September 3, 1910 



HORTICULTURE 



355 



Flower Market Reports 



{Coniinutd from page 353) 



meeting their usual fate. Wild flowers 

 and oak branches are meeting with 

 ready sale for show windows. There 

 is an abundance of lilies. The second 

 of the florists' three dull months is 

 now over and Chicago retailers in gen- 

 eral regard the business as about equal 

 to that done in other years, a very 

 few claiming an increase. The whole- 

 salers, however, quite generally de- 

 clare business above the average and 

 especially is this true where there is 

 a good shipping trade. 



The past week has had 



DETROIT a tinge of real summer 

 dullness, still it is safe 

 to say that the month of August will 

 average much higher than the same 

 month in other years. Speaking from 

 past experiences, this summer now al- 

 most passed will show a good gain on 

 the right side of the ledger, and more 

 so where good judgment in buying has 

 been exercised. Daily arrivals in cut 

 flowers clean up well, with the possible 

 exception of low grade asters. Busi- 

 ness activity usually returns with the 

 beginning of the schools and consider- 

 ing the present supply it will be difli- 

 cult to fill orders properly, especially 

 in regard to quality. 



Extreme quiet pre- 



NEW YORK vails throughout the 

 wholesale market dis- 

 trict and the greater part of the sales 

 are at sacrifice figures simple to move 

 the stuff. Asters are in the majority 

 everywhere. In comparison with the 

 asters the roses and other material fill 

 only a very insignificant corner. Lilies 

 continue to hold a position of prom- 

 inence, with prices a shade firmer than 

 they were. A few Cattelya )abiata are 

 seen. Gladioli are plentiful but not 

 so noticeable as in some former sea- 

 sons. The extremely dry tea^on has 

 Injuriously affected these as well as 

 many other staple summer flowers. 

 As to carnations an occasional bunch 

 of small specimens is met with. The 

 asters are of all grades and types. 

 Some are splendid, great noble blooms 

 on stems long and stiff, and clothed 

 with handsome foliage. These bring 

 top prices, but much of the lower grade 

 stock realizes very little. Some 

 bunches of cosmos are seen occasion- 

 ally. Pond lilies continue to be a 

 favorite subject for window decora- 

 tion. 



There has been 



PHILADELPHIA very little change 

 in the cut flower 

 market here since last report. The 

 asters may have improved a little, 

 and the Kaiserin and American Beauty 

 roses may be on a rising plane, but 

 the general run of the market is what 

 may be called the usual August condi- 

 tion. Maryland roses are pretty good. 

 Carnations remain an almost negligi- 

 ble quantity. There are rumors of 

 some of the big ones having something 

 decent to ship soon, but that is about 

 all. Gladioli are still very good. Any 

 amount of outside things like tritoma, 

 cosmos, hydrangea, phlox, etc., and all 

 go at very little prices — or to the cem- 

 etery! 



A. .J. Guttman. wholesale florist. New 

 York City, announces that he is going 

 out of the florist business and will de- 

 vote his time to the paint trade. 



MICHIGAN CUT FLOWER 

 EXCHANGE, Inc. 



WHOLESALE COMMISSION FLORISTS 



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 Hardy Fancy Fern Our Specialty 



38-40 BROADWAY, DETROIT, MICH 



SOUTHtRN WILD SMILAX 



Now ready In limited quantity. 



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NEW YORK QUOTATIONS PER 100. To Dealers Only 



MISCELLANEOUS 



Cattleyas 



Lilies, Longlf lorum 



Speciosum 



Lily of tne Valley 



Asters 



Daisies 



Snapdragon 



aiadloll 



Sweet Peas (per loobchs) 



Qardenlas '5°° 



Adlantum 



Smllaz 



Asparagus Pliunosus, strings 



" " & Soren. (loo bchs) ' lo.oo 



NEWS NOTES. 

 The Kervan Company, New York's 

 leading dealers in ferns, moss and 

 green supplies for florists' use, are 

 having a new establishment fitted up 

 at 119 West 28 street, and will occupy 

 same as soon as completed. 



Wm. Elliott & Sons' big fall auction 

 sale of decorative plants will take 

 place on Tuesday, September 13. 'W. 

 J. Elliott, who will wield the hammer, 

 as usual, promises a record-breaker at 

 this, the opening sale of what is ex- 

 pected to be a season of unusual ac- 

 tivity. 



William Ford's proposed return to 

 the ranks of the wholesale flower 

 trade in New York is an interesting 

 topic in the 2Sth street district, and 

 adds one more factor to the situation, 

 which in the opinion of shrewd ob- 

 servers gives promise of lively times 

 for the coming season. Mr. Ford is 

 popular with the trade. 



PERSONAL. 

 John Brandt, who for the past ten 

 years has been gardener on the Mrs. 

 T. O. Richardson estate at Aiken, S. C, 

 will soon leave there as the estate has 

 been sold, and he is expected to re- 

 turn to Newport, R. I., where he was 

 formerly employed. 



Arthur Smith, of Spokane, Wash., 

 has been appointed landscape architect 

 and general manager for the People's 

 Gardens Association of Washington, D. 

 C. This association is planning some 

 excellent work in the way of beautify- 

 ing the capitol city and in selecting 

 Mr. Smith they have secured a gentle- 

 man well qualified for the position of 

 adviser. 



Visitors in Boston: Mr. and Mrs. A. 

 Farenwald, Roslyn, Pa.; Harry Tur- 

 ner, Castle Gould: H. S. De Forest, 

 New York City: Harry Wild and ilrs. 

 Wild, Conyer's Manor, Conn. 



NEWPORT (R. !•) NOTES. 



The many social events recently 

 held here by the 400 has kept the flor- 

 ists and gardeners very busy with 

 table decorations. The flowers mostly 

 used at present are hydrangeas, dah- 

 lias and Lilium speciosum in their dif- 

 ferent colors. Orchids are also used 

 as far as they go but there are not 

 nearly enough to supply the demand. 

 Gardenias are also scarce and high, 

 the regular price at present being 75 

 cents each. 



The clambake given on three suc- 

 cessive days last week to the ten thous- 

 and sailors of the Atlantic fleet, which 

 was in this port, called for great quan- 

 tities of flowers and helped to quicken 

 the steps of the already busy florists. 

 The flowers used for this occasion 

 were mostly hydrangeas, asters and 

 dahlias and were laid in small bunches 

 six to eight feet apart all along the 

 many tables which were one hundred 

 feet long, and the effect was very 

 pleasing. Gibson Bros, were in charge 

 of the floral work and were ably as- 

 sisted by Leikens. Hass. Jurgens and 

 other florists. The flowers were all 

 donated. 



At the meeting of the Newport Hor- 

 ticultural Society, Tuesday evening, 

 August 2;i, William Matson, gardener 

 for Miss Alice Keteltas, exhibited a 

 new aster which was so good that it 

 was voted a certificate of merit. It 

 is a last year's seedling, pure white in 

 color. 



The society received an offer from 

 Mr. Farquhar, of Boston, for |15 for 

 prizes for the best exhibit of 2.5 blooms 

 of peony dahlias, not less than five 

 varieties in a vase. This is for the 

 coming autumn show, which promises 

 to be one of the best ever given. 



The society voted to offer a silver 

 medal for the coming exhibit of the 

 New England Dahlia Show, which will 

 be held in Boston, September 16-19. 

 It is for open competition for dahlias. 



