July 19, 1913 



HORTICULTURE 



BUY 



BOSTON 

 FLOWERS 



N. F. MCCARTHY & CO., 



112 Arch St., 31 Otis St. 



BOSTON'S BEST 

 HOUSE 



Flower Market Reports 



The florists are hust- 

 CINCINNATI ling on to their va- 

 cations and the gen- 

 eral exodus would seem to indicate 

 that they were rather anxious to get 

 away from the worries of the present 

 light market. The supply continues 

 light while the call for stock is toler- 

 ably good. Roses have not as yet 

 shown a very perceptible increase In 

 supply. The gladiolus supply has not 

 yet increased sufficiently to make an 

 appreciable difference in the condition 

 of the market for this flower. Gigan- 

 teum lilies sell well but pond lilies are 

 slow. Snapdragon in lighter colors is 

 proving good property. 



Summer apathy per- 

 NEW YORK vades all depart- 

 ments of the trade. 

 Stock being received is very light but 

 It is more than sufficient for all legiti- 

 mate needs. Lilies are still very 

 abundant and requiring forced sales to 

 hold down the surplus. American 

 Beauty also is over-supply. Small roses 

 from young plants are unsalable. Sweet 

 peas are about flnished. Garden flow- 

 ers of various descriptions are ac- 

 ceptable to the retail stores where 

 they help to give a bit of color to the 

 show windows and call attention to 

 the fact that flowers may be had with- 

 in. Early closing and vacations are 

 the rule now. 



There was a lit- 

 PHILADELPHIA tie more snap to 

 the market after 

 the Fourth and its holidays had be- 

 come history, and for the past week 

 things have gone fairly satisfactorily. 

 On comparison, the month's trading so 

 far has not fallen behind last year. In 

 some quarters the reports are that it 

 has really been better. Gladioli domi- 

 nate the market at present, both in 

 quantity and quality. Long stems, 

 plenty foliage, fine large flowers, splen- 

 did varieties like America. Mrs. Fran- 

 cis King, Princeps. Shakespeare, etc., 

 all well worth a good price. The sales 

 on these were excellent and notwith- 

 standing the large supply very few 

 went a-begging at the end of the week. 

 Asters are improving and are now cut- 

 ting quite some figure as the carna- 

 tions wane. In the rose market Amer- 

 ican Beauty and Perle are holding their 

 own, and they are probably the two 

 oldest roses we now have alive, com- 

 mercially. The square foot has killed 

 off many of the old and charming fa- 

 vorites, among them the Niphetos, 

 which we heard one of the old-timers 

 bemoaning this afternoon. Sunburst 



William F. Kasting Co. 



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383-387 ELLICOTT ST. 



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BUFFALO, N. Y. 



NEW YORK QUOTATIONS PER 100. To Dealers Only 



MISCELLANEOUS 



Cattleyas 



Lilies, Longlf lorum 



Lily of the Valley 



Qladloll 



Daises 



Snapdragon 



Sweet Peas (per loo bunches 



Gardenias 



Adiantum 



Smllax 



Asparagus Plumosus, strings (per loo) 



•* ** & Spren (loo bunches) 



is cutting some figure as a summer 

 rose — in addition to Taft and Mary- 

 land, which we have so frequently 

 commented on of late. Of course, 

 good flowers in all lines, as might be 

 expected (with probably the exception 

 of gladioli and lilies) are the excep- 

 tion, and the great majority of receipts 

 can not be classed anywhere among 

 winter standards. Sweet peas are on 

 their last legs. We will not have 

 them with us much from now until the 

 indoor stocks appear again. Cattleyas 

 few and market sluggish. Lily of the 

 valley rather on the scarce side with 

 quality all that can be desired. More 

 than enough of all kinds of greens. 

 Just at present such items as sphag- 

 num can be secured at quite a saving 

 from regular rates. This is one among 

 the many little tips to the wide-awake 

 — which will more than pay their an- 

 nual subscription to Horticulture 

 — and which Horticulture so gen- 

 erously hands out from week to week 

 — without charging a cent. 



The market is not in a 

 ST. LOUIS very prosperous condi- 

 tion, very little stock 

 coming in, and the business is at a 

 low point. Stocks of all kinds is poor, 

 and about the only good flower that 

 came in was Beauties and lilies. Glad- 

 ioli are not as fancy as in former 

 years, owing to the long dry spell. 

 Sweet peas are poor in quality, still 

 they have a good demand as so little 

 else is coming in at present. 



Market conditions 

 WASHINGTON present nothing 

 unusual. Business 

 is quiet and the flowers that are com- 

 ing in show the effects of the heat. 

 The retailers are not carrying any 

 larger stock than is absolutely neces- 

 sary, being well able to have their 

 wants filled by the wholesale houses. 

 Lilies are good and the same applies to 

 gladioli. Asters are beginning to make 

 their appearance and with two-foot 

 stems. Some little difficulty was ex- 

 perienced last week in obtaining or- 

 chids, for which there was some de- 

 mand. 



Secretary John Young, of the S. A. 

 P., left New York on Saturday, July 12, 

 bound for Minneapolis where he will 

 now take up his official quarters until 

 after the convention in August. 



PHILADELPHIA NOTES. 



Charles Sim of Rosemont sails tor 

 Europe on the 19th inst on a three- 

 months' vacation. 



M. Pappas has taken the store in the 

 P. R. R. station at 32nd and Market 

 street, lately occupied by W. Crawford. 



P. Joseph Lynch of Newcastle, In- 

 diana, is with us for a two week's 

 visit. He reports that the floods of 

 last spring cut into their three best 

 weeks of spring. 



Richard Umphried, whose sailing for 

 Europe on the 12th inst., was an- 

 nounced in our issue of last week, sur- 

 prised his friends that morning by 

 getting married and taking the bride 

 along with him. 



Three steamers arrived on this side 

 recently — the "Prinz Oscar," the 

 "Frankfurt" and the "Taormina;" each 

 with big shipments of the latest world 

 creations in baskets and floral require- 

 ments — from the busy and clever fing- 

 ers; from the highly trained and ar- 

 tistic designers of our friends and cus- 

 tomers in the old world — and in this 

 city one of the chief recipients was the 

 "House of Rice." These new offerings 

 they will soon show to the florists of 

 the country for their profit, and for the 

 delight of their customers. 



Visitors: W. Siverling, Lancaster, 

 Pa.; J. A. Newsham. New Orleans, 

 La.; P. Joseph Lynch, Newcastle, Ind.; 

 M. Henry Lynch, West Grove, Pa. 



HOODOOED? 



A message from Toledo, Ohio, brings 

 rather sad news regarding the recent 

 outing of the Florists. George Boyer 

 fell in a running race and broke his 

 nose, while in the same race Harry 

 Heinle broke his big right toe. Frank 

 Metz fell in a three-legged race and 

 broke his collar bone. Thomas Mc- 

 Gee was overcome while swimming 

 and it took six people to revive him. 



NEWS NOTES. 



Salem, Ma$s. — Ettore Tasslnare, 

 who has been many years in charge of 

 the greenhouses and grounds of the 

 State Hospital at Danvers, has retired 

 on a substantial pension. 



Muncie, Ind. — It is reported that the 

 Carnes Greenhouses, 1124 South Jef- 

 ferson street, have been taken over 

 by J. L. McKinley, who will operate 

 them under the name of the South 

 Side Floral Co. 



