July 5, 1913 



HORTICULTURE 



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Flower Market Reports 



(Ctntltuud frrni pagt 23") 



been a decided call for these flowers 

 for graduation bouquets. The heat of 

 the past week has caused an influx of 

 roses in a full open condition, with the 

 result that there has been a drop in 

 quality and prices. There are some 

 good American Beauty roses. Carna- 

 tions are fast going out of crop; they 

 are very soft and quality poor. Easter 

 lilies are very scarce and the same 

 with callas. Lily of the valley is very 

 choice and plenty of it. Rambler roses 

 are in blossom, and also some good 

 gladioli which are disposed of quite 

 readily. 



Last week's story of 

 NEW YORK the market situation 

 will fit for the pres- 

 ent very nicely. The low tide limit 

 has been reached and it is impossible 

 to go lower. Growers have thrown 

 out their old stock quite generally 

 within the past few days and there is 

 this one satisfaction to the wholesale 

 dealers that they are not encumbered 

 any longer with a lot of material for 

 which no market exists. From now 

 T)n the receipts will be very small for 

 a time and the buyer will have to 

 take what he can get and be thank- 

 ful. It is to be expected that prices 

 will now swing back to a normal 

 range. What little stock is being sent 

 in shows the enervating effect of the 

 hot weather. 



Conditions in this 

 PHILADELPHIA market were about 

 as good as could 

 be expected for this season of the 

 year, there having been a pretty good 

 clean-up last week and no slashing of 

 prices as was the case for several 

 weeks previous. The receipts of roses 

 were considerably less. The business 

 in these was less also but not so 

 much so as the receipts. The best 

 American Beauties are now coming in 

 from Eastern points and bring from 

 25 to 30 per cent, more than the locals. 

 Maryland is, as usual, in the lead as 

 the best summer rose in pinks. Rich- 

 mond very much on the wane. Kalserin 

 and White Klllarney are good and 

 slightly higher in price, as the re- 

 ceipts have not kept pace with the de- 

 mand. Mrs. Taft Is holding the pace 

 better than ever as a popular summer 

 rose. There are still some Rambler 

 sprays around, although they are all 

 past locally. Carnations seem to have 

 Improved during the past ten days, 

 both In quantity and quality, and com- 

 pared with other years at this time 



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SUPERIOR ROSES, ULY OF THE VALLEY. CARNATIONS. ORCHIDS 



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NEW YORK QUOTATIONS PER 100. To Dealers Only 



MISCELLANEOUS 



Cattleyas 



Lilies, LongltloruDi 



Lily of the Valley 



aiadloll 



Daises 



Snapdragon 



Stocks 



Sweet Peas (per xoo bunches 



Gardenias 



Adiantum 



Smilax 



Asparagus Plumosus, strings (per loo) 



♦' •' & Spren (loo bunches) . 



Last Half of Week 



ending June 28 



1913 



15.00 

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 .50 

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12.00 

 3500 

 15.00 



20.00 

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 6.00 

 1. 00 

 4.00 

 2.00 

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 8.00 

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 25.00 



FInt Half of Week 



beginning June 30 



1913 



15.00 



t.co 

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 2.00 



■50 



3.00 

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1. 00 



5.00 



■75 



I2.00 

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15.00 

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 6.00 

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 4.00 

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 a.00 



8. CO 

 1.00 

 X5.00 

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 25.00 



are really quite creditable. Early 

 asters are arriving; not very good so 

 far, but that is liable to change any 

 day now. Orchids sluggish, moderate 

 in supply and quality good. Gardenias 

 few and poor. Outdoor gladioli are 

 ROW commencing; excellent quality, 

 long stemmed, large flowering and 

 nice, clear colors. 



The less said about the 

 ST. LOUIS market the better, 



stock of all kind is 

 coming in poor and extra fancy grades 

 are hard to obtain at present. The 

 extremely hot weather with out any 

 rain for some time has brought about 

 these conditions. For the next two 

 months summer dullness will prevail. 

 A big cut of gladiolus from now on is 

 promised. Asters are poor and sweet 

 peas about done unless we get some 

 good rains in the near future. Stock 

 under glass will from now on be 

 scarce. Prices are in keeping with 

 the quality of the stock. 



Business has 

 WASHINGTON dropped off consid- 

 erably and the 

 supply of cut flowers has shortened 

 up. The roses and carnations that are 

 to be had are as a whole poor In 

 quality. Cattleyas are plentiful and 

 cheap. A moderate quantity of lilies 

 are to be had and these are of good 

 quality. Lily of the valley is quite 

 scarce. Bronze galax leaves are not 

 being received in sufficient quantities 

 and the price has been advanced to 

 $2 per thousand. The gladioli shown 

 in some of the stores are Al. 



PERSONAL. 



Anthony Ruzicka succeeds Samuel 

 Redstone as manager of the Rowayton 

 (Conn.) Greenhouses. 



Samuel Redstone, formerly superin-. 

 tendent of the Rowayton Greenhouses, 

 Rowayton, Ct., is now employed in the 

 sales department of Hitchings & Com- 

 pany's New York office. 



William Turner, for the last twelve 

 years head gardener for the late B. H. 

 Borden of Oceanic, N. J., and previous- 

 ly head gardener for seven years for 

 William Rockefeller, Tarrytown, N. Y., 

 has through landscape architect John 

 T. Withers of Jersey City, secured the 

 position as general overseer on the es- 

 tates of Frederick Cromwell and Sey- 

 mour L. Cromwell at Bernardsville, 

 N. J. Mr. Turner has won fame in the 

 horticultural world through many no- 

 table cultural achievements, especially 

 his success in fruit growing under 

 glass, which is fully described in a 

 book which he has written and which 

 is now on the market. 



NEWS NOTES. 



Walla Walla, Wash.— Fred Young 

 has taken in a partner and the firm 

 will hereafter be known as Young & 

 Lester. 



Ithaca, N. Y. — At the last meeting 

 of the Board of Trustees of Cornell 

 University, the work of the Dfepart- 

 ment of Horticulture was divided be- 

 tween the two Departments of Flori- 

 culture and Vegetable Culture. Dr. 

 A. C. Beal was appointed Professor of 

 Floriculture, and Mr. Paul Work will 

 be in charge of the work in vegetable 

 gardening. 



Rochester, N. Y.— Fred W. Vick has 

 disposed of his stock in the Vick & 

 Hill Company and has purchased the 

 greenhouses of the Glass Estate on 

 Ridge Road, which he will remove to 

 his place on Ridgway Avenue and en- 

 gage in business for himself. 



ROBERT J. DYSART 



PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT AND AUDITOR 



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