July 6, 1918 



HORTICULTUEE 



19 



Flower Market Reports 



[Continued from page 17) 



the supply is poor. Sweet peas are 

 about over. There has been an over- 

 supply of Shasta daisies. Some good 

 Harrisii lilies are seen. There is a 

 good supply of greens. 



Stock of all kinds 

 WASHINGTON is very scarce and 



difficulty is expe- 

 rienced in filling all orders. Roses and 

 carnations are very poor and undesir- 

 able. Gladioli is late. There has 

 been some sale for orchids. Stephan- 

 otis is in demand. Cornflower sold 

 well for Fourth of July decorations. 

 Large quantities of gypsophila are 

 offered as "filler." Coreopsis, cosmos 

 and other outdoor flowers are being 

 used as substitutes for greenhouse 

 stock. 



K. al.i-e:im 



NEW YORK. 



Clarence Slinn and Pappas & Co. are 

 moving to new quarters on 28th street. 



John Weir is takin,g a vacation, 

 something unusual for him. He will 

 be away a month. 



There are still some good peonies 

 coming in from Brampton. Ont., being 

 received by Gunther Bros. 



We are pleased to learn that L. B. 

 Coddington is satisfactorily recover- 

 ing from his serious illness. 



The new rose, Columbia, coming to 

 the market from Charles H. Totty, is 

 making a good impression. 



Secretary John Young is still in the 



West in the interest of the S. A. F. 

 J. H. Pepper is in charge of the sec- 

 retary's office during his absence. 



S. Hanfling's second son has gone 

 into the service. Mr. Rosens, Jr., for- 

 merly of the same establishment, who 

 is in the Medical Department, is home 

 for a visit. 



The Growers' Cut Flower Company 

 closed its doors on 28th street last 

 Saturday. E. J. Van Rieper, who has 

 been manager, now goes to the employ 

 of Riedel & Meyer. 



David Don of Weeber & Don has 

 been appointed a member of the ex- 

 ecutive committee of the American 

 Seed Trade Association to fill the un- 

 expired term of the late J. Harrison 

 Dick. 



Joseph J. Lane, formerly of the Gar- 

 den Magazine, but now in the service 

 at Camp Devens, Ayer, Mass., has 

 been transferred to Headquarters' 

 Company. 302d Field Artillery and 



"A LEADER IN TBE WaOLBSALE COfVUISSION TRADE FOR OTER TBIRTI TEARS" 



Have a demand for more than I can supply. Rose Growers Call or Write- 



118 West 28th St. IMEXA/ YORK 



TELEPHONES 

 FruTasnt 167 and 30M 



NEW YORK QUOTATIONS PER 100. To Dealers Only 



MISCELLANEOUS 



Ust Part ef Weak First Part of Wtek 



iBdJBS June 29 beeJoDing luly 1 



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Lilies, LonBiflorum 



LiHes, Speciosum 



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Snap<lraffOD 



Gladioli 



Peonies 



Calendula 



Sweet Peaa 



Gardeniaa, 



Ailiantum 



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Aaparacus Pliunoaos, & Spren (loo bunches) . 



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WE WANT MORE SHIPPERS 



We h»Te a nnmeroui cUentace of N»w Tork City buyers and Uw dammsd km.- 

 •oed* asr snppty. ThU la eapwlally troc •{ Boaea. We bave eTery facility and 

 abandant meana and best retnrna are assured for stock consigned to us. 



Addreaa Tout Shipments to 



UNITED CUT FLOWER CO. Inc 



1 1 1 >V. 28th St., NEWr YORK 



D, J. Pappaa, Prea. 



will probably be leaving for other 

 parts soon. 



A cablegram received a few days 

 ago from William Plumb states that 

 he had arrived safely in Havana. 

 Mail news from there is to the effect 

 that the oil borings of Mr. Plumb's 

 Company are showing now some very 

 encouraging signs. 



WASHINGTON, D. C. 



Charles Scarborough, tor many 

 years connected with the F street 

 store of Gude Bros. Co. has resigned 

 and is now on his father's farm in 

 Pennsylvania. Mr. Scarborough ex- 

 pects soon to enter government serv- 

 ice. 



Victor W. Fortwengler has resigned 

 his position with the Washington 

 Floral Company to enter the U. S. Ma- 

 rine Corps. In company with George 

 Gouldman, formerly with the Louise 

 Flower Shop and the Washington 

 Floral Company, he has gone to Paris 

 Island, S. C. 



Francis J. Robbins, formerly with 

 Gude Bros. Co., has returned to his 

 home In Carlisle, Pa., for a brief va- 

 cation. He expects within a few days 

 to go to Camp Oglethorpe, Georgia, 

 having recently enlisted in the Medi- 

 cal Corps. He is the son of Jesse 

 Robbins, florist, of East Ridge street, 

 Carlisle. 



The stores are up against a serious 

 proposition in the way of help. The 

 greenhouses too are suffering. The 

 draft and enlistments made heavy in- 

 roads upon them and now the coming 

 of the "work or fight" order is further 

 complicating the situation. This is 

 shown in the fact that a number of 

 growers are only just now putting 

 gladiolus in the ground. This has 

 greatly delayed production, but no 

 other course was open with labor as 

 scarce as now. 



The big event of the week was the 

 purchase by David G. Grillbortzer of 

 the properties in Washington and 

 Alexandria, W. Va., of the Washing- 

 ton Floral Company from J. Louis 

 Loose. The Loose and Grillbortzer 

 ranges of greenhouses are opposite 

 each other in Alexandria, and com- 

 bined represent approximately a 

 quarter of a million feet of glass. Mr. 

 Grillbortzer expects to market the 

 production of these houses both at 

 wholesale and retail through the store 

 at Fourteenth street and New York 

 avenue. J. Harper Hetherington, who 

 has been manager of the store, will 

 continue as manager of the wholesale 

 and retail departments under Mr. 

 Grillbortzer. The wholesaling of the 

 Grillbortzer stock was formerly done 

 through the Leo Niessen Company ex- 

 change. 



