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HORTICULTURE 



August 22, IMS 



WHOLESALE FLORISTS — 



Continued 



Pittsburg 



J. B. Murdoch & Co., 714 Penn Aye., Plttt 

 burgh. Pa. 



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St. Louis 



H. G. BernlDg, 1402 Pine St., St. Louis, Mo 

 For page see List of Advertisers 



WHOLESALE PLANTSMAN 



Samuel A. Woodrow, 53 W. 30th St., 



New York. 



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WILD SMILAX 



E. A. Beaven, Evergreen, Ala. 



Southern Wild Smllai: Log Mosses. 



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Ne w Of f ers in Thi s Issue. 



CARNATIONS, FIELD GROWN. 



Alfred N. Enton, St.. Sudbury, Mass. 

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GLADIOLUS BLOOMS. 



Exbibiion at Horticultural Hall, Boston. 



John Lewis Chikls, Floral Park. N. Y. 



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HARDY GARDEN CARNATION 



SEED. 



O. V. Zangen, Ilohoken, N. J. 

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HIGHEST AWARDS AT S. A. F. 



TRADE EXHIBIT. 



King Construction Co., N. Tonawanda, 



N. .Y 



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SWEET PEA SEED. 



H. F. Michell Co., 1018 Market Street, 



Philadelphia. 



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USEFUL BOOKS. 



We can supply the following books, 

 postpaid, at the prices listed: — 



The Chrysanthemum. Herrington. 

 Price, 50 cts. 



How to Make Money Growing Vio- 

 lets. Saltford. Price, 25 cts. 



Daffodils-Narcissus and How to Gro«r 

 Them. A. M. Kirby. Price, $1.10. 



Commercial Violet Culture. Dr. B. 

 T. Galloway. Price, $1.50. 



Water Gardening. Peter Bisset 

 Price, $2.50. 



Lawns and How to Make Them. 

 Leonard Barron. Price, $1.10. 



HORTICULTURE PUB. CO., 

 11 Hamilton Place. BOSTON 



ROSES IN COLORADO. 



A paper hj J. A, Valentine <>f Denver, 



Colo., before the American Hose 



Society. 



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Present Market Conditions in Denver. 



Just at present in Denver the sup- 

 ply of cut flowers is decidedly in ex- 

 cess of the demand. This is apt to 

 be true with us for a short time in the 

 fall and again in the spring, but dur- 

 ing the rest of the year the supply 

 and demand seem pretty well bal- 

 anced. There was a time when a 

 great many roses were shipped to 

 Colorado by eastern growers, but I 

 believe that practically none are 

 shipped in now. 



The people of Colorado as a class 

 are what may be termed "good spend- 

 ers", but not in the way that seems 

 to be generally imagined. There are 

 very few instances of the lucky miner 

 with more money than he knows what 

 to do with. They generally buy what 

 they have use for, and are willing to 

 pay a fair price for it. but it is a mis- 

 take to suppose that they are disposed 

 to throw their money away. On the 

 other hand what is commonly known 

 as "shopping" or "haggling" for the 

 sake of getting a small reduction in 

 the price is not very much practiced. 



The prices which are obtainable in 

 the Denver market are never as high 

 as the highest prices obtainable in 

 the Chicago market, especially at 

 Christmas, but prices are more even 

 the year through, and a considerable 

 part of the retail trade is supplied un- 

 der contract, where the prices are 

 fixed in advance. No one has ever 

 made a success of a wholesale com- 

 mission house in Denver, and it looks 

 as though such an enterprise could 

 not be a success until there is room 

 for two such concerns, for it is hard 

 to get the growers to place confidence 

 in a man who has no competition. 

 A Bit of History. 



As nearly as I can determine, the 

 forcing of roses in Colorado only 

 dates back to 1873. when Gus Opitz 

 grew a dozen plants or so. The fol- 

 lowing year Rushmore & Son planted 

 Hermosa. Isabelle Sprunt, Safrano and 



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Strong 2 J4 inch pot plants, $2.50 per 100, $20.00 



per 1000. 

 ADIANTUM CROWEANUn 



Beautiful 5 inch pot plants, fine for cutting, 



pot sales or dividing, $5 per doz., $35 per 100. 

 ARAUCARIAS 



Never had a better lot. 4 in. pot plants, 6 in. 



high. 35^; 5 inch pot plants, 12 inches high, 



3 tiers, 60c: 6 inch pot plants, 14 inches high, 



3 and 4 tiers, 75c; 6 inch pot plants, 16 inches 



high, 4 tiers. Si. 

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Fine Strain. 2J4 inch pots, $3 per ico. 



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PANDANUS UTILIS 



2J4 inch pots, $6 per 100; 4 inch pots. $12.50 

 per 100. 



SAINTPAUL1A IONANTHA 



(African Violet) eic. Grand pot plant. Strong 



3 inch stock, $10 per 100. 



FICUS ELASTICA 



4 inch pot, 10 to 12 inches high, $25 per 100; 



5 inch pots, 20 inches high, $60 per 100. 



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2J4 inch pot plants for centers of ferneries, $7 

 per 100. 



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Lamarque, all in a house about fifty 

 feet long. 



I have sent out numerous inquiries, 

 and using the replies received as a 

 basis, I estimate that the florists of 

 the State are at present forcing about 

 35,000 Beauties, 30,000 Brides, 20,000 

 each of Bridesmaid, Chatenay and 

 Richmond, and 10,000 other roses, in- 

 cluding Roosevelt, Killarney. Perle, 

 Kaiserin and Moulton. It is interest- 

 ing to note that not a single concern 

 reported any Liberty, and that rose 

 seems to have been completely sup- 

 planted by Richmond. 



The retail business in the State 

 probably approximates $650,000 per 

 annum, or $1.00 for each inhabitant. 

 I would not like to venture an esti- 

 mate of the amount of wholesale busi- 

 ness done with adjoining states, but 

 it is considerable. These figures must 

 seem absurdly small to Chicago flor- 

 ists who are accustomed to places 

 with a million feet of glass under one 

 management; but some day the men 

 who have grown rich in Chicago will 

 make their homes in Colorado, where 

 summer and winter are alike delight- 

 ful, and we in our turn will build 

 large places and get rich catering to 

 their wants. 



Looking to the Future. 



Just at present there does not seem 

 to be any opening for increased areas 

 of glass in the vicinity of Denver, but 

 there are doubtless a number of small 

 towns in the State where a florist 

 could start in a modest way and grad- 

 ually build up a business which would 

 be fairly remunerative. Such a man 

 would do well to work a year for some 

 established concern where he could 

 observe the methods practiced, and he 

 could then start for himself with less 

 risk of costly mistakes. If success 

 came slowly he would find some com- 

 pensation in the joy of living among 

 a warm-hearted and generous people, 

 in a glorious climate with noble moun- 

 tains in view, whose charm would 

 ever increase. What better can any 

 country offer than moderate financial 

 success in such an environment? 



This paper would not be complete 

 without some reference to the pres- 

 ent financial condition, and I am glad 

 to be able to say that in Colorado the 

 recent depression has not made any 

 appreciable difference in the business. 

 It may be that it is yet too early for 

 us to feel the bad effects from the 

 late panic, and there may still be for 

 us a day of reckoning, but like all 

 others, we are glad to put off the evil 

 day as long as possible. 



The nineteenth annual banquet 

 given under the will of the late Henry 

 Shaw by the directors of the Mis- 

 souri Botanical Garden to gardeners, 

 florists and nurserymen took place on 

 August 12 at the Mercantile Club, St. 

 Louis. The American Apple Growers' 

 Congress convened there on Tuesday 

 and Wednesday and all the delegates 

 were invited guests. A fine orchestra 

 played and the floral decorations by 

 Dunford were greatly admired. Wil- 

 liam Trelease acted as tosatmaster 

 and among the speakers were George 

 T. Lincoln, N. J. Coleman, L. A. Good- 

 man and Otto Opperman. There was 

 a large attendance and the evening 

 was very enjoyable. 



