September 12, 1908 



HORTICULTURE 



861 



Flower Market Reports. 



The most conspicuous ar- 

 BOSTON tide in this market at the 

 present time is the aster, 

 ot which the supply coming is tremen- 

 dous. The growers are numbered by 

 legions, and they are all growing the 

 high-class varieties; the result is easily 

 imagined. The retail price "of 25 for 

 15 cents" doesn't half tell it. Gladioli 

 are fine but also over-stocked. A good 

 place is being found found for the 

 variety Princeps, which shares with 

 Shakespeare the popular favor. 

 American Beauty maintains its pre- 

 eminence and some good blooms are 

 being received which sell fairly well. 

 Other roses are not making much 

 sensation. Most of them are small and 

 short-stemmed thus far. Several new 

 varieties are beginning to appear in 

 the wholesale markets, notably Mrs. 

 Jardine and My Maryland, and con- 

 siderable interest is evinced in their 

 "trottiDg" qualities. Carnations gradu- 

 ally gaining ground, but the asters 

 hold them down very effectually just 

 now. Lily of the valley has done 

 better since Sept. 1 than in August. 

 Lilies are coming in variable quality 

 and in not too heavy numbers, and 

 they find a fairly appreciative mar- 

 ket. 



The aster season is in 

 BUFFALO full swing and gladioli 



are in heavy supply. 

 The late branching asters are of tine 

 quality and the best stock has moved 

 fairly well, but too much short, small 

 stock is blocking up and is hard to sell 

 at any reasonable price. The solid 

 colors of gladioli are having a good 

 sale, but there are still too many 

 mixed colors which take the same 

 course as the asters. These are car- 

 ried along from day to day waiting for 

 the cemetery florist to make an offer 

 and which generally is accepted. The 

 stock of new carnations is increasing 

 each week, but they are short stems. 

 The same is true with Brides, Brides- 

 maids. Chatenay, Richmond and Kil- 

 larney, with at times an oversupply. 

 Detroit, Kaiserin and Carnot are still 

 in good supply and move readily. Lily 

 of the valley and other stock is in 

 good supply; demand normal. 



In the Chicago market 

 CHICAGO asters largely predomi- 

 nate, and the stock is 

 decidedly better on the whole. Prices 

 have lowered on fancy stock because 

 there is more of it, though there is no 

 danger of a glut at present. Ameri- 

 can Beauty roses are also bringing a 

 little less, because more plentiful. Out- 

 door flowers, asters excepted, are get- 

 ting less in evidence. Carnations are 

 still small and on very short stems. 

 Most growers are cutting from new 

 stock, though an occasional one still is 

 using his old plants. Trade in general 

 is picking up and quite a different 

 atmosphere prevails in the wholesale 

 district. 



A much better tone pre- 

 DETROIT vails in the business and 

 assists materially in re- 

 ducing the enormous stock of asters 

 dumped into the local market. Were 

 it not for the careless assorting we 

 would not have such large quantities 

 but better quality and better prices. 



K^XJ 1 /Vv3 i IL*rXA3 per Hundred 



CUT GLADIOLI ftSSST 



ALTIMO CULTURE CO. 



Canfield, Ohio. 



Carnations are beginning to come in 

 fairly good. 



The past two 

 INDIANAPOLIS weeks have shown 

 a marked improve- 

 ment in the quality of stock, but the 

 same cannot be said about the condi- 

 tion of business. There is an increase 

 in the number of roses, with about 

 enough demand to absorb the better 

 grades, Beauties as a matter of course 

 being the leading seller. The carna- 

 tion supply continues light, with 

 chiefly short stemmed flowers of a 

 half-dozen varieties. The aster crop 

 has been reinforced by the arrival of 

 some extra fine Crego. Dahlias are in, 

 but owing to continued dry weather 

 the crop will probably be very short 

 this year. Gladioli are not quite so 

 plentiful yet sufficient for all demands. 

 Lilies of the various kinds appear to 

 be a trifle less plentiful with prices a 

 little higher. Greens have been re- 

 inforced by the arrival of wild smilax 

 and autumn foliage. 



There is very little 

 NEW YORK doing thus far in 



wholesale flower trade 

 circles excepting that the commission 

 men are busying themselves with the 

 work of locating desirable consignors 

 in special lines for the coming season, 

 and growers are beginning to cast 

 around and see what they can learn 

 to their own interest in the same line. 

 Asters are the dominant feature 

 everywhere. The small varieties which 

 were first abundant have now 

 given place to the later bloom- 

 ing fancy sorts and those now 

 coming in are grand as to quality. 

 The price is very low, however, and 

 the accumulation of surplus stock is 

 very large. In all other lines the sit- 

 uation remains unchanged. Sales are 

 made at such prices as buyers are dis- 

 posed to pay and there is little pros- 

 pect of improvement at the present 

 time. 



There was no 

 PHILADELPHIA decided improve- 

 ment in business 

 last week. Frame asters are very good 

 and in fair demand, but there are far 

 too many of the poorer qualities, and 

 these are unsalable. Roses of all kinds 

 were quite plentiful. Vmerican Beau- 

 ties are still clearing up fairly well: 

 but there are a good many more now 

 coming in. Some very good flowers of 

 My Maryland are arriving. These are 

 a little short-stemmed as yet. Mr*. 

 Jardine is fairly plentiful and good. 

 Carnations are improving as to flower. 

 but are very short in the stem. En- 

 chantress and Beacon show up best. 



Outdoor Crockers are better for stem, 

 and are unusually free from splits this 

 year. Gladioli are not so plentiful and 

 the light-colored varieties clean up 

 well. Lily of the valley is moving a 

 good deal better. Orchids are still 

 scarce. Nelumbiums and other water 

 lilies are fine, but the demand has 

 dropped of. Tritomas go slow, but 

 will be in better demand when autumn 

 foliage effects are wanted. Greens are 

 going a trifle livelier. Very few dab- 

 lias to be seen so far. Growers are 

 holding back until the flush of the 

 aster crop is over. But orders can be- 

 filled on short notice if desired. 



Trade is still very 

 WINNIPEG quiet in this city, al- 

 though a good deal of 

 funeral work has kept the florists 

 busy for the last few days, but the 

 sale of cut flowers is really at a 

 standstill, and little change is ex- 

 pected until the out-of-town folks re- 

 turn for the winter. 



BUSINESS CHANGES. 



John McMillin will retire from the 

 management of the Phelps greenhouses 

 at Blackinton, Mass. 



John Bauscher. Jr., started in his 

 new place, 104 Chicago street, Free- 

 port, 111., on Sept. 1st. 



J. A. Kepuei of Harrisburg has pur- 

 chased the Penn Flower Shop, Read- 

 ing, Pa., and Miss Myra Bretz will be 

 in charge. 



The Kggeling Floral Co. of St. Louis, 

 has taken down its greenhouses at 

 South Grand avenue and will rebuild 

 at Normandy. 



A. S. Nodine is to give up the florist 

 business at Milford, Conn., and looks 

 favorably towards Providence, R. I., 

 for a new location, it is said. 



John Kruchten, commission florist, 

 Chicago, opens up the fall season with 

 two partners, Alfred Lorenzo and John 

 Pool, and the name will now read John 

 Kruchten & Co. 



D. William Brainard and Chester F. 

 Brainard of Thompsonville, Conn., 

 who have been conducting separate 

 florist establishments, have consoli- 

 dated. No immediate change will be 

 the two places running as at 

 present. 



INCORPORATED. 



Co-operative Nurseries. Rochester, 

 N. Y., J. A. Ryan. J. C. Feist, J. E. 

 ay; capital, $25,000. 



