August 7, 1909 



HORTICULTURE 



179 



Flower Market Reports. 



Conditions remaiu about 

 BOSTON the sr.me as for the past 



few weeks, with the ex- 

 cept iou ot asters and sweet peas, the 

 market being simply flooded with them 

 and in consequence prices liave broken 

 badly. Roses are also in abundance, 

 but mostly from small plants; but 

 prices are holding well. Gladioli are 

 plentiful, but of a poor quality. 



Trade has been much 

 BUFFALO on the quiet side with 



sufficient stock of all 

 kinds. Asters and gladioli are coming 

 in more plentifully than the week pre- 

 vious. Lilies of all varieties are too 

 plentiful. Roses and carnations are 

 of poor quality and sweet peas are 

 about as plentiful as ever. It is hoped 

 that the market will improve as every- 

 thing has been draggy. 



The last week in July 

 CHICAGO showed up well compared 

 with the previous weeks 

 iu point of business. Not that there 

 was any great rush of trade or any- 

 thing like high prices, but the busy 

 days made the florists think of the 

 good times coming when business shall 

 start up again. Each day makes the 

 stock of Beauties better in quality and 

 the demand is increasing accordingly. 

 Asters are also gaining in length of 

 stem and size of bloom. Sweet peas 

 are on the retired list and in some 

 wholesale houses carnations are prac- 

 tically occupying the same position. 

 Roses are coming in as fast as the 

 demand requires. Kaiserins are of 

 very good quality and this flower is at 

 its best now. 



L.ast week proved 

 PHILADELPHIA rather a disap- 

 pointment, busi- 

 ness being more sluggish than the 

 week previous. There was a fair de- 

 mand for high-giade stock, such as 

 orchids, lily of the valley and roses; 

 but on lower-priced items such as 

 asters and gladioli, the market was 

 very sleepy. Of course, where asters 

 were very good they went well, but the 

 vast majority of them could not be 

 graded first-class. All kinds of flowers 

 were more plentiful than at any time 

 since summer business commenced, 

 and the usual end of the week cleanup 

 by the street men, did not mateiialize 

 — the city being half empty on account 

 of vacations What few sweet peas 

 were seen around were mostly from 

 eastern points. 



Nothing of import- 

 NEW YORK ance has transpired 

 to disturb the seren- 

 ity and listlessness of these midsum- 

 mer days in the flower market district. 

 A little flurry in the morning hours 

 when some out-of-town florist strikes 

 luck in the shape of a little order for 

 something that it is hard to get, is 

 about the only sign of activity. Keep- 

 ing store open is, in fact, a mere form- 

 ality on the part of most of the oity 

 florists. Good material is not abun- 

 dant, but there is enough for all de- 

 mauds. -Asters are coming in heavily 

 — some of them very handsome. Nym- 

 phaeas and other water flowers are 

 coming in in beautiful variety. 



AS- 



GREEK-AMERICAN FLORISTS' 

 SOCIATION. 



This very much alive New York or- 

 ganization "improved the shining 



hour" last Thurs- 

 day by holding 

 their annual pic- 

 n i c at Witzel's 

 Point grounds. 

 The gentlemen 

 wh(>are active in 

 the affairs of the 

 Association are 

 thoroug h br e d s, 

 and when any- 

 thing in the na- 

 ture of an enter- 

 tainment is on 

 they go the whole 

 length. Naturally 

 this outing was a 

 brilliant success 

 like its predeces- 

 sors, and a large 

 lumber of florists 

 of other races 

 and nationalities 

 were included 

 among the at- 

 t e n d a n t s who 

 numbered fully 

 45u. The games 

 were many, in- 

 cluding bowling, 

 discus throwing. 

 .Vlai'athon and 

 other races, etc., 

 and a base ball 

 game between 

 Americans and 

 Greeks, which 

 was won by the 

 former by a score 

 of 7 to 6, t h e 

 trophy being a 

 handsome vase 

 which has been 



displayed since in 



.John I. Raynor's window. IVIiss Lea- 

 vitt, bookkeeper at Guttman's whole- 

 sale flower store, won the prize, a beau- 

 tiful bracelet, iu the young ladies' race. 

 All the games were well contested. 

 That there was splendid music, a 

 sumptuous dinner, and plenty of danc- 

 ing goes without saying. George D. 

 Nicholas delivered an eloquent address 

 in Greek and English. 



Philadelphia, Aug. 2, '09 



All quotations on FIELD GROWN 

 CARNATION PLANTS as ad- 

 vertised previous to this date are 

 ^^^ hereby withdrawn. 



YOaui"^ "^e now offer the following: varie- 



ties at prices listed below. All the cleanest and 

 largest plants of the season : 



MRS. LAWSON 



ENCHANTRESS 



VARIEGATED LAWSON 



VHITE LAWSON 



LADY BOUNTIFUL 



WINONA 



WINSOR 



$8.00 per hundred, $75.00 per thousand. 



PROSPECTOR 

 QUEEN LOUISE 

 RED SPORT 



$6.00 per hundred, $50.00 per thousand. 



HARLOWARDEN ROOSEVELT 



ELDORADO 



$4.00 per hundred. 



SARAH HILL, $12.00 per hundred. 



SMILAX PLANTS ; twenty thousand thrihy, well grown 

 plants in 2 in. pots; $2.00 per JOO ; $15.00 per 1000. 



s. s. pennocTmeehan CO. 



The T,.°o'if,l*Ti' Philadelphia 



PRESIDENT SEEL YE 



AFTERGLOW 



BEACON 



WHITE PERFECTION 



SPLENDOR 



CARNEGIE 



LLOYD 



GENEVIEVE LORD 



JESSICA 



MRS. PATTEN 



WHOLESALE 

 FLORISTS 



1608-1620 Lndlow Mreet 



Washington Store, 1212 



Store closes (i p. m. 

 New York Ave. 



Detroit reports the average business 

 for July as better than it was July, 

 1908. Fields were flooded at from 2 

 in. to e in. with water from a heavy 

 downpour of rain on July 29. No 

 serious damage was done but the cut 

 of outdoor flowers, such as sweet peas, 

 etc., was temporarily ruined. 



Knoxville. Tenn. — W. N. Simonton, 

 of Albany. N. Y.. will start in the nur- 

 sery business here. 



The Massachusetts Horticultural So- 

 ciety will have an exhibition of annuals 

 and perennials on August 7 and 8 In 

 Horticultural Hall, Boston. 



WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS.- 



PBR IM. 

 "TO DBALBRS ONLY. 



CMCWNATI 



Aug. 2 



dbthdit 



Aug. 3 



BUFFALO 



Aug. 3 



PITT9BUK« 



Aug. a 



Roses 



Abu Beauty, Fan. and Sp. 



*' Extra 



** No.i 



'* Lower grades < 



Bride, 'Maid. Chatenay.F. & S. 



" " Low. gr 



KilUraey.Fan. &Sp 



'* Lower grades ■ 



Richnaood, Fancy & Special.. ... 



" Lower grades. ....... 



My Marylaod, Kaiserin 



CARNATIONS . 



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Ottleyas 



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Mignonette 



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