October 3, 1908 



H ORTICULTURE 



457 



Flower Market Reports. 



Trade continues to fail 

 BOSTON, off and the little move- 

 ment thai has been so 

 carefully nurtured during the past 

 weeks seems to have died oul for lack 

 ol vitality, and it becomes evident to 

 anybody that nothing with any back- 

 bone in it may be looked for until cold 

 weather ensues. The demand is very 

 weal, on all lines, except American 

 Beauty roses and lily of the valley 

 both of which enjoy the distinction of 

 really being called for occasionally. 

 Carnations and roses are improving in 

 quality and increasing in quantity 

 hut that is all that can be said to their 

 credit at present. 



The very dry weather 

 BUFTALO has played havoc with 



asters and other outdoor 

 stock, and the selling market for the 

 past week was in fairly good condition. 

 . Gladioli have been received in good 

 quantity and have sold steadily, and 

 these together with dahlias have" had a 

 fair demand. Carnations have been 

 coming in heavy, but with short stems 

 and up to a week ago, the demand 

 very light. Shipments arriving during 

 the night were asleep when unpacked 

 owing to the intense heat. On Thurs- 

 day things brightened up and the bal- 

 ance of the week was a busy one for 

 the trade. Beauties and other roses, 

 together with lily of the valley and 

 other stock, were in demand. Violets 

 are of rather poor quality, but there is 

 a call for them now and then. Chrys- 

 anthemums have made their appear- 

 ance in this market from outside 

 sources. Green goods are in good 

 supply; demand normal. 



General conditions are 

 CHICAGO slowly improving. The 



market is not so over- 

 stocked and the cooler weather will 

 soon improve the quality of the stock. 

 Asters are nearing the end and the 

 season has on the whole been far from 

 satisfactory. The planting was late ou 

 account of the wet spring, causing the' 

 early crop of asters to be light, while 

 the late ones were greatly injured by 

 the hot, dry summer. Rain fell last 

 Sunday, and the mercury dropped a 

 few degrees. Chrysanthemums Octo- 

 ber Frost and Golden Glow are in the 

 market, with stems from 30 to 36 

 inches. Hassett & Washburn and 

 Poehlmann Eros, were cutting them 

 this week. Carnations are improving 

 steadily, and some very good flowers 

 are seen. The first violets in the mar- 

 ket were seen at Vaughan & Sperry's 

 on Saturday. Roses are good, consid- 

 ering the hot weather. Beauties espe- 

 cially are fine and find ready sale. 



Another week has pass- 

 DETROIT ed without rain and the 



record for dry weather 

 in the local weather bureau has there- 

 by been completely shattered. The 

 effect on outdoor stuff is very bad and 

 another bad feature of this dry spell 

 is the loss of fall foliage. The leaves 

 ai'e shriveling up and falling from the 

 trees and this prettiest of all outdoor 

 decorating material we shall have to 

 forego. Business ill general has been 

 very good during the last week. Many 

 of the florists are booking liberal or- 

 ders for weddings and other social 

 functions in the near future. 



NEW YORK. 



It is not expect- 

 ed that there will 



be any material 



c h a n g e in cut 



flower m a r k e t 



conditions here 



until a good 



breeze gets in its 



work on the out- 

 door flowers and 



verdure and the 



flower buyers who 



are still dallying 



in the country. 



The usual changes 



in quality of stock 



coming in, which 



is characteristic 



of the season, aie 



going on; asters 



browned and dis- 

 sipated looking, 



roses and carna- 

 tions longer in 

 stem and i ni- 



proved in flower; 

 dahlias in the 

 way; gladioli on 

 last legs; chrys- 

 anthemums get- 

 ting ready for the 

 invasion and vio- 

 lets peeping shyly 

 in at the doors 

 of the commission 

 houses, uncertain 

 as to their wel- 

 come and wonder- 

 ing why there 

 is no excitement. 

 Shake the moth balls out of your over- 

 coat. It's October! 



While there was 

 PHILADELPHIA a big influx of 



stock the past 

 week over anything we have had so 

 far. there was very little im- 

 provement in -the demand. Ameri- 

 can Beauty roses were good sell- 

 ers Catlleyas also. Some unusual 

 funeral work called for large quanti- 

 ties of lily of the valley and orchids 

 and these were in consequence very 

 satisfactory items. A few asters are 

 still coming in but dahlias have the 

 call. The welcome rains early in the 

 week will probably give us far too 

 many dahlias, but they will be finer 

 than ever. Among roses Mrs. Jardine 

 has suffered from the hot spell. Mary- 

 land shows up well and is a prime fa- 

 vorite. The weather has been too hot 

 for carnations. They have gone back 

 if anything and carry very poorly. A 

 few violets are arriving and are all 

 right if sold quickly. 



T^OR the past month our private office has 

 A been turned into a dispensaiy for the evo- 

 lution of silk and satin allurements to 

 charm the nimble orders for ribbons and sup- 

 plies from the florists of the United States and 

 Canada Reduced to black and white and 

 bound in compact form the result of this incu- 

 bation has been mailed to all our customers of 

 record. Anyone not on our list can have the 

 catalogue on application. It will be a revela- 

 tion to many to find what wonderful creations 

 we offer to the up-to-date florist. v\ e will be 

 glad to hear from ycu. 



S. S. PENNOCK-MEEHAN GO. 



1608-1620 Ludlow St., Philadelphia 



"The" Wholesale Florists of Philadelphia 



Each week shows 

 WASHINGTON a marked improve- 

 ment in the retail 

 as well as the wholesale trade. The 

 continued hot, dry spell has about 



finished up the aster crop, not much 

 before the public had begun to tire of 

 it as a cut flower. Dahlias now prove 

 a burden, though they are wonderfully 

 fine Chrysanthemums are coming in 

 in very small quantities, and the qual- 

 ity is no advance on the quantity. 

 Carnations are improving in size, but 

 the stem is still short, so that the 

 price cannot advance on them. The 

 drought has finally been broken by 

 one of the most perfect downpours 

 that has visited this section in some 

 time. At the present writing there 

 has been but a very little frost; not 

 enough to do any damage. 



Although Sept'em- 

 TWIN CITIES ber has been very 



hot, trade all around 

 was good. The market is well sup- 

 plied but no surplus of anything. 

 Quality not up to the standard. As- 

 ters are about the only thing where 

 there is a shortage. Every grower 

 complains about having lost most of 

 them through some disease. Thou- 

 sands went to the dumps before there 

 wi re any flowers picked. 



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