June 25, 1910 



HORTICULTURE 



963 



Flower Market Reports 



{Continued from page 9'n) 



Complaints in gen- 

 CINCINNATI eral show that busi- 

 ness for the past 

 week has been on the "good old sum- 

 mer time" order. Large quantities of 

 all kinds of stocks are pouring into 

 this market. There is an over-abun- 

 dance of sweet peas with a light de- 

 mand. The majority of roses received 

 are of very poor quality, good stock 

 averaging fair prices. Nearly all of 

 the carnations are indifferent as to 

 quality with good shipping stock sell- 

 ing fairly well. Peonies are about 

 done for the season. Shasta daisies 

 have made their appearance and are 

 moving nicely, while the call for mar- 

 guerites is only fair. Lily of the val- 

 ley, which was scarce last week, is 

 again plentiful. Special inducements 

 as to price have to be made to move 

 longiflorum lilies. Asparagus plumo- 

 sus and Sprengeri from the South are 

 arriving in very poor condition. Smi- 

 lax is in good supply. 



There is a great quan- 

 NEW YORK tity of all varieties of 



flowers in the market 

 at present and the demands of the best 

 trade are for odds and ends and a 

 few choice roses, and not a great many 

 of any one thing. The supply is too 

 heavy to maintain anything like steady 

 prices. Growers are slow in throwing 

 out, which is the only hope for an im- 

 provement of present conditions. The 

 hope of a demand for the public school 

 closing exercises is not likely to be 

 realized as the ban has been put on 

 flowers. White roses and good white 

 carnations have the preference in sell- 

 ing over colored varieties. 



THE PROPOSED PLANT AND 



FLOWER MARKET IN 



NEW YORK. 



On Monday, June 20th, 1910. the com- 

 mittee on streets, highways and sewers 

 of the Board of Aldermen gave a pub- 

 lic hearing on the resolution to estab- 

 lish a plant and flower market under 

 the Queensboro Bridge at 59th street. 

 Among the speakers in opposition to 

 the measure were Mr'. Hunt, a grower 

 from Staten Island, and Mr. Cromwell, 

 the Borough President of Staten Island. 

 Those who spoke in favor of the meas- 

 ure included two aldermen, John D. 

 Crimmins, Wm. H. Siebrecht. Jr., An- 

 ton Schultheis, A. L. Miller, John Don- 

 aldson, John Birnie and a number of 

 property owners of the vicinity of the 

 bridge. Henry Stover, Commissioner 

 of Parks, also spoke for same. 



The committee acted favorably and 

 reported the resolution to the Board, 

 which latter body passed the measure. 

 It now only remains for the Mayor to 

 sign the bill to make the place a mar- 

 ket and thus give the New York florists 

 something that they have been trying 

 to get over twenty years. The rent 

 for stands will be about 25 cents per 

 foot and the cheap rental, if nothing 

 else, will bring the entire trade there 

 very quickly. 



Ernest Strehle, who has been con- 

 nected with the Park Department as 

 gardener for several yefirs has been 

 appointed superintendent of Parks at 

 St. Louis, Mo. He takes the place of 

 the late George Ostertag. 



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NEW YORK QUOTATIONS PER 100. To Dealers Onl y^ 



MISCELLANEOUS 



Last Half of Week 



ending June 18 



1910 



Cattieyaa 



Lillet 



Ully ol the Valley 



Stocks 



Daisies 



Snaparagon 



Peonies. - 



Sweet Peas (per too bchs) 



Gardenias 



\dlantum 



Smilai 



Asparagus Plumosua, strings 



" " & Spren. (loo bciw) 



2.00 



3.00 



50 



6.00 



6.00 

 15. CO 

 .75 

 la.oo 

 35 .» 

 25.0c 



First Half of Wefi 



beginning lune 20 



1910 



2.00 



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6.00 



6.00 



13.00 



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35.00 

 25. c 



PHILADELPHIA NOTES. 



Chas. E. Campbell reports an un- 

 usually good season on bedding plants 

 — many lines being sold out earlier 

 than usual. At their Penn Lynn place 

 the specialties next year will be 

 terns, roses, carnations, and sweet 

 peas— instead ot all carnations as here- 

 to-fore; Scotti and Schoelzeli in the 

 ferns; Maryland and Killarney in the 

 roses. 



Among our visitors this week may 

 be mentioned: John Paul, Cumber- 

 land, Md.; N. S. Peterman, Altoona, 

 Pa.; Paul Lindley of J. Van Lindley 

 Co., Greensboro, N. C; Mr. Hake of 

 Hake & Peterson, Huntington, Pa.; 

 C. H. Vick, Rochester, N. Y., Supt. of 

 the S. A. F. trade exhibition; and 

 seedsmen from tar and near going and 

 coming to their annual convention at 

 Atlantic City. 



The Essay Committee of the Florists' 

 Club announce that the speaker for 

 the next meeting, July oth, will be W. 

 Albert Manda ot South Orange, N. J. 

 The subject will be, "Should we Con- 

 sider our Calling a Trade or a Profes- 

 sion?" This topic ought to prove in- 

 teresting and bring out a good crowd. 

 The philosophers and wits will have 

 ample opportunity to display them- 

 selves on a hot weather subject like 

 that. 



Godfrey Aschmann says he sells 

 cheap; but does not throw his goods 

 away like some of those who get over- 

 stocked because they do not advertise 

 in HORTICULTURE. Nice stocky lit- 

 tle araucarias at 35c. are one of the 



specialties here at present. In his 

 characteristic way Godfrey says: 

 "Plenty of business, plenty of busi- 

 ness—too much business! Even send- 

 ing money back!" He is a live one 

 all right. 



Maybe you will have the pleasure of 

 saying, "How do you do. Senator," to 

 him one of these days. Joseph Hea- 

 cock has been nominated for that honor 

 on the Democratic ticket to succeed 

 Senator Harper, deceased. If merit 

 counts with the voters he will win in 

 a walk. Joseph ought to consult our 

 good friend, John Burton (another flor- 

 ist from the same county who has al- 

 ready been there), for some pointers. 

 Voters are kittle cattle. 



M. Rice & Co. had big importations 

 on the steamers "Pollanze," "Schom- 

 burg," and "Pisa," this week; consist- 

 ing mostly of baskets, bouquet holders, 

 paper goods, mattings, and florists' 

 novelties. This influx, coming on top 

 of their stock-taking and general busi- 

 ness, has kept them on the jump lately, 

 and much outside storage has been 

 requisitioned in addition to their ex- 

 tensive storage facilities in their 7- 

 story warehouse on Race street— the 

 largest of its kind in America. 



"Having had a copy of HORTICUL- 

 TURE given me recently, I was great- 

 ly impressed by its splendid informa- 

 tion, and feel I am at a disadvantage 

 being without it. Enclosed please find 

 money order for same." 



O. A. H., 



Yonkers, N. Y. 



