June 13, 1908 



HORTICULTURE 



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H. BAYERSDORFER &. CO. 



Known to the Trade for the past 30 years as the 



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FLOWER l^ARKET REPORTS 



Market conditions liere 

 BOSTON are unchanged from last 



weeli except in the in- 

 creased receipts of peonies and the 

 reduced values of roses and carna- 

 tions. Peonies are in large supply 

 and are selling fairly well. Lily of 

 the valley and sweet peas also seem 

 to move a little better, liut business 

 is very slow, taken as a whole. 

 There are quantities of lilies around 

 and they are very difficult to dispose 

 of. The barometer of the flower busi- 

 ness, otherwise known as the street 

 fakir, is proclaiming loudly his offer 

 of "fine large roses a dozen for 5 

 cents." That tells the story. 



The cut flower market 

 CHICAGO is still suffering some- 

 what from an over-sup- 

 ply of stock. Flowers are, however, 

 of better quality than a week ago. and 

 with commencements near at hand, 

 the surplus will soon disappear. 

 Weddings, too, as the month ad- 

 vances, are using up some of the best 

 flowers, particularly roses. Peonies' 

 are coming in faster than they can 

 be used to advantage, and the retailer 

 and the wholesaler are both having 

 their troubles trying to satisfy the 

 grower, who in turn cannot see where 

 his profits are to come from. Pansies 

 are looking line, and the blooming 

 plants put up in baskets are very at- 

 tractive, selling more readily than 

 the cut blooms. Roses are plentiful, 

 and good stock is bringing fair prices. 

 A few good lilies are seen, and gladi- 

 oli are more in evidence each day. 

 Sweet peas, especially in white and 

 light pink, are plentiful in the mar- 

 liet. Surely purchasers since the 

 Memorial holiday have had every- 

 thing to choose from and could buy 

 at decidedly low prices, considering 

 the quality of the stock. 



It is vei-y difficult just 

 DETROIT now to quote prices on 



anything reliably. The 

 two controlling factors, quality and 

 demand, are both absent. This year's 

 crop of large June weddin.gs is very 

 small and all the other work does not 

 compare at all with the enormous 

 quantity of flowers shipped in. In this 

 connection it might be well to men- 

 tion that express companies are not in 

 need of our special assistance. If the 

 growers would more closely scnilinize 

 what thev do send it would reduce ex- 



press charges quite a little and save 

 the commission men the trouble of 

 culling out. The Michigan Cut Flower 

 Exchange have received their first lot 

 of fresJh fancy ferns; this firm has so 

 far 3000 peonies put into cold storage. 



Steadily slirinking in 

 NEW YORK activity day by day 

 the flower market in 

 file metropolis is rapidly assuming its 

 mid-summer character. Already are 

 seen large quantities of small roses cut 

 from young stock. Thus far, as usual. 

 Bride and Bridesmaid predominate, but 

 Richmond and Killamey make up 

 most of the balance. Peonies are at 

 their height this week and almost mo- 

 nopolize the market and demand. 

 Carnations are very abundant and so 

 are lilies, the former showing the 

 wear and tear of the season unmistak- 

 ably. Caitleyas, mainly Gigas, as now- 

 coming in are simply superb. Among 

 the promiscuous stock in evidence at 

 present are gladioli, centaureas, py- 

 rethruras, irises and moss roses. 

 Sweet peas are of excellent quality. 



Conditions have 

 PHILADELPHIA improved slightly. 



not up to former 

 .Junes but as good as was expected. 

 Many of the Beauty growers are now- 

 throwing out and replanting which has 

 had an appreciable effect on prices. 

 The quality still keeps good. Fancy 

 quality in Brides and Bridesmaids 

 was in good demand but the bulk of 

 the stock was mediocre. Killarneys 

 are showing the effect of the weather 

 more than any other rose at present, 

 and mildew is very prevalent. Kaiser- 

 ins are poorer than usual at this sea- 

 son. As for carnations one-half the 

 stock comins is so poor that even tlie 

 fakirs will not look at it. Thert! is 

 excellent demand for the few fancies 

 available. Orchids are scarcer, Cat- 

 tleya Mossiae mostly. Lily of the val- 

 ley selling better; quality very good. 

 Sweet peas also better and demand ex- 

 cellent. Peoni-es are coming in plenti- 



fully and are now- finding a ready 

 market. Among the minor items con- 

 spicuous at prisent are Coreopsis 

 grandillora. Lupinus polyphyllus, (.'en- 

 taurea imperialis, snapdragons, and 

 yellow daisies. Greens plentiful and 

 good. Gardenias have shortened up 

 considerably and this market is now 

 in healthier condition. 



There is but little 

 WASHINGTON doing in the flower 



trade here except in 

 the matter of weddings and commence- 

 ments. The sweet pea market is de- 

 moralized, it being next to impossible 

 to get rid of them at any price. There 

 is some very fine phlox in the various 

 stores and it seems to find better sale 

 than the other cheap flowers. Roses 

 hold their own remarkably well, es- 

 pecially Beauties, there being a .good 

 demand for them for most of the com- 

 mencements. 



PHILADELPHIA NOTES. 



A\'illiani Falck, with the Pennock 

 Bros., sails June 2oth for a well-earned 

 vacation to his native land, Denmark. 



Jno. Burton's two new truss houses 

 of the King Construction pattern are 

 now almost complete and only await 

 the company's inspection for the final 

 touches and the planting. 



It is rumored that .loseph Heacock 

 will cut out several of his Beauty 

 houses the coming season and devote 

 them to other crops. 



We hear the highest praise on all 

 sides for Arthur Niessen's philosophi- 

 cal paper on modern methods in flower 

 raising and distribution. We must 

 diagnose th3 trouble correctly before 

 we can cure. Now what is the cure? 

 Shoot the fellow who dares to build 

 the next greenhouse'' Or what? 



Beloit. Wis., June 1 (Special).— 

 Frank T. Mahan, a florist, was fined 

 $25 today for employing children un- 

 der 14 years of age.— Milwaukee (\^■is.) 

 Sentinel. 



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