May 30, 1908 



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FLOWER MARKET REPORTS 



OBITUARY. 



This market, largely ow- 

 BOSTON ing to the vagaries of tlie 



weather, finds itself al- 

 most swamped with material for Me- 

 morial Day demands. Carnations — the 

 most essential flowers for the bouquet 

 work and other decorative needs of 

 the holiday — are very plentiful but 

 of very interior quality as a rule. There 

 was a disposition on the part of the 

 carnatiou groweis, as per custom, to 

 hold back their cut in anticipation 

 of higher prices, but they were caught 

 napping by the weather boss, and the 

 stock so carefully hoarded in cellars 

 and sundry secluded caverns without 

 the attention of the ice man, came 

 out in awful condition after imprison- 

 ment during Tuesday and Wednesday 

 nights when the versatile thermome- 

 ter recorded anywhere from 70 to S.5 

 degrees. The result is an enormous 

 load of half decayed stock in market 

 which will prove the curse of the 

 wholesale dealer and the cross of the 

 retailer who gets it. We are sorry for 

 all. 



A very hopeful feeling 

 CHICAGO prevails regarding the 

 outlook for Memorial 

 Day trade. The stock certainly was 

 never bet.ter for the time of the year, 

 notwithstanding the unpropitious 

 weather. Carnations are fine, roses 

 in good shape, and peonies, snow 

 balls, baby gladioli and pansies help 

 out with the outdoor blooms. Unlike 

 the feeling that prevailed before 

 Easter, there seems to be no doubt 

 but that the Memorial holiday would 

 see all good flowers sell rapidly and 

 many florists will probably wish their 

 stock larger. 



The story of the 

 NEW YORK wholesale market here 

 this week is one of 

 unprecedented iriaotivity and surplua 

 stock. On all lines the story is the 

 same and at present writing there is 

 no promise of salvation through Me- 

 morial Day demands. In our price 

 quotation columns we reproduce last 

 week's figures but growers may find, 

 in the final reporting, even lower rates 

 prevailing. Cooler weather and short- 

 ened supply may, however, help in the 

 adjustment of values for the latter 

 half of the week. 



There has been 

 PHILADELPHIA but little change 

 In market condi- 

 tions but more stock is coming in 



which makes conditions appear not so 

 good. Prospects are very fair for 

 Memorial Day. Local peonies are in 

 quantity (25th) with plenty more com- 

 ing during the next few days. 

 Fragrans. Andre Lauris, Rubra 

 Triumphans, Festiva Maxima, and 

 several others are plentiful. Tha 

 peony men are much more fortunate 

 this year than last when they were 

 too late for memorial week. American 

 Beauty roses in large supply, good 

 quality, excellent demand for the sea- 

 son. Others medium quality, demand 

 fair. Carnations — prices weaker and 

 quality waning — demand was good to- 

 wards the end of last week. Cattleyas 

 are in larger supply with demand 

 normal. Lilies much .scarcer but 

 enough for the demand. Lily of the 

 valley is moving better and prices hold 

 film. The June wedding season which 

 is now almost on us will have a good 

 effect on this crop. The recent muggy 

 weather had a bad effect on sweet 

 peas. The gardenia market is full of 

 the southern cut and i^rices are away 

 down; but quality all right. Outside 

 stock of all kinds is in large supply 

 and not moving very briskly. 



There is a perfect 

 WASHINGTON glut of peonies and 



sweet peas on the 

 market now, but it is to be hoped that 

 the 30th of May will relieve the pres- 

 sure. Pond lilies are coming in in 

 large quantities and of fine quality. 

 This is one of the few crops that 

 neither an abundance of rain or a 

 drought affects. The out door roses 

 have been injured to a great extent 

 by the recent rains and mildew is 

 again attacking the Hambler roses. 

 Prices of carnations and all house- 

 grown stuff have gone tumbling down 

 and after this month they will bo 

 hard to dispose of at any price. 



Mrs. Thomas Young. 

 Mrs. Thomas Young, who has been, 

 in failing health for some weeks, died 

 at Clifton, N. J., on Friday, May 22, 

 aged SJ years. The funeral was held 

 on Sunday the 24th inst. 



George McRae. 



George McRae, a native of Scotland, 

 who came to this country eight years 

 ago, and has conducted a florist busi- 

 ness at Cheswick, Pa., for the past six 

 years, died on May 16, aged 68 years. 



Detroit reports an abundance of out- 

 door flov.-ers. Gladiolus America is 

 offered in beautiful large spikes which 

 find a ready sale at $4 per dozen. 



F. B. Forbes. 



Francis B. Forbes, of Boston, died 

 suddenly at his home, 144 Common- 

 wealth avenue, on May 21. Mr. Forbes 

 was born in New York in 1S40. While 

 living in China as an attache of the 

 American legation he became inter- 

 ested in botany, and his work on the 

 flora of the country, one of the most 

 complete published, secured for him 

 election as a fellow of the Llnueau 

 society of iKjndon, and a collection of 

 the floia he made is now in the British 

 museum. 



MEMORIAL DAY. 



By the flow of the Inland river, 



Whence the fletts of Iron have fled. 

 Where tlie blades of the grave grass 

 quiver. 

 Asleep are the ranlis of the dead; 

 Under the sod and the dew. 

 Waiting the Judgment day; 

 Under the one, the blue. 

 Under the other, the gray. 



These in the robings of glory, 



Those In the gloom of defeat, 

 W\ with the battle blood gory. 

 In the dusk of eternity meet; 

 tender the sod and the dew. 

 Waiting the judgment day; 

 Under tlie laurel, the blue, 

 Under the willow, the gray. 



From the silence of sorrowful hours 



The desolate mourners go. 

 Lovingly laden with flowers 

 Alike for the friend and the foe; 

 Uiiiler the sod and the dew. 

 Waiting the judgment day; 

 Under the roses, the blue. 

 Under the lilies, the gray. 

 — Verses from "The Blue and the Gray," 

 by Francis Miles Finch. 



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