February 19, 1910 



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and take no other. 



Price $1.25 per lb., 8 spools to the 



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JOHN C. MEYER & CO. 



1500 Middlesex St., I.OWELL, MASS. 



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 NEW YORK 



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Flower Market Reports. NEW YORK QUOTATIONS PER 100. To Dealers Only 



(Continued from page ?J<?) 



We do not make a 

 NEW YORK practice of continually 



showing up the bad 

 side of the flower market in these 

 weekly reports. It is possible, if one 

 is so disposed, to find on practically 

 every day in the year, features that 

 might be and ought to be better, and 

 on which it is not easy to make other 

 than unfavorable report from the view- 

 point of one or the other Interests. 

 But it does happen, once in a while, 

 that anything other than a tale of 

 dispiriting market tendencies would be 

 a misrepresentation; this is one of 

 those periods. Trouble has not struck 

 in very severely at present writing, 

 but that it is on the way and only re- 

 quires a couple of days of sunny as- 

 pect to develop to full proportions is 

 evident to all good judges. Bulbous 

 material has begun to accumulate; 

 carnations are in the same predica- 

 ment, and the buyers can practically 

 set his own price; as usual, Valen- 

 tine's Day gave the violets a boost, 

 but "now comes the deluge." Roses, 

 although of an average quality rarely 

 attained, are showing the sluggish- 

 ness which precedes a blockade and 

 buyers — street as well as legitimate — 

 are assuming that attitude of indif- 

 ference which the experienced operator 

 in the wholesale district so well 

 knows how to interpret. The early 

 date on which Easter comes is the 

 brightest spot in the local outlook, as 

 it insures a substantial post-Lent 

 period of social activity before the 

 annual spring exodus of society peo- 

 ple. For the present all hope for the 

 best, and should our deductions as to 

 the prospects for the next few weeks 

 prove to have been mistaken, nobody 

 will be better pleased than the writer. 

 Business for the 

 PHILADELPHIA first week in Lent 

 w a s as good as 

 could be expected. Improvement may 

 reasonably be looked for from now on. 

 St. Valentine's Day business was ban- 



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dicapped for two reasons: coming in 

 Lent and coming on a Monday. Still, 

 there was quite an appreciable differ- 

 ence in demand the three days pre- 

 ceding. Violets sold about as well as 

 any one thing. Gardenias also sold 

 well, and so did sweet peas. Roses 

 were rather sluggish — the best seller 

 being Richmond. American Beauty 

 has been scarce and below grade as 

 to quality, and the retailers have not 

 been pushing it. Carnations are more 

 plentiful than ever and of tip-top qual- 

 ity. The supply of orchids has fallen 

 off a little and they remain good stock 

 as far as demand is concerned. A fair- 

 ly good trade was done in such minor 

 Items as freesia, daffodils, myosotis. 

 Roman hyacinths and mignonette. 



Although Lent is 

 WASHINGTON upon us, there is 



not an appreciable 

 change in the market. St. Valentine's 

 Day kept things lively, particularly in 

 the bulbous line. Gardenias took quite 

 a tumble last week: flowers that had 

 been bringing as much as $1.50 each 

 at retail, dropping to half that price. 

 Carnations have been in unusual de- 

 mand; Light-pink Enchantress leads in 

 favor. 



Wellesley, Hills, Mass. — A. G. Lake, 

 florist, has failed. Liabilities $7,000. 

 Assets mild. 



NEWS NOTES. 



Springfield, III. — H. F. Janssen will 

 open a seed and flower store at 408- 

 410 E. Adams street. 



Cheshire, Conn. — The North West- 

 ern Forestry Co. has completed nego- 

 tiations tor the purchase of 100 acres 

 of land in Cheshire to be used as a 

 forestry nursery. 



Paterson, N. J. — Robert Smith, the 

 well known Market street florist, has 

 been forced to give up business on ac- 

 count of his inability to meet his ob- 

 ligations. — Paterson (N. J.) Press. 



Kennewick, Wash. — The Van Hol- 

 derbeke Nursery Co. is preparing to 

 open a nursery here. The company 

 has S3 acres, half of which was used 

 for a nursery last year. A. Von Hol- 

 derbeke is manager. 



Owosso, Mich. — Herman Thieman 

 has purchased the interest of Mr. Ede 

 in the Owosso Floral Co., and will 

 continue business with Stuart Beebe. 

 They have purchased additional land 

 on Hickory street. Mr. Thieman will 

 dispose of his property in Munson, 

 Mass., and take up his business duties 

 here early in March. 



SOUTHERN WILD SMILAX 



Fully Guaranteed. 



LOUISVILLE FLORAL CO. 



Louisville, Ala. 



