May 16, 1908 



HORTICULTURE 



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New Crop of Ferns - Decoration Day Stock 



FANCY FERNS, $1.25 PER 1000. DAGGER FERNS, $1.00 PER 1000. 



Edward A, Beaven 



Evergreen, Ala. 



FLOWER MARKET REPORTS 



The plpasant weather of 

 BOSTON Monday gave quite a 



boom to the Huwer trade 

 here, but the unsettled weather of the 

 balance of the week put prices aud 

 conditions back to where thej- have 

 been since Easter. Stock of all kinds 

 is plentiful with but little demand. 



The tone of the market 

 BUFFALO was much better the 

 past week as stock 

 shortened in supply, especially carna- 

 tions the demand brightened up and 

 prices held firm throughout the week. 

 Beauties, Richraonds. Kaiserins, etc., 

 of excellent quality were in good sup- 

 ply and sold more briskly than on 

 weeks previous, but there was too 

 much of the ordinary stock and it was 

 simply carried along. A good clean- 

 ing up was looked for on Saturday, 

 but again the rain put a damper on 

 sales. Lily of the valley, sweet peas, 

 jasmine, daisies, mignonette and lilies 

 moved readily. All greens were in 

 good supply. 



A week of almost con- 

 CHICAGO tinuous downpour has 

 robbed the cut-flower 

 market of most of the outdoor stock 

 at this time and reduced the supply 

 of carnations to a minimum. Prices 

 have advanced accordingly. Colored 

 carnations are in good demand; white 

 ones move a little slowly. It is cer- 

 tain that colored flowers of all kinds 

 are becoming more and more popular 

 and the demand for white flowers 

 growing steadily less. It looks now 

 as if there might be a decided short- 

 age on carnations for Decoration Day 

 if the weather continues unfavorable, 

 especially as many of the carnation 

 places are off crop. Roses are doing 

 well despite the weather and bringing 

 fair prices. The Baby gladioli are ap- 

 pearing this week, and stock, lily of 

 the valley, marguerites, a few pansits 

 and an occasional vase of lilies give 

 variety to select from. .Tessamines are 

 coming Into the market by the thou- 

 sands. A favorable outlook for Deco- 

 ration Day trade seems to prevail 

 among the Cbica.go florists. 



Business has been much 

 DETROIT better than during the 



previous week, and to- 

 wards the week-end supply was actual- 

 ly scarce. A new opening for our 

 product has been created by a local 

 hospital which erected so-called sun 

 parlors and furnished them with large 

 palms, bay trees and hanging baskets. 

 Trade conditions 

 INDIANAPOLIS the past two weeks 

 have been very 

 slow but there has been no over-stock 

 of anything as the cool, rainy weathei 

 has put a decided crimp in the cut of 

 all kinds of flowers. The quality of 

 stock is of the best. Roses and car- 

 nations are up to the midwinter aver- 

 age. Lilies are in good supply but 

 in little demand. Sweet peas are the 

 best selling article on the list. The 



cool weather has put a damper on 

 outside bedding, there being nothing 

 done in that line up to the present 

 time. A big spring bedding trade is 

 anticipated by the majority of the 

 florists who are well stocked in that 

 line. 



The general condi- 

 NEW YORK tion of the market 



has not made any 

 permanent improvement since last 

 report, although there have been 

 some intermittent periods that seem- 

 ed to indicate the approach of the 

 end of the inactivity which has con- 

 tinued almost uninteruptedly ever 

 since Easter. The rose market is 

 accentuated by the presence of 

 Brunners and Richmonds of very 

 fine quality in great abundance. Car- 

 nations begin to stiffen up a little 

 owing to the departure of the bulb 

 flowers and the approach of Memorial 

 Day. Sweet peas are very fine and 

 hold a position of prominence. Lily 

 of the valley has experienced a de- 

 cided improvement in demand. 



Cool weather and 

 PHILADELPHIA cloudy skies 

 shortened up sup- 

 plies la&t week and had much to do 

 with the improved tone of the market. 

 Carnations especially moved better, 

 and towards the end of the week, 

 when the so-called "Mothers' Day" 

 took place, the clean-up in these was 

 the best for the season. The Philadel- 

 phia North American is to be credited 

 with this innovation — a white carna- 

 tion worn by everybody having any • 

 respect for their best friend — and if we 

 can now have "Fathers' Day," and 

 some more, the daily press will go far 

 to wipe out many of its most heinous 

 offences against horticulture. Rose 

 market in good, healthy condition. 

 The presence of much mildewed stock 

 of Killarney emphasizes our note of 

 last year in regard to propagating only 

 from outdoor grown stock. Plant no 

 Killarney propagated from indoor 

 stock if you would escape mildew. 

 Lily of the valley supply has eased up 

 a little with demand better. Cattleyas 

 are in good supply with strong de- 

 mand. A few tree peony blooms are 

 to be seen. The otRcinalis section will 

 be in aiiout the 15th. By the 25th we 

 will have the grand burst of this glo- 

 rious May beauty here — if the weather 

 proves anything like reasonable. 



While the output of 

 WASHINGTON the market is still 



rather greater than 

 the demand, there is not the stagna- 



tion that might be expected at this 

 season. There is still a great demand 

 for decorations and it is to be hcjped 

 that business will move smoothly any 

 wav till after the commencements 

 next month. 



PHILADELPHIA NOTES. 



P. T. Demas. Pittsburg Florist' Ex- 

 ch.inge, was a visitor in Philadelphia. 



The club smoker arranged for May 

 1-1 th had to be called off for lack of 

 interest among the members. 



Arthur Niessen, of the Leo Niessen 

 Co. is the orator scheduled for the 

 June meeting of the Florists' Club. 



Chas. S Price, the popular Lans- 

 downe florist, takes his family in a 

 few days to the Pocono mountains for 

 1 he summer. 



Commodore Westcott starts prelimi- 

 naries at his club house, Waretown, 

 next week, preparatory to the formal 

 opening in June. 



Howard M. Earl, manager for W. 

 Atlee Burpee & Co., Philadelphia, will 

 start next week for California on a 

 crop inspection tour. 



Herbert H. Johnson, of the Johnson 

 Seed Co., has moved his summer res- 

 idence to Bala, Pa. There is better 

 golf ground there than in Jersey. 



At the regular meeting of the Buf- 

 falo Florists' Club on Tuesday last 

 much business of importance was 

 transacted. A paper on orchids was 

 read by one of the members which 

 was heartily received. The commit- 

 tees are working hard, especially the 

 sports and membership committees, 

 the latter having a line on every 

 florist in and around Buffalo. 



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