May 25, 1907 



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Decoration Day 



SHIPPING ORDERS ARE NOW BEING BOOKED FOR THE 



BIGGEST HOLIDAY OF THE YEAR 



Get your Flower OrJers in early and we will fill them. American Beauty, Bride, 

 Bridesmaid, Killarney, Chatenay and other roses. Carnations. Lily of the Valley. 

 Spiraea, Lilies, Stocks, Sweet Peas, Lilacs. New Crop Hardy Ferns. A splendid 

 stock of everything. 



Wire Frames, Folding Boxes, Letters, Emblems, inscriptions 

 and Supplies in full assortment 



AT LOWEST PRICES 



WELCH BROTHERS 



Telephones, nain 6267=5419 226 Devonshire street, BOSTON, HASS. 



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CUT FLOWER MARKET REPORTS 



Stock in the cut flower 

 BOSTON markets is iu over sup- 

 ply and can't be moved 

 at quoted prices. But as it could not 

 be moved at lo\\er prices nothing 

 would be gained by cutting rates. If 

 anybody wanted it the present price 

 would not stand in the way. To be 

 explicit, the present is the dullest 

 week of the season. The outlook tor 

 Memorial Day is pretty good. Carna- 

 tion growers are on the verge of the 

 cjstomary June crop v/hicb always 

 liegins to assert itself about this time 

 and the prospects are for a big and 

 altogether luscious cut of carnations 

 for 'he great floral holiday. The rose 

 market, is as always, in a state of 

 unrest. Let it be recorded that the 

 high-grade roses are not in great 

 request for Memorial Day. But the 

 smaller material will sell well and the 

 price will be paid cheerfully. Spireas 

 are late and it is ii question whether 

 they get in for the holiday. Colorad 

 stocks will also be scarce, an unusual 

 condition at this date. Out-door lilac, 

 lily of the valley, etc., will be exactly 

 on time. 



Trade has been especl- 

 COLUMBUS ally good for so late 

 in the season; but it 

 does not seem at all like the end of 

 May, more like early April. Stock of 

 all sorts is much more plenty particu- 

 larly carnations, and it certainly be- 

 gins to look mtich more favorable for 

 Memorial Day trade. The closing of 

 cemeteries to Sunday burials, has re- 

 sulted in making many florists busier 

 than ever on Sunday, getting their 



flower orders ready for Monday and 

 there can be no question that those 

 firms who do not open at all on Sun- 

 day will lose more or less business. 

 As regards retail prices they remain 

 without much change. 



Business in general is re- 



DETROIT ported quiet. Carnations 

 are just about enough. 

 Roses have been very scarce the fore- 

 part of the week, but are becoming a 

 little more plentiful. 



Trade the past 



INDIANAPOLIS week has been 

 about on a par 

 with the preceding week, just about 

 rimning equal to demand. Quality in 

 all lines is all that could be desired. 

 Beauties are plentiful, fine and in good 

 demand. There seems to be no special 

 call for Richmond and Liberty roses. 

 Out-door lily of the valley is in abund- 

 ance, depreciating the in-door grown 

 stock. Fancy )ieas are to be had in 

 any quanrit>'. Carnations are holding' 

 their own with a good demand. Snft|) 

 dragon has never been finer and finds 

 ready sale. The plantsin^n are now in 

 their glory, this being the height of 

 (he bedding season, that oft-repeated 

 phrase "Sales far in advance of last 

 year" still holding good. At present 

 outlook it is doubtful whether there 

 will be any outside blooms for Decora- 

 tion Day in this section. In greens 

 everything is to be had now. 



The market is still 



NEW YORK loaded down with a 



superfluity of flowers 



in all va'ietif s and grades and there is 



little that can be said in the way of 



encouragement .?xcept that, had the- 

 weather been seasonably warm and 

 sunny, the situation would have been 

 worse. Memorial Day holds out pros- 

 l)ects of activity as, of late years, the 

 importance of this occasion has in- 

 creased materially and the demand 

 fron> out-of-town points will un- 

 doubtedly make good inroads on the 

 stock 01 carnations, lilies, peonies, 

 etc., as ■well as the medium grades of 

 roses. 



Last week found 

 PHILADELPHIA business very 



much more stag- 

 nated than any week this season. The 

 weather was much warmer which 

 brought in a tremendous lot of all 

 kinds of flowers, particularly roses 

 and carnations, which sold at almost 

 any price for the poorer grades. Car- 

 nations were sold by more than one 

 wholesale ho'-se at .5c. a bunch and in 

 some cases less to the street men who 

 really were the only people who kept 

 the stock moving at all among the 

 wholesale houses and then only half- 

 heartedly. Beatifies were very plenti- 

 ful, quality excellent, and moved off 

 in better shape than the small roses. 

 All small roses moved very poorly, 

 excepting possibly the higher grades. 

 Carnations kept very poorly, conse- 

 quently sold poorly. The majority of 

 sweet peas, on account of the warm 

 weather, have not reached the market 

 in at all salable shape. Lilies of the 

 valley moved fairly well, perhaps not 

 as good as might be. on account of the 

 outdoor stock which is coming In. 



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