July 13, 1918 



HORTICULTURE 



41 



Flower Market Reports 



Fishing and renovating 

 BOSTON with the usual summer 

 dullness are combina- 

 tions that do not add much life to a 

 stagnant market and little activity Is 

 shown this week. Out of town trade 

 at the beaches has been one of the 

 strong points. There is an over sup- 

 ply of small roses but the larger sizes 

 are scarce and hold up well. A good 

 many carnations of inferior quality 

 are in the market and move slowly. 

 Lily of the valley is not up to the 

 standard of other years but as there 

 is not much to be had prices hold 

 firm and high. Weather conditions 

 has effected the outdoor grown stock 

 to such .an extent that very little is 

 appearing on the market at the pres- 

 ent writing. 



Good stock is in demand. 

 CHICAGO The cool days, which re- 

 semble October tar more 

 than July, have kept up social affairs 

 and the rush from the city has not 

 yet begun in earnest. All first class 

 stock is sold early and the late buyer 

 has to be satisfied with a poorer grade. 

 Shipping trade is holding up well for 

 the season. The last week in June 

 did much to bring up the total sales 

 of the month to a satisfactory amount 

 and when the dull season comes it 

 will be borne more easily because of 

 the good business being done now. 

 The large quantities of short roses 

 coming now are not bringing much, 

 but are used for cheap work and have 

 their place. Peonies are gone. Carna- 

 tions can be had at good prices where 

 the stock is right but the soft, sleepy, 

 weak-stemmed ones are hard to move 

 at any price. Calendulas have varied 

 but slightly in many months. A steady 

 supply of them and regular sales. 

 There are very fine Shasta daisies with 

 30 in. stems. 



There is little to be 

 NEW YORK told of the condition 

 of business this week. 

 The only feature is the price of cat- 

 tleyas, which have' been bringing as 

 much as $1.50 for some fine gigas. 

 This may have been caused by a 

 special occasion— Ex-Mayor Mitthell's 

 funeral — otherwise the market is ex- 

 tremely dull. The supply of roses and 

 carnations is moderate while a consid- 

 erable quantity of lilies has appeared. 

 The sale of all these is not of sufficient 

 proportions to clean up and prices 

 have a downward tendency. Calendu- 

 las, coreopsis and other outdoor stock 

 are not moving and smilax is also 

 slow. 



Gladioli of the 



PHILADELPHIA newer large 



flowering sorts 



GLADIOLI 



Of the newer and better 

 varieties, the kinds grown es- 

 pecially for cut flowers, and 

 wonderful stock it is, at 



$6 and $8 per 100 



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Greens, Ribbons and 



Supplies 



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Russell, Euler, Mock 



Hadley 



Arenberg, Hoosier Beauty 



Ward 



Killamey, Radiance, Taft 



Ophelia, Sunburst, Hillingdon 



Camatioiu 



Cattleyas - 



Lilies, Lonsiflonun 



Lilies, Speciosiun 



Lily of the Valley 



Gladioli 



Peonies 



Sweet Peas 



Gardenias 



Adiantmn 



Smilax 



Asparagus Flo. & Spren. (looBhs.) 



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like America and Mrs. Francis King 

 are now strongly in evidence and 

 help out nicely on a rather scanty va- 

 riety of choice showy flowers on the 

 market. Hydrangea arborescens is 

 also coming in in good quantity and 

 of fine quality. As a classy pure 

 white flower for many purposes it is 

 much appreciated. The longiflorum 

 Illy is also a strong feature and is 

 bringing a good price and cleaning 

 up well. Good quality sweet peas are 

 being grabbed up the minute they ar- 

 rive but much of the stock is very 

 short and under grade. Roses and 

 carnations about same as reported 

 last week. 



Business has 

 ROCHESTER, N. Y. been a little 

 brighter dur- 

 ing the past week. Stock consists 

 chiefly of outdoor garden flowers. 



These in part sell well, summer prices 

 predominating. There is a good sup- 

 ply of roses shipped in daily, most of 

 them of good quality. Good white 

 roses, however, during the past two 

 weeks have been very scarce with a 

 heavy demand. Lilies are in small 

 demand. Carnations are of poor qual- 

 ity. Outdoor peas are arriving and 

 the demand is larger than the supply. 



Market conditions are 



ST. LOUIS about the same as last 



week. Carnations are 



not so plentiful. Quite a few are be- 



;ng shipped on from Chicago. Some 

 good Russells and Ophelias are seen 

 otherwise the rose stock is not up to 

 quality. Some good outdoor sweet 

 peas were seen but their keeping 

 qualities are limited to one day. 

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