April 16, 1910 



HORTICULTURE 



601 



WHOLESALE FLORISTS 



54 West 28th St. 

 NEW YORK 



Telephone 3569 Madison Sq. 



A. L YOUNG & CO. 



RECEIVERS &. SHIP- 

 PERS OF CUT 

 FLOWERS. 



CONSIQNMENTS SOLICITED. 



Flower Market Reports 



^Continued from f'age 5uj) 



A good Saturday and 

 CHICAGO Sunday closed a dull 

 week. and Monday, 

 April 11, opened with a fairly good de- 

 mand for good stock. As one whole- 

 saler expressed it, "We again count 

 our flowers instead of selling them by 

 the jar." American Beauties are go- 

 ing off crop and one or two growers 

 are happy in having their stock an 

 exception to the rule. There is seem- 

 ingly no end to the quantity of short 

 Beauties now on the counters, but long 

 ones are very scarce. Roses of all 

 kinds are plentiful, but the supply is 

 much less than a week ago. Southern 

 bulbous stock is not coming in in 

 such quantities and the home grown 

 under glass is practically over. Carna- 

 tions are moving now, fairly well, with 

 fancy red as usual bringing the high- 

 est price. Violets are entirely gone. 



Lilacs came from South in an over- 

 heated condition a week ago, and were 

 in consequence unsalable. At this 

 writing there are few in the market 

 and the cooler weather is in favor of 

 a more successful outcome to the next 

 shipments. Among the slow moving 

 flowers are the forget-me-nots, though 

 the quality is right, and paper white 

 narcissi which liave not sold so well 

 as usual all the season. Lilies are 

 accumulating on the counters, and the 

 buyers can get them now at their own 

 price. Perns are taking up the spare 

 time when business is slack, sorting 

 over and discarding the worthless 

 ones. "Snow" ferns are arriving and 

 many of them are black and dead. So 

 many old ferns are in cold storage, 

 however, that the price is low for the 

 season. 



Business the past 

 CINCINNATI week has been very 

 quiet. Complaints 

 from both wholesaler and retailer show 

 this to be the dullest week they have 

 experienced this season. With another 

 week of bright summer weather stock 

 comes pouring into the market with 

 little or no outlet, and the consequence 

 is that it finds its way to the ice-box, 

 going thence at starvation prices to the 

 street venders or else to the garbage 

 barrel. Roses, with the exception of 

 Beauties, seem the hardest to move — 

 that is, to realize much money out of 

 them. Beauties have been in fairly 

 good demand, selling for $3.00 a dozen 

 for best, down to $2.00 per 100 for 

 shorts. With carnations, $3.00 for ex- 

 tra fancy stock is rarely obtained, the 

 majority of the sales being made for 

 $1.00 down to 50 cents per 100. Callas 

 and Harrisii lilies are hard to move, 

 even at reduced prices. There being 

 only a limited supply of lily of the 

 valley coming in, it cleans out every 

 day. Tlie market has been short of 

 good sweet peas, for which there was 

 a good demand. Tulips and Dutch hya- 



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BOSTON 

 FLOWERS 



N. F. McCarthy & co., 



84 Hawley St. 



BOSTON'S BEST 

 HOUSE 



MICHIGAN CUT FLOWER 

 EXCHANGE, Inc. 



WHOLESALE COMMISSION FLORISTS 



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88-40 BROADWAY. DETROIT. MICH. 



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EVERGREEN, ALABAMA. 



FLOWER GROWER OR BUYER 



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

 service to you the entire season. WHOLESALE FLOWERS ONLY. 



Bstabllslied 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 o< the Valley 



Trumpet Narcls 



Tu lips 



Violets 



nignonette ■ 



Sweet Peas (per loo bchs) 



Gardenias 



Adiantum 



Smilax 



Asparagus Plumosus, strings 



'* " & Spren. (loo bcbs)- 



Last Half of Weak 



ending Apr. 9 



1910 



3S.OO 



3,00 

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•50 



.15 



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6.00 



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12.00 



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35.00 



60.00 

 4.00 

 2.00 

 1. 00 

 s.oo 



.20 

 3.00 

 6.00 

 12.00 

 1.25 

 16.00 

 35.00 



33.00 



First Half of Week 



beginning Apr. 11 



1910 



35.00 

 3.00 



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50 

 .50 



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3.00 



5,00 



1.00 



13.00 



35.00 



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60.00 

 5.00 

 3.00 

 1.00 

 3.00 



.50 



3-0O 



6.oe 



12.00 



1.35 



16.00 

 35.00 

 35.00 



cinths are hard to dispose of at any 

 price. Smila.x is scarce, but all other 

 green goods are in abundant supply. 



Cooler and more sea- 

 NEW YORK sonable weather to- 

 gether with the 

 working off of the heavier part of the 

 crops which had been urged along for 

 the Easter period have helped to re- 

 lieve the market very much the pres- 

 ent week and while actual sales do 

 not indicate much in the way of high- 

 er prices yet the proportion of goods 

 sold, as compared with receipts is so 

 much better than was the case last 

 week that there is a much better net 

 result to the grower. The relief, such 

 as it is. cannot, however, be more than 

 temporary as lilacs and other outdoor 

 as well as indoor material are ready to 

 break in on the scene in an avalanche 

 in response to the next period of high 

 temperature which is liable to arrive 

 at any moment. In a broad way the 

 spring season has been a disappoint- 

 ment to all concerned and not much 

 reliance is placed on any predictions 

 of improvement. 



The market here 

 PHILADELPHIA has not improved 



any. Last week 

 was lifeless except on Monday, Friday 

 and Saturday. Towards the end of the 

 week there was a slight shortening up 



of shipments, consequent on a few 

 cooler days. This helped a little, but 

 on the whole the situation was far 

 from encouraging. Long-stemmed roses 

 cleaned up fairly well as did good car- 

 nations, but there was a large surplus 

 in the lower grades. The violet crop 

 is practically over for the season. Lily 

 of the valley is in fair demand and 

 normal as to supply. A good word 

 can l)e said for orchids. These were 

 not over-plentiful and cleaned up bet- 

 ter than most other things. Smilax is 

 the only short item in greens. We 

 need a P. Welch to show us how to 

 get this item on a level basis this time 

 of year. Good snapdragon of the 

 brighter colors is a feature. 



H. Bayersdorfer & Co., of Philadelphia 

 are represented this week by a big 

 display of standard florists' supplies 

 at the Quincy House, Boston. Mar- 

 tin Reukauf, S. Green and Sydney 

 Bayersdorfer are in charge, and their 

 time is fully taken up with the num- 

 erous trade callers who are taking ad- 

 vantage of this good opportunity to 

 stock up with seasonable goods for 

 the Memorial Day demand. 



SOUTHERN WILD SMILAX 



Fully Guaranteed. 



LOUISVILLE FLORAL CO. 



Louitville, Ala. 



