March 26, 1910 



HORTICULTU RE 



493 



BUY 



BOSTON 

 FLOWERS 



N. F. McCarthy & go., 



84 Hawley St. 



BOSTON'^ BEST 

 HOUSE 



{MICHIGAN CUT FLOWER 



I EXCHANGE, Inc. 



WHOLESALE COMMISSION FLORISTS 



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Bardy Fancy Fern Our Specialty 



38-40 BROADWAY. DETROIT. MICH. 



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Now ready In limited quantity. 



E. A. BEAVEN 



EVERGREEN, ALABAMA. 



For Sale By 



John C. Meyer& Co. 



1500 Middlesex Street. Lowell, Mass. 



Take t^c other. 



WHOLESALE FLORISTS 



54 West 28th St. 

 NEW YORK 



Telephone 3559 Madison Sq. 



A. L YOUNG & GO. 



RECEIVERS & SHIP- 

 PERS OF CUT 

 FLOWERS. 



CONSIQNMENTS SOLICITED. 



Wired Toothpicks 



Manufactured by 



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



■M— ...$1.75; 5°>ooo--$7.50. Sunpla ina, 

 For .ale by dealer. 



Flower Market Reports 



{Continued frptn page 4/0) 



Business is moving 

 CINCINNATI along at a flrst-class 

 clip. All buyers have 

 been skirmi-sliing for stock and their 

 only dilflculty was to get proper stock 

 with which to fill orders. An unusual 

 circumstance is the fact that flowers 

 of all kinds have been scarce, with the 

 single exception of violets. Everything 

 cleans out of the wholesale houses as 

 fast as the stock arrives, and all orders 

 received in the afternoon have had to 

 be turned down. The prospect for 

 Easter now forms the topic of conver- 

 sation. The outlook is bright for a 

 large demand. There will undoubtedly 

 be a shortage of Easter lilies and 

 Beauty roses. Beauties are off crop 

 and a good many growers will just 

 miss by a few days with their lilies. 

 Tea roses, generally, will be in good 

 crop; same may also be said of carna- 

 tions. 



Those who find time 

 NEW YORK to read these observa- 

 tions on the flower 

 market situation as it is a few days 

 previous to the Easter occasion will 

 know far more about it by that time 

 than we do now. and there is very 

 little that can be said at the present 

 moment concerning it, with profit to 

 anybody. It will then be known to 

 a certainty how the lily crop held out 

 under the Easter onslaught: whether 

 there was anything more substantial 

 than the wish that is "father to the 

 thought" in the predictions of scarcity 

 which have been so freely expressed 

 of late. At present writing the supply 

 coming in does look formidable, and 

 with a great majority short stemmed, 

 although in other respects the quality 

 runs fairly good. Callas are in bet- 

 ter request for the moment than are 

 the lilies, and it is not possible to 

 supply all ttrtt are called for, the price 

 being nearly double that obtainable 

 for lilies. American Beauty roses, af- 

 ter a very long period of scarcity, are 

 now coming in quite plentifully. Ap- 

 parently there will be no great trouble 

 to fill all demands, and the prices of 



FLOWER GROWER OR BUYER 



Whichever you are, you are Invited to call or write. I can be oC 

 service to you the entire season. WHOLESALE FLOWERS ONLY. 



e.tablUlied 1887 

 Open 6 A. M Dally 

 Tel. 167 Madison Sq. 



J. K. ALLEN 



106 W. 28th St. 

 New York 



NEW YORK QUOTATIONS PER 100. To Dealers Only 



MISCELLANEOUS 



Cattleya. 



Lille. 



Lily of the Valley 



Narcis. Paper Wblte 



Trumpet Narcis 



Tulips 



Violet. 



nignonette 



Sweet Peas (per loobcbs) 



Qardenia. 



Adlantuoi 



SraHax 



A.paragus PJumoau., ttrings 



" " & Spree. (loo bcis). 



two weeks ago are not likely to be 

 again reached for a long time. In 

 fact, all tea roses are very abundant, 

 as are carnations — the latter being of 

 excellent quality. As to violets, there 

 would probably he no more than the 

 Easter demand would consume in a 

 normal way — weather conditions for 

 their use being favorable — but it is 

 generally known that the growers are 

 picking and storing the blooms in ad- 

 vance and an accumulation of "pickled" 

 stock and ragged market in conse- 

 quence, is feared by the wholesale 

 handlers Lily of the valley, tulips, 

 and daffodils are in heav.v receipt — 

 the market value suffering somewhat 

 from the wagon loads of outdoor bloom 

 being sent to this city from southern 

 sources. As to any radical change in 

 wholesale prices on cut flowers of any 

 kind for Easter it is not expected. 

 Cattleyas may be the exception as 

 there are very few to be had at any 

 price. 



Conditions were 

 PHILADELPHIA pretty good last 



week — a little 

 sluggish early but the wind-up was 

 very good. The carnation market espe- 

 cially showed marked improvement. 

 This crop shortened up a little in sup- 

 ply — and the demand was better. Beau- 

 ties are still scarce and the Easter 

 week prospect for these indicates high 

 prices for good stock. Pink roses are 

 very fine — Maryland and Killarney ex- 

 ceptionally so. New crop Kaiserins 



are coming in in good shape and quite 

 a quantity — so there should be ample 

 in white for all demands. Orchids are 

 fairly plenty — mostly schroederae — 

 and are in fair demand. Easter lilies 

 (both cut and in pots) will be enough 

 to go around. Violets are of fine qual- 

 ity and not too many — selling about 

 normal. Lily of the valley, pretty 

 good stock — not quite so abundant, and 

 demand probably a little better. Sweet 

 peas not as plentiful and holding much 

 stiffer in price. Bulbous stock, as 

 usual about this time, showed a dis- 

 tinct lull in supply — many of the grow- 

 ers keeping same at home for local 

 Easter demand instead of shipping as 

 usual to the wholesale centers. A good 

 trade was also done with the smaller 

 outlying towns, the local dealers who 

 do much of their own growing buying 

 here for immediate use in order to 

 save their own growing crop for Easter 

 use. Greens in good demand — no sur- 

 plus. 



It is reported that 

 TWIN CITIES for Easter there 



seems to be plenty 

 of good stock at hand. The weather 

 this month has been ideal so far to 

 bring forth the best of everything. 



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