September 28, 1918 



HORTICULTURE 



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Flower Market Reports 



{Continued from page 325) 



The market broad- 

 NEW YORK ened to a slight de- 

 gree but in general 

 there is a quiet tone and were it not 

 that several buyers for Boston took 

 a considerable number of lilies and 

 shorter grades of light colored 

 roses out of the market it is not like- 

 ly that prices would be better than 

 last week. Roses are coming in more 

 Ireely and are improving in quality 

 and stem. American Beauties are in 

 moderate supply and are moving bet- 

 ter. The carnation supply is not yet 

 large but they show an improvement. 

 Several shipment of sizable "Mums" 

 have been disposed of at figures that 

 compare favorably with prices usual- 

 ly going in former years. Lilies, at 

 present are bringing satisfactory 

 prices. Lily of the valley and or- 

 chids are scarcer. Some very good 

 asters are to be had but the big cut 

 is over and dahlias will probably en- 

 joy a short season before the chrys- 

 anthemums come along in quantity. 

 Such stock as celosla, ageratum, heli- 

 anthus, etc., meet with indifferent de- 

 mand. Smilax and asparagus are not 

 going well. 



Flowers have 

 ROCHESTER, N. Y. been very 

 scarce, carna- 

 tions are arriving in small quantities 

 but are short stemmed. There are 

 very good Scott Key and American 

 Beauties and a fair supply of other 

 roses In good quality. Asters are 

 mostly poor. Cosmos in good quality 

 are seen and there are a few gooa 

 dahlias. Boston ferns are selling 

 well. 



Trade in general, out- 

 ST. LOUIS side of funeral work, 

 is dull. Quite a few 

 dahlias are in. The new St. Louis 

 dahlia grown by Joe Hauser, a bril- 

 liant single red, is very popular. Some 

 good roses are seen — also a few good 

 looking violets. 



Business is better. 

 WASHINGTON Roses have im- 

 proved in quality 

 and prices average higher. Some few 

 new crop carnations are to be had 

 and October Frost has made its ap- 

 pearance, although poor in quality. 

 Asters are off the market locally. 

 Cosmos is not good. Dahlias are 

 more plentiful, but a scarcity is ex- 

 pected because of adverse weather 

 conditions. Orchids are very scarce, 

 also lilies. There is a continued 

 shortage of dagger ferns because the 

 fern pickers have secured more profit- 

 able employment among thr many 

 war industries. 



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Obituary 



Charles Bartlett Weathered, Jr. 



We have received the sad news of 

 the death of the son of C. B. Weath- 

 ered of New York, by a shot from a 

 machine gun, at the front in France. 



Marne, and was one of the first to 

 cross the River Ourcq, and one of the 

 first to fall. The letter states that he 

 was game to the last. He was the 

 only son of Mr. and Mrs. Weathered 

 and much sympathy is felt for his 

 parents and sisters by numerous 

 friends in the trade in their great be- 

 reavement. 



George P. Buckley. 



George Patrick Buckley died sud- 

 denly at his residence. No. 1275 Atlan- 

 tice avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y., aged 70 

 years. For years his place on Fulton 

 street was known as the Crystal Pal- 

 ace, named after the London institu- 

 tion of that name, where, as a boy. he 

 cultivated flowers used for the palace 

 of the late Queen Victoria. He leaves 

 a son and a daughter. 



William F. Cotter. 

 William F. Cotter, superintendent 

 of parks at Salem, Mass., died on Sep- 

 tember 20 after an illness of only a 

 few days from Spanish influenza. 



Ch.\RI.ES B.\RTLETT WEATHEREn, Jr. 



He was killed on July 31st. his 24th 

 birthday. C. B. Weathered. Jr.. joined 

 the 7th Regiment of New York in 

 June, 1917, and at the request for vol- 

 unteers to fill the 69th Infantry, was 

 transferred to that regiment, now the 

 165th Infantry. 42d or Rainbow Divi- 

 sion. He trained at Camp Mills and 

 went overseas in October. He was sent 

 to the hospital in March, having been 

 gassed, but rejoined his regin\ent in 

 April. From a letter received by his 

 parents from a comrade, he was in the 

 battles of Chateau Thierry and the 



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