June 18, 1910 



HORTICULTURE 



931 



BUY 



BOSTON 

 FLOWERS 



N. F. McCarthy & co. 



84. Hawley St. 



BOSTON'S BEST 

 HOUSE 



Flower Market Reports 



(Continued from f'agt 920) 



Although it cannot be 

 NEW YORK said that the quantity 



of floral produce com- 

 -ing in for the past few days has been 

 extraordinarily large, it is yet true that 

 the market is choked with material 

 for which there is little or no outlet. 

 This applies to practically every item 

 on the list, but especially to roses, peo- 

 nies, sweet peas, lilies, daisies and lily 

 of the valley. In addition to being 

 overstocked, quality runs low on many 

 of the above named, roses, carnations 

 and sweet peas plainly showing the 

 bad effects of the several consecutive 

 days of drizzle and downpour through 

 which we have just passed, and should 

 this be succeeded by a period of bright 

 sun and high temperature it will not 

 be long before the end is reached for 

 several things. Outdoor Jacq's are 

 now pouring in at about $3 a thousand 

 and Richmond is unsalable for the 

 time being. Lily of the valley is ex- 

 cellent as to quality, but the "frame" 

 crop has given it a big jolt. Thou- 

 sands of long stemmed gardenias are 

 received daily from the South, the re- 

 turns from sales being scarcely suffl- 

 cient to defray the express charges, 

 which are very high. Peonies vary 

 greatly; there are heaps of spindly rags 

 and there are great luscious Festiva 

 Maximas such as are rarely seen out- 

 side of the exhibitions, and all grada- 

 tions between. 



The second week 

 PHILADELPHIA in June could 

 hardly be expect- 

 ed to be as good from a business stand- 

 point as the first week in June — and 

 it so proved. The market sagged off 

 quite a bit and the general average 

 was distinctly under last week's rec- 

 ord. This was particularly true as to 

 local business, and had it not been for 

 a welcome fillip from the shipping trade 

 things would have been much worse. 

 This shows the reflex importance of 

 the wide-awake firms to the general 

 welfare. By advertising, circularizing 

 and traveling, they develop business 

 with the outside — thus benefiting in- 

 directly the "timid sisters" and those 

 "grasping growers" who never do any- 

 thing to nelp develop business. But 

 with all that there was an immense 

 lot of stock in the Saturday "clean-up" 

 — and it was almost given away. It 

 wasn't business — it was charity! Amer- 

 ican Beauty roses are holding then- 

 own as to quality all right and moving 

 off as well as could be expected. Ail 

 roses are better than usual for the sea- 

 son — the Brides and 'Maids at the end 



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MISCELLANEOUS 



Cattleyaa 



LWea 



Lily oltbe Valley 



Stocks 



Daisies 



Snapdragon 



Peonies 



Sweet Peas (per xoobchs) 



Gardenias 



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Asparagus Plumoeus, itrings 



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of the procession. My Maryland is be- 

 ginning to show its usual superiority 

 as a summer rose — and this feature 

 will be still more pronounced as the 

 days go by. Carnations are still fine 

 but prices realized are altogether too 

 low, and very disheartening to the 

 grower. Orchids are a little off crop 

 for the time being, and as the demand 

 is fair there is a tendency upwards in 

 prices. Lily of the valley is, of course, 

 one of the best sellers in June, and 

 might also be said to be on the short 

 side. The better grades of sweet peas 

 went very well, but it was almost im- 

 possible to realize at all on anything 

 that was not top notch. Peonies are 

 still in evidence and while not in brisk 

 demand there is a fairly good market 

 for them in limited quantities. Snap- 

 dragon is running down — the high 

 water quality heretofore shown having 

 distinctly abated. Gladioli are becom- 

 ing more plentiful and the demand for 

 same is excellent. 



PHILADELPHIA NOTES. 



Dating from the 18th inst., the clos- 

 ing hour at Niessen's will be 6 p. m. 

 instead of S p. m. 



Messrs. Burpee and Earl arrived 

 homo from their Pacific trip on the 

 14th inst., looking brown and hearty. 

 They were enthusiastic over the good 

 work already accomplished by Edwin 

 Lonsdale at Floradale — their California 

 ranch near Lompoc. 



F. W. Rohland, of Dreer's, calls at- 

 tention to the exhibit in the firm's 

 Chestnut Street window, of the ex- 



haustive trials of all the latest roses 

 at the Riverton grounds. The tests are 

 of course, to determine hardiness and 

 general good qualities for outdoor cul- 

 ture. 



Messrs. Scott & Son say in regard 

 to their new yellow rose: "The name 

 is not yet decided; but we think the 

 Dicksons will call it 'Irish Melody.' 

 While this rose is not particularly 

 good with us in summer, yet in the 

 fall, winter and spring, it is a good 

 one, and it flowered as freely last sea- 

 son as My Maryland did with us dur- 

 ing the summer months; therefore we 

 think very highly of it and hope to in- 

 troduce it next year." 



Regarding Duchess of Westminster 

 rose, recently certificated at the Tem- 

 ple Show in London, Messrs. Dickson's 

 American agents (Robert Scott & Son) 

 report: "We do not know it under 

 that name as we only get the Dickson 

 seedlings under number, and while we 

 may have tested it we do not know 

 which it is. We can tell you more 

 about it when our Alexander B. Scott 

 returns from Ireland in August. He 

 sails for there July 9th, and expects to 

 return latter part of August." 



Don't miss Elliott's trade auction 

 sale, scheduled for Tuesday, June 21, 

 at noon. See his advt. in this paper. 



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