Marr-h 21, 1908 



HORTICULTURE, 



385 



FLOWER MARKET REPORTS 



The present week opened 

 BOSTON with a fair activity which 

 angured well for the 

 week's bnsiness, but it was short-lived 

 and the past three days are in no re- 

 spect an improvement on the condi- 

 tions reported last week. All crops 

 are in full tide and the demand is in- 

 sufticient to move the accumulation. 

 It looks like a heavy load on an up- 

 hill road until Easter comes, after 

 which better things may, pei-haps, be 

 hoped for. There is no shortage of 

 any staple but all are of the finest 

 quality and finish. The trouble lies 

 entirely in the demand and consump- 

 tion. 



Conditions have 

 BUFFALO changed but little dur- 

 ing the past week, as 

 all kinds of stock ai-e getting more 

 plentiful daily with a consequent low- 

 ering of prices all along the line, but 

 «ven had the supply been in moderate 

 offerings it is doubtful if it would 

 have resulted in injecting the needed 

 activity into the trade, shipping trade 

 being light and speculatve trading al- 

 most eliminated. Carnations are in 

 their flush and the quality has not 

 been equaled this season. The bargain 

 signs read, "today only," but are seen 

 the day after in the same place. It 

 is to be hoped that the comiag week 

 may see an improvement in the condi- 

 tions which have prevailed in the cut 

 flower market so far in the I^nten 

 reason. 



Business fair with plen- 

 CHICAGO ty of stock. Beauties 

 more plentiful and other 

 roses at their best. Carnations are be- 

 ginning to shorten up a little, which 

 means better prices. For the past few 

 days, the number of white carnations 

 bought by Chicago retailers for the 

 purpose of coloring green is surprising. 

 They do not stop at carnations, white 

 roses and lilies being given the same 

 treatment in honor (?) of St. Patrick's 

 Day. Bulbous stock, including lilies, 

 is still very plentiful. Single violets 

 are coming in fine shape and are pre- 

 ferred to New York doubles, which are 

 beginning to shake a little now. With 

 the rose show only a few days off it is 

 pleasing to notice the fine stock that 

 is being cut by some of the pros- 

 pectve competitors for prizes; with 

 good weather it is expected to have the 

 largest and best rose show ever given 

 by the American Rose Society. 



The remark of one 

 NEW YORK, wholesaler that he 

 expected to be obliged 

 to begla giving green trading stamps 

 with every flower sale doesn't seem a 

 bit preposterous after one has made 

 the circuit of the wholesale flower 

 market and marveled at the inexhaus- 

 tible supplies pouring in from all 

 directions and sympathized with the 

 d'ealer in his inability to move more 

 than a small fraction of the accumu- 

 lation in any legitimate manner. The 

 rose is now in the same plight which 

 the carnation has had to face for some 

 weeks past and all semblance of 

 standard values- for anything in this 

 line has disappear'ed. The prediction 

 is made that the carnation market 

 will presently see a decided improve- 

 ment. 'We hope the near future will 



prove the forecaster to have been right 

 in his prediction. Such excellence of 

 quality as is in evidence on all sides 

 merits a better return. 



The volume of 

 PHILADELPHIA business was fully 

 maintained last 

 week, but prices rule lower if anything. 

 Carnations have never been so plenti- 

 ful at this season. American Beauty 

 and other roses are more plentiful and 

 have sustained a serious drop in quo- 

 tations. Liberty is of fair quality but 

 takes a back seat as compared to Rich- 

 mond, both in the price and the de- 

 mand. Violets are more plentiful, the 

 cold frame growers being now in. 

 Lilies, tulips aud daffodils are in fair 

 demand and now rank above the car- 

 nation as a paying crop. Snapdragons 

 are more plentiiul and being well re- 

 ceived. A slight improvement is no- 

 ticeable in the sweet pea market, and 

 the quality is, in general, very choice; 

 orchids ijormal. The greens market is 

 rather unsatisfactory. A good many 

 shamrocks were sold but many more 

 were given away by the dry-goods 

 men. One department store distribut- 

 ed forty thousand small pots gratis as 

 an advertisement. 



We are glad to re- 

 TWIN CITIES port good business 

 with steady prices. 

 Roses in best grades are still scarce, 

 while the others are plentiful now. 

 Btilbous stock and violets crowded the 

 market somewhat at the beginning of 

 the month, but at present there is just 

 about enough to supply the demand. 



PHILADELPHIA NOTES. 



Green carnations, green tulips, green 

 roses, green everything on St. Pat- 

 rick's Day in Philadelphia! The trou- 

 ble is, these monstrosities were in de- 

 mand, and traders had neither soul 

 nor sentiment beyond the dollar. Will 

 dirty deformities sell — overboard goes 

 every little spark of celestial fire these 

 traders may have possessed! We re- 

 gret to have to report this from the 

 home of the Pennsylvania Horticul- 

 tural Society and the "Pioneer" Flor- 

 ists' Club of America. Shades of Bar- 

 tram. McMahon, Buist and Meehan! 



Wm. Kleinheinz says in regard to 

 snapdi-agons that plants from cuttings 

 are two weeks later than from seed 

 and offer no advantage to offset. Back 

 to seedlings again next year. Mrs. 

 Morgan is a rose he could not do 

 without under any consideration. Gold- 

 en Gate and Uncle John also fine. 

 Jno. H Dodd's superintendent at the 

 Wanamaker estate is also a believer 

 in Uncle John and is trying what is 

 said to be an improved Uncle John: — 

 Souvenir de Fere Notting. 



Samuel Batchelor is highly pleased 



E. A. BEAVEN 



Southern Wild Smilax, 

 Log Mosses, 



Natural and Perpetuated — at Wholesale, 



EVEBCREEW, AUBAMA. 



H. J. Smith 



HARDY CUT FERN 



DEALER, ETC., 



Wrlt^ for I*rio^s 



HINSDALE, [HASS. 



Inc. 



Alex IVIcinn, Jr.Co. 



Wholesale Dealer in 



Florists' Supplies and Cut Flowprs 



White Doves, $9.00 per doz. 

 Oalax Leaves. 



1125 Polk Street. San Francisco, Cal. 



J.B.Murdocli&Co. 



Wholesale Florists 



FLORISTS' SUPPLIES 



ri4 Penn Ave., PITTSBURG, PA. 



Long Distance 'Phone 1435 Court. 



ROBERT J. DYSART, 



Public Accountant and Auditor 



Simple methods of correct accountlDg 1 

 especially adapted for florists' use. ' 



Books Balanced and Adjusted 



MerchanU Bank BulkUi^ 



28 STATE ST., • B08T0JI 



Ttlephone, Main |S . ' 



The KERVflN CO. '^^wV^^!'."^ 



WHOLESALE DEALERS 



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

 cothce. Ferns and Mosses. All Decoraling'Evergreen. 



with the new geranium Snowdrop. It 

 is a single of the purest snow white, 

 perfect in form, large in truss and 

 flower. Another flne novelty to be 

 seen at this place just now is Bou- 

 gainvillea lautrietia. one of Veitch's 

 introductions. 



BUSINESS CHANGES. 



William Stewart of Mt. Vernon, N. 

 Y., has purchased the greenhouse of 

 Walter Slade, Franklin, Mass. 



A new wholesale plant and flower 

 commission establishment has been 

 opened at 50 W. 29th St., New York, 

 by E. H. Smith. .las. H. Blauvelt is 

 manager. Mr. Smith has a greenhouse 

 establishment at Hazleton, Pa. 



1000 Strings of Smilax 



MUST BE SOLD BEFORE EASTER 



Strings 6 feet lona:. 15 cents each. 

 Let me send sample lot. 



VERN L. SCHLURAFF, 



ERIE, PA. 



