Marcli 7, 1908 



HORTICULTURE. 



309 



FLOWER MARKET REPORTS 



This market is overload- 

 BOSTON etl with flowers of all de- 

 scriptions. Tlie week has 

 been phenomenally dull and the prod- 

 uct has been coming in regardless ot 

 the fact that it is not needed. Ameri- 

 can Beauty roses are not plentiful, but 

 if they were there would be no place 

 for them. As to everything else the 

 dealers are at their wits' end to find 

 storaije room and a possible buyer. 

 Prospects indicate a dull Lent. 



For the past two weeks 

 BUFFALO the market has been in 



bad condition and it 

 looks as if the Lenten dulness had al- 

 ready come upon us. Stock came in 

 abundantly and almost everything 

 along the line suffered. The zero 

 weather did not help matters any. 

 No better quality of carnations, roses, 

 and other flowers have been had 

 during the season, but only small 

 prices if any could be obtained. The 

 lily family was well represented but 

 they failed to move from their posi- 

 tion; also lily of the valley and all 

 bulbous stock, though there has been 

 less of the latter than in previous 

 years. Good Beauties have not been 

 plentiful, though Brunner, Richmond, 

 Klllarney, Ivory and other teas have 

 been abundant with prices on the 

 downward scale. Sweet peas, violets, 

 gardenias, etc., were in good supply 

 with light demand. 



Thunder and lightning 

 CHICAGO and wind in and around 



Chicago, ushered in the 

 month of March like the traditional 

 lion, thereby affording the consolation 

 that early spring is assured and of 

 course fine weather for Rose Show 

 week at the latter end of this month. 

 The market for the past week was 

 very dull, with plenty of carnations, 

 roses and other stock. It was a treat 

 for the retail stores to be able to stock 

 up for little money. For good ship- 

 ping stock the prices remain about 

 the same. American Beauties are very 

 scarce. New York violets and singles 

 are being jobbed off at any price. 

 Lilies and callas are plentiful with lit- 

 tle demand; other bulbous stock about 

 the same. Lily of the valley of good 

 quality commands good prices. The 

 shippers are at a loss to know why 

 there were so few orders from New 

 Orleans. In the past years the Mardi 

 Gras festival has been the best ship- 

 ping day out side of holiday business, 

 as much as two full express cars leav- 

 ing here, but this year there was but 

 a slight increase over regular ship- 

 ments. Perhaps there was plenty of 

 stock at home. The Lenten season 

 does not as a rule make much differ- 

 ence in the western cities, so steady 

 prices are looked for from now on. 



Trade conditions 

 INDIANAPOLIS for the past week 

 were a little better 

 with a few small decorations and 

 floral work. Sweet peas, lily of the 

 valley, freesias, daisies and lilacs are 

 coming in in good supply with fair 

 demand. Bulbous stuff is more than 

 enough with daffodils selling the best, 

 tulips being a drag on the market. 

 Business for February will fall off 1.5 

 to 20 per cent, compared with last 

 year. 



The coming in of Lent 

 NEW YORK has accentuated what 



was already a badly 

 demoralized flower market and at pres- 

 ent everything is flat. As to prices, 

 they have been below reason for some 

 time. The growers and dealers have 

 got used to this fact and so the shock 

 of the Lenten season has made no im- 

 pression, for everybody is "case-hard- 

 ened." As to the coming weeks, all 

 are reconciled to the worst, and what- 

 ever is to happen is to happen. 



Some say condi- 

 PHILADELPHIA tions are improved 

 here this week; 

 others that they remain about the 

 same. American Beauty roses are 

 scarcer, but there is no appreciable ad- 

 vance over quoted rates. Richmond is 

 good and sells fairly well. Killarney 

 is still off color a little. Brides are 

 still in slack demand. Carnations were 

 never so plentiful. Conditions on the 

 latter here are worse if anything than 

 represented in last report. Violets go 

 a little better. No improvement on 

 bulb stock. Lilac and Acacia pube- 

 scens sprays find a ready market. 

 Greens also are in healthy condition. 

 Orchids scarce. 



There is a dearth 

 WASHINGTON ot all kinds of 

 good green in this 

 market. It is hard to obtain either 

 kind of asparagus at any price and 

 smilax is not to be thought of. Car- 

 nations and sweet peas are too plenti- 

 ful to be Interesting though up to 

 the present writing they have kept 

 up in price. The market is flooded 

 with all kinds of bulbous stock, which 

 sells readily. Could the weather be- 

 have itself three consecutive days, 

 the spirits of persons would go up 

 even if the price of flowers did not. 



The market has 

 TWIN CITIES been quite steady 



of late with the ex- 

 ception of violets and bulbous stock of 

 which there is some surplus. Roses 

 are still short except American 

 Beauty. Wellesley, Golden Gate and 

 Killarney are not grown very exten- 

 sively here; instead some of the 

 growers have Kate Moulton, which 

 brings about the same as Richmond. 

 V/hile roses had an upward tendency 

 last week, violets came down some, 

 retailers selling them for 2.5 cents a 

 bunch of 25. 



Chas. H. Fisk, who recently took 

 charge of the Halle store at 548 W. 

 Madison St., Chicago, has now trans- 

 ferred all his interests to his Ogden 

 avenue place. 



BUSINESS CHANGES. 



Graser & Humphreys succeed the 

 Mt. Sterling Floral Co., Mt. Sterling, 

 Ky. 



The greenhouses formerly occupied 

 liy Miss Maria Minge, Mobile, Ala., 

 have been sold to T. Loding. 



Macintosh, the florist, will be locat- 

 ed at the corner of 47th St, and Broad- 

 way, New York, after May 1. 



AA'urster & Higgins, Manchester. 

 Mich., have dissolved partnership and 

 will work on independent lines here- 

 after. 



INCORPORATED. 



Alpha Floral Co., Denver, Colo.; E. 

 S. Kennedy, L. O. Brown, W. S. Mc- 

 Clain; capital, $3000. 



Holm & Olson Co., St. Paul, Minn.; 

 Cr. P. Holm, 0. .1. Olson, S. D. Dysin- 

 ger; capital, $75,000. 



Central Nursery & Floral Co., Kala- 

 mazoo, Mich.; L. P. Thurston, J. L. 

 Sornberger, W. P. Upjohn, V. L. Pal- 

 mer; capital, $50,000. 



C. E. Howe of Dover, N. H., has 

 bought the business of D. E. Dow of 

 Laconia, and will carry it on with Roy 

 Thomas of Dover as manager. 



Bargains in good stock. 



WHAT 7 



THEY'RE STICKING OUT 



all over these pages. 



E. A. BEAVEN~ 



Southern Wild Smilax, 



Log Mosses, 



Natural and Perpetuated — at Wholesale, 



EVERGREEN, AUBAMA. 



H. J. Smith 



HARDY CUT FERN 



DEALER, ETC., 



■Writ^ for ITiot?s 



HINSDALE, HASS. 



Alex IVIdnn, Jr.Co.'""^ 



Wholesale Dealer In 



Florists' Supplies and Cut FIowpfs 



White Doves. $9.00 per doz. 

 Galax Leaves. 



1125 Polk Street, San Francisco, Cal. 



J. B. Murdoch & Co. 



Wholesale Florists 



FLORISTS' SUPPLIES 



ri4 Penn Ave., PITTSBURG, PA. 



Long Distance 'Phone 143S Court. 



J. KOPELMAN & GO. 



Wholesale Dealers in 



Gut Flowers and Florists' Supplies 



EVERGREEN AND FERN LEAVES 



VV AIX KIMiS. 



21 Washington St., PROVIDENCE, R.I. 



Telephone Conneclion, 



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Simple methods of correct accountlDg 1 

 especially adapted for florists' use. I 



Books Balanced and Adjusted 



MerchanU Banle Building 



as STATE ST., - BOSTON 



Telephone, Main $t 



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113 W. 28th ST. 

 New York 



WHOLESALE DEALERS 



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