November 14, 190S 



HORTICULTURE 



653 



CINCINNATI 



Nov 



DETROIT 



Nov 



Flower Market Reports. WHOL ESALE FLO WER MARKETS^ 



Business is feeling 

 BALTIMORE the impulse given by 



the more settled 

 financial condition of the marts of 

 •commeice and trade since the presi- 

 dential election. Some improvement 

 is noticeable. Stock of all kinds is 

 fully equal to the demand and as 

 things in general assume the normal 

 •condition it is expected that business 

 will continue to improve. 



PER 100. 

 TO DEALB S ONLY. 



4.00 

 1. 00 

 4 00 

 2.00 



1 00 



The only marked change 

 BOSTON in flower market condi- 

 tions this week is the ad- 

 vance in price of violets, which has 

 been practically doubled. In other 

 material prices remain stationary and 

 no advancement is looked for until the 

 latter part of next week, when Thanks- 

 giving Day influences may be expect- 

 ed to operate. All flowers are very 

 much improved in quality and winter 

 grades are beginning to materialize on 

 roses, carnations and other staples. 

 The mid-season chrysanthemums are 

 already commencing to weaken and 

 the late sorts are in sight. 



This is the season of the 

 BUFFALO chrysanthemum and one 



is sure to be greeted on 

 all sides by this flower, in all its gor- 

 geous, Haunting hues. At the whole- 

 salers they were seen in good quanti- 

 ties ainl qualities, varying in size from 

 an aster to the largest variety. Good 

 stock is moved quite freely but the 

 small stuff needs a good deal of force. 

 ■Carnations were in over-supply, in fact 

 too plentiful for comfort. The bright 

 weather of a week ago brought them 

 in too fast and there being no demand 

 they simply have been carried along 

 from day to day awaiting an outlet; 

 the same may be said of lily of the 

 valley, which also is good but finds 

 little or no demand. Violets are com- 

 ing in good and the demand increas- 

 ing. Beauties and teas are in heavy 

 supply. Narcissi and sweet peas have 

 made their appearance. The social 

 calendar is filled with coming-out par- 

 ties, teas, etc., and there should be a 

 good awakening soon to put the mar- 

 ket back into condition. 



Mild, clear weather has 

 CHICAGO given the Chicago mar- 

 ket plenty of first-class 

 stock. Chrysanthemums are still at 

 their very best and though the season 

 for this flower has not been up to the 

 expectations of the growers financial- 

 ly, it is a success as to the quality and 

 number of the blooms. Roses and car- 

 nations also are good in quality, the 

 latter remarkably so for the season. 

 Trade started in well on Monday but 

 it dropped off and the middle of the 

 week was rather dull, brightening up 

 again towards the end. The market 

 is made particularly lively by the 

 Flower Show visitors who are hunting 

 up their friends and enjoying the 

 hearty handshake that brings back 

 other days. A large proportion of the 

 callers are eastern men. 



Business is improving 

 DETROIT steadily but slowly. The 



shortage of violets is felt 

 very badly; other flowers sell at usual 

 prices with no waste visible. In gen- 

 eral, conditions are up to last year less 

 some of the fancy work like large dec- 

 orations cr store openings. 



ROSES 



Am. Beauty, Fan. and Sp. , 20.00 



Extra 15.00 



No. 1 8.00 



Lower grades 2.00 



Bride, 'Maid, F. & S. 3.00 



" " Low.gr r.oo 



Killarney, Fan. & Sp 



" Lower grades 



Richmond, Fancy & Special... 



Lowergradcs 



Chatenay 



Golden Gate, Ivory, etc 



My Maryland 



Queen Beatrice 



Mrs. Mar. Field 



CARNATION!) 



Fancy and Novelties , 1.50 



Ordinary.... 



MISCELLANEOUS 



Chrysanthemums, Fancy 



Ordinary... . 



Cattleyas 



Ulles 



Lily of the Valley 1 



Narcis., Paper White 



Roman Hya 



Sweet Peas 



Gardenias. 



Violets 



Adiantum 



Smllax 



Asparagus Plumosus, strings 



" " & Spren (100 bchs.) 



BUFFALO 



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PITTSBURO 



Nov. 9 



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18.00 to 



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6.00 to 



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 8.00 

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 6.00 

 8.00 

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 8.00 

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15,00 

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35.00 

 20.00 

 15.00 

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4 00 : 

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12.50 

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6.00 

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2. CO 



4.00 

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25.00 

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8.00 

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8.00 

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6.00 

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30.00 

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35.00 



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to 3.00 1.50 

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15. co ■ 

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The retailers all 

 INDIANAPOLIS report a decidedly 



dull week. There 

 was little demand for stock of any 

 kind. Flowers of all kinds are plenti- 

 ful; chrysanthemums, of course, have 

 the lead, and there are many fancy 

 sorts on the market. Roses are of 

 good quality. American Beauty having 

 probably the best demand. Carnations 

 are fine, with a slight advance in price. 

 Lilies are about equal to de- 

 mand. Violets are improving. Fancy 

 lily of the valley is in good supply, 

 with fairly good demand. Some nice 

 cattleyas .are seen and sell readily 

 The plant market is supplied with 

 well-grown material. Greens are in 

 plenty, with demand just fair. 



With the excep- 

 PHILADELPHIA tion of election 



day, business the 

 past week kept up the improvement 

 noted in last report. By Saturday all 

 stock was well cleared out, and, while 

 there was no advance, quotations held 

 firm. The jump is coming, sure. All 

 it needs now is a little backbone to set 

 the ball a-rolling. Conditions are 

 right: roses in general were equal to 

 a!! demands, but not over plentiful. 

 Chrysanthemums are of course very 

 abundant and prices rule low. Indoor 

 pompons have a purity and finish not 

 possible with outdoor stock and have 

 the call. Carnations have slackened 

 up a little with a consequent stiffening 

 in prices. Orchids remain normal, 

 with supply much shortened. Violets 

 are scarcer, and regular channels have 

 taken all arrivals, so that there have 

 been but few seen on the street lately. 

 Demand for lily of the valley consider- 

 ably improved. In the greens market 

 there is plenty of everything at nor- 

 mal prices, and quality excellent. 



It is refreshing in 

 WASHINGTON the extreme to be 



able to report that 

 the flower business has been more ac- 

 tive during the past week than at any 

 time since before summer. All flowers, 

 particularly carnations, are greatly im- 

 proved in quality; violets have taken 

 on a regular winter tint, and the stem, 

 especially of the California!, is all that 

 the most critical can desire. Chrysan- 

 themums are everywhere in the great- 

 est profusion and splendor, but the de- 

 mand keeps fair pace with the output. 



OBITUARY. 



Andrew Groll. 



Andrew Groll, one of the oldest 

 florists in the East Williamsburgh 

 cemetery section of Brooklyn, N. Y., 

 died on October 30, after a brief ill- 

 ness. His wife had been an invalid 

 for nearly eight months. After mak- 

 ing all arrangements for her husband's 

 funeral, she failed rapidly and in a 

 few hours expired. Mr. Groll was 63 



years old. 



James Lowe. 



James Lowe, a well known gardener 

 about 71 years of age, died suddenly 

 at his home in New Bedford, Mass., 

 on November 6. 



W. Greiner. 

 W. Greiner, a florist of Bridgeport, 

 O., was instantly killed in a runaway 

 accident on November 6. 



Lynn, Mass. — John Abendroth was 

 fined $2"0 in the police court last 

 Tuesday for stealing floral designs 

 from graves in Pine Grove Cemetery. 

 His object was to get the wire frames 

 which he afterwards sold to small flo- 

 rists. This revolting pilfering had 

 been going on for about a year. 



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