March 5, 1910 



HORTI CULTURE 



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WHOLESALE FLORISTS 



54 West 28th St. 

 NEW YORK 



Telephone 3550 Madison S<i. 



A. L YOUNG & CO. 



RECEIVERS & SHIP- 

 PERS OF CUT 

 FLOWERS. 



CONSIGNMENTS SOUCITEO. 



Wired Toothpicks 



Manufactured by 



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



$1.75; 50,000.... $7.50. Sa^lain*. 



For (ale by dealers 



Flower Market Reports. 



{Continued from page j4j) 



Carnations badly accu- 

 DETROIT Ululated, roses after a 

 period of short crop now 

 coming in in excess of the demand and 

 a tumble in values all along the line 

 on account of the condition of these 

 two staples is the present situation in 

 the wholesale markets as described by 

 our Detroit correspondent. Retailers 

 all report slow business, attributable 

 in part to the disagreeable weather 

 conditions. 



Business has been 

 INDIANAPOLIS good in nearly all 

 lines. Good Beau- 

 ties have been on the scarce side 

 while tea roses are sufficient for all 

 demands. Violets, sweet peas and all 

 kinds of bulb stock are in abundance 

 and sell well. Well grown lilacs, aza- 

 leas, rhododendrons, cyclamens and 

 bulbous stock in pans are very much 

 in evidence in all the stores with de- 

 mand good. Easter stock promises to 

 be of the usual good quality and quan- 

 tity though some growers will be short 

 of lilies. 



In the depth of Lent. 

 NEW YORK with a succession of 

 dreary days with fog 

 and downpour, there is really nothing 

 inspiring that can be said about the 

 flower market of the metropolis. The 

 wholesale dealer looks in despair at 

 the heaped-up crates of carnations of 

 every hue, lilies of every size from 

 "weenies" up to "whoppers," lily of 

 the valley, daffodils, tulips and poeti- 

 cus by the carload and wonders, first, 

 how the glower will feel when the re- 

 turns are made; and second, how far 

 the sales commissions on the whole 

 cargo will go towards paying the clerks 

 on Saturday night. Only one item is 

 on the scarce side — that is American 

 Beauty roses. The only impression 

 this makes, however, is that there is 

 no occasion to cut quoted prices. Cat- 

 tleyas are very inferior at present. 

 Not only are they small, but their 

 keeping quality is of the lowest, a 

 condition due, perhaps, to unfavorable 

 weather conditions. In fact, the same 

 deleterious influence is getting in its 

 work on the cut flower product gener- 

 ally, so that the majority of material 

 received is distinctly inferior to that 

 comiug in two or three weeks back. 

 Not much is said about Easter yet. 

 In the light of the heavy shipments of 

 lilies coming in at the present time, 

 however, the great anxiety of the 

 growers to hasten their lily crop for the 

 the anticipated Easter demand would 

 seem lacking in basis for confldence 

 in the ultimate compensation for the 



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 EXCHANGE, Inc. 



WHOLESALE COMMISSION FLORISTS 



Consignments SollcHed 



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GROWERS FOR NEW YORK MARKET 



Are invited to call or write. I can dispose of your flowers for 

 tlie entire season at top prices and guarantee prompt returns. 



Bstabllskied 1887 

 Open 6 A. M Dally 

 lei. 167 Madison Sq. 



J. K. ALLEN 



106 W. 28th St. 

 New York 



MISCELLANEOUS 



Catticyaa 



LIHes 



Lily ol the Valley 



Narcis. Paper White 



Trumpet Narcis 



Tulips 



Violets 



nignonette 



Sweet Peas (per xoo bclis) 



Qardenlaa 



Adlaatum 



Smilax 



Asparagus Plumosus, strings 



" " & Sprexi. (100 bdbs). 



extra work and worry. Retailers' win- 

 dows are brilliant with a gay profusion 

 and unusual variety of flowers, and 

 well they may, as the astute buyer 

 can almost make his own price on 

 many things. 



While the cut-flower 

 TWIN CITIES business during Lent 

 is generally a little 

 dull, this year it seems to be an excep- 

 tion, for everybody reports good sales 

 since Lent commenced. Roses are still 

 scarce, the supply of carnations about 

 equals the demand, while violets and 

 bulb stock are plentiful. 



Philadelphia reports the same un- 

 precedented conditions existing as de- 

 scribed last week. Business has been 

 so unprofitable and things are in so 

 chaotic a state that there is nothing 

 of interest or value which can be re- 

 corded at this time. 



PHILADELPHIA NOTES. 



An automobile party for the conven- 

 tion in Rochester next August is the 

 latest proposition among the upper ten 

 among the Philadelphia florists. John 

 Burton, George Anderson, John Grade, 

 Edward Reid and Liddon Pennock are 

 already among the entries. The fa- 

 vored few who can go along as guests 

 are putting on their sweetest smiles 

 so as to get an invitation. A hand- 

 some prize is to be awarded to the 

 first party reaching destination. 



NEWS NOTES. 



Reno, Nev.— Eddy Floral Co. has re- 

 moved to larger quarters, 17 West Sec- 

 ond St. 



Vancouver, Wash.— L. Gillott has 

 purchased the business and green- 

 house of A. Hanson. 



Vincennes, Ind. — Frisz Bros, met 

 with a loss of $2,000 recently caused 

 by the snow piling up on the glass. 



There are soiue mighty tempting 

 special offers in our Buyers' Directory 

 this week. Don't fail to read them 

 through. 



Pittsfield, Mass. — The heavy snow 

 of Feb. ISth broke about 500 square 

 feet of glass in the greenhouse of R. 

 Engleman on Elm St. Loss about 

 $250. 



Madison, Wis.— The La Crosse 

 Floral Co. will increase its capital 

 stock from $10,000 to $25,000. This 

 concern has four greenhouses, 27 x 300 

 ft., and cultivates six acres of land. 



Worcester, Mass.— The Aitken Co., 

 it is rumored will leave Worcester be- 

 cause of their inability to find suitable 

 quarters. Carl Bavier who has been 

 manager of the Worcester store will 

 be associated with H. F. A. Lange, 

 henceforth. 



SOUTHERN WILD SMILAX 



Fully Guaranteed. 



LOUISVILLE FLORAL CO. 



Louisville, Ala. 



