December 13, 1913 



HORTICULTURE 



CLEAN BOXWOOD 



McCALLUM CO., 



845 



Positively tlie best on the marltet. 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. 



Pittsburg, Pa. 



TO GROWERS 



Determining tbe financial responsibility of your consignee is as important 

 as selecting tbe best flowers to grow. We have tbe best of references for the 

 ten years we have been in business, from our banlters and our growers, which 

 we will cheerfully furnish upon application. 



We desire a few more shippers and if you consign to us we can assure you 

 that we will most conscientiously endeavor to justify whatever confidence may 

 be reposed in us. 



I 



J 



GEORGE B. HART 



WHOLESALE FLORIST 



24 stone St., Rochester, N.Y. 



Telephone liHiiii Madison Square 



WOODROW & MARKETOS 



WHOLE.S.\l,E 



Plantsmen and Florists 



41 West 28tli Street. NEW YORK 

 Flower Market Reports 



(Continued from page 843) 



Business since our 

 NEW YORK last issue has been 

 rather erratic. The 

 demand up to and including Saturday 

 of last week was very good. Since 

 then it has been rather quiet and this 

 condition may be expected to continue 

 until the Christmas activity begins. 

 Roses are enjoying a very lively mar- 

 ket as compared with other staples, 

 and the demand for novelties and 

 choice grades should be very encour- 

 aging to those growers and dealers 

 who are trying to uplift the business 

 in an enterprising and progressive 

 way. Violets are very much in the 

 dumps here, some days selling out at 

 prices not fit to quote. Carnations are 

 coming into their own, now that the 

 chrysanthemums have got through. 

 Lilies have doubled in selling price 

 and now bring returns that will yield 

 a decent profit to the grower. Cattle- 

 yas are very scarce and will so con- 

 tinue until the Trianaes get well un- 

 der way. Southern smilax is now an 

 over-supply and the prices realized 

 are only about half of what has been 

 considered normal. Roman hyacinths 

 sell well, but paper white narcissi are 

 slow at low figures. Reverting to the 

 roses, the centre of interest seems to 

 locate around Taft, Ward, Sunburst, 

 Shawyer and Killamey Brilliant. 



Conditions have 

 PHILADELPHIA remained rather 

 stable for the 

 past week. While the influx of stock 

 was rather less, demand seemed to 

 slacken off also. On Monday there 

 seemed to be quite some difficulty in 

 filling orders, with the usual peevish re- 

 sult among uninformed retailers. Per- 

 haps we should not say uninformed, but 

 the "don't-wish-to-be-informed." Any- 

 way, the "kicks" were there, but the 

 wholesalers are used to that. Tea 



B. S. SLINN, JR. 

 \i I O LETTS 



CARNATIONS, ROSES 



55 and 57 W. 26th St.. New York 



Shipping Orders Carefully Filled 



EDWARD REID 



WHOLESALE FLORIST 



1619-21. Ranstetd St., Pfaiitdelphia, Pa. 



CHOICE BEAUTIES, ORCHIDS, VALLEY, ROSES 

 and all Seasonable Varieties oflCut Flowers 



William F. Kasting Co. 



\A/Holesal< 



383-387 ELLICOTT ST. 



»rfs-t8 



BUFFALO, N. Y. 



NEW YORK QUOTATIONS PER 100. To Dealers Only 



MISCELLANEOUS 



Cattleyas • 



Cypripediutns 



Lilies, Longiflorum 



Callas 



Lily of the Valley 



Paper Whiles. Roman Hyacinths 



Freesias 



Chrysanthemums 



VioleU • ■ 



Daises 



Tweet Peas 



Oardenias 



Adiantum 



Smilax 



Asparag^is Plumosus, strings (per lOo) 



" " & Spren (loo bunches). 



Last Half of Week 



ending Dec. 6 



1913 



40.00 



6.00 



3.00 

 1. 00 



4.00 

 .30 

 .50 



15.00 



•75 

 8.00 



25.00 

 8.00 



75.00 



X2.00 



12.00 



12.00 



4.00 



3.00 



25.00 

 .40 

 1. 00 

 1. 00 

 35.00 

 1. 00 

 10.00 

 35.00 

 15.00 



First Half of Week 



beginning Dec. 8 



1913 



•25 

 ■50 



15.00 

 ■75 



25.00 



8.00 



75.00 

 12.00 

 1 3.00 

 10.00 

 5.00 

 2.00 



25.00 



.40 



1. 00 



1. 00 



35-O0 

 1. 00 

 10,00 

 35-00 

 15.00 



roses were more plentiful. Carnations 

 were scarc^. Chrysanthemums are 

 pretty nearly a past number, Nonln 

 and Eaton are the best, with a few be- 

 lated Bonnaffon not much good. Single 

 violets have become more plentiful 

 and prices took a sudden drop. Doubles 

 seem to keep on a pretty even keel. 

 Nothing of Interest in the orchid mar- 

 ket. Supplies are less and demand 

 seems to correspond. In the minor 

 items like lily of the valley, bouvardia, 

 mignonette, daisies and snapdragon 

 the supply seems to be excellent, but 

 there is nothing that calls for a waste 

 of printers' ink in that connection. 

 The price of timothy seed seems a 

 much more important subject. The 

 outlook on the sweet pea market is 

 very encouraging. These are very 

 good now and bid fair to improve both 

 in quantity and quality right along. 

 Maidenhair fern seems to be in better 

 demand. Adiantum hybridum has ad- 

 vanced to $1.50. 



PERSONAL. 



J. A. Muller, representative of the 

 Julius Roehrs Co., Rutherford, N. J., 

 sailed on the Kaiserin Augusta Vic- 

 toria, Thursday, Dec. 11, on a business 

 and pleasure trip to Europe. 



All will regret to learn that a tinge 

 of sorrow has come into the home of 

 Peter Duff, Orange, N. J., at this time 

 especially, his mother-in-law having 

 met with a severe stroke of apoplexy. 



John W. Everitt and wife sailed on 

 the Lusitania, last week, for a two 

 months' visit to the old home at Herts, 

 England. His last words before sail- 

 ing away were Merry Christmas to all 

 the "boys," especially those at Glen 

 Cove, L. I. 



John Young advertises the finest 

 roses in New York market. We have 

 seen them and think the claim is well- 

 founded. They are grown by Reuter, 

 Westerly, R. I. 



Alex. Mackenzie, for the past ten 

 years head gardener to Percy Chubb 

 at Glen Cove, L. I., has this week tak- 

 en charge of Mrs. J. P. Morgan's es- 

 tate at Cragston, Highland Falls, N. Y. 

 This will give Mr. Mackenzie more 

 chance to show his well-known abili- 

 ties as an all-round gardener. 



