications all point to a quick reces- 

 sion soon — both as to receipts of flow- 

 ers and the business calling for them. 

 We hear at this writing of one promi- 

 nent retailer who had four big wed- 

 dings and receptions on hand, and 

 whose forces were working night and 

 day. A large quantity of stock was 

 used, of course, but it takes more than 

 one concern to make much of an im- 

 pression on a metropolitan market. 

 Last week there was quite a notice- 

 able drop-off in the amount of stock 

 received, all of which is what may be 

 expected at this time of the year. 



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