January 19, 1906 



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ROSES 



VIOLETS 



GARDENIAS 



CARNATIONS 

 VALLEY 



In our WHOLESALE COMMISSION FLORISTS' DEPARTMENT in addition 



to our regular wholesale EVERGREENS and FLORISTS' SUPPLIES 

 CONSIGNMENTS SOLICITED 



HENRY M. ROBINSON & CO., 



8, II and 15 Province St. 

 and 9 Chapman Place, 



See our Graenm Advart Ismment on pago 77. L. O. Tolephono, Main 2BI8 



Boston, Mass. 



CUT FLOWER MARKET REPORTS 



Flowers of desirable 

 BOSTON quality are scarce. There 



is no "January glut" this 

 season and no prospect of a plethora 

 for weeks to come. As to roses the 

 question of quality is secondary to sup- 

 ply and everything sells, because 

 . there is not enough all told to go 

 around. Carnations are also in short 

 supply but quality is good. Violet.? 

 are plentiful the big singles with 10 iu. 

 stems outclassing the doubles. Bulbous? 

 stock is increasing. There are some 

 fine trumpet daffodils, good tulips and 

 plenty of excellent lily of the valley. 



From now until the 

 BUFFALO Lenten season begins 



there will be only mild 

 succession of affairs and an occasional 

 ball or theatre party. The week just 

 completed held only a few informal 

 entertainments. A dull week has just 

 ended in the flower line. Stock of all 

 kinds and plenty of it all along the 

 line, but sales are not flourishing, and 

 in many instances "force" is applied. 

 Carnations have been the most abun- 

 dant: too many of the ordinary qual- 

 ity; the fancy varieties sold consider- 

 ably well. Good quality of select 

 Bridesmaids, Brides, Liberties and 

 Chatenay are not too plentiful, but 

 short Liberties are too many at times. 

 The market has been fairly good on 

 narcissus, Romans, lily of the valley, 

 lilies, mignonette and freesia. Vio- 

 lets in good supply; plumosa and 

 Sprengerii sprays a little scarce; smi- 

 lax an over-supply. 



While some of the 

 CINCINNATI craft have been busy 



business as a whole 

 has been very quiet ever since the 

 holidays. If there was anything doing 

 to speak of stock would be scarce for 

 there is very little coming in to the 

 commission houses, but as it is the 

 little is an ample sufficiency. The 

 weather has been warm and cloudy 

 and roses have the appearance of 

 being old and faded while carnation 

 split the calyx and hang their heads. 

 Bulbous stock is good but moves 

 rather slowly. Violets are of good 

 quality and are selling well but at 

 ruinous price. Harrisii lilies are scarce 

 and are grabbed up the moment they 

 arrive. A few poinsettias are tail- 

 enders and amount to little. Prices 

 are gradually declining as stock de- 

 teriorates but a change in the weather 

 will bring greater changes in the cut 

 flower market. 



The past week has 

 COLUMBUS seen a fine, steady 



trade, at good prices. 

 Owing to the long-continued spell of 

 sunless weather, stock of all kinds is 

 only in just about suflTicient supply to 

 comfortably cover the demand and 

 everything is cleaned up daily. There 

 are now some most excellent plants 

 being brought in, and they sell fast 

 at very fair rates; Primula obconica 

 and cyclamens were especially noted. 

 Everybody is busy, every minute. 



Trade conditions are 

 DETROIT very satisfactory. Every- 

 body is busy and, while 

 stock is daily cleaned up, it is in qual- 

 ity and quantity more up to the de- 

 mand. 



Trade has been 

 INDIANAPOLIS quite active the 

 past week. Din- 

 ners, balls and a large amount of 

 funeral work have kept stock pretty 

 well cleaned up. In some lines it is 

 not any too good possibly on account 

 of dark weather. Prices of cut flow- 

 ers still remain stiff. Beauties are 

 somewhat short in supply and quality 

 not the best. Teas are about equal 

 to demand, some being off color. Car- 

 nations are comin,g in freely, all colors 

 being in good demand. Narcissus, 

 Romans, lily of the valley, violets and 

 freesia are in good supply and flnd 

 ready sale. Azaleas and cyclamens are 

 still the leading sellers in flowering 

 plants. 



Business conditions 

 LOUISVILLE the previous week 

 were very poor. There 

 was an abundance of first-class carna- 

 tions, but the demand was slow. Lit- 

 tle interest was shown in roses and 

 there were enough for all needs. 

 Violets were plentiful. Other stock 

 was in good supply but the demand 

 was not there. 



The long-continued 

 NEW YORK period of dismal rainy 

 weather which has 

 prevailed in this section has had a 

 very deleterious effect on almost all 

 classes of flowers. Roses, especially, 

 show it in soft, flabby, colorless buds; 

 carnations give no evidence of injui-y 

 in their appearance and are, as a rule, 

 exceedingly handsome, but their keep- 

 ing qualities are greatly impaired. 

 Lilies are very inferior, as are, in fact, 

 all bulbous crops. Receipts are light, 

 generally, and prices are maintained 



with fair steadiness on most lines. 

 Some sales of roses at low figures are 

 reported but the quality was of cor- 

 responding cheapness. Gardenias are 

 more plentiful and of higher quality 

 than ever before. Business in general 

 is below the average for the season. 



Notwithstanding 

 PHILADELPHIA the dull weath- 

 er, the market 

 was fairly active last week. Red roses 

 were in good supply, although, like 

 all other staples, they were a little off 

 as to color. Bridesmaids were on the 

 scarce list. Carnations were none too 

 good as to quality. Enchantress is 

 still a leader in the pinks. In reds 

 Victory has the call and outclasses 

 such fine sorts as Robert Craig, Fla- 

 mingo, etc. Among high-grade whites 

 the White Perfection is a leader, with 

 Queen and Boston Market best sellers 

 among the mediums. The demand for 

 lily of the valley is a little slow. 

 Cypripediums and laelias are nearly 

 done, but cattleyas of various sorts are 

 plentiful and extra good. Violets are 

 more abundant, and the price has 

 dropped to about normal for the sea- 

 son. Daffodils are selling well. What 

 little mignonette there is at present 

 is very good and in brisk demand. 

 Greens are plentiful, with the excep- 

 tion of plumosa. Freesias are extra 

 fine. Lilies are not as abundant as 

 usual, but enough to satisfy all de- 

 mands. 



HORTICULTURE'S REPRESENTA- 

 TIVES. 



The following named gentlemen 

 represent this paper in their various 

 local districts, and are authorized to 

 accept subscriptions, advertisements 

 and news items. 



BUFFALO, N. Y.— E. C. Brucker, 385-87 



Elllcott St. 

 CLEVEI,AND, O.— A. L. Hutchins, 2220 



East 74th St. 

 COLUMBUS. O.— M. B. Faxon. 246 Oak St. 

 CINCINNATI, O.— Frank W. Ball, 31 Bast 



3A St. 

 DETROIT, MICH.— Frank Danzer, 1487 



Fifteenth St. 

 INDIANAPOLIS, IND.— George B. Wle- 



gand, 1610 N. Illinois St. 

 LOUISVILLE, KY.— F. L. Schulz, Jr., 



1325 Cherokee Rd. 

 MINNEAPOLIS, MINN.— G. L. Skutt, 3800 



Bryant Ave. 

 MONTREAL.— William Cooper, 338 St. 



James St. 

 NEWPORT, R. I.— David Mcintosh, Ledge 



Road. 

 PHILADELPHIA, PA.— George C. Wat- 

 son, Dobson BIdg., 9th and Market Sta. 

 SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.— Luther Mon- 



nette, 866 Isabella St., Oakland, Cal. 

 TOLEDO, O.— J. L. Schiller, 929 Prontj 



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