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H O R T 1 C U L T U R JK- 



January 1, 1910 



New Offers in This Issue^ 



CARNATIONS, ROOTED CUTTINGS. 



Clias. H. Totty, Maaison, N. J. 

 For page see List of AdTertlsers. 



FRENCH BULBS. 



Ralph M. Ward, New York, N. Y. 

 For page see List of Advertisers. 



FLORISTS' RIBBONS. 



S. S. Pennocli-Meelian, Pliiladelphia, Pa. 

 For page see List of Advertisers. 



GREENHOUSE PROPERTY TO 

 LEASE. 



J. P. Eustis. Boston. Mass. 

 For page see List of Advertisers. 



NEW CROP FLOWER SEEDS. 



Henry V. Michell & Co.. Philadelphia, Pa. 

 For page see List of Advertisers. 



RHODODENDRONS FOR FORCING. 



Heury A. Dreer, Philadelphia, Pa. 

 For page see List of Advertisers. 



SILK MESH NETTING FOR FLORAL 



WORK. 



M. Ulce & Co., Philadelphia, Pa. 



For page see List of Advertisers. 



1910 SEED CATALOGUE. 



Atlee Burpee & Co., Philadelphia, 

 For page see List of Advertisers. 



Flower Market Reports. 



{Ccntinuid from pa[c 21) 



son color next, and white the worst. 

 Cattleyas held their own when good, 

 but there were a good many inferior 

 flowers which ranged low down in the 

 scale. Gardenias were in good supply 

 — a few too many for the demand. 

 Lily of the valley was plentiful and a 

 liberal number did not find a market. 

 Roman hyacinths, narcissi, stevia, etc., 

 were passed unnoticed. No comment 

 is needed in regard to smilax; little 

 is called for and always some carried 

 over. Poinsettias, when fine, were 

 sold at good figures. The exodus of 

 New Yorl^ society people to spend the 

 holidays in the country — an old Eng- 

 lish custom which seems to be gain- 

 ing favor here — is perhaps responsi- 

 ble for the fact that a good many of 

 the larger boxes and baskets of plants 

 were left unsold in some stores and 

 would perhaps have some effect also 

 on the sale of flowers. The present 

 week opened quiet to a degree and so 

 continues. Supplies are too ample for 

 demand and quotations on all roses 

 are very variable. Carnations are do- 

 ing fairly well and up to Wednesday 

 there are too many violets, but not 

 many of these or anything else seems 

 to be wanted and New Years is not 

 counted on to make any sensational 

 demand. 



The Christmas 

 NEW ORLEANS trade of 1909 In 

 this city far sur- 

 passed any previous year both in the 

 volume of business done and the qual- 

 ity of the plants and cut flowers. 

 Blooming plants were never so plenti- 

 ful or so fine and anything from $3.00 

 to ?10.00 was sold almost as soon as 

 displayed. Poinsettias, Lorraine be- 

 gonias, cyclamen, azaleas, ardisias and 

 ericas were the most popular plants 

 with the buyers. Made-up baskets 

 and hampers are not popular here, 

 but nearly every plant sold had to be 

 In a basket, oval or other fancy cover, 

 and generally also tied with the finest 

 grade of ribbon. There were fine 



flowered azaleas and pans of poinset- 

 tias and begonias from local growers. 

 Foliage plants like Neph. Whitmanii 

 and Adiantum Farley ense met a ready 

 sale and a great quantity of table fern 

 dishes were filled. The cut-flower 

 trade was enormous and the quality of 

 the material shipped here was A-1. 

 But one complaint of pickled stock 

 was heard. The number of bunches 

 sent to the cemeteries was phenom- 

 enally large and the caterers in this 

 line had all they could handle. Christ- 

 mas trees sold out clean and holly, 

 while not particularly good, met a 

 ready sale. The weather the last three 

 days of the week was clear, crisp and 

 invigorating and added to the pleasure 

 of shopping. 



Advices from Minneapolis and St. 

 Paul are to the effect that retailers and 

 wholesalers alike had a very busy week 

 and one of the best Christmas records 

 in years. The demand for cut flowers 

 equalled the output and everything waa 

 pretty well cleared out, with the excep- 

 tion of a few pot plants. 



Our Detroit correspondent com- 

 plains that much "pickling" of 

 flowers, especially carnations, was 

 done by the growers for that market 

 with the usual result of trouble for 

 everybody and financial loss to them- 

 selves. 



CHICAGO NOTES. 

 Among the Retailers. 



The retailers seem to have had the 

 right kind of a Christmas according 

 to their own statements backed up by 

 stores that show evidences of much 

 trade. That the sales aggregate 

 far ahead of some years and consid- 

 erably in excess of last year is the 

 general verdict. The drop in prices 

 in the wholesale market did not ma- 

 terially change the price in the rtetail 

 stores for the reason that orders had 

 been placed for a fixed price several 

 days before the drop came. It was 

 a surprise to the man who bought 

 early at what he considered a cautious 

 price to find later that he could have 

 purchased the same grade of stock 

 for less on Friday than he paid Mon- 

 day. The number of orchids sold 

 in Chicago seems a surprise even 

 to those who sold them, so fast has 

 this trade increased. Some very fine 

 eastern lily of the valley was also sold 

 here. Violets, both single and double, 

 sold well. American Beauties were 

 fine and people seemed to part wil- 

 lingly with eighteen, twenty or even 

 more dollars in exchange for a dozen. 

 The mails were so crowded that de- 

 liveries were delayed three days, 

 making many mail orders a dead loss 

 to the florist here as well as a dis- 

 appointment to the senders. Baskets 

 and hampers were even more In de- 

 mand than last year, some stores sell- 

 ing over one hundred — none for less 

 than five dollars and all the way up 

 to thirty-five 



Some Experiences. 

 Harry Rowe expresses himself as 

 believing that the snow was no detri- 

 ment to the retailers' trade. A. 

 Lange's employes worked so hard that 

 Monday found three of them too ill 

 to go to work. The Bohanan Floral 

 Co. had their first Christmas in their 

 new quarters and hardly knew what 

 to expect, but results are satisfactory, 

 they say. The Fleischman Floral Co. 



employed ten busses and four taxlcabs 

 in addition to their own car to de- 

 liver. 



Franl: Oechslin's delivery wagons 

 are models, equipped with stoves, and 

 although they were out night and day 

 and the snow was a great hindrance, 

 scarcely a plant was nipped by frost. 

 One of the wagons was struck by a 

 street car and the driver had a very 

 narrow escape with his life. The wag- 

 on was badly injured, but the plucky 

 driver managed to deliver the plants. 



O. J. Friedman's store was not 

 closed during a period of 72 hours. 

 Here, as at Smyth's, Hauswirth's and 

 other retailers' generally, the business 

 done was entirely satisfactory, despite 

 the terrifRc storm. 



The Bowlers. 



This week begins the tournament 

 and it will last two weeks or more. 

 John and Alice Zeck, Geo. Asmus, 

 Frank Ayers and E. F. Winterson 

 comprise the team, Mr. Winterson and 

 Allie Zeck playing in both the singles 

 and doubles. 



Personal. 



W. J. Smyth is slowly gaining 

 ground physically, but it will be a year 

 he thinks, before he will be as well as 

 before the accident. 



AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR 

 THE ADVANCEMENT OF 

 SCIENCE. 



The long-heralded meeting of this 

 important organization in Boston 

 opened on Monday, December 27, bring- 

 ing to the city a most distinguished 

 gathering of men of learning. Owing 

 to the great storm the attendance was 

 much reduced in numbers, but the va- 

 rious meetings were not lacking In 

 either industry or enthusiasm. Par- 

 ticularly interesting to horticulturists 

 were the proceedings of the Associa- 

 tion of Horticultural Inspectors and 

 the Association of Official Seed Ana- 

 lysts. The latter body held a Joint ses- 

 sion with the executive committee of 

 the American Seed Trade Association 

 at Young's Hotel, among the attend- 

 ants being Prof. L. H. Pammel of 

 Ames, Iowa, who honored the office of 

 HORTICULTURE with a friendly call. 

 The Association of Horticultural In- 

 spectors held its sessions at the Har- 

 vard Medical School and much time 

 was given to the discussion of the va- 

 rious destructive insect pests on plants 

 and trees and the methods of combat- 

 ing them. Dr. L. O. Howard gave a 

 very interesting talk on this topic. 



MINNESOTA STATE HORTICUL- 

 TURAL SOCIETY. 



On account of the holidays the De- 

 cember meeting of this society was 

 held on December 14, in place of Decern. 

 her 21. 



There was a very good exhibit of 

 cut flowers and pot plants. 



Dr. Freeman, pathologist at the Agri- 

 cultural School, gave an interesting 

 talk on rust, violet disease, mildew, 

 blight, etc., which brought forth a very 

 lively discussion. 



The president appointed the enter- 

 tainment committee to make arrange- 

 ments for the annual dance, as follows: 

 C. N. Ruedlinger, chairman; Karl Rice, 

 Ralph Latham, J. T. Louden and Max 

 Kasser. The dance will be held Feb- 

 ruary IGth, 1910, at the Ark Audito- 

 rium in Minneapolis. 



