December 20, 1913 



HORTICULTUEE 



883 



TO GROWERS 



Determining tlie fln:incial responsibility of your consignee is as important 

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

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

 we will cheerfully furnish upon application. 



We desire a tew 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. 



GEORGE B. HART 



WHOLESALE FLORIST 



24 Stone St.. Rochester, W.Y. 



Telephone 3800 Madison Square 



WOODROW & MARKETOS 



WHOLES.4LE 



Plantsmen and Florists 



41 West 28tli Street, NEW YORK 

 Flower Market Reports 



(.Continued from page S8i ) 



also complain of slack business. The 

 only scarcity just now is violets, and 

 it seems the crop will be greatly de- 

 creased this year owing to the bright, 

 clear and warm weather. This of 

 course brought out other stock. Car- 

 nations are quite plentiful. Roses, 

 too, are in plenty all around, with 

 prices low. Killamey are in the ma- 

 jority. Roman hyacinths, lily of the 

 valley, paper whites and stevia are 

 slow in demand and plenty of them; 

 lilies not any too many at present. 



Market conditions 

 NEW YORK this week are not 



quite as b r i g h t as 

 they were a week ago. This is com- 

 monly the case previous to the Christ- 

 mas rush and then the weather has 

 been unusually salubrious and favor- 

 able for flower production, and any 

 movement to advance prices because 

 of the approach of the holidays or to 

 hoard stock for anticipated rise in 

 value is evidently doomed from the 

 «tart. The outlook is that there will 

 be a plentiful supply of roses, carna- 

 tions, lily of the valley, orchids, gar- 

 ■denias — in fact, there are no indica- 

 tions of scarcity on anything during 

 Christmas week. Present quality, and 

 quality indicated for next week, are 

 all that could be desired. There 

 seems to be more or less of a feeling 

 among the retailers that the plant 

 trade for Christmas has reached Its 

 2enith and it would not surprise many 

 of them if not a few plants should be 

 left on their hands. This view is 

 ■based in part on the supposition that 

 cut flowers will be available in plenty, 

 of fine quality and at little advance 

 above what are regarded as normal 

 ■prices. The. renewed interest in rose 

 growing, the great variety of fine 

 Toses now available and the excellent 

 condition in which they are put on the 

 ■market, are strong factors in the sit- 

 ■uation." The outlook for violets is 

 somewhat dubious, and any inflation 

 •of prices on these will surely result 

 In disaster. Shipments of southern 

 asparagus have fallen off and the 

 "home-grown material will now have a 

 living chance. 



B. S. SUNN, JR. 

 \i I O LETT 3 



CARNATIONS, ROSES 



SS and 57 W. 26th St., New York 



Shipping Orders Carefully Filled 



EDWARD REID 



WHOLESALE FLORIST 



1619-212Ranst»d St., Pbiladelphia, Pa. 



CHOICE BEAUTIES, ORCHIDS, VALLEY, ROSES 

 and all Seasonable Varieties ef^Cut Flewen 



William F. Kasting Co. 



\A/Holesal< 



383-387 ELLICOTT ST. 



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BUFFALO, N. Y. 



NEW YORK QUOTATIONS PER 100. To Dealers Only 



MISCELLANEOUS 



Cattley as ■ 



Cypripediums 



Lilies, Longiflorum 



Callas 



Lily of the Valley 



Paper Whites, Roman Hyacinths 



Freesias 



VioleU • • 



Daises 



tweet Peas 



Gardenias 



Adiantum 



Stnilax • 



Asparagus Plumosus, strings (per loo) 



*' " & Spren (lOo bunches). 



FREE HORTICULTURAL LEC- 

 TURES AT BOSTON. 



The Lecture t'ominittee of the Mass- 

 achusetts Horticultural Society has is- 

 sued its annual program ot free lec- 

 tures on horticultural subjects to be 

 given at Horticultural Hall. Boston, 

 during .January. February and March. 

 on Saturdays at 2 o'clock P. M.. un- 

 less otherwise stated. 



A special feature of the course this 

 season will be a school of instruction 

 in orchard work with lectures and 

 demonstrations by experts in the vari- 

 ous phases of fruit growing. The sub- 

 jects and dates are as follows: 



Janu.iry 3. — "Utilizing Birds in Horticul- 

 ture" (illustrated), by Edward H. Forbusb, 

 Hoston. 



.Tanuary 10. — "Flower Groupings in a 

 Mioliigan Garden" (illustrated), by Mrs. 

 Frani'is King, Alma, Midi. 



January 17.— "Tlie Hybrid Tea Rose of 

 Today," bv George H. Peterson, li'air Lawn. 

 N. J. 



.January 31. — "Soils and Fertilizers," by 

 Dr. Henry J. Wlieeler. Boston. 



February 7. — "Agriculture in Holland and 

 nenmarli," by Hon. J. Lewis Ellsworth, 

 Worcester. 



February 14. — "Making a New Variety of 

 Asparagus." by J. B. Norton, Washington, 

 D. C. 



February 24-28. — Extension School in 

 Pomology, conducted by the Mass. Agri- 

 cultural College, under the auspices of the 

 Mass. Horticultural Society. Lectures as 

 follows ; 



Tuesday. February 24.— 0..S0 A. M.. "Va- 

 riety of Fjnits," Dr. J. K. Shaw; 10.4.'> 

 A. il., ■Orcb.'ird Sites." Prof. F. C. Sears: 

 1.00 P. ir., "Fertilizers for the Orchard," 

 Mr. Henri IT.iskins. 



Wednesday. February 25.— 0.30 A. M., 

 "Establishing the Orchard." Mr. R. W. 

 Rees; 10.45 A. M., "Factors Influencing the 



Quality of Fruits." Dr. Shaw; 1.00 P. M 

 "Orchard Pests," Prof. W. W. Chenoweth; 

 2.15 I'. M., "The Spraying Campaign," Mr. 

 Rees. 



Thursday, Febraury 20.-9.30 A. M., "Soil 

 Management in the Orchard," Mr. Rees; 

 10.45 A. M.. "f;eneral Principles of Prun- 

 ing," Prof Chenoweth; 1.00 P. M., "Deinon- 

 straticn of Pruning." Mr. Rees and Prof. 

 Sears. 



Friday, February 27.— n..30 A. M.. "Graft- 

 ing and Budding," Prof. Chenoweth; 10.45 

 A. M., "Picking and Handling Fruit," Prof. 

 Sears : 1.00 P. M., "Packing Apples in 

 Boxes," Jlr. Rees; 2.15 P. M., "Packing 

 Apples in Barrels." Prof. Sears. 



Saturday, February 28. — !i.30 A. M., "Can 

 We Sell Our Apples?" Prof. F. A. Waugh; 

 10.45 A. M., "Pear Growing," Hon. Wilfrid 

 Wheeler ; 1.00 P. M., "Cooperation Among 

 Fruit Growers," Dr, A. E. Cance; 2.15 

 P. M.. "Peach Growing." Prof. Waugh. 



March 7. — "Nut Culture" (illustrated), by 

 Prof. E. R. Lake, Washington, D, C. 



March 21. — "Undesirable . Foreign Plant 

 Diseases," by Dr. Perley Spaulding, Wash- 

 ington, D. C. "The John Lewis Russell 

 Le<'ture." 



Discussion. — After the reading of papers 

 opportunity will be afforded for full dis- 

 cussion of the subjects. 



All are freely and cordially inylted to 

 attend. 



WILFRID WHEELER. Chairman, 

 GEORGE; B. DORR, 

 P. C. SEARS, 



Committee on Lectures and Publications. 

 Boston, December 15, 1013. 



FIRES. 

 Philadelphia, Pa. — Fire in the green- 

 house of Joseph Smith. Mt. Airy and 

 Stenton avenues, last week, caused a 

 damage of $100. 



Brooklyn, N. Y.— The Botanic Gar- 

 den Conservatories and Laboratory 

 Building of the Brooklyn Institute 

 liave been opened to the public. 



