August S, 1908 



HORTICULTURE 



177' 



FLOWER MARKET REPORTS 



The ebb tide in business 

 BOSTON seems to have been check- 1 

 ed, but the flood tide has 

 not yet set in to any great extent. 

 American Beauty roses are in good 

 supply at present and are selling 

 satisfactorily. Another rose which 

 enjoys favor, and deservedly so, is 

 . Pres. Carnot. These are excellent at 

 present and all that come in are sold. 

 Kaiserin is not doing so well; it is 

 neither . so popular nor so good in 

 quality. Of other roses a good many 

 buds from plants set out in June are 

 coming in; although small and short 

 stemmed they are of good color and 

 carry good clean foliage. The first of 

 the out-door carnation crop has made 

 its appearance; stems are very short, 

 but blooms are fine. The supply of 

 lily of the valley is good, but prices 

 are not as high as in other years. 

 Asters are increasing in quantity 

 every day; they are of excellent 

 grade, but prices are going down. 

 Sweet peas are of good quality and 

 abundant. Gladioli are more in evi- 

 dence; the variety Shakespeare takes 

 the lead and is really better than the 

 price it brings. 



The market has b < i 

 BUFFALO very much on the quiet 



side for the past week or 

 so, but trade has been equal to that of 

 a year ago. Floral work is about the 

 only thing that has carried any de- 

 mand for stock. A few asters, roses, 

 bunch asparagus and a design is about 

 the way orders are being filled. Beau- 

 lies are rather scarce and have had a 

 fair demand, while the prices have 

 advanced a notch. Other roses are in 

 good supply, and the select stock find 

 ready buyers. The same may be said 

 of asters and gladioli, the latter com- 

 ing mostly in mixed colors. There is 

 an over supply on greens, which has 

 had little demand. 



Chicago cut flower mar- 

 CHICAGO ket is feeling the effect 



of the heat and contin- 

 ued drouth. Carnations are getting 

 smaller each day and in general stock 

 is poor but some really good Lawsons 

 are seen. The red carnation Robt 

 Craig is also holding up well for Au- 

 gust. Beauties and Kaiserins are com- 

 ing into the market in good shape. 

 Most, of the asters are suffering from 

 the long dry spell and sales are based 

 on quality. Several of the market 

 florists have closed their stalls till 

 business opens up again. Notwith- 

 standing all this there is a steady de- 

 mand for a few good flowers and on 

 the whole business is as good as could 

 be expected in August. 



Reports are that asters 

 DETROIT arrive a little better in 

 quality and quantity, but 

 growers complain bitterly about the 

 aster disease. The late varieties look 

 quite well, but the early varieties are 

 a failure. 



S u m m e r conditions 

 NEW YORK are still in control but 

 there is a slight in- 

 dication of improvement in the local 



call for the higher grades of flu 

 Prices have not changed materially 

 on any line. Orchids, especially cat- 

 t'.eyas, and the better specimens of 

 American Beauty have something like 

 a regular sale, but most other subji i 

 have to take what the situation af- 

 fords at the moment and under such 

 conditions it is very difficult to main- 

 tain a fixed value on anything. Many 

 flowers are showing the effects of the 

 recent sweltering weather, and roses, 

 carnations, lily of the valley, etc., run 

 under average quality for this season 

 of the year. Asters are already too 

 plentiful and must be extra good to 

 command quoted figures. 



Conditions the 

 PHILADELPHIA past week re- 

 mained about as 

 previously reported. There are a few. 

 better asters coming in, but the gen- 

 eral run are rather poor and prices 

 have broken badly. The local sweet 

 pea crop is all burned up by the hot 

 weather, but some good northern 

 grown flowers are coming in. Amer- 

 ican Beauty roses are good sellers 

 and good quality. Kaiserins are also 

 good and fairly plentiful, but are not 

 moving quite so brisk as last week. 

 Other roses are away below par in 

 quality. There is nothing noteworthy 

 to report in other flowers. 



News of Clubs and Societies 



(Continued/rout page it>5) 



FLORISTS' CLUB OF WASHING- 

 TON. 



On the afternoon of July 23 the Flor- 

 isis' Club of Washington had its an- 

 nual outing at Great Falls. Local flor- 

 ists all closed their places of business 

 and there were three car loads of 

 happy excursionists. Bresident F. H. 

 Kramer, Geo. Shaffer and Chas. Mc- 

 Cauley were committee on arrange- 

 ments and they managed to give 

 everybody a glorious good time, includ- 

 ing a fine dinner and a series of games 

 followed by dancing, despite a series 

 of thunderstorms which continued 

 until the return to the city at mid- 

 night We quote from a local paper, 

 the reporter for which must be a gem, 

 as follows: 



Despite the storm tbe florists had one 

 of tbe times of their lives. They simply 

 refused to be outdone by the elements-, 

 and, during tbe afternoon, between sho^ 

 ers, tbe athletic events went on. True, 

 a tew of the gladiators fell down and left 

 imprints of portly forms in tbe mud. 'mi 

 who couldn't for tbe chance to win a be i 

 or a new pair of suspenders? 



There was a blare of trumpets at 6, and 

 the aggregation surrounded long tables and 

 did things to a bunch of defenseless edi- 

 bles spread thei n. After this came danc 



iug, whenever the electrical storm would 

 permit the lights to burn and the music 

 to be heard. 



t're.t Kramer, <; ge Shaffer ami Charles 



M< < aniey, coi on arrangem 



i i w here, ii seemed, at i be sa me 



f'bsiug for a photograph or wring 



i.i- the water, from once glorious suits. 



the same grace was noted. William l<\ 



'.ii. and George Cooke also gave valuable 



i - lo would i"' athl 



Juke Minder, was declared the winner of 

 tin' sacls race, dead easy, until ■' was 



I el that his sack had holes in the bot- 

 tom, and that he bad loped in unincum- 

 bered. Mr. Minder consented laughingly 



to I ome disqualified, and posed as in 



also ran. hi t 'he features was the 



ladies" fifty-yard race, the finals being run 

 by Miss Eva Cook and Mrs. Ed. .\1'< ' auloy. 

 Miss Cook succeeded in going ten yards on 

 the second trial, ami fell. 



The athletic events opened with a five- 

 round boxing contest between Master 



Dunn, of Michigan, and I aid Shier, of 



Washington, both ten-year-olds, who fought 

 like urownnps, and furnished much excite- 

 ment. Master Dunn was winner, and 

 carried the honors jauntily all the after- 

 noon. Later be did a number of acrobatic 

 stunts amid tbe applause of the assembled 

 florists. 



MISSOURI STATE BOARD OF HOR- 

 TICULTURE. 



Greeting to sister organizations o«d horti- 

 cultural workers : 



The State Horticultural Society of 

 .Missouri has had an honored career of 

 half a century, holding two regular 

 meetings each year during that time. 

 In 1907, however, it became necessary 

 to reorganize in order to be eligible to 

 receive state aid and the new organi- 

 :ation was called the Missouri State 

 Board of Horticulture. The new board 

 will continue to bold two meetings a 

 year — one during the summer at dif- 

 ferent places in the state and the 

 other in the winter at Columbia. 



The board desires to announce that 

 W. L. Howard, of the Horticultural 

 Department of the University of Mis- 

 si uiii, has been elected secretary and 

 the headquarters established at Co- 

 lumbia, the seat of the State Univer- 

 sity. liie Agricultural College, and the 

 Experiment Slalion. Please nole 

 change of address. 



Respectfully. 

 The Missouri State Board 



of Horticulture. 



THE INSECT INVASION. 



Spraying is now an indispensable 

 precaution if immunity from destruc- 

 tive insects and fungous troubles is 

 sought. Fall spraying is now in order 

 for certain pests. The elm-leaf beetle^ 

 for instance, will make a second brood 

 this season in the Boston district and 

 the damage already done by this de- 

 structive insect will be greatly in- 

 creased unless spraying is promptly 

 done. On page 105 of this issue will 

 be found several insecticide offers. 

 Write to those firms for information as 

 to what their preparations will ac- 

 complish. 



The State Board of Agriculture of 

 New Hampshire held a field meeting 

 at Hampton on July 29. 



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