December 26, 1908 



HORTICULTURE 



877 



Flower Market Reports. WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKE TS.-™ de p a e lU°8 <>nlv. 



Midday, Dec. 24th, the 

 BOSTON hours of greatest import 

 in the wholesale flower 

 trade already gone, and the unprece- 

 dented quiet disturbed but little thus 

 far — all goes to show a light trade as 

 compared with former years. The 

 best features of the demand are Ameri- 

 can Beauty, Richmond, Killarney and 

 Bridesmaid roses, the latter showing 

 unexpected vitality, carnations in 

 colors, poinsettias and violets, the sin- 

 gle violets outstripping the double in 

 demand and price. The worst drag on 

 the market is the white carnations. 

 These are heaped up in hopeless accu- 

 mulation, and cannot be sold at any 

 price. Other white goods are also neg- 

 lected, but the carnations are hardest 

 hit, and they are of irreproachable 

 quality. Trade in plants has been 

 very brisk and indications are that 

 only the scrubby and inferior stock 

 will be left over. Greens of all kinds 

 have an enormous sale. 



Trade rapidly improved 

 BUFFALO as Christmas drew near, 

 •but during the previous 

 week was not any too active, with plen- 

 ty of everything to supply the demand. 

 Carnations were in good supply up to 

 the end of the week and a fairly good 

 cleaning up was had, fancy and red 

 having been most in demand. Fine 

 Harrisii and giganteum lilies are to be 

 had, with demand only normal. Lily 

 of the valley is in heavy supply as well 

 as Roman hyacinths and narcissi. 

 There was a slight dropping off in the 

 violet trade during the past week and 

 little or no advance demand for Christ- 

 mas. The trade has been busy with 

 Christmas greens and decorations, 

 there being an oversupply on this line, 

 especially hoily. 



The week preceding 

 CHICAGO Christmas week was an 

 unusually quiet one. 

 Stock was plentiful, and much of it was 

 good and such sales as were made were 

 from the best grade of stock. Christ- 

 mas week opened with a run on Mon- 

 day and all first-class stock went out 

 promptly. Colored flowers were 

 especially in demand and the supply 

 on red carnations and red roses much 

 less than the demand. Lawson carna- 

 tions helped to satisfy customers who 

 could not get red. Large long- 

 stemmed red carnations sold as high 

 as twelve cents Monday. Every indi- 

 cation at this writing is for a good 

 holiday trade, and no danger of too 

 much stock, especially in colored 

 flowers. 



Business is moving along 

 DETROIT nicely. There is an over- 

 abundance of flowers on 

 the market owing to very clear and 

 moderate weather. Holly is exception- 

 ally fine this year and a heavy demand 

 prevails. The same may be -aid of 

 boxwood, ground pine and leucothoe. 

 Wholesale growers of potted plants re- 

 port being sold out. Wreaths of pine 

 branches, cones and berries find eager 

 buyers. 



This market ex- 

 PHILADELPH1A perienced the usu- 

 al lull of the week 

 before Christmas, the only marked ac- 

 tivity being in holly, boxwood, mistle- 

 toe and other greens. As the holiday 

 week opens cut flowers for out-of-town 



CINCINNATI 



Dec. 22 



DETROIT 



Dec. 23 



BUFFALO 



Dec. 23 



PITTSBURa 



Dec. 21 



ROSES 



Am. Beauty , Fan. and Sp ! 



Extra .. 60.00 



11 No. 1 40.00 



Lower grades 2000 



Bride, 'Maid, F. & S. .200 



" " Low.gr 800 



Killarney, Fan. & Sp 12.00 



" Lower grades 8.02 



Richmond, Fancy & Special 15.00 



Lowergrades 1000 



Chatenay 10.00 



Golden Gate, Ivory, etc 10.00 



My M aryland 



Queen Beatrice I 



Mrs. Mar. Field 



CARNATIONS 



Fancy and Novelties 8.00 



Ordinary ' 4.00 



MISCELLANEOUS 



Chrysanthemums, Fancy 20.00 



Ordinary 8co 



CattSeyas ' 



Lilies. 12.00 



Lily of the Valley 



Narcis., Paper White I 



Roman Hya 2.00 



Sweet Peas 



Gardenias 



Violets too 



Axbantum 



Smilax I 12.00 



Asparagus Plumosus, strings 40 co 



" u & Spren. (100 bchs.) I 25.00 



to 100.00 



to 75-o° 



to 50.00 



to 30.00 



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80.00 

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15-04 



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points are in active demand and the 

 wholesale firms are busy shipping. 

 There is plenty of everything as far as 

 can be seen at this writing — with the 

 possible exception of cattleyas, Ameri- 

 can Beauty roses, gardenias, poinsettias 

 and red carnations. 



Prices for cut flowers 



TOLEDO have been better the last 

 week and are still higher 

 this week. Flowers all around have 

 been of much better quality this sea- 

 son with the exception perhaps of 

 chrysanthemums, which seem to have 

 been unfavorably affected by the ex- 

 ceptionally hot and bright weather this 

 fall. 



Business during the 



TWIN-CITIES past week was noth- 

 ing extraordinary; 

 while it might have been worse it could 

 have been much better. The outlook 

 for the holidays is very bright. Good 

 stock and plenty of it is at hand. 



Washington is a 



WASHINGTON, floral symphony in 

 red and green. 

 Everywhere and in everything the 

 Christmas colors prevail. Outside the 

 florists' stores the sidewalks, so far as 

 the law will permit, are heaped up 

 with Christmas material. There seems 

 to be a good supply of all kinds of 

 flowers outside of roses, which are 

 phenomenally scarce except Beauties 

 which it is hoped will be equal to the 

 demand. Everything red goes; poin- 

 settias seem to lead the day both in 

 plant and cut form. There is an influx 

 of aucubas but, owing to their high 

 price, they do not move so rapidly as 

 cheaper plants Business is brisk. 

 Retailers report that they have not 

 been busier this early in the season 

 before for years and prices have ad- 

 vanced at least fifty per cent 



BUSINESS CHANGES. 



Oakland, Cal.— The Piedmont Floral 

 & Seed Co., has removed to Broad- 

 way and 14th St. 



Chicago, III. — Victor Anderson has 

 purchased the business of John Pher- 

 son, 25 E. 43rd St. 



San Francisco, Cal. — Wickstrom's 

 Floral Depot has moved from Eddy 

 street to 810 Van Ness avenue. 



Hinsdale, Mass.— L. B. Brague has 

 admitted his son into partnership and 

 the business will continue under the 

 name of L. B. Brague & Son. 



Chicago, III. — John Pherson and 

 Alvin Marine have formed a partner- 

 ship under the name of Pherson & 

 Marine and started in business at 

 1212 Bryn Mawr avenue. 



St. Louis, Mo. — H. Lambart of Chi- 

 cago has bought out the interest of 

 Mr. Sennewald in the firm of Jacqui- 

 nen & Sennewald, dealers in dried 

 flowers, foliage, etc. and the title of 

 the firm will be Jacquinen & Lambart 

 after Jan. 1. 



A CARICATURE. 



The New York World in its issue for 

 Sunday, Dec. 20th, devotes an entire 

 page to an elaborate presentation of 

 the poinsettia as the most popular of 

 all the Christmas floral beauties. A 

 life-size representation, in colors, of a 

 poinsettia adorns the page, but, alas! 

 the artist chose a cheap imitation for 

 his (or her) subject instead of the 

 real thing which might have been eas- 

 ily procured at any florist shop, with 

 the result that foliage such as never 

 grew on a poinsettia is represented, 

 and the stem even shows the folds of 

 the cheap paper with which it was 

 wound! 



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