April 18, 1908 



HORTlCULTURi: 



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FLOWER MARKET REPORTS 



The rising tide of the 

 BOSTON Easter trade finds every- 

 body well prepared for 

 I he rush. Stores are well supplied 

 with a sic«k of plants of quality never 

 excelled and the prospects are for an 

 equally high grade supply of all 

 flowers. The movement of the latter 

 to outside points has already begun 

 and the situation promises well, three 

 days belcre the holiday. There is a 

 good demand for high-colored carna- 

 tions and violets are especially ir fa- 

 vor. Roses are moving slowly at very 

 little or no advance over prices here- 

 tofore prevailing, and all the whole- 

 salers are able to do is to keep the 

 stock moving at normal rates. Therr 

 is an overstock of greens; smilax is 

 not going as in other years; lily of the 

 valley and bulbous stock generally 

 finds a very slow market ; lilies cut 

 and on plant are selling well and a 

 saJe for the entire product is already 

 assured. It is generally accepted that 

 Easter trade in New England territory 

 w^ll be no less in volume than that of 

 a year ago. Considering the business 

 depression of the past winter, weather 

 not interfering, the prospects are ex- 

 ceedingly encouraging. 



Market conditions have 

 BUFFALO changed but slightly in 



the past two weeks; thi 

 supply has shortened so little as to be 

 hardly noticeable, prices holding 

 about the same as last reported. It 

 has been a matter of forcing the stock 

 upon buyers at prices exceedingly low. 

 Beauties are plentiful as well as all 

 other stock. The trade is in readiness 

 for a good Easter week's rush, and it 

 is hoped that this week's business will 

 be a reiord breaker. The retailers' 

 windows are full of blooming plants 

 and the "Today only" bargain sign 

 seems to have been laid away tor the 

 time being. 



Easter trade so far is 

 CHICAGO very gratifying to Chi- 

 cago people. Conditions 

 have proven about the same as they 

 did at the holiday season. Everyone 

 predicted in December that the finan- 

 cial depression would make trade very 

 light, but when the holiday week was 

 over the books showed satisfactory re- 

 sults, ihiny predicted one month a.go 

 that sales would be small for Easter. 

 Some of the largest plant growers in 

 • Chicago had their benches empty two 

 weeks before Easter or practically 

 everything labelled "sold." Every- 

 where the stock is fine and brings in 

 the much-coveted and necessary dol- 

 lars. 



Thousands of potted lilies, hydran- 

 geas, rhododendrons, spirea?. and roses 

 as well as ferns are being rapidly 

 transferred from the growers' benches 

 to the retail florists' counters. Azaleas 

 are in good demand and the stock is 

 very fine. Baby Ramblers are sup- 

 planting Crimson Ramblers as bush 

 plants, though there are offered some 

 fine trained specimens of the latter. In 

 cut ilowers stock is fine and just plen- 

 tiful enough. Many of the retail stores 

 are Deautiful and business lively. 



Business continues 

 INDIANAPOLIS to be changeable. 



Some days stock 

 is well cleaned up, then again trade 

 drags. The rose and carnation crops 

 have shortened up a bit, but the bul- 

 bous stock is coming in such large 

 quantities that this is not noticed. 

 The call for Beauties and long stemmed 

 teas continues good. Carnations con- 

 tinue to brin.g a fair price. Stock 

 everywhere is looking fine and the 

 quantity denotes better than words 

 can tell the expectations of a large 

 Easter trade. Azaleas are very popu- 

 lar this year, especially the lighter 

 shades. Certain sections report the 

 lily crop light but probably no diffi- 

 culty will be met with in securing am- 

 ple supplies. Extensive supply of lily 

 of the valley, sweet peas and orchids 

 will be available and will be much used 

 owing to the shortness of the violet 

 crop. Boxwood and laurel trees are 

 handled in large numbere by the lead- 

 ing retailers. There is quite a trade 

 in smilax and other greens of which 

 there is a good supply. 



Trade is light in 

 NEW YORK cut flowers, most of 

 the interest, as usual 

 previous to a holiday, being concen- 

 trated in plants, of which there is a 

 splendid supply. Cut flower shipments 

 are not so heavy as they have been. 

 The lightening up may be due in part 

 to the hoarding of the cut by some of 

 the growers; time will tell. There is 

 no disposition to unduly advance 

 prices and those who need a supply 

 for Easter use can be accommodated 

 with excellent material at normal fi.g- 

 ures. The quality and extent of the 

 flower demand will not be in evidence 

 until Saturday afternoon. 



Tone of market 

 PHILADELPHIA slightly improved 



last week. Stocks 

 moved out better and there were fewer 

 losses. Brice levels were not greatly 

 changed. Sweet peas continue one of 

 the healthiest stocks, with quality, 

 quantity and demand in thorough har- 

 mony. Roses are in good supply and 

 generally excellent as to quality. 

 Kaiserins have now commenced from 

 the dormant plants, and lead in whites 

 as to size and quality. Carnations held 

 a little fiimer and cleared up in better 

 shape. Southern daffodils are over 

 and the market draws a big sigh of 

 relief. There are some good local 

 greenhouse flowers of these still com- 



ing in. Double violets are fair — much 

 better than the singles. The latter are 

 nearly over for the season, locally. 

 Lily of the valley is still sluggish. 

 Orchids are on the short side. Lilies 

 plentiful; enough for all Easter de- 

 mands, but quality on an average is 

 under standard. Gardenias plentiful 

 and rather quiet. Plant market at this 

 writing — Monday before Easter — seems 

 to be dragging a little, except in fancy 

 stocks, which have been pretty well 

 picked up. Average stocks will no 

 doubt have their innings as the days 

 go by. 



Prices have not va- 

 TWIN CITIES Tied any for the 



last week or two. 

 Stock is plentiful, but not too much 

 so. Violets are about gone. The Eas- 

 ter rush has c-ommenced. at least with 

 the wholesalers. Easter prices date 

 from April 14. The prospects for a 

 good Easter trade are very promising. 

 Lilies, carnations, rcses. azaleas, as- 

 tilbes,— in fact almost everything Is in 

 splendid condition and ought to find a 

 ready market. 



EXHIBITION AT BALTIMORE. 



The National Sculpture Show is In 

 progress at the Fifth Regt. Armory. 

 The exhibition is a great success In 

 every way. The decorations consist 

 of hundreds of large specimen palms 

 and other exotics from the parks, pri- 

 vate places and some of the local 

 florists. 



Messrs. E. A. Seidewitz and C. L. 

 Seybold arranged the Italian parterre 

 garden and the green effect is unques- 

 tionably the best that has yet been 

 seen an> where; this is the consensus 

 of opinion of the sculptors and others 

 that have seen the exhibition. Many 

 wagon loads of palms, laurel, holly, 

 spruce and cedar were used to complete 

 the backing of the statuary. The 

 Gardeners' Club of Baltimore had in- 

 tended to hold a spring show in con- 

 junction with this exhibition, but being 

 in the midst of Easter it had to be 

 abandoned. Some of the florists and 

 nurserymen, however, expect to place 

 additional exhibits after the Easter 

 holidays are over, as the exhibition 

 will lost over three weeks. 



C. L. SEYBOLD. 



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