September 17, 1910 



HORTICULTURE 



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MISCELLANEOUS 



Cattleyas ■ 



Lilies, Longlflorum . 



" Speclo9uin . ■ . 



Lily of tne Valley.. 



Asters. 



Daisies 



Snapdragon 



Gladioli 



Ctirysantliemums . 



Qardenias 



Adlantum 



Smilaz. 



Asparagus Plumosug, strings 



'* *' & Soren- (loo bchs). 



WM. P. FORD 



Announces the opening of his New Wholesale Flower store 



45 West 28th St., New York 



Will be pleased to greet old friends and make new ones too, among the 



Flower Growers and Retail Florists 

 Of New York and Elsewhere 



All facilities up-to-date. An inspection is invited 



Flower Market Reports NEW YORK QUOTA nONS PER 100. To Dealers Only 



{Continued from page 417). 



The present week 

 NEW YORK sees a little ripple on 



the hitherto placid 

 surface of the September flower trade 

 and all are duly grateful for even this 

 small encouragement. The rose situ- 

 ation is sometliing of a nuisance under 

 l.resent conditions. Tiny buds with 

 diminutive stems cut from summer 

 planted young stock are being piled 

 into the wholesale markets by tens of 

 thousands^ For respectable specimens 

 of any variety there is a fair call at 

 prices as good as usual at this season, 

 but for the small stuff a dollar a 

 thousand is hard to get^ Carnations 

 are rapidly coming on now and some 

 quite respectable flowers are seen. 

 Asters still encumber the tables of the 

 dealers, many being of inferior quality. 

 Where they are high-grade they bring 

 a good figure, but the rest are almost 

 unsalable and large quantities are 

 thrown away. Good cattleyas are very 

 scarce still. Sweet peas are practically 

 out of the markets Dahlias are com- 

 ing in freely, but meet with a scanty 

 welcome. Lilies are bracing up a little 

 in price. Quality fine. 



We are glad to be 

 PHILADELPHIA able to report a 



gradually expand- 

 ing market. Things were decidedly bet- 

 ter all along the line last week. The de- 

 mand was brisker and the quality of 

 the flowers also improved. The best 

 sellers were high-grade Beauties, good 

 white roses and cattleyas. There are 

 still a great many fine asters coming. 

 also a whole lot that are not so good. 

 American Beauty roses are improving 

 right along. There are a few Libertys 

 around, but Richmonds are not much 

 in evidence. Marylands and .Killaraeys 

 are in first-class shape and share in 

 the general market awakening. What 

 few Brides are being grown now seem 

 to meet with favor. Of course, Killar- 

 ney has the call on quantity, but there 

 is still room tor a white as good as 

 Bride in form and as good a producer 

 as Killarney. Kaiserius are all right 

 and will continue to be a factor up to 

 Christmas, Dahlias are improving and 

 will soon be in full swing. Jack Rose 

 and Nymphca are two of the best at 

 present. Gladioli lack substance and 

 there are but few of the choicer varie- 

 ties arriving. In about two weeks there 

 will be something doing in carnations. 



NEWS NOTES. 



Alexander Smith, of the N. Y. Cut 

 Flower Exchange, has given up his 

 stand and ice boxes at the Exchange, 

 to go extensively into carnation grow- 

 ing at Bound Brook, N. J. He came 

 into the business at the death of his 

 father, some time ago. His father has 

 had the stand since the Exchange 

 moved to 55 West 26 street, about nine 

 years ago. 



Golden Glow chrysanthemum is al- 

 ready showing itself in spots in the 



flower markets. Dealers are not en- 

 thusiastic over the early arrival and 

 report safes as slow. We saw some 

 specimens, however, at Henshaw & 

 Fenrich's, which experienced no diffi- 

 culty in finding a market. They came 

 from E. W. Fengar's place at Irving- 

 ton, N. J., and had that crisp texture 

 of petal and foliage which tells not 

 only of good culture, but also that 

 equally important essential — proper 

 care after cutting and in shipping — ' 

 something that growers too often un- 

 derestimate and a neglect which costs 

 them dearly. 



Pennock-Meehan Company 



Announce the opening of their New York 

 Store, Monday, September 19th. The firm 

 will handle at Wholesale a full line of Cut 

 Flowers, Ribbons and Supplies. The enter- 

 prize will be under the management of Percy 

 B. Rigby, assisted by W. J. Moore. 



They extend a hearty invitation to the New 

 York trade to call and inspect their goods. 



Their motto will be "Satisfaction Guar- 

 anteed" 



109 W. 28th Street 



-fALl" 



