Jiinuary ]], 1908 



HORTICULTURE, 



45 



To Cut Flower Growers and 

 Retail Florists 



IF YOU 



want to find a market for your 

 product 



want a regular or special supply 

 of the product of the best 

 growers 



Consult the Advertisements on 

 these Wholesale Flower Pages 



The Advertisers Represented Here are the Leading 

 Concerns in the Wholesale Flower Trade 



A. Fine Assortment of 



E^xtra fine lot of FIREFLY in bloom from 



CHRISTMAS to EASTER 



WRITE FOR PRICES 



MAJOR BONNAFFON 



The best all 'round Vellow Chrysanthemum. Strong stools, 

 $5.00 per 100 



W. W. EDGAR CO., Waverley, Mass. 



FLOWER MARKET REPORTS 



Quiet pieviiils in the biisi- 

 BOSTON iiess here since New 

 Year's, and on some lines 

 aicumulalions are imminent. Taking 

 the leading specialties in order, it may 

 be said that roses are not overplentiful, 

 and all varieties and grades find a fair 

 sale excepting high-grade American 

 Beauties, which in the presence of 

 high-grade Riehraonds at one hall' the 

 traditional Beauty price have to take 

 a back seat, and it does look as though 

 the Beauty was definitely slated for 

 lower prices henceforth. Carnations 

 have .shitted their lines and it is no 

 longer the bright colored sorts but the 

 whites that hold precedence. Vio- 

 lets are plentifu' and are mov- 

 ing rather reluctantly. All bulb- 

 ous stock is slow and accumulat- 

 ing in wholesalers' hands. So.ne 

 yellow naicissi are in and sell at $2,00 

 to $3.00 per 100 when a buyer shows 

 up, but Paper White at its worst sells 

 in the proportion of ten to one as com- 

 pared with the yellow trumpets at this 

 early date. Lily of the valley is still 

 , in the dumps. Too many are being 

 grown for this market at present. 



Trade was rather quiet 

 BUFFALO the past week: in fact 



very little doing. Had it 

 not been for a sprinkling of floral 

 work and one or two pink teas the 

 florists would have had a winter vaca- 

 tion. Stock has not been too plentiful, 

 though enough so to fill all orders. 

 Sweet peas have been a little short in 

 supply and the same may be said of 

 Beauties, the quality being fine. All 

 bulbous stock is in good supply. 



Truly a great finish for 

 DETROIT the old year, is the only 



way local business condi- 

 tions can be described. Every scrap 

 of flower found its purchaser. As the 

 end so was the wliole of 1907 — good 

 lirices, no surplus stock, and a regu- 

 lar demand were the principal charac- 

 teristics of 1907. and if anyone did not 

 fully realize and get all the good there 

 was in it he must blame more himself 

 than any other agency. We are 

 fortunate here in not being bothered 

 with any serious price cutting and 

 what little there was was entirely un- 

 called for, but such will be always 

 more or less. Several fakers tried this 

 trick here, but a scant supply and less 

 demand caused them to withdraw as 

 poorer but wiser men. lu th» 



better stores carnations find easy sales 

 at $1.50 to $2.00 per doz. Roses retail 

 from $2.00 to $12.00 for best American 

 Beauties and violets at $3.0(i to $4.00 

 per hundred. 



Since Christmas 

 INDIANAPOLIS there has been a 

 fairly steady de- 

 mand and the total of sales has been 

 satisfactory. The supplies of stock 

 have been such that prices were not 

 maintained as they usually are be- 

 tween the holidays. Beauties and teas 

 are of good quality but not in extra 

 heavy supply. Carnations are abun- 

 dant and of splendid quality. Unless 

 we get too much dark weather there is 

 not apt to be any shortage of stock 

 in most lines as long-delayed crops 

 seem to be on. There was a good de- 

 mand for violets at New Year's which 

 were of good quality. All require- 

 ments can be now met with in lilies, 

 lilacs, lily of the valley and bulbous 

 stock in general. Paper Whites seem 

 to be a glut and are selling below the 

 market price. Sweet peas, daffodils 

 and tulips sell well but are to be had 

 in limited quantities only. New Year's 

 did not develop any special demand 

 and as to trade will compare favora- 

 bly with last year. 



Business in the whole- 

 NEW YORK sale district is very 

 slow and prices are 

 falling daily. No special flower seems 

 to have much lead in the demand, all 

 suffering more or less from the inac- 

 tivity which has prevailed since New 

 Year's. Bulbous stock and lily of the 

 valley are perhaps in poorest luck 

 and all green goods keep them com- 

 pany. The drop in values since New 

 Year's averages about 25 to 35 per 

 cent. The drop was not immediate 

 but has been i^radual from day to day. 

 A renewal of activity will be most 

 welcome and it cannot come too soon. 



A shortening up 

 PHILADELPHIA of receipts helped 

 the situation here 

 considerably last week. The cooler 

 weather has had a very good effect all 

 round, especially in the rose crops. 

 Carnations have not been affected to 

 quite the same extent. But, generally 

 speaking, a much better tone prevails. 

 While American Beauty is in shorter 

 supply there is still plenty for demand. 

 Brides and Bridesmaids show decided 

 improvement as to quality, the flowers 



being much firmer, heavier and of 

 better color. Campbell and Princess 

 remain the leaders in violets. The 

 lily of the valley market has improved 

 a little and has now some snap to it. 

 The only change in the orchid situa- 

 tion is the advent of some very fine 

 shiruuents of Cypripedium Leeanum. 



Christmas and New 

 TOLEDO Year's business was about 

 the same as last year. 

 Where the llorists in the better neigh- 

 borhoods did more business, those in 

 the working quarters did less, as a 

 good many factory hands had been out 

 of work for several weeks. Flowers 

 were not over plentiful and more could 

 have been used: everything was 

 cleaned out nicely. Our stores were 

 all fairly well decorated, but nothing 

 very elaborate. The only flower that 

 did not sell as expected for Christmas 

 was the poinsettia. but they went off 

 nicely after Christmas. Carnations 

 are now more plentiful and quality is 

 good: roses are not grrown largely 

 here, but what there are show good 

 quality. 



A terrific wind, rain 

 WASHINGTON and sleet storm held 

 Washington in an 

 icy clutch for more than twelve hours 

 on Jan. 7th. Cloudy weather followed, 

 which has been a menace to the crops. 

 Everything in the cut flower line is 

 scarce and in great demand, and prices 

 keei) up. Everywhere the working 

 force is diminished by grippe, which 

 has been a dreadful epidemic in Wash- 

 ington since two weeks before the 

 holidays. We hope that the present 

 year which has just been ushered in 

 has pleasanter and healthier things In 

 store for us all at a very early date. 



BUSINESS CHANGES. 

 The Simon greenhouses at Easton, 

 Pa., have been leased by Fred Munz. 



Mrs. Scallen is carrying on the busi- 

 ness, formerly of Charles Scallen, at 

 42d St. and Broadway. New York, 

 which was recently disposed of hy 

 sheriffs sale. 



The KERVAN CO. 



113 W. 78th ST. 



New York 



WHOLESALE DEALERS 



Fresh cut Palmetto & Cycas Palm Leaves. Galax, Leu- 

 cothoe, Ferns and Mosses, .411 Decorating Evergreen . 



