February 12, 1910 



HORTICULTURE 



241 



The MEYER GREEN SILKALINE 



is the only Green Thread that should be 

 used by Florists and Growers. It is 

 guaranteed full weight and full measure. 

 Also VIOLET Thread for tying up 

 Violets. Price of both, $1.25 per lb. 

 express or frtight paid in good sized 

 orders. 



JOHN C.MEYER &CO. 



1500 Middlesex St., Lowell, Mass 



BUY 



BOSTON 

 FLOWERS 



N. F. McGARTHY & CO., 



84 Hawley St. 



BOSTON'!* BEST 

 HOUSE 



WHOLESALE FLORISTS 



54 West 28th St. 

 NEW YORK 



Telephone 3559 Madison Sq. 



A. L YOUNG & GO. 



RECEIVERS Sl SHIP* 



PERS OF CUT 



FLOWERS. 



CONSIGNMENTS SOLICITED. 



Wired Toothpicks 



Manufai:tured by 



W. J. COWEE, BERLIN, N. Y. 



»%c inn ...$1.75; 50,000. .. .$7.S0. Suapl* ta» 



For sale by dealers 



Flower Market Reports, 



{Continued from page 2JQ) 



This week finds the 

 NEW YORK market in bad shape. 



A very considerable 

 falling off in demand has depressed 

 prices — where sales are possible — to 

 the vanishing point, particularly on 

 carnations. Individual shipments of 

 roses are not greater than last week 

 excepting in the case of Beauties, the 

 supply of which is larger, so that with 

 a small demand price averages for the 

 grower are bound to be low. The 

 cut of carnations has Increased consid- 

 erably and it would seem as if buyers 

 were passing them by — so slowly do 

 they move. The large surplus can be 

 unloaded only through the street peo- 

 ple and as usual they take full ad- 

 vantage of the situation to squeese the 

 price down to the lowest figure. There 

 is a big supply of all kinds of bulbous 

 stock which is also hard to move. 

 Our tabulated Quotations do not re- 

 flect the actual condition of the mar- 

 ket as there is no stability to prices. 



Flower trade here 

 PHILADELPHIA moving along on 

 an even keel, fair 

 winds, a good clean course, and very 

 little change in prices. The only 

 marked exception is in the carnation 

 market. Largely increased receipts of 

 these materialized towards end ot 

 week and prices eased up consider- 

 ably. Roses were very steady — the 

 best seller being probably Killarney. 

 White roses also in good demand and 

 cleaning up well. The production of 

 white varieties has not increased in 

 the same ratio as other colors during 

 the past few years which accounts for 

 their good position at present when 

 the demand for white is mostly in de- 

 sign work. American Beauties are a 

 little sluggish for some reason. They 

 are not abnormally high, and there 

 are a good many pre-lenten social af- 

 fairs — so that Beauty ought to be sell- 

 ing better. Plenty of good orchids and 

 gardenias around and selling all right 

 at normal prices. The violet market 

 has improved so much that prices hold 



SOUTHERN WILD SMILAX 



Now ready In limited quantity. 



E. A. BEAVEN 



EVERGREEN, ALABAMA. | " 



MICHIGAN CUT FLOWER 

 EXCHANGE, Inc. 



iraOLESALE COMMISSION FLORISTS 



Consignments Solicited 



Hardy Fancy Fern Our Specialty 



)8-40 BROADWAY. DETIiOIT, MICH. 



GROWERS FOR NEW YORK MARKET 



Are 'DTlted to call or writ*. I can dispose of your flowers for 

 the eomlng season at top prices and guarantee prompt returns. 



Bstabllehed 1887 

 Open 6 A. M Dally 

 lei. 167 Madison Sq. 



J. K. ALLEN 



106 W. 28th St. 

 New York 



NEW YORK QUOTATIONS PER 100. To Dealers Only 



First Mf of Weel> 



baginnlng Feb. 7 



1910 



MISCELLANEOUS 



Cattlcyas 



Lines 



LHy of the Valley 



Narcis. Paper White 



Trumpet Narcis 



Tu ips 



Violets 



nignonette ... 



Sweet Peas (per loo bchs) 



Qardenias 



Adlaotum 



SmUax 



Asparagus Plumosus, strings 



" ** & Spree. (loo bc^)- 



39.00 



6.00 



I.CO 

 I. CO 



1 50 

 1.50 

 •23 



a. 00 

 3.00 



I 00 

 zo.oo 



50.0c 

 S.oo 

 3JX 

 a. 00 

 3.00 

 3.C0 

 .5° 

 5.00 



Z2.CO 



i.aj 



15.00 



25.00 to 35.00 



up well in spite of the largely in- 

 creased supply. Lily of the valley has 

 eased up slightly but is still in fair 

 shape. There is a good demand for 

 Roman hyacinths, paper whites, daffo- 

 dils, tulips, daisies, sweet peas, mig- 

 nonette and similar seasonable stock 

 for St. Valentine's Day. Acacia is 

 scarce. Myosotis and snap Idragon 

 are also on the scarce list at present. 

 The following standard articles not 

 enumerated in regular market quota- 

 tions are selling in the wholesale mar- 

 kets as quoted: Adiantum Farleyense, 

 $15; Cypripediums, $15; Dendrobiums, 

 $50; Callas, $15®20: Daisies, $2@3; 

 Freesia, $3@4; Snapdragon, $12©17; 

 Perle and Sunrise roses. $8@10, per 



100. 



Several growers are already busy 

 starting stock for the coming fall show 

 of the Detroit Florist Club. Prizes are 

 moderate, the total amounting to about 

 $S00. Preliminary discussion of the 

 style and decorations to be carried out 

 promises something entirely new and 

 unique. 



NEWS NOTES. 



At the annual meeting of the North 

 Dakota Horticultural Society held at 

 Fargo, the following officers were 

 elected: President, Prof. C. B. Wal- 

 dron; .secretary-treasurer. Prof. O. O. 

 Churchill. The reports of officers were 

 read and were very encouraging, 

 showing a good increase in member- 

 ship during the past year. 



.Fames Wheeler, ex-president of the 

 Gardeners' and Florists' Club of Bos- 

 ton, who has been the efficient super- 

 intendent and gardener at the J. H. 

 White estate, Brookline, Mass., for the 

 past twenty-two-and-a-half years, has 

 purchased thirty-two acres of land in 

 Natick and will establish himself there 

 as a commercial florist. He will build 

 as a starter one carnation house, 60x 

 :>C0. Mr. Wheeler is the kind of stuff 

 from which the best florists are made 

 and we look to see him quickly take a 

 leading position among the commer- 

 cial growers of the Hub. 



