November 1, 1913 



HORTICULTURE 



615 



CLEAN BOXWOOD 



McCALLUM CO., 



Positively the best on the market. All 

 sprays are selected and contain no sur- 

 plus wood. Put up in light 50 lb, 

 rases, 

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



Pittsburg, Pa. 



in Writing Adrertisers Kindly Mention HORTICULTURE. 



E. G.HILL CO. 



Wholesale Florists 



RII^IHIVICSIM^, IIM^. 



Please mentloD Hortlcaltnre when wrltlnc. 



GEORGE B. HART 



WHOLESALE FLORIST 



24 Stone St., Rochester, N.Y. 



Telephone :J8fiO Madison Square 



WOODROW & MARKETOS 



WHOLESALE 



Plantsmen and Florists 



41 West 28th Street. NEW YORK 



Flower Market Reports 



(Cotitimtcd front page i) 



Beauty cut is adequate. The lily sup- 

 ply is not very large but enough to 

 take care of all calls. Lily of the val- 

 ley sell well. A few snapdragons are 

 offered. Orchids have been proving 

 good property. 



The high water mark 

 NEW YORK of the chrysanthe- 

 mum inundation is 

 now pretty near and the usual effect 

 of the overwhelming Influx of blooms 

 is plainly seen in the wholesale mar- 

 kets where one finds little room in 

 which to move about on account of the 

 stacks of crates, some of them big 

 enough to hold a man. Sales are 

 large but at low figures and the situa- 

 tion is well reflected in the indifferent 

 attitude of the buyers, who realize 

 that everything is in their favor. Roses 

 have never been so cheap as they are 

 now. On the other hand it is inter- 

 esting to note the good demand for 

 carnations at full values and this at 

 a time when the chrysanthemum is so 

 insatiate a competitor. Cattleyas are 

 selling very low notwithstanding high 

 quality and violets are scarcely in the 

 running as a factor in the market. 

 How long these conditions will last 

 nobody can predict but it is generally 

 conceded that the chrysanthemums 

 must recede before anything else gets 

 much of a chance. 



The long-looked- 

 PHILADELPHIA for frost came 



last week and 

 dahlias and other outside stock that 

 have befogged the market have dis- 

 appeared to a large extent. Chrysan- 

 themums are of course, supreme now. 

 There are rather too many of the 

 lower grades and the warm dark 

 weather has been against the sub- 

 stance and keeping qualities of some 

 of the choicer stock. American 

 Beauty roses are plentiful and demand 

 rather sluggish. The new roses Mrs. 



William F. Kasting Co. 



AA/Kiolesal* 



383-387 ELLICOTT ST. 



»rfs-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 



KllUrney, Extra 



" Ordinary 



Richmond, hlllingdoo. Extra 



'■ *' Ordinary. — 



Maryland. Ward. TaU. Sunburst^ E^tra ■ 



" " '* •* Ordinary. 



Carnat Ions , Fancy Grade 



" Ordinary 



First HilfefWHk 



beginning Oet. 27 



1913 



Russell and Jonkheer are in brisk de- 

 mand; the local trade are grabbing 

 most of these in sight and leaving 

 very few for outside shipping. The 

 orchid market has a much improved 

 tone; demand has been excellent and 

 there are plenty of good flowers and 

 in considerable variety. Gardenias 

 are still on the scarce side. Violets 

 are improving in quality, especially 

 the singles. Doubles are not as good 

 as they might be. 



The market last week 



ST. LOUIS was about as much 

 loaded up with stock 

 as was reported the week previous 

 and only for the great demand the 

 latter part of the week for the Adolphus 

 Busch funeral the situation would 

 have been much worse. Every florist 

 had something for this event and the 

 commission men cleaned up their sur- 

 plus last three days of the week al- 

 though at moderate prices. The horse 

 show whicli opened this week, should 

 create some further demand for extra 

 fine stock. 



Business is begin- 



WASHINGTOM ning to pick up 

 and it is about 

 time for things have certainly been 

 dull for the past few months. The 

 heavy frost of last week caused the 

 demise of the dahlia crop. There are 

 plenty of all flowers to be had with 

 few exceptions, among the latter being 

 cattleyas, of which the supply is just 

 about equal to a small demand, and 

 gardenias are very scarce. Carnations 

 are much better than they have been 

 and are meeting with ready sale. 

 Spray orchids of exceptionally fine 

 quality are to be seen at a number of 

 the stores. The chrysanthemum crop 

 is very heavy and among the 

 leading varieties are White Tou- 

 set, Pacific Supreme, Chrysolora, and 

 Polly Rose. The demand for lily 

 of the valley should be quite heavy 

 during the next few weeks due to 

 the number of weddings scheduled to 

 take place. At present it is fairly 

 plentiful. 



BOSTON CO-OPERATIVE FLOWER 

 MARKET. 



The annual dinner of the stockhold- 

 ers and stallholders of The Boston Co- 

 operative Flower Market, will be held 

 at the Quiney House, Boston, Satur- 

 day evening, November 1st, at 6.30 

 o'clock sharp. Ladies are invited and 

 a delightful social occasion is antici- 

 pated. 



CINCINNATI NOTES. 



Reports from Newport are to the 

 effect that Chas. McCrea, of Hardestz 

 & Co., is sure to be one of the four 

 winners at the polls in the race for 

 Commissioners of the city of Newport. 



Miss Laura Murphy, daughter of 

 Wm. Murphy, has gone south for the 

 fall and winter. 



Visitors: E. E. Schaefer, Dayton, 

 O.; N. H. Moses, Petoskey, Mich.; W. 

 E. Hamilton, Greensburg, Ind. 



EDWARD REID 



WHOLESALE FLORIST 



1619-21 Ranstead St., PhiUdelphia, Pa. 



CHOICE BEAUTIES, ORCHIDS, VALLEY, ROSES 

 and all Seasonable Varieties of Cut Flowers 



Wired Toothpicks 



Manufactured by 



W.J. COWEE, Berlin, N.Y. 



10.000.... 91.75. 86.000.... 97 -ftO. Sample fr«e 

 For sale by dealers 



ROBERT J. DYSART 



PUBLIC .\CCOUNXANT AJiD AUDITOR 



Simple methods of correct accountins 



especially adapted for florists' use. 



BOOKS BALANCED .-VND ADJUSTED 



^Merchants Bank Buildins: 



40 STATE ST. BOSTON 



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