November 1,5, 1913 



HORTICULTURE 



683 



CLEAN BOXWOOD 



McCALLUM CO., 



Positively tlie best on the market. All 

 sprays are selected and contain no sur- 

 plus wood. Put up in light 50 lb. 



100 lbs., $15; 500 lbs., *10; 1000 lbs., $130. 



Pittsburg, Pa. 



In Writiitg Advertisers Kindly Mention HORTICULTURE. 



GEORGE B. HART 



WHOLESALE FLORIST 



24 Stone St., Rochester, N.Y. 



Telephone 38<>u .Maditsun Square 



WOODROW & MARKETOS 



WHOLES.VLE 



Planfsmen and Florists 



_41 We st 28tli Street. NEW YORK 

 Flower Market Reports 



(CtHtmued from page {oSi) 



As is generally known, 

 NEW YORK the wholesale market 

 conditions in this city 

 have been unsatisfactory and disheart- 

 ening for the well-wishers of the flower 

 industry all through this fall. Not 

 wishing to "harp constantly on the 

 same tune," as has been sometimes 

 charged against the trade paper re- 

 ports on the New York market, we 

 have tried from week to week to treat 

 the situation as moderately as possi- 

 ble, hoping that the next week might 

 furnish some good encouraging news. 

 But this time we must cut loose from 

 our conservative position and confess 

 to the extreme demoralization existing 

 all through the wholesale market dis- 

 trict. So far as prices are concerned, 

 everything has "gone to smash." and 

 the truth is that the price quotations 

 as given in our regular tables are 

 practically no index of what is going 

 on. Never in the history of the busi- 

 ness has a worse condition prevailed 

 than at present, and this applies to 

 everything from cattleyas down, with 

 the one exception of violets whicli are 

 in demand at better prices than here- 

 tofore. Chrysanthemums are in over- 

 whelming supply. We sincerely hope 

 that this is the last pessimistic report 

 we shall have to make this season. 



With the coming 

 WASHINGTON of the cooler 

 weather business 

 seems to be improving slightly, al- 

 though considerable complaint is to 

 be heard against the continued dull- 

 ness of the market. The height of the 

 chrysanthemum season has been near- 

 ly reached and the storemen will wel- 

 come the passing of the glut. It is 

 said that beginning early in the week 

 commission merchants and grow'ers 

 began holding back their supply of 

 chrysanthemums for Saturday when 

 an exceptionally heavy demand was 

 expected due to the Georgetown-Vir- 

 ginia football game. Prices were near- 

 ly doubled in some instances and this 

 caused the placing of numerous or- 

 ders with out-of-town dealers for Fri- 

 day and Sati'rrlay deliveries, which 

 would have otherwise gone to local 

 firms. Roses are in good supply and 

 fair demand. Orchids continue to be 



B. S. SUNN, JR. 

 \f I O LET S 



CARNATIONS, ROSES 



55 and 57 W. 26th St., N«w York 



Shipping Orders Carefully Filled 



EDWARD REID 



WHOLESALE FLORIST 



1619-21 Ransteid St., PhiUdelphia, Pa. 



CHOICE BEAUTIES, ORCHIDS, VALLEY, ROSES 

 and all Seasonable Varieties of Cut Flowers 



William F. Kasting Co. 



\A/Holesal< 



383-387 ELLICOTT ST. 



>ri8-t8 



BUFFALO, N. Y. 



NEW YORK QUOTATIONS PER 100. To Dealers Only 



ROSES AND CARNATIONS 



Utt HaH If Wuk 



illiit No*, i 



tS13 



American Beauty, Fancjr and Special n.oo 



" " Extra lO.oe 



'• " No. I I 6.0O 



" " LowcrC^dei '• l.oa 



Klllarney, Extra 3.00 



" Ordinary -5* 



Richmond, nlllingdon. Extra 3.00 



*• " Ordinary .50 



Maryland, Ward, Talt, Sunburst, Extra 40° 



■• " " " drdinary i.oa 



Carnal Ions, Fancy Grade I 1.50 



" Ordinary .50 



30 .«o 

 11.00 



8.0a 

 3.00 

 ♦ .00 

 a.ao 

 4.00 

 3.00 

 6.00 

 3.00 

 3.00 

 1.00 



Fint NlN If WNk 

 hlkwiii Nov. 10 



III! 



10.00 to 15.0a 



S .00 to 10 oa 



6.00 to S.ao 



I .oo to 3 .00 



3.00 

 •50 



J.OO 



.50 

 4.00 



1. 00 



1.50 



■so 



to a.aa 



to 4.«o 



to a.oa 



to 6.«a 



to j.a> 



to 1.00 



somewhat scarce, although enough are 

 to be had to fill all orders. Lily of the 

 valley is moving well. Carnations are 

 good. 



The market has been 

 ST. LOUIS crowded up consider- 

 ably on chrysanthe- 

 mums and business is not any too 

 brisk. The commission men clean up 

 almost daily on fancy stock. The 

 only thing left over is second grade 

 goods. Carnations are coming in bet- 

 ter and they clean up daily. Roses 

 are normal. Violets not as yet in 

 plenty and only Californias in this 

 market now. Other things hold their 

 own and have a good demand at all 

 times. 



long and faithful service to the or- 

 ganization. 



Mrs. F. J. Fillmore, Sr., of St. Louis, 

 met with a painful accident last week 

 when she fell backwards into the cel- 

 lar and broke her collar bone and 

 fractured her skull, from which she is 

 slowly recovering. Mrs. Fillmore is 

 well-known among the trade and will 

 be missed in the store when artistic 

 work is needed. 



PERSONAL. 



Chas. McCreas won easily in his 

 race for one of the city commission- 

 ers of the city of Newport, Ky. 



Cincinnati visitors: Frank Farny. 

 representing Mr. Rice & Co., Philadel- 

 phia; J. T. Heidegen of Aurora. Ind. 



L. Merton Gage, secretary of the 

 American Gladiolus Society, went to 

 Bristol, Vermont, this week, where his 

 aged father is very low. 



Boston visitors: C. B. Weathered. 

 New York; Stephen Green, represent- 

 ing H. Bayersdorfer & Co.. Philadel- 

 phia. Pa.; Leonard Barron, editor of 

 Garden Magazine, Garden City, N. Y. 



William W. Tailby. who has been 

 clerk of the Boston Co-operative 

 Flower Market for some years and has 

 been unanimously re-elected to that 

 office, was presented with a purse of 

 $100 at the banquet at the Quincy 

 House, Boston, in recognition of his 



CITY AND TOWN PLANNING CON- 

 FERENCE. 



One more important forward step 

 in the movement towards the better- 

 ment of methods in the development 

 of Massachusetts municipalities has 

 been taken by the calling by His Ex- 

 cellency, Governor Foss, of the First 

 Massachusetts City and Town Plan- 

 ning Conference, to be held in Boston, 

 Tuesday and Wednesday. November 

 18 and 19. Various phases of the prob- 

 lems which confront those anxious for 

 more definite looking ahead in city and 

 town building will be informally dis- 

 cussed and able speakers will give ad- 

 dresses on diversified topics. 



The details are in charge of special 

 committees of the Homestead Com- 

 mission and of the Boston Chamber 

 of Commerce, which are co-operating 

 in arranging the conference. 



ROBERT jTIOYSARf 



PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT AND AUDITOR 



Simple methods of correct acoountin-; 



especially adapted for lloriHttn' use. 



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