December 21, 1918 



HORTICULTURE 



617 



Flowers, Evergreens, Supplies 



Impossible to Get Goods Sufficient for the Holiday Demand. But 



we can and we do wish a 



MERRY CHRISTMAS 



To All and Hope That Prosperity May Now Come to the Trade 

 after a Year of Unprecedented Difficulties. Always at Your Service. 



HENRY M. ROBINSON & CO., 



BOSTON, MASS. 



2 Winthrop Square 

 32 Otis Street 



Flower Market Reports WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS 



TRADE PRICES — Par 100 



TO DEALERS ONLY 



Empty market benches 

 BOSTON and very scant stocks 



in the wholesalers' iee 

 boxes emphasize the situation of 

 flower famine that has been prevail- 

 ing of late and the prices have soared 

 until now they take on a character 

 of unreasonableness and the buying 

 of flowers by the public shows al- 

 ready signs of serious reduction. It 

 is unfortunate that the laudable cam- 

 paign launched to Say it with Flowers 

 for Christmas should have struck 

 such an unprecedented condition. 

 Plants are all spoken for, long ago, 

 and at values far beyond those in 

 force in any previous season. We 

 shall watch with intense interest the 

 outcome of the next few days. We 

 have an uncomfortable feeling that 

 the market may strike a snag. 



No previous reports of 

 CHICAGO the Chicago market 



have ever been written 

 that approach those of the present 

 time in the great disparity between 

 supply and demand, and the conse- 

 quent high prices now prevailing. It 

 seems almost unbelievable, when one 

 recalls the prices of carnations in 

 other years, to see fifteen, eighteen 

 and twenty dollars per hundred, on 

 the bills in the boxes of carnations 

 going out ten days before Christmas. 

 In spite of high prices, orders con- 

 tinue to come in, showing that the de- 

 mand is Imperative enough to stand 

 the doubling and trebling of former 

 high prices, which leads to the con- 

 clusion that all other cities in the 

 central district are having the same 

 difficulty in securing stock. It is not 

 alone that the demand is so unprece- 

 dented, nor that the supply is so ex- 

 tremely limited, but that these two 

 conditions occur at the same time. 

 Roses are nearly in the same position 

 and for several days a heavy fog has 

 hung over the city and its growing 

 district outside, making it most im- 



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probable that there will be any de- 

 cided change for the better. Of mis- 

 cellaneous stock there is little, leaving 

 the buyers mainly dependent upon 

 roses and carnations. Of green, for- 

 tunately there is a fairly good supply, 

 good asparagus coming from the 

 south. A few banquets and dinners 

 are creating demand for flowers, but 

 by far the bulk of the trade is for 

 funerals. 



Everything that comes 

 CINCINNATI in, cleans up quickly. 



Prices are about as 

 high, if not higher, than they have 

 ever been in the market except right 

 at holiday time. The supply is far 

 from suflicient for immediate wants. 

 Roses and carnations clean up as fast 

 as they get into the wholesale houses. 

 Lilies and callas are coming in regu- 

 larly but the daily supply of them Is 

 somewhat limited. The chrysanthe- 

 mum cut is at an end for the year. 

 Stevia cleans up readily. Snapdrag- 

 on sells on sight. Sweet peas clean 

 up well. 



The market is very 

 CLEVELAND short of stock and 



high prices are pre- 

 vailing. The limited supply, however. 



if sold to the highest bidders would 

 bring much more money, but whole- 

 salers are doing their best to be fair 

 to their patrons and at the same time 

 not unmindful to the interests of their 

 growers. Christmas prices will be the 

 highest in the history of the trade. 

 The supply of carnations is fully 50 

 per cent below normal and roses are 

 far beneath ordinary requirements. 

 Advance orders for the former are 

 being booked at 12c. and roses are 

 listed at from 12 to 50c. Violets are 

 reported scarce and $3.00 per 100 are 

 being asked for the best doubles and 

 $2.00 for locally grown singles. Or- 

 chids will be available only In limited 

 quantities, except oypripediums, 

 which are plentiful. No lily of the 

 valley is being offered. A small quan- 

 tity of freesias and paper white nar- 

 cissus will make it for Christmas. 

 Excellent stevia may be had in abund- 

 ance. Some choice buddlela meets with 

 a ready sale. Poinsettias are below 

 normal both in quality and quantity. 

 A few lilies and callas are coming In. 

 Plants are in moderate supply but for 

 the most part, growers are booked 

 up for Christmas. Accessories are 

 being employed to a great extent in 

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