April 27, 1907 



HORTICULTURE, 



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CUT FLOWER MARKET REPORTS 



The general situation in 

 BOSTON the flower market re- 

 mains practically .un- 

 changed since last week. If anything, 

 the supply is heavier, but there is no 

 increased activity and prices hold as 

 last reported. Roses are of excellent 

 Quality ; in fact, they have never av- 

 era£;od better, and this is true of the 

 product of all the growers. Carna- 

 tions are also of fine grade and are 

 selling well. Lily of the valley is still 

 too abundant and goes slowly; the 

 same is true of longiflorums. Dutch 

 bulb stock shows some improvement. 

 Violets are waning in number and im- 

 portance; the best flowers are from 

 frame culture. 



Cold weather prevailed 

 BUFFALO the past week and the 

 supply was cut short. 

 Business being brisk, a fairly good 

 cleaning up was had. Carnations and 

 roses were well in demand also sweet 

 peas, lily of the valley and other 

 stock. Beauties were in good supply 

 and sold well, the short grades being 

 preferred. Richmond, Killarney, Brides- 

 maid, Brides, Carrot are in finest qual- 

 ity and there seems little trouble to 

 sell them. Lilies sold better than 

 previous week also daffodils and 

 tulip. Sniilax and other greens not 

 too plentiful. 



Business . is steadier 

 COLUMBUS and better than for 

 some weeks. This al- 

 ways is the case when stock ceaserf 

 to he a glut. The supply of flowers of 

 all kinds has shortened up. Carnations 

 are in short supply. Some superb 

 Richmond roses were noted. Violets 

 seem to have awakened from their 

 long slumber, as regards quality and 

 «ales; and now at the very end of the 

 season are selling fast. As regards 

 other stock, there is little or no 

 change; bulb stock is about over. The 

 closing of Green Lawn Cemetery to 

 Sunday funerals has created various 

 opinions amongst the craft; the vital 

 question of course being the effect of 

 such a radical change upon the de- 

 mand for funeral flowers. 



Supply and demand sure- 

 DETROIT ly played hide, and seek 



last week, one day plenty 

 of everything next day almost noth- 

 ing. Considering the total sent in 

 and how evei-ything was promptly 

 cleaned up proves a good run of busi- 

 ness by all retailers. 



Stock of all kinds 

 INDIANAPOLIS has shortened up 

 very much, this be- 

 ing especially noticeable in the case of 

 carnations, most of the growers being 

 off crop. In roses the market is fairly 

 well supplied with all varieties. Beau- 

 ties of unusual quality are seen. Some 

 fancy lily of the valley is noted which 

 finds good sale. The assortment of 

 smaller and more springlike flowers is 

 large and varied and much in demand. 

 Every one is looking forward to the 

 largest spring plant trade on record. 

 A glance at the different greenhouses 

 finds an enormous supply of all kinds 

 of bedding stuff for the market. Tom- 

 linson Hall market is making a good 

 display in all lines, with trade only 

 fair. 



Present conditions 



NpW YORK favor the grower in- 

 asmuch as there is 

 not uu;ch surplus of anything. Small 

 roses are more plentiful than other 

 stock but prices hold at a fair level. 

 American Beauties are in lighter sup- 

 lily for the past week and have ap- 

 preciated in price, except for the de- 

 fective flowers, of which there are a 

 consideralile number. Carnations are 

 selling at satisfactory prices and no 

 surplus. There are few cattleyas in 

 the market. Lilies, tulips, lily of the 

 valley and sweet peas are moving 

 easier than for some time past. Green 

 stock is sufficiently plentiful to meet 

 all demands at no advance in figures. 

 The healthier tone 

 PHILADELPHIA noted in the Phil- 

 adelphia market 

 last week continued the present week 

 with perhaps a little added snap. This 

 is especially true of carnations the 

 supply of which was inadequate and 

 prices stiffened up considerably. 

 American Beauty roses were plenti- 

 ful and very good but no material 

 improvement in prices. Other roses 

 remain normal as to quality and price, 

 the only noticeable change being a 

 large increase in the short-stemmed 

 grades. Double violets are very 

 good for the season, the cool April 

 weather having favored them and the 

 demand is excellent. Lily of the 

 valley continues of fine quality. Sweet 

 peas have shortened up some and are 

 good sellers. Cattleya Mossiae is the 

 latest arrival in the orchid line; very 

 choice. Plenty of gardenias with de- 

 mand only fair. Oceans of callas and 

 Easter lilies: much more than the 

 market will absorb. The Barr daffo- 

 dils (Barri Conspicuus) from the 

 south have been quite conspicuous 

 both in store and street the past week. 

 The red-rimmed cup of this variety is 

 very taking. 



Ti-ade with practic- 

 TWIN CITIES ally all of the deal- 

 ers has been very 

 ■Jiood. Stock has been plentiful; in 

 fact, Saturday the market was prac- 

 tically glutted and roses in particular 

 suffered to a large extent. About every 

 florist in the city had a special sale, 

 at which roses were offered at 50c. per 

 dozen. The supply of carnations would 

 not permit any reduction as they are 

 apparently scarce at the present. 

 Plants have not begun to move as yet 

 on account of the cold weather but the 

 coming week undoubtedly will bring a 

 change. Inquiries for plants tor 

 Decoration Day from outside towns 

 are coming in lively and from present 

 indications the demand will be brisk. 

 The few bright 

 WASHINGTON days of last week 

 proved of some lit- 

 tle help to the grower, but we are 

 again in the midst of a damp, cold 

 spell. Carnations are exceedingly 

 scarce and prices keep up in conse- 

 quence. The violet season is virtually 

 over, though there are still a few- 

 good ones shown, due" to the continued 

 cool weather. Roses are of good 

 qtiality. but Richmond takes the lead 

 of everything, even leaving American 

 Beauty in the background. Bulbous 

 stock is quite scarce, but spiieas, ap- 

 ple blossoms and other outdoor sub- 



jects are in lime to fill the gap, and 

 are of unusually good quality. The 

 numerous affairs of the past week 

 kept the retail trade busy. The fruit 

 does not seem to have succumbed to 

 the cold sna|), but nothing definite can 

 be said of it >et. Should the fruit be 

 in proportion to the bloom, there will 

 be a plenty and to spare. 



NEWPORT NOTES. 



Among those who visited Newport 

 last week were J. K. M. L. Farquhar 

 of Boston and Joseph Leikens, New 

 York. Mr. Farquhar's visit was a 

 short one, but Mr. Leikens prolonged 

 his stay in town to make arrange- 

 ments for the opening of his store be- 

 fore Memorial Day. He reports a very 

 good season in New York up to the 

 week before last. It seems strange 

 now to have no fiorist on Bellevue 

 .\ve., and stranger still to miss the 

 familiar window display of the Fad- 

 den store. It is understood that Mr. 

 Hurn will enter the employment of 

 Wadley & Smythe in the capacity of 

 superintendent of landscape work. 



Newport dahlia growers are nearly 

 ihrou.gh propagating from green cut- 

 tings of which a great number have 

 been rooted by them. The growers, 

 of whom there are several who ven- 

 tured into the commercial ranks this 

 spring, have already done fairly well 

 with promise of a better rating by 

 the end of the season. 



It l6oks now as if the season for 

 bedding out would be unusually late 

 in beginning this year which will 

 cause a great rush towards last part 

 of it to obtain and plant what will be 

 needed. D- M. 



BUSINESS CHANGES. 

 O. .J. Sawyer has purchased the busi- 

 ness of G. W. Foster, Allentown, Pa. 



Alex. Dallas of Waterbury, Ct., has 

 moved his florist store into the Buck- 

 ingham Building. 



Hennessey Bros, of Joplin, Mo., 

 have disposed of their greenhouses to 

 W. E. Poundstone. 



,Iohn J. Kruchten will hereafter con- 

 tinue the business of Kruchten & 

 Johnson, Chicago, Olaf Johnson hav- 

 ing withdrawn from the concern. 



J. \V. Gilliam has bought a halt 

 interest in the fruit orchard of H- 

 Beck at Woodbury, Texas, and a 

 nursery and florist l)usiness will be 

 added. 



NEWS NOTES. 



Robert McMillen has opened a flower 

 store on Arch street, Greenwich, Conn. 



Dale Bros, expect to open a new es- 

 tablishment in Calumet. Mich., at an 

 early date. 



Wm. Schumacher, formerly designer 

 and decorator in Miss Carlson's Chi- 

 cago store, is now in charge of her 

 place at Morton Hill. 



The G. H. Hoskins Co., which has 

 been formed recently and is located at 

 37 N. 10th street. Reading, Pa., has 

 been awarded the contract to plant the 

 grounds connected with the city water 

 department. 



