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HORTICULTURE 



April 25, 1908 



Mr.FLORIST 



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VASES ! 



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Martial Bremond 



WHOLESALE GROWER OF FRENCH BULBS 

 OLLIOULES, FRANCE 



A superior quality supplied at 

 market prices. Shipments made 

 direct. Cases marked to order. 



Sole Agrents 



RALPH M. WARD & COMPANY 



12 West Broadway 



NEW YORK 



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Largest nfg. of i 

 Vases in the U.S. I 



CHRYSANTHEMUMS 



All the Popular Varieties. 



Rooted Cuttings, per loo, $i.oo ; per looo, $8.oo 



GERANIUMS 



A Large Assortment of the Choicest Kinds. 



From 3 1/2 in. pots, ^7.00 and 58. 00 per 100. 



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



GLEANINGS FROM THE CHICAGO 

 PLANT GROWERS. 



Tausendschon proved itself one ot 

 the best new roses for Easter trade. 

 The beautiful pink flowers grow 

 lighter with age and show different 

 shades on the same plant. One of its 

 best characteristics is its ability to 

 stand handling without dropping its 

 petals. Those who grew it this year 

 will grow many more next year for, 

 as a pot plant, it is a success. Pink 

 Baby Rambler does not gain in popu- 

 larity because the petals drop so 

 easily. White Baby Rambler has the 

 same defect. Dorothy Perkins and 

 Lady Gay were fine for Easter pot 

 plants and the large specimen plants 

 sold readily for decorating the win- 

 dows of the retail stores. Clothilde 

 soupert came in nicely for Easter trade 

 but is not quite satisfactory as It re- 

 quires very careful handling. Rich- 

 mond does not make a good pot plant. 



Rhododendrons were fine for show 

 plants but not much money in them 

 for the grower. Azaleas brought good 

 prices and with hydrangeas made a 

 showy stock that nothing could sur- 

 pass. 



Additional orders showing trade was 

 better than anticipated came in until 

 Saturday night. The smaller and less 

 perfect plants sold to the department 

 stores and everything was cleaned 

 up. 



All around, the growers are pleased 

 with the Easter trade. Though they 

 had an immense stock they could 

 have sold more. One of the largest 

 growers said trade was the best he 

 had ever enjoyed. 



Chicago florists had something ot a 

 ■weather scare Easter week. The wind 



was in the .sdiith and the thermometer 

 on Tuesday registered 84 degrees. 

 Many looked anxious as they realized 

 what it would mean to the Easter 

 stock if the temperature remained so 

 high. Wednesday morning was still 

 very warm when the wind suddenly 

 changed to the north and the ther- 

 mometer rapidly fell, dropping 17 de- 

 grees in one hour, and before night 

 registered 54 degrees lower than in 

 the morning. It was hard on the men 

 who had left their overcoats at home 

 but the Easter stock was saved. 

 Easter Sunday the weather became 

 warm and delightful. 



PLANT IMPORTS. 



Via Liverpool: A. Murphy & Co., 

 3 cs. plants; Sundry Forwarders, 12 

 bales trees. 



Via Havre: C. C. Abel & Co., 13 

 pgs. plants; H. F. Darrow, 6 pgs, do.; 

 C. W. Leavitt & Co., 6 pgs. trees; 

 Maltus & Ware, 3 cs. plants. 



Via Southampton: C. C. Abel & 

 Co., 4S cs. plants; H. F. Darrow, 1 cs. 

 do.; Maltus & Ware, 2 cs. do.; A. Rol- 

 ker & Sons, 1 cs, do.; Wadley & 

 Smythe 31 cs. do. and 9 baskets do.; 

 Sundry Forwarders, 18 cs. do., 14 pgs. 

 do. 



Via London: To Order. 2 cs. 

 orchids. 



From Germany: Gerhardt & Hay, 

 1 cs. trees; R. F. Lang. 22 bskts. 

 plants; Sunrdy Forwarders, 79 bskts. 

 trees, 1 cs, plants. 



From Glasgow: T. Meadows & Co., 

 1 cs. gooseberry bushes. 



Via Southampton: C. C. Abel & 

 Co.. 16 cs. plants; H. F. Darrow, 21 

 pgs. seed; Sundry forwarders, 26 cs. 

 plants. 



EASTER PLANT TRADE IN PHILA- 

 DELPHIA. 



Some say it was very good, some 

 say only moderate, others very bad. 

 It was good in spots but not up to 

 standard even in the good spots. The 

 moderate and poor spots hated to own 

 up that they came under that category 

 and the reviewer had to use his eyes 

 and judgment rather than listen to the 

 rose-colored accounts. No one wanted 

 to admit that there was anything the 

 matter with his particular spot. On 

 the whole it may be put down as a 

 settled and incontrovertible fact that 

 there were more lilies, azaleas, spireas, 

 hyacinths, cinerarias, and other Easter 

 plants grown for this market than 

 ever Ijefore. 1907, and the years im- 

 mediately preceding, had been on the 

 ascending scale as to consumption and 

 the preparations for 190S were for an 

 even larger trade. Instead of that, 

 the buying power of the public has 

 been largely curtailed this year, and so 

 We have had twice as much stock as 

 the market could absorb, with con- 

 sequent demoralization in pi-ices. The 

 regular flower stores did fairly well. 

 The larger growers who supply the 

 highest class trade also did well. But 

 the enormous army of street vendoi-s, 

 druggists, grocers, butchers, and what 

 net — as well as the outlying florists 

 with a local trade — suffered severely. 

 By Saturday afternoon, when the rain 

 commenced, half the stocks were still 

 unsold and then came a stampede. 

 Prices went to pieces completely and 

 many couldn't even give the stuff 

 away. There was far too much of 

 everything — but lilies were the worst! 

 Many growers report'ed losses of 50 



