July 23, 1910 



HORTICULTURE 



119 



Flower Market Reports 



{Continued from page 117) 



that arouse very muph interest, the 

 condition of the market and the 

 quality of the stocli having lost out as 

 topics of interest. 



Stock of nearly all 

 CINCINNATI kinds has shortened 

 up considerably. Busi- 

 ness last week was very quiet and the 

 let-up in supply was hardly noticed. 

 Monday of this week business assumed 

 a different tone and the demand 

 cleaned up everything available in the 

 cut flower line. The supply of 

 Beauties has decreased, also the 

 quality, although good stock is ob- 

 tainable if the buyer is willing to pay 

 the price. Other roses are still small, 

 short-stemmed and have not begun 

 their advance. The receipts of carna- 

 tions are much less than a week ago, 

 for at last the growers are throwing 

 out and replanting, the result being 

 an improvement in the average price 

 of carnations. Asters are coming in 

 slowly, and such as are good meet 

 with a ready sale at fair prices. 

 Sweet peas and Shasta daisies are done 

 for the season. Longiflorum, auratum 

 and speciosum lilies are in fair sup- 

 ply and selling steadily. Gladioli are 

 coming in more plentiful and are 

 cleaned up nicely every day. 



There has been a 

 NEW YORK very considerable fall- 

 ing off in the supply 

 of all indoor varieties of flowers in the 

 past week, but no increase in demand. 

 Most of the growers of tea roses have 

 thrown out their plants and conse- 

 quently there are few small roses in 

 the market. American Beauties, how- 

 ever, are quite plentiful and the price 

 is by no means steady. There are few- 

 er lilies in the market with quotations 

 much higher ihis week, which is sure- 

 ly a great improvement. The asters 

 thus far as a rule are very poor in 

 quality. Gladioli are to be had in 

 greater quantity and they promise to 

 be very abundant all through the sea- 

 son. 



The market here 

 PHILADELPHIA last week was 



about as usual 

 for mid-July. Asters were more plenti- 

 ful and the quality is steadily improv- 

 ing. Gladioli are now strong features 

 and seem to be moving off more brisk- 

 ly than in some years. They came in 

 by the wagon load on Saturday, but 

 by smart hustling on the part of the 

 wholesalers, most of them were moved 

 out by closing time. The flowers of 

 these are extra good at present. Other 

 good hot weather stock, such as 

 Easter lilies, was in demand mainly 

 on account of substance and keeping 

 qualities. The rose market is in pretty 

 fair shape — not quite as many and of 

 the usual summer quality. Carnations 

 are running down hill. A good many 

 carnation growers have stopped ship- 

 ping as they find that results hardly 

 pay for the care and watering. Sweet 

 peas are plentiful but are suffering 

 severly now from the hot weather. 

 Orchids are all right — not over plenti- 

 ful, but enough for the demand. What 

 few gardenias are arriving are moving 

 half-heartedly. Good water lilies in 

 the fancy colors and forms are to be 

 Tiad at reasonable prices. 



BUY 



BOSTON 

 FLOWERS 



N. F. McCarthy & go., 



^84 Hawley St. 



BOSTON'S BEST 

 HOUSE 



MICHIGAN CUT FLOWER 

 EXCHANGE, Inc. 



WHOLESALE COMMISSION FLORISTS 



Cohslgnments Solicited 

 Hardy Fancy Fein Our Specialty 



38-40 BROADWAY, DETROIT, MICH. 



SOUTHERN WILD SMILAX 



Now ready in ilmited quantity. 



E. A. BEAVEN 



EVERGREEN, ALABAMA. 



NEW YORK QUOTATIONS PER 100. To Dealers Only 



MISCELLANEOUS 



Last Half of Weel< 



ending July 16 



1910 



Cattley a* 



LiUet 



Lily ef the Valley 



Stocks 



Daisies 



Snapdragon 



Sweet Peas (per too bchs) 



Qardenlas 



Adlantum 



Sinliaz 



Aaparagufl Plumoeus, strings 



" " & Spren. (loobc^). 



40.00 

 9.00 



to 



to 



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 1.00 



■73 

 8.00 



.50 

 6.00 



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 5.00 

 3.00 

 1.00 

 ■ ',° 

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 1.50 



13.00 



.75 



8. 00 



35.00 



13.00 



First Half of Week 



beginning Julv 18 



1910 



•23 



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•75 



8.00 



to 



.30 to 



.50 



2.00 



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to 13.00 

 ■75 

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 35.00 

 »5-«o 



PHILADELPHIA NOTES. 



Edward A. Stroud, sister and friends, 

 are summering at Belmar, N. J., where 

 tbey liavo a cottage rented for the 

 season. Mr. Stroud is still an enthu- 

 siast on carnations and has added a 

 new hobby at his Overbrook place: — 

 the laying out of old English gaidens. 



Jacob Becker, having closed the 

 deal for the sale of his real estate at 

 49th and Chestnut streets, is now busy 

 moving his greenhouse plant back to 

 part of his old lot at 52nd and Mar- 

 ket streets. It is understood that he 

 will discontinue pot-grown roses for 

 spring trade, and confine himself 

 mostly to foliage and flowering plants 

 for Christmas and Easter. 



Edward Campbell, Ardmore, has sold 

 his place on Locust avenue and moved 

 his residence to Cricket avenue. His 

 new office and grounds are on Mont- 

 gomei-j' avenue near the entrance of 

 the Merion Cricket Club at Haverford 

 Station. This gives a more central 

 location and facilitates the business in 

 the landscape architect line in which 

 Mr. Campbell is a specialist. 



The S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co., whole- 

 sale commission florists, will open a 

 branch establishment in N. Y, City, 

 early in September at 109 West 2Sth 

 street. The new venture will be under 

 the personal supervision of Percy B. 

 Rigby, the treasurer of the company. 

 With establishments in three big 

 cities of the East: Philadelphia, Wash- 

 ington and New York, this should give 

 that enterprising firm a still more 

 commanding hold on the business, and 

 make for more efficient service all 

 'round. 



Visitors: W. W. Chisholm, Ander- 

 son Floral Co., Anderson. S. C; Mr. 

 and Mrs. Jno. Speiss, Buffalo, N. Y.; 

 Daniel Gorman, Wilkesbarre, Pa.; An- 

 toine Leuthy, Roslindale, Mass.; Chas. 

 B. Hann, T. W. Wood & Sons, Rich- 

 mond, Va.; W. A. Manda, South 

 Orange, N. J.; Carl Peterson and 

 family, East Liverpool, O. 



NEWS NOTES. 



Cincinnati, Ohio.— W. H. Ruten- 

 schroer has purchased the greenhouse 

 plant of J. W. Rodgers. 



Louisville, Ky.— George Thompson 

 has sold to C. B. Nelson a five-acre 

 tract of land on Taylorsville road, 

 with greenhouses, etc. 



Athens, Pa.— Mrs. Martha Kline has 

 sold four acres of land to C. L. 

 Schmidt, who intends to erect several 

 greenhouses and start a nursery. 



Savanna, III.— It is the intention of 

 J. Y. Lambert & Son of Savanna 

 Greenhouses to include the growing 

 of vegetables for the wholesale trade 

 in their business. 



Keene, N. H.— Ellis Bros. & Co., 

 florists, are rebuilding one of their 

 houses and enlarging their plant in 

 other ways. A store house and shed 

 are being erected. 



Wappingers Falls, N. Y.— The offices 

 and business of Glen Bros, of Roches- 

 ter, N. Y., will be moved to this place, 

 as they have acquired 64 acres of 

 land near Wappingers cemetery. 



Dunkirk, N. Y. — The greenhouses, 

 barn and wagon shed on the farm of 

 Mrs. C. Schrantz were practically de- 

 stroyed by fire recently. Loss be- 

 tween three and four thousand dol- 

 lars. 



St. Albans, Vt.— The florist busi- 

 ness of Henry Bryant, Congress street, 

 has been transfered to George Cook 

 of 3. Main street, who takes posses- 

 sion the last of July and will carry it 

 on in connection with his own green- 

 houses. 



ROBERT J. DYSART 



Public Accountant and Auditor 



simple methods of correct accounting 

 especially adapted for florists' naa. 



Boolcs Balanced and Adjusted 



Merchants Bank Building 

 28 STATE STREET, - BOSTOW 



Telephone, Main &8. 



