September 10, 1910 



HORTICULTURE 



387 



Flower Market Reports 



(Continued from pagt 385) 



tbem. Yellow chrysanthemums In lim- 

 ited quantity have appeared, but they 

 are too early. No demand. There's 

 the usual staple call for swalnsona, 

 alyssum and other small whites for 

 design work. Lily of the valley good 

 and plenty, but sluggish. 



The slug g 1 s h n e s s 

 NEW YORK which long experience 

 has taught ns to ex- 

 pect in September of each year Is un- 

 mistakable in the vholesale flower 

 market district and extends of course 

 all through the retail trade in every 

 direction. Fine weather only makes 

 the situation more awkward as it in- 

 creases the product and decreases the 

 demand of the public for store flowers 

 while there is such a wealth of beauty 

 outside. The supply of roses is notice- 

 ably growing heavier daily and the 

 quality of the stock, where growers 

 take proper care of it, is improving 

 in a like ratio. Mildew is seen on 

 some lots as is always the case when 

 cool, foggy nights begin; but the flow- 

 ers from careful growers show that 

 mildew is easily avoidable. Gladioli 

 are slacking up both in quantity and 

 quality. Asters are still the big factor 

 and are seen in needless variety of color 

 and grade with prices averaging low 

 except on specially selected blooms in 

 small lots. Lilies and lily of the valley 

 continue plentiful. Orchids are scarce 

 still, but no importunate call is in evi- 

 dence and heavier receipts would be no 

 improvement under present conditions. 

 Dahlias are seen in more or less abun- 

 dance, but do not seem to have much 

 popularity and sales are hardly worth 

 mentioning. 



BOSTON MARKET PRBMIUMS. 



The annual sale of stalls in the two 

 flower markets of Boston is always an 

 event of much interest and in a way 

 marks not only the opening of the fall 

 season but the spirit and confidence of 

 the trade in the outlook. This year 

 the sales were a week apart, the origi- 

 nal market now known as the Boston 

 Flower Exchange, Inc., selling on Au- 

 gust 27 and the Boston Co-operative 

 Flower Market following one week 

 later. The hammer was gracefully 

 wielded at the former by James T. Car- 

 roll and at the latter W. W. Tailby offi- 

 ciated with persuasive logic. Big 

 crowds attended both entertainments 

 and, judging from the activity mani- 

 fested, the coming season for Boston 

 market dealers casts no shadows be- 

 fore but carries rainbow hues of bril- 

 liant glow. The premiums paid for 

 choice of stalls at the Boston Flower 

 Exchange overreached $7,000, many 

 sales being made at from $100 up to 

 $130, which was the top. These were 

 the highest on record. At the Co- 

 operative Market the result was equal- 

 ly pleasing to all concerned, the sale 

 being the most successful since its in- 

 ception: 112 stalls out of a tutal of 121 

 were disposed of, the top price for 

 choice being $125. 



The first plant auction sale for the 

 season in Boston, will take place at 

 McCarthy's auction rooms, S4 Hawley 

 street, on Tuesday, Sept. 13, at 9:30 

 a. m. 



BUY 



BOSTON 

 FLOWERS 



N. F. McCarthy & co., 



84 Hawley St. 



BOSTON'S BEST 

 HOUSE 



MICHIGAN CUT FLOWER 

 EXCHANGE, Inc. 



WHOLESALE COMMISSION FLORISTS 



Consignments Solicited 

 Hardy Fancy Fern Our Specialty 



38-40 BROADWAY, DETROIT, MICH 



SlTHERN'WIlFSMILirX 



Now ready In limited quantity. 



E. A. BBAVEN 



EVERGREEN, ALABAMA. 



NEW YORK QUOTATIONS PER 100. To Dealers Only^ 



MISCELLANEOUS 



Cattleyas 



Lilies, LongKlorum 



" Spec4o5um 



Lily oltne Valley 



Astars 



Daisies 



Snapdragon 



aiadloll 



Sweet Peas Cpe' loobchi) 



Gardenias 



Adiantum 



SmIIaz 



Asparagus Plumosua, strings 



" '• & Spren. (loobchs). 



PERSONAL. 



Chaterton Warburton, Fall River, 

 Mass., has Just returned from a trans- 

 atlantic trip. 



We have just seen a postal card 

 written by L. H. Fellows to an old 

 friend in Boston, in which Mr. Fellows, 

 who is traveling in the west, states 

 that George Mullen, formerly a whole- 

 sale florist in Boston, is selling plants 

 in the market at Seattle, Wash., where 

 he has a stall. This is the first heard 

 of Mr. Mullen by his friends in Boston 

 for many years. 



Einar Knutsson has arrived by S. S. 

 C. F. Tietgen to look after the business 

 in Danish-grown cauliflower and cab- 

 bage seeds for Hjalmar Hartmann & 

 Co., of Copenhagen. He took this trip 

 in place of Mr. Hjalmar Hartmann, 

 who is well-known to the trade, but 

 could not spare the time on account of 

 the increased business to which is 

 personal attendance is required. 



Visitors in Boston: Mr. Pate, repre- 

 senting the International Floral Asso- 

 ciation, New York; Wm. Miller of Mt. 

 Desert Nurseries, Bar Harbor, Me.; 

 George B. Moulder, Chicago, 111.; Pat- 

 rick Foy, Roanoake, Va.; J. S. Butter- 

 field, Lee's Summit, Mo.; John Gipner, 

 Niles, Mich.; A. T. De la Mare, New 

 York City; N. Stewart Dunlap, Mon- 

 treal, P. Q., and a long list of mem- 

 bers of The Railroad Gardening Asso- 

 ciation with their ladies. 



NEWS NOTES. 



Foxboro, Mass. — A new heating sys- 

 tem is being installed in the green- 

 house of N. S. Small on Garfield 

 street. 



Fort Worth, Tex.— The Falfurrias 

 Nursery & Development Co. has in- 

 creased its capital stock from $15,000 

 to $25,000. 



Ainsvi(orth, Neb.— The Brown Coun- 

 ty Nursery Co. is building a 64x64-foot 

 warehouse, two stories in height, ce- 

 ment block construction. 



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PHILADELPHIA NOTES. 



John Curwen, Jr., Berwyn, suffered 

 a serious loss from fire recently. His 

 boiler shed was completely gutted and 

 the ends of the greenhouses scorched 

 and cracked. 



A. L. Jones, of Pennock-Meehatt Co., 

 has just returned from an extended 

 vacation. He penetrated the wilds of 

 Canada, 900 miles north of Toronto, 

 and also took in Quebec, Halifax, Mon- 

 treal and Boston. 



Visitors— W. C. Langbridge, Cam- 

 bridge, N. Y.; H. L.. Holmes, Harris- 

 burg. Pa. 



Visitors entertained this week by M. 

 Rice & Co. were: Jones-Russell Co., 

 Cleveland, Ohio; Harvey Sheaf, of B. 

 A Williams, Pittsburgh, Pa.; H. War- 

 endorff and Jos. Fleischman, Jr., New 

 York City, N. Y. ^ 



CINCINNATI PERSONALS. 



J. A. Peterson and family arrived 

 home from Thousand Isles and 

 Montreal which places they visited 

 after attending the convention. 



Miss Stella Kelley head saleslady of 

 the L. A. Kelley Co., was married 

 Sept. 1st, to W. H. Quirk of Omaha, 

 Neb. The couple will make their 

 home in Omaha. 



Julius Baer has built a conservatory 

 16 X 60 ft., in the rear of his store at 

 138 E. 4th St. In one corner he con- 

 templates building an aquarium for 

 gold fish. He will heat with hot water 

 and use artificial gas as fuel. 



Visitors: 0. C. Heberling, George- 

 town, Ky.; J. T. Herdegen, Aurora, 

 Ind.; Fretz Rupp, Lawrenceburg, Ind. 



The partnership of Gretsch & Or- 

 donez Bros., New York City, was dis- 

 solved August 1. Gretsch will contin- 

 ue in the wholesale cut flower business 

 at 52 W. 28 street, and Ordonez Bros. 

 as orchid collectors and growers, at 

 Madison, N. J. 



