August 16, 1913 



HOKTICULTURE 



245 



BUY 



BOSTON 



FLOWERS 



N. F. McCarthy & co., 



112 Arch St., 31 Otis St. 



BOSTON'S BEST 

 HOUSE 



Flower Market Reports 



(Continurd frPTH page 243} 



town shipments are, however, begin- 

 ning to make up for this deficiency 

 with considerable good stock. The 

 gladiolus market is glutted. Even the 

 best of them have failed to clean up 

 completely. The rose market, too, has 

 a very adequate supply and stock is 

 coming in better. 



Mid - summer dullness 



DETROIT last week affected every 

 line of the business. The 

 only redeeming feature is furnished by 

 a look outdoors where the carnation 

 plants stand or indoors where chrys- 

 anthemums are gaining daily in length 

 and strength. 



There is really noth- 



NEW YORK ing to write about in 

 this market. It is un- 

 questionably the dullest summer sea- 

 son ever experienced by the florists of 

 this section. As things have been go- 

 ing of late there seems very little rea- 

 son for opening the shop doors at all. 

 The stock of flowers sent in by the 

 few growers who think It worth while 

 to send to the wholesale marts, is not 

 large and consists mainly of asters 

 and gladioli. Lilies are also quite 

 abundant. The asters are principally 

 of the small flowered sort as yet, only 

 a few of the large variety being in evl- 



William F. Kasting Co. 



\A/Holesal< 



383-387 ELLICOTT ST. 



BUFFALO, N. Y. 



NEW YORK QUOTATIONS PER 100. To Dealers Only 



ROSES AND CARNATIONS 



Last Hilf of Week 

 endiag Aug. 9 

 1913 



American Beauty, Fancy and Special ,000 ,„ ,j ^^ 



Extra 



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'* " Lower Grades 



KllUrney, Extra 



" Ordinary ....■.•••■•. 



Richmond, Hillincdon, Extra 



'■ *' Ordinary- 



MaiyUnd, Ward,Taft, Caraot, Extra... 

 " " '* •' Ordinary 



Camatlona, Fancy Grade 



** Ordinary 



6.00 

 4.00 



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 3.00 



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5.00 



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1.00 



3.00 



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6.00 



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1.00 



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dence. These latter bring a price but 

 the others "go for a song." Roses are 

 not good and carnations are practically 

 useless. A good many dahlias are seen 

 but nobody wants them. 



Last week as a 

 PHILADELPHIA whole was a fair- 

 ly good summer 

 week. The bulk of the stock coming 

 is under grade. This is particularly 

 true of asters, notwithstanding that we 

 have had considerable rainfall. The 

 large-flowering varieties are not yet in 

 and the mid-season sorts are not so 

 choice as they might be. The gladio- 

 lus crop is now pretty well cut out and 

 supplies of these are considerably 

 smaller. Roses are a little bit on the 

 increase as to quantity. A large per- 

 centage are under size, although fair 

 as to stem and foliage. Carnations 

 continue very scarce. Orchids also 

 are quite scarce. Hydrangea heads 

 are now a feature and selling fairly 

 well. Plenty of lily of the valley and 

 lilies and of very good quality. These 

 go steadily at normal prices. Delphin- 

 ium belladonna, lavender, is a satis- 



factory item and fills many a diflflculty 

 admirably. There is also some blue 

 cornflower. Lilium speciosum, both 

 the rubrum and album, are in season 

 and are cleaning up nicely. The de- 

 mand for nymphea and nelumbium Is 

 fairly good, as is usual for this time of 

 year. 



There is nothing new 

 ST. LOUIS to report in St. Louis. 



Prices continue the 

 same. Retail business is very dull. 

 Flowers coming in are more or less of 

 very poor quality and the demand has 

 been especially light in colored stock. 

 The flowers that can be depended upon 

 daily are asters, roses, lilies, carna- 

 tions, gladioli and tuberose stalks. 

 Greens of all kinds have a large de- 

 mand, owing to the scarcity of smllax. 



Providence, R. I, — An exceptional 

 lull in the trade is reported by prac- 

 tically all of the dealers during the 

 past week. Although this is the time 

 when the growers and retailers look 

 for a quiet period, the market is the 

 slowest in years. 



Next Week 



FULL STORY OF THE CONVENTION 

 PROCEEDINGS UP TO THURSDAY 



NOON. 



