July 21, 1909 



HORTICULTURE 



115 



Flower Market Reports. 



iliil-sunimer dullness is 

 BOSTON evident to a marked de- 

 giee. Sweet peas are on 

 the wane while carnations, although 

 poor in ciuality, have a fair demand. 

 Koses are holding well but the large 

 supply of short-stemmed has hel* 

 prices down. Asters are just beginning 

 to appear and ,'he few that have been 

 received are in excellent condition. 



The market was well 

 BUFFALO supplied with everything 

 in season the past weeK, 

 but there was very little business up 

 to Friday. Carnations are as plenti- 

 ful as ever but the quality very poor. 

 Winsor is very satisfactory, also Per- 

 fection in white. In the rose line Kil- 

 larney and Detroit are the best in 

 pink; Kalserin and Carnot are of fine 

 Quality and have found ready sale. As- 

 ters have made their appearance, but 

 of .short stem. Longiflorum and gigan- 

 teum lilies have been in over-supply, 

 with little or no demand; the same 

 may be said of sweet peas. 



According to our old- 

 CHICAGO time florists the summer 

 business is not falling 

 below its usual record. In fact, there 

 are plenty of times when there is a 

 lively hustle to secure enough good 

 stock to fill orders. This is especially 

 true of roses. New Beauties are com- 

 ing in, and though small, they are 

 readily taken up. Beauties, Kaiserins, 

 and Killarneys are the trio that lead. 

 Carnations are iiroving the old saying, 

 that they are never in the market with 

 asters. This is the first week when as- 

 ters of any quantity can be said to be 

 . in. The Queen of the Market is here 

 and with faiily long stems, too. The 

 season in some localities has favored 

 a good crop and in others has produced 

 poor flowers. On the whole it is con- 

 sidered a fairly good one for asters. 

 Sweet peas are too much in evidence 

 on all sides, but the stock is fine for 

 July. There is a good demand for 

 Easter lilies. 



Two words, ■'Nothing do- 

 DETROiT ing," are about all that 

 can be said of local af- 

 fairs. Have we got to accept that sit- 

 uation eveiy summer? Are we mak- 

 ing so much money in nine months 

 that we can lay idle for three months? 

 Suppose we do, have we a right to do 

 that? Even if everybody has flowers 

 in their own yai d, is that a sign for 

 us to stop? Not a day passes but the 

 request is made for a flowering pot 

 plant. What can we offer now? Our 

 cut roses and carnations are now at 

 their worst; can that not be remedied? 

 Look at the flower shops in Paris, Ber- 

 lin, Leipzig, they are looking as splen- 

 did and tempting now as they do in 

 winter lime. Who is going to make 

 the break here and show the way to 

 convert three long months of loss into 

 a period of profit? The demand is 

 there, stimulate it, coax it, cater to it. 

 Business contin- 

 PHILADELPHIA ues fair for the 

 season, there be- 

 ing a fair voluine of trade, with . sup- 

 plies and qualities corresponding. 

 Roses of all kinds are a little draggy — 

 e.xcepting the white varieties, which 

 are in very good demand. American 

 Beauty keeps on an even keel as to 

 quality, but the demand lacks that 



liveliness which is 



so essential to a 



healthy market. 



Veiy few Libei tys 



are coming in, 



and these ouly'of 



medium quality. 



As for Richmonds 



they are almost a 



negligible factor 



and fly open so 



quickly that profl- 



table marketing 



is ne.xt t o i m- 



possible. Kaiser- 

 ins are leaders in 



white roses, of 



course, and the 



demand for these 

 has been e.xcep- 

 t i o n a 1 1 y good. 

 Killarneys are al- 

 so among the 

 cheerful proposi- 

 tions. Little can 

 be said of the 

 ca rnation market 

 — this staple be- 

 ing largely super- 

 seded for the 

 present by the as- 

 ter. The latter is 

 improving daily 

 and some of the 

 greenhouse-grown 

 stock which is 

 now commencing 

 to arrive is really 

 excellent. There is 

 a brisk demand 

 for gladioli — espe- 

 cially the high 

 grade sorts such 

 as America and 

 Shakespeare. Sweet peas are very poor 

 and no likelihood of improvement for 

 some time to come. There is the usual 

 summer demand for lily of the valley — 

 a little spasmodic, perhaps — but even- 

 ing up fairly well as returns are made 

 up. Quite a little crop of Eagter lilies 

 appeared during the week and these 

 met with ready sale. The demand for 

 orchids has improved slightly — with 

 supply more plentiful, if anything. The 

 ideal cool subject for decorations, etc.. 



is the water lily— especially the fancy 

 sorts— the latter being in excellent de- 

 mand. 



There has been a 

 WASHINGTON very marked drop- 

 ping off in business 

 within the past week. Water lilies are 

 more in demand than almost any other 

 flower. Carnations are of inferior 

 quality. There is a very limited quan- 

 tity of sweet peas owing to the de- 

 structive rains earlier in the season. 



WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS.— 



PBR too. 

 TO DBALBRB ONLY. 



CmCII^NATI 



July 20 



DBTHDIT 



July 3o 



OUPPAM) 



July ^9 



PITTSBURC 



July 19 



ROSfiS 



Am. Beauty, Fan. and Sp. .... 



*' Extra 



No. I 



" Lower grades. .. 



Bride, 'Maid, Golden Gate, F. 



'* " Low. gr 



Killarney , Fan. & Sp 



" Lower grades 



* Richmond, Fancy & Special.. 



*' Lowcrgradcs ■ 



Chatenay 



My Maryland 



as. 



CARNATIONS 



Fancy and Novelties. 

 Ordkiary 



IVnSCBLLANBOUfi 



Cettleyas 



Lilies. 



Uly of the Valley 



Mignonette 



Sweet Peas 



Gardenias. 



Asters 



Gladioli 



Adiantum . 



Snilax 



Asparagus Ptumosus, stdi>gs 



" " & Spren. (loo bchs.) 



X5.00 

 8.00 



3.00 

 4.00 

 3.00 

 6. CO 

 3.00 

 4.00 



33,00 

 10. CO 



3.00 



2.00 

 ■35 



•73 



4. CO 



10. CO 



40.00 



30.C0 



93.00 I ao.oo 



20.00 10.00 



i6.oo 



I3.00 



6.00 

 4.00 I 

 6,00 



6xa 

 2.00 

 6.00 

 2.00 

 6.00 



25.00 



15.00 

 10,00 

 6.00 



8.00 



4.00 



8.00 



6.00 



8. CO 

 6 00 



a.oo 



1.50 



15.00 

 8.00 

 2.00 



a. CO 

 6.00 



3. CO 



4.00 



25. •• 



i8.o* 



J2.C* 

 4.00 

 6.00 



4.00 

 8.0c 



4 00 



6.00 

 a.oo 

 6.00 



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