August 20, 1908 



HORTICULTURE 



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FLOWER MARKET REPORTS 



Monday of each week of 

 BOSTON late has brought some 

 little activity to the 

 wholesale markets, hut by Tuesday or 

 Wednesday the ripple has disappeared 

 and stagnation is the order for the 

 balance of the week. As compared 

 with previous year's, the present sum- 

 mer season is a disappointment. At 

 present the market is overloaded with 

 small, third-class roses, which are sold 

 as low as 25 cents a hundred, and are 

 taken by the street fakir, who loudly 

 proclaims them at ten cents a dozen. 

 They are a bad feature and the grow- 

 ers would serve the trade and them- 

 selves if they would keep them at 

 home, as they flood the market with 

 undesirable stock, and a large part of 

 them cannot be disposed of at any 

 price. American Beauty of good quali- 

 ty is in active demand. Comet asters 

 of high grade are now beginning to 

 come in, with flowers after the simili- 

 tude of chrysanthemums and stems 

 two feet long, but the price they bring 

 — about one-third of last year's figures 

 — is not enough to pay for growing 

 them, and is no encouragement for the 

 effort to produce high-class stock. 

 Gladioli are abundant but. as usual in 

 this market, Shakespeare has the call, 

 and other varieties sell both low and 

 slow. Carnations begin to appear. A 

 few White Perfection are in evidence, 

 of excellent quality, but the majority 

 are pretty miserable stock, dear even 

 at the price they bring — fifty cents a 

 hundred. 



The cooler weather has 

 CHICAGO had a stimulating effect 

 on trade. Flowers are 

 coming in in better condition. Car- 

 nations show little improvement yet 

 and are practically supplanted by as- 

 ters. Asters are in the market by 

 the thousand with stems from eight to 

 fourteen inches long, and sell slowly 

 for fifty cents to one dollar per hun- 

 dred, while an occasional dealer has 

 large blooms on stems from thirty to 

 forty inches which sell for five and 

 six dollars. The supply of outdoor 

 flowers, with the exception of asters 

 and gladioli, is diminishing, and in 

 consequence roses are more in demand. 

 Beauties have now good stems, anil 

 other roses are selling much better 

 than early in the month. 



The summer quiet 

 INDIANAPOLIS still prevails and 

 conditions seem 

 likely to stay this way until the mid- 

 dle of September when the social sea- 

 son begins. We have reason to ex- 

 pect nice business from this source as 

 soon as the season opens. The early 

 asters are past and the late asters 

 have not yet arrived and there is 

 quite a skirmish among the retailers 

 occasionally in securing stock to fill 

 orders Some very fine Beauty and 

 Kaiserin roses are coming in but 

 other roses retain the "last rose of 

 summer" appearance. The lilies of 

 various tribes and the gladioli are now 

 the most decorative features of the re- 

 tail stores. Green goods are in fair 

 demand and supply. Some dahlias are 

 coming in but do not sell well. 



There is little to re- 

 NEW YORK cord in relation to the 

 cut flower market 

 other than the old story of tedious stag- 

 nation which has been the rule all 

 through this summer. The present 

 spell of cold weather should help a 

 little by shortening up the crops and 

 by inducing people to flock back into 

 the city, where it is to be expected 

 they might be disposed to recall tin- 

 fact that florists exist. It cannot be 

 said that any one thing is selling well. 

 Some things do not sell at all, even to 

 t lie street fakirs. 



Saturday was the 

 PHILADELPHIA only really good 

 trading day last 

 week, and was a welcome surprise. 

 Gladioli, with the exception of Amer- 

 ica, lost ground, there being far too 

 many of the dark colors. Asters 

 abundant and draggy, especially in the 

 lower and medium grades. Really 

 fine asters were in good demand but 

 scarce. American Beauty roses were 

 promptly cleared, and some days 

 there was hardly enough stock to fill 

 orders. Good Kaiserins sold well but 

 there was an overflow of undergrade 

 stock. New crop Brides and Brides- 

 maids are coming in sparingly. Noth- 

 ing extra as to quality so far. Some 

 very good Killarneys are arriving. 

 Orchids very scarce. Beacon and Af- 

 terglow carnations are the best of 

 present indoor crop. Excellent out- 

 door Crockers are a welcome fea- 

 ture. There are a few straggling 

 dahlia shipments. First week in Sep- 

 tember is quite early enough for 

 these. Easter lilies are in unusually 

 good demand. 



NEWS NOTES. 



John Clark, florist, Cohasset, Mass., 

 has filed a petition in bankruptcy; 

 liabilities, $1770. 



H. M. Totman, Randolph, Vt., is in- 

 stalling a Wittbold watering device 

 and adding a cooling room. 



The greenhouses on the estate of 

 Frederick N. Ooddard, Roslyn, N. Y.. 

 were destroyed by fire August 18. 



The Lamphrey greenhouses, East 

 Brookfield. Mass. will be opened for 

 business at an early date, and carna.- 

 tions will be a specialty. 



PHILADELPHIA NOTES. 



I. Otto Thilow's motion to keep 

 general public from the trada 

 its of the S. A. F. except 

 (i.i one afternoon went through 

 enthusiastically, as it should. At At- 

 lantic City the public was excluded 

 except on the Thursday afternoon, 

 when a charge of 15c. was made, not 

 for gain, but to keep out the mob. 

 While disarming the adverse criticism 

 of :i total embargo, it showed the S. A. 

 S\ was an educative as well as a busi- 

 ness proposition, 



Philadelphia only came in third 

 at the convention bowling. That is 

 disappointing in a way, and yet it may 

 I" all for the best, as a team that wins 

 first all the time soon freezes out en- 

 thusiasm in the game. We doff our 

 caps to Buffalo and New York. 



Walter Fancourt has been appointed 

 horticulturist for the National Farm 

 School, Doylestown, Pa., his duties 

 commencing Sept. 1st. Lectures and 

 demonstrations on indoor and outdoor 

 ardening are a part of the curriculum. 

 Mr. Fancourt is exceptionally well 

 fitted for this post, both from a prac- 

 tical and scientific standpoint. 



Air. McClements of Randolph & Mc- 

 Clements. Pittsburg, and Harry L. 

 I!iilmes of Hanisburg, Pa., were recent 

 visitors. 



Robert Buisl was a guest at Ford- 

 hook on the 21st inst. The trial 

 grounds were inspected — to the enlight- 

 enment of both guest and hosts, as 

 the shrewd comments of one of the 

 Nestors of the seed trade were emin- 

 ently worthy of noting, and even a 

 X'.sfor when in an amiable and re- 

 ceptive mood can learn something in 

 these extensive and up-to-date experi- 

 mental grounds. 



Howard M. Earl left on the 22nd inst 

 on a hurry call west. Expected back 

 on the 29th inst. 



BUSINESS CHANGES. 



Win. F. Snyder succeeds the Savage 

 Floral Co.. at Hopkinsville. Ky. 



John V. Laver will take possession 

 of the store at 704 State street. Erie, 

 Pa., at an earlv date. 



Until his new building is ready for 

 occupancy at 823 Manhattan avenui 

 James T. Reddy will carry on business 

 al 117 Greenpoint avenue. Long Island 

 City, N. Y. 



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