April 4, 1908 



HORTICULTURE 



453 



EASTER PLANTS 



Azaleas, Baby Ramblers, 



Hydrangeas, Lilies, 



Geraniums 



In tine cor. dlllan. Wrile tor Pricoa 



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



Lilies for Easter 



CUT AND PLANTS 



Prices on application. 



We handle (he crop of the best growers in this vicinity. 



The Leo Niessen Company 



1209 Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa. 



Open from 7 a. m. to 8 p, m. 



FLOWER MARKET REPORTS 



We have little to report 

 BOSTON as to the conditions in 



the Boston flower mar- 

 ket other than to say that no improve- 

 ment is yet apparent. If possible, 

 conditions are more unsatisfactory. 

 Roses are coming in very abundantly, 

 but carnations are moderating; still, 

 on account of the slack demand, ac- 

 cumulations are inevitable and the 

 speculator is master of the situation. 

 Growers of bulbous material are 

 warned against ever placing this mar- 

 ket in the position it has filled of 

 late; there is no profit in it for them 

 or anybody else. 



For the past two weeks 

 BUFFALO the receipts have not 



been very heavy, though 

 business has slightly improved and 

 the cleaning up at the end of the week 

 has been better than for a few weeks 

 previous. Prices have been low all 

 along the line, especially in violets, 

 carnations and roses. The latter are 

 com.ing in more abundantly, the quali- 

 ty being good, particularly Carnots and 

 Kaiserins, but the demand is not strong. 

 Beauties dropped in price with the 

 others. As for lily of the valley there 

 has been no demand whatever; the 

 same may be said of gardenias. The 

 Friday special sales have helped to 

 clean up considerable surplus stock at 

 the end of the week. It is hoped that 

 in another week a change for the bet- 

 ter will be seen, as for the past week 

 hardly 50 per cent, of the real value 

 was realized. 



While counter trade can- 

 DETROIT not be very brisk with 



Easter so near some re- 

 lief is expected through the effect of 

 an offcrop on carnations. A very good 

 lot of flowering plants is in view for 

 Easter with a liberal supply of well- 

 budded stocky Harrisii. Carnations 

 are apt to be short 



The past week has 

 INDIANAPOLIS brought quite a de- 

 cided change in 

 both retail and wholesale circles. There 

 has been quite a generous amount of 

 counter trade and decorative work 

 which has used up lots of stuff. Most 

 of the florists report a fine trade in 

 flowering plants. Excellent Beauties 

 and teas are on the market. Carna- 

 tions are of good quality, plentiful and 

 cheap. Bulbous stock is to be had 



in any quantity at prices below what 

 it ought to be. Lilies are plentiful 

 enough but demand light. Sweet peas, 

 lily of the valley and other stock are 

 moving briskly. Prospects are good 

 for a large supply of everything for 

 Easter. 



As our price quota - 

 NEW YORK, tions fully indicate, 

 'New York is still in 

 the dumps as to cut flower trade. The 

 daily avalanche comes in and takes its 

 chances at being move<i, that being the 

 main question and the matter of price 

 being entirely subsidiary. This 

 general statement applies practically 

 to the entire list. Cattleyas hold 

 steady at normal figures, but this is 

 true of nothing else in the line of 

 staples. 



The hopeful con- 

 PHILADELPHIA ditions reported a 

 week ago proved 

 transitory and the few warm days 

 played havoc with the situation by 

 forcing in enormous quantities of all 

 kinds of flowers. The demand also 

 slackened up, and present conditions 

 are as bad as they well can be 

 All roses are fine and plentiful, 

 the colors going rather better than 

 the whites as a rule. Carna- 

 tions are more sluggish. Sweet peas 

 very good, very plentiful and move 

 better than many other staples. Cat- 

 tleyas are the only item worth men- 

 tioning in orchids and are if anything 

 scarcer. Lily of the valley cleared out 

 a little better but is still far from its 

 standard position. The warm weather 

 has been hard on violets, the singles 

 suffered first; now the doubles are 

 showing symptoms. Daffodils are much 

 in evidence. Easter lilies and callas 

 fair. 



The glut in the 

 WASHINGTON Cut flower market 

 still continues, 

 though the past few cool days have 

 improved the situation considerably. 

 Several of the local firms have had 

 large orders for decorating for the 

 spring openings. All of the fruit trees 

 are budding, some in full bloom, and 

 all kinds of hardy shrubbery is show- 

 ing bud and color. 



"GRANDMOTHERS' DAY" IN 

 PHILADELPHIA. 



Our old favorite, General Jacquemi- 

 not, paid a visit to Pennock Bros, this 

 week, in color and sweetness still a 

 "top-notcher." Niphetos and Mare- 

 chal Neil helped to make an old-time 

 reception lifelike and interesting. The 

 old-fashioned bouquet, bunched up 

 tight like a caulifiower-head, with a 

 paper collar outside, was also in 

 evidence. Mr. Cartledge refused t» 

 ■admit that it was grandmother's day. 



BUSINESS CHANGES. 



M. Bloy of New Castle, Ind., has 

 purchased the greenhouse business of 

 G. A. Rackham, Detroit, Mich., and 

 will take possession at once. 



"Hodgson the Florist," an establish- 

 ment which for nearly four decades 

 was on Fifth avenue, New York, has 

 closed its recent store at 56th street 

 and its affairs are being conducted 

 from an apartment house in 58th 

 street near Eighth avenue. 



INCORPORATED. 



East End Floral Co., Memphis, 

 Tenn.; C. Hamner, C. C. Brown, E. G. 

 Bell, M. J. Anderson. W. L. Terry; 

 capital, $10,000. 



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 of expensive Engineering Instruments. Simple in construction, easily 

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 and complicated instruments. Practical, up-to-date instrument that any 

 one can use. Write for descriptive circulars and be convinced that this 

 Level is necessar>' to complete your outfit. Builders' Level $25.00. 

 Farm I,evel $12.50. 



BO^T OM-BflAO» MfG CO., '39 Madison fvenue . tTLANTH. 6A, 



The KERVAN CO. 



113 W. 28th ST. 

 New York 



WHOLESALE DEALERS 



Fresh ctil Palmett* & Cycas Palm Leaves, Galai, Leu- 

 cothoe. Ferns and Mosses. All Decorating Evergreen. 



Prices quoted in these columns are 

 for Dealers Only. When writing to 

 Adverltsers Please Mention HORTI- 

 CULTURE. 



