April 30, 1910 



HORTICULTU RE 



673 



WHOLESALE FLORISTS 



54 West 28th St. 

 NEW YORK 



UltBlione 3569 Madison Sq. 



A. L YOUNG & CO. 



RECEIVERS & SHIP- 



PERS OF CUT 



FLOWERS. 



CONSIQNMENTS SOLICITED. 



Flower Market Reports 



{Continued front page 671) 



The cool weather has 

 CINCINNATI shortened the supply 



of flowers, with the 

 result of better average prices. Amer- 

 ican Beauties are on the short side of 

 the market. Tea roses are in better 

 supply, though cleaning up nicely each 

 day, with the call for white predomi- 

 nating. Carnations are off crop, and 

 there are not enough to supply the 

 demand; naturally good shipping 

 stock is bringing a very good price 

 for this season and the poorer grades 

 are sold more closely than usual, the 

 demand for white and light colors 

 being heaviest. Both Easter lilies 

 and callas are selling well, with the 

 supply just about equal to require- 

 ments. Sweet peas are also a short 

 item and are not equal to the demand. 

 Bulbous stock is about done for this i 

 season and another week will see its j 

 finish. Lily of the valley and mar- 

 guerites are selling well. Asparagus 

 plumosus and A. Sprengeri are in good 

 supply, while smilax still remains a 

 little scarce. 



Last week's business 

 DETROIT condition brought out 

 some facts most peculiar 

 for this season of the year. The 

 amount of business transacted was be- 

 low normal, due to inclement weather, 

 which cut counter sales down very 

 heavily. At the same time flowers 

 brought to the wholesale houses were 

 still less in quantity than the existing 

 low demand called for. It must have 

 been that all growers are oft crop at 

 one and the same time, and if that Is 

 so they are to be congratulated upon 

 the fact that none of their product 

 went to waste during the previous 

 week when they had a full supply. 

 Prospects are good for normal and bet- 

 ter business with easy collection. Some 

 of us are already being approached re- 

 garding decorations for the Elks' con- 

 vention and good novelties will be in 

 great demand. 



Last week closed and 

 NEW YORK the present week be- 

 gan with a very ac- 

 ceptable and encouraging trade ac- 

 tivity, but as the days pass the situ- 

 ation assumes a less favorable aspect, 

 due largely to the increasing receipts 

 of material, particularly the outdoor 

 product. Of the latter there is a big 

 showing of bulb stock and lilacs, but 

 more effectual in limiting the sale of 

 greenhouse flowers for the time being 

 are the dogwoods and the vari- 

 ous pyruses and double-flowering cher- 

 ries and almonds which the lead- 

 ing florists and their customers in 

 fashionable circles joyously welcome 

 as a change from the usual variety 

 of material for decorative uses. There 

 is no scarcity of choice exotic material, 

 Cattleya Mossia' being in the lead just 

 now. There are many flue dendro- 

 hlums, also stephanotis and an- 

 thuriums, and in lily of the valley and 

 gardenias higher quality has never been 

 offered. Among the staples nothing 

 sells so well as sweet peas. The de- 

 mand far exceeds the incoming supply. 



CHIGAN CUT FLOWER 

 EXCHANGE, Inc. 



WHOLESALE COMMISSION FLORISTS 



Consignments Solicited 

 Bmrdy Fancy Fern Our Speeialtp 



88-40 BROADWAY. DETROIT. MICH. 



SOUTHERN WILD SMILAX 



Now ready In limited quantity. 



E. A. BEAVEN 



EVERGREEN, ALABAMA. 



FLOWER GROWER OR BUYER 



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

 service to yoo the entire season. WHOLESALE FLOWERS ONLY. 



BstablUUed 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 



Laat Half of Week 



j ending Apr 23 



, 1910 



1 



Cattleya. 3S-oo to 60.00 



Lille. 1 3.00 to 3.00 



Lily of the Valley i.oo to 3.00 



Trumpet Narcis 150 to 200 



Tulips i.co to 3.00 



nignonette i.co to 3.00 



Sweet Peas (per 100 bchs) | 4-00 *o 6.00 



Oardenlas 4.00 to 13.00 



Adlantum 00 to 1.25 



Smilax 13. 00 to 16.00 



A.paraEU. Plumoflu., strings 25.00 to 35.00 



" " & Spren. (ioobi:li.) 15.00 to .3.00 



Flrat Half of Week 



beginning Apr. 25 



1910 



Lilies are too plentiful and must be 

 sold at low rates in quantity in order 

 to prevent ttieir going to waste in the 

 wholesalers' hands. Roses and carna- 

 tions are in abundance and bringing 

 normal figures for this date. 



Business contin- 

 PHILADELPHIA ued fairly active 



the past week, and 

 while prices still rule low there was 

 a good clean-up so that average re- 

 turns will in the main prove up in sat- 

 isfactory shape. Lily of the valley was 

 the only item in the list that could be 

 called scarce. Weddings and other so- 

 cial functions called for a great deal 

 of this, and the growers did not seem 

 able to send in more than a normal 

 supply. Special quality went up in 

 many Instances from four to five — and 

 some were glad to get it even at the 

 latter figure. All the roses are coming 

 in of good quality, and meet with ready 

 demand, although they have to suffer 

 like everything else from low average 

 prices. Marylands have pulled up very 

 much as to grade, and are now in far 

 better favor than they were earlier in 

 the season. Carnations are of fine 

 quality but a little soft on account of 

 the advancing season, and some com- 

 plaint is heard about their not keep- 

 ing any too well. Violets are over. 

 There are more orchids coming in than 

 the market is calling for at present and 

 prices are distinctly in buyers' favor. 



Good gardenias — that is the long- 

 stemmed perfect flowers — sell well; but 

 the bulk of the crop is of the lower 

 grades, and the latter are not in brisk 

 demand. Lots of good bargains can 

 be got in these. Snapdragon is a 

 cheerful item, bringing more than 

 roses in some instances. 



IN BANKRUPTCY. 



New York, N. Y.— Ranges & Papa- 

 gelis, 258 West 116th street have filed 

 a petition in bankruptcy with liabili- 

 ties $4,825 and assets $30. 



INCORPORATED. 



Montreal, Can. — Mount Bruno Floral 

 Co., Ltd., capital stock $50,000. 



Mi not, N. Dak. — United Nursery Co., 

 capital stock $25,000. Incorporators, 

 Arthur C. Hanson, George Valker, L. J. 

 Palda, Jr. all of Minot, N. Dak. 



George Salttord, wholesale florist, 

 will remove shortly to 129 W. 2Sth 

 street. New York. 



SOUTHERN WILD SMILAX 



Fully Guaranteed. 



LOUISVILLE FLORAL CO. 



Louisville, Ala. 



