May 21, 1910 



HORTICULTURE 



797 



MICHIGAN CUT FLOWER 

 EXCHANGE, Inc. 



WHOLESALE COMMISSION FLORISTS 



Consignments Solicited 

 Hardy Fancy Fetn Our Spncialty 



38-40 BROADWAY, DETROIT, MICH. 



SOUTHERN WILD SMILAX 



Now ready In limited quantity. 



E. A. BEAVEN 



EVERGREEN, ALABAMA. 



For Sale By 



John C. Meyer & Co. 



1500 Middlesex Street, Lewell, Mass. 



Take tfo Other. 



WHOLESALE FLORISTS 



54 West 28th St. 

 NEW YORK 



Ttltlihone 3BB9 Madison Sq. 



A. L YOUNG & CO. 



RECEIVERS & SHIP- 

 PERS OF CUT 

 FLOWERS. 



CONSIGNMENTS SOLICITED. 



Flower Market Reports 



{Continued from page 795) 



cellaneous stock and the inference is 

 that it is being held baclv for the 

 holiday at hand. The lack of gladioli 

 was particularly noticeable. Many of 

 the wholesale florists express them- 

 selves as now certain that the supply 

 of peonies will fall far short of an 

 average crop owing to the frost. Very 

 few are being put in cold storage as 

 the number arriving are hardly ade- 

 quate to supply present needs. An 

 unusual number of advance orders are 

 in for Decoration Day showing the 

 probabilities of a shortage. 



The outlook for a large 

 DETROIT Decoration Day trade is 



very good, but it will be 

 difficult to handle. Several severe 

 fi'osts during last week have retarded 

 planting out and spoiled a good many 

 outdoor flowers which were always 

 great helps in making up the cheaper 

 class of bouquets. 



The wholesale trade 

 NEW YORK here are vehement 



and unanimous in 

 their denunciation of prevailing con- 

 ditions in the cut flower trade, which 

 the old-timers pronounce to be the 

 worst on record for this date. There 

 can be no question that a surplus 

 far beyond the digestive power of 

 this market stands hopelessly in the 

 way of anything like a revival of for- 

 mer trade opportunities and it is not 

 easy to see how any such longed-for 

 good fortune can come to the flower 

 trade. Outdoor material is having its 

 innings and helps to make the road 

 a rough one for the indoor-grown 

 goods. The lilacs are almost over al- 

 ready, but peonies are following 

 closely on their heels and there will 

 be enough and to spare of such things 

 for Memorial Da> in all probability. 

 Strong figures are being quoted for 

 some desirable things, notably for 

 carnations. The dearth of wedding 

 festivities in May always makes 

 trouble for the orchids and choice 

 white material, the expected influx of 

 Southern out-door grown gardenias 

 also making the outlook for the hot- 

 house product rather dubious, while 

 garden lily of the valley is having a 

 similar effect on its kind from under 

 glass. Of roses there are loads and 

 loads — enough for everybody without 

 touching the culls. 



FLOWER GROWER OR BUYER 



WhlchCTer yon are, yoa arc lovlted to call or write. I can be of 

 serrlce to yoa tbe eotlre seaion. WHOLESALB FLOWBBS ONLY. 



Establlskied 1887 

 Open 6 A. M Dally 

 Tel. 167 Madison Sq. 



J. K. ALLEN 



106 W. 28th 5t. 

 New York 



NEW YORK QUOTA riONS PER 100. To Dealers Only 



MISCELLANEOUS 



Cattleyaa 



Llllei 



Lily of the Valley 



Peonies 



nignonette 



Sweet Peas (per loo bchs) 



Qardenlaa 



Adiantum 



Smllaz 



Asparagus Plumosus, strings 



" " & Sprcn. (loo bchfi) 



First Half of Week 



beginning May 16 



1910 



35.00 

 9.00 

 1.00 

 4 00 

 1. 00 

 4.00 

 3 00 

 1 .00 

 13.00 

 35 00 

 15.00 



60.00 

 5.00 

 3-00 

 6.00 



3.0* 



6.0a 



10 00 



I 35 



16.0c 

 35.00 

 35.00 



Flower market 

 PHILADELPHIA conditions here 



may be tersely 

 summed up in a tew words — they were 

 good on Friday and Saturday, but very 

 bad the rest of the week. American 

 Beauty roses sold out well, but at only 

 moderate figures. The shipments of 

 these have slackened up considerably 

 — the cool weather having had its ef- 

 fect on them, as on everything else. 

 Richmond and Liberty roses did not 

 sell quite so freely — red peonies seemed 

 to be preferred by many people as a 

 change. White and pink roses were 

 in very good demand — white especially. 

 The latter were largely used by young 

 people in church processions which are 

 usual at this time of year in some de- 

 nominations. To many of the florists 

 near these churches such events are 

 as profitable and of as much import- 

 ance as Christmas or Easter. Carna- 

 tion prices are not high, but the stock 

 moves off all right. The quality con- 

 tinues fine. Winsor, Beacon, White 

 Perfection, and Bountiful, lead as to 

 varieties. There are enough orchids 

 to go around and a few over. Prices 

 have dropped a little. Cattleya Mos- 

 siae and Dendrobium Jamesianum, are 

 the most conspicuous varieties. The 

 gardenia market still continues slug- 

 gish and overstocked. Fine, long- 

 stemmed, sweet peas are coming in 

 and meet with good sale. Lily of the 

 valley fine and selling well. Home- 



grown peonies are lust beginning to 

 show up, and they are certainly splen- 

 did this year — hard, well developed 

 flowers, of fine substance, and splen- 

 did foliage. Other outdoor items, such 

 as iris, weigela, deutzia, viburnum, 

 etc., are also prominent and having 

 their effect on the market; but they 

 will not last very long. Another week 

 will about wind them up. Some splen- 

 did dagger ferns are arriving from 

 northern points — clean, fresh and per- 

 fect; far superior to the southern 

 stock that has been the staple until 

 lately. There is a good demand for 

 boxwood for Memorial Day work — this 

 material being now much used for 

 wreaths and crosses. Smilax is still 

 scarce. Plenty of plumosus and spren- 

 gerl. 



Kansas City, Mo. — The firm name 

 of the W. H. Humfeld Floral Co., 

 which, Aug. 1, will move into a new 

 store at 1010 E. 31st street, will be 

 changed to Humfeld-Orear Floral Co. 

 Leon Orear will be half owner in this 

 new firm. They intend to build green- 

 houses to connect with the rear of- 

 the store and have rented a large 

 piece of ground north of the store in 

 which to plant their summer stock. 



SOUTHERN WILD SMILAX 



Fully Guaranteed. 



LOUISVILLE FLORAL CO. 



Louiavllle, Ala. 



