October 4, 1913 



HOKTICULTURE 



479 



CLEAN BOXWOOD 



Positively the best on the market. All 

 sprays are selected and contain no sur- 

 plus wood. Put up in light 60 lb, 



cases. 



100 lbs., $15; 500 lbs., $70; 1000 lbs., $130. 



McCALLUM CO., 



Pittsburg, Pa. 



In Writing Advertisers Kindly Mention HORTICULTURE. 



E. G.HILL CO. 



Wholesale Florists 



F9l^l-IIVIC9IM^, IIM^. 



Please mention Horticulture when writing. 



GEORGE B. HART 



WHOLESALE FLORIST 



24 Stone St., Rochester, N.Y. 

 Flower Market Reports 



(Continued frotn page 4J7) 



to fill up the empty benches in the 

 wholesale markets. In the brief in- 

 terim of light supply a pleasing ac- 

 tivity in demand is noticeable, with a 

 •corresponding stiffening up in values 

 for the time being. This applies prin- 

 cipally to roses and carnations. Chrys- 

 anthemums are in light supply, so far, 

 but are excellent in quality for so 

 ■early. Violets are seen here and there. 

 Cattleyas are rapidly increasing, the 

 prices sagging as the labiatas begin to 

 accumulate. There are also plenty of 

 oncidiums. Carnations are fast im- 

 proving in size of flower and length of 

 ■stem and roses generally are averag- 

 ing better from week to week. All 

 green material is very plentiful. 



Market conditions 

 PHILADELPHIA continued to im- 

 prove during the 

 past week, the demand being better 

 and, with an accompanying falling off 

 in receipts, prices hardened consider- 

 ably. What was still better than the 

 hardening was the good clean-up. Very 

 little good stock of any kind went to 

 waste or got sacrificed. Among roses 

 perhaps the most plentiful was Amer- 

 ican Beauty. These were of very good 

 quality also and were in good demand. 

 White roses were scarce and not 

 enough to go around. The new red, 

 Mrs. Charles Russell, is showing up 

 well. There seems no doubt now as 

 to this variety's making good in this 

 locality, both from the grower's and 

 the retailer's standpoint. Plenty of 

 dahlias of excellent quality. The de- 

 mand is good. October Frost, the 

 good old standby, and Montmort made 

 their bow during the week in the chry- 

 santhemum line. In white. Smith's 

 Advance still holds the fort. The cat- 

 tleya demand has improved a little, 

 but the market is still below standard 

 as to prices. Carnations are scarce, 

 not nearly enough of the better kind 

 to go around and prices have gone up 

 on these. Many orders for good flow- 

 ers had to be turned down. There are 

 ■still a few asters coming in, but the 

 flush of this crop is over. They are 

 pretty good quality. Any amount of 

 good cosmos, pink, red and white. 

 Autumn foliage and eulalia plumes 

 are in and these are in demand. They 

 harmonize very well with subjects 

 like the tritoma, which is around in 

 good form and fairly plentiful. The 



William F. Kasting Co. 



\A/holesal. 



383-387 ELLICOTT ST. 



loris-ts 



BUFFALO, N. Y. 



NEW YORK QUOTATIONS PER 100. To Dealers Only 



ROSES AND CARNATIONS 



American Beauty , Fancy and Special 



" *' Extra 



No.i 



" " Lower Grades 



Klllarney, Extra 



" Ordinary 



Richmond, Hlllingdon, Extra 



'■ " Ordinary'.... 



Marykand. Ward, Taft, Sunburst. Extra . 



'* '* ** •* Ordinary. 



Carnations* Fancy Grade 



" Ordinary 



greens market has taken on some life 

 and seems to be on the way to nor- 

 mally lively conditions. 



The demand for in- 



PROVIDENCE indoor flowers 

 strengthened c o n- 

 siderable during the past week, and 

 while the quantity of the glass-grown 

 blooms has been equal to the call of 

 the trade, the quality has been very 

 poor, as a rule. Outdoor flowers are 

 practically extinct, frosts in many 

 places having depleted the few blooms 

 that were left unprotected. Asters 

 are nearly all in, a few being found in 

 some of the retail stores. Asters this 

 season have been below the average 

 in quality as compared with previous 

 years. No real cause can be given for 

 this aside from the unfavorable grow- 

 ing conditions. Violets have just be- 

 gun to come in. the quality being fair 

 for the beginning of the season. Roses 

 are showing some improvement in 

 quality. Carnations are poor and very 

 scarce and the price is stiff consider- 

 ing the quality. Some very good white 

 and yellow chrysanthemums are being 

 offered at a fair price. This is the 

 second week for this flower and the 

 stock appears to be very good. 



S. A. G. 

 The market is not in 



ST. LOUIS very good condition. 

 A lot of stock is com- 

 ing in but among this there is a great 

 scarcity of fancy stock, especially in 

 carnations. In roses, however, we find 

 a good quality. The sensational fea- 

 ture last week was the cut in prices 

 of fancy ferns, two of the markets sell- 

 ing at $1 per 1000. There is a big 

 lot of outdoor stock still coming. The 

 demand is not so good on these of 

 late. The trade is looking for chrys- 

 anthemums daily, but only a few 

 Golden Glows are in. The weather is 

 too warm for violets. Lilies and lily 

 of the valley have had a splendid call 

 the last week. 



Business is begin- 



WASHINGTON ning to pick \ip 



well now that the 



cold weather is coming and stock is 



in much better condition. Carnations 

 are coming in with longer stems and 

 the blooms and foliage of the roses 

 are much better. American Beauty 

 roses are good and are bringing from 

 $1.50 to $4 per dozen, while the price 

 on other roses has increased some- 

 what, due to better quality. Orchids 

 are slightly more plentiful with the 

 exception of white ones. Snapdragon 

 is beginning to come in but there is 

 little demand for it. The call for vio- 

 lets, the first of which have just been 

 seen, is quite heavy although the stock 

 is not good. Gardenias have shortened 

 up considerably in supply and the local 

 houses are unable to fill all demands. 

 Due to the many weddings, the demand 

 is heavy on lily of the valley and there 

 is just about enough of this to meet 

 all calls. 



Boston, Mass. — William Sim has 

 leased stalls Nos. 1 to 7 inclusive at 

 the Boston Flower Exchange and put 

 his son, Henry Allen, in charge as 

 salesman. The young man has also 

 the sale of Peter Fisher's carnations. 

 Mr. Sim has been picking Princess of 

 Wales violets for two weeks now and 

 they are fine for so early in the sea- 

 son. 



ATTENTION 



If you wisb Dark Green 

 .lud Fresh Cut EVER- 

 GREENS, finest ijuality 

 Selectert Stock. Laurel Branclies, 2x2x4 ft. 

 p.ise. $2.50 per case; Pine Plumes, $2.7.') per 

 case: Laurel Stems, large bag. $1.00. Try 

 our Cedar Bougbs, only $2.25 per case. 

 Once used always used. Holly Wreaths, 

 ^ell berried. Holly by the case and bag In 

 season. Order in advance. Address I,OCK 

 I50X 5, AVatertowii, N. J. 

 Mention HOFlTICULTURB when writing. 



ROBERT J. DYSART 



PVISI.IC -VCCOCNTANT .\ND .iUDITOR 



Simple niethod8 of correct aecountins: 



especially adapted for HoriHts' use. 



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