September 24, 1910 



HORTICULTURE 



451 



Flower Market Reports NEW YORK QUOTATIONS PER 100. To Dealer s^nly^ 



(Cantinutd from pagt 449) 



reason to complain of the size of tlie 

 blooms and the stems are fast increas- 

 ing in length. Asters are now de- 

 cidedly on the wane. Chrysanthe- 

 mums of large size are daily more in 

 evidence and the fall flowers, both 

 cultivated and wild, are in abundance. 

 Among the latter this week were the 

 gentians, both fringed and plain. The 

 first shipment of violets from the East 

 came this week. Many retailers are 

 preparing to handle both violets and 

 orchids as a part of their regular stock 

 this season. Lily of the valley is good 

 and in demand for fall weddings. 

 Gladioli, as usual, are more in evi- 

 dence than demand requires. 



Business for the past 

 CINCINNATI seven days has been 



fair. Beauties as well 

 as other roses are in good supply and 

 the quality generally is excellent, ex- 

 tremely good value being offered at 

 current prices. Taft and My Maryland 

 liave the call in pink, while good 

 Bridesmaids arc running a close sec- 

 ond. Kaiserin and Ivory lead the list 

 in white. Asters have been in abun- 

 dant supply. First-class blooms meet 

 v.'ith a ready sale at fair prices. A 

 good many of the white asters received 

 from New York State arrive in poor 

 condition, being brown and burnt on 

 the edges and are hard to move at any 

 price. The receipts of carnations are 

 increasing daily. The improvement 

 bas been pronounced and a fair pro- 

 p.ortion of the slock now received have 

 satisfactory stems, and are selling bet- 

 ter than they did a week ago. The 

 shortage of the Easter lily market has 

 passed, there being a fair supply on 

 hand. Gladioli are still to be had and 

 are moving at fair prices. Smilax is, 

 in many cases, thin and light, but 

 all other green goods are not only 

 plentiful but of good quality. 



We'd like to see 

 NEW YORK things move along 



livelier than they 

 have done thus far in the wholesale 

 flower district. Reports from other 

 markets indicate a very healthy tone 

 with sanguine outlook for the season 

 now opening. The absence of any 

 shipping trade worthy of the name is 

 a great drawback to this market and 

 deprives it of the needed impulse 

 which shipping markets benefit by at 

 periods like the present when certain 

 outdoor crops are about finished and 

 the indoor goods lag. New York 

 IS so elastic, however, as a home mar- 

 l<et that it can absorb a surplus as no 

 other market in the world can. Just 

 at present there is no real surplrs of 

 good niaterial. There is. however, a 

 Tast amount of trash comin,!? in which, 

 as the foi'e^oing remailis indicate, is 

 absorbed in one way or another, but 

 the price at which it .goes is unquot- 

 able. If we had to deal only with 

 good ouality stock we should have no 

 diffifulty in recording encouraging 

 fiaures, even at the present date, 

 which is not usually regarded as one 

 productive of comfort and jov for the 

 grower The aster ci-op is nearing its 

 end and this leaves room for the on- 

 coming chrysanthemums Carnations 

 are imnrnving and increasin.g. Dahlias 

 •are omninresent: so are lilies Roses 

 — the s'tuation would be vastly im- 

 proved if one-half the cut from young 



MISCELLANEOUS 



Cattleya* 



Lilies, Longlflorum 



** SpedoAum 



Lily ol tue Valley 



Asters 



Daisies 



Snaparagon 



aiadioll 



Chrysanthemums 



Qardenlas 



Adiantum 



Smilax 



Asparagus Plumosus, strings 



*' " & Spren. (100 bchs). 



Last Half of Weak 



ending Sept. 17 



1910 



30.00 



4.00 



1. 00 



t.OO 



.30 



•25 

 1. 00 



■SO 



8.00 



15.00 



50 



6.00 



60 00 

 6.00 

 s.oo 

 3.00 



1.50 



2.00 

 2.00 

 tS.ce 

 35.00 

 •75 

 8.00 

 35 -oo 



liJ.OO 



First Half of Week 



beglnnlngSept.1l 



1910 



40.00 

 3.00 

 2,00 

 1 .00 



.ao 



.25 

 1. 00 



.50 



8.00 



35.00 



.50 

 6.00 



10.00 



60.00 

 6.00 

 3.00 

 3.00 

 1.50 

 .50 

 2.00 

 to 2.00 

 to 15. CO 

 to 35 00 

 to .7! 

 to 8 00 

 to 35.00 

 to 75 00 



to 



bushes planted last June had been 

 pinched off the plants and had never 

 seen the inside of a shipping box or 

 wasted its unwelcome presence on the 

 tables of the perplexed wholesaler. 



General condi- 

 PHILADELPHIA tions have dis- 

 tinctly improved 

 during the past week and the clean-up 

 at the wind-up was most encouraging. 

 The general vim in trading was in 

 marked contrast with the apathy of 

 preceding weeks. The quality of the 

 offerings was also very appreciable. 

 While loses lagged a little but all other 

 roses cleaned up in very good shape. 

 Orchids remain on the scarce side and 

 are easily absorbed at good prices 

 Carnations are coming. We have had 

 some really fair flowers this week. 

 Asters ari- about on their last legs, 

 except that there are some exception- 

 ally fine late flowering varieties com- 

 ing in. Dahlias are now in their sec- 

 ond week, and are beginning to show 

 some "class." Some rain would hel]) 

 these, both in quality and quantity. It 

 has been rather dry in this vicinity for 

 the past three weeks. We can say that 

 dahlias are as fine this year as we 

 have ever seen them, and the price is 

 about the same— $2.00 to $2.50 per 100. 

 They clean up pretty well so far. 

 There are a few Golden Glow chrysan- 

 themums coming in. No special call 

 for these. Whites would sell but noth- 

 ing in sight as yet. Gardenias show 

 some activity and are a very good 

 proposition at present. Lily of the 

 valley market all right — cleaning up in 

 good shaiie. G'ladioli on the wane ap- 

 parently, although we hear of some 

 nice new lots ready to come in. 



The market could be 

 ST, LOUIS much better than it is; 

 still the demand has been 

 better than expected. The wholesalers 

 have been fairly well supplied with 

 stock of all kinds. The carnations that 

 are coming in are not fancy, but with 

 cooler weather they will come in bet- 

 ter. Roses are fairly good and there 

 is always a good demand for the best 

 grades, but with this warm weather 

 shipments arrive in not any too good 

 a condition. Asters are falling off, so 

 are gladioli and tuberoses, and the 

 market will soon be confined to roses, 

 carnations, lily of the valley, chrysan- 

 themums and violets. 



NEWS NOTES. 



Lake Forest, III. — A. Christensen is 

 now emi)loyed by H. C. Rowe, 42 East 

 Monroe street. 



Morristown, N. J. — The greenhouses 

 of Rii-haid A. McCurdy have been tak- 

 en down and the stock sold. 



Norwich, Conn. — The greenhouses 

 here owned by Mrs. Win. Cam]) Lan- 



man will be run on the commercial 

 basis with Charles Thos. Beasley as 

 manager. 



St. Louis, Mo.— G. H. Augermuller has 

 added the entire building in which he 

 has been occupying only the ground 

 Hoor. — The Metropolitan Floral Co. 

 furnished the plant and cut flower dec- 

 oration for the opening of the New 

 Princess Theatre, which is near their 

 store.— Alex. Siegel will open the cut 

 flower department in Schaper Bros. 

 new store at 8th and Washington av- 

 enue. He will retain his old store at 

 6th and Washington. J. J. Karins, 

 representing Henry A. Dreer, Philadel- 

 phia, has been in this city and calling 

 on the trade. His order book was well 

 filled when he left. 



The McCray Refrigerator Company, 

 of Kendallville, Ind., has just com- 

 pleted what is believed to be one of 

 the largest and handsomest florists' 

 refrigerators ever made, for the West 

 View Floral Co., of Atlanta, Ga. 



This refrigerator is of peculiar shape 

 owing to the limitations of the space 

 which it will fill. There is not a 

 square corner in it. The front is 24 

 feet wide and the rear 26 feet. The 

 ends are 3 feet and 6i^ feet respective- 

 ly, and it is 10 feet high. 



The outside is white enameled with 

 drawers in front for ferns, etc. The 

 floor is tile, the back is mirrored, and 

 it is fitted with wire shelves. The cost 

 was $1,800. 



The McCray Refrigerator Company 

 makes a specialty of high-class built 

 to order work and many of the largest 

 florists in the country are enjoying the 

 benefits derived from using their re- 

 frigerators. 



Galax and Leucothoe 



Quality, Packing and Price All Right. 



Wholesale Only. 



Send for Quotations. 



J. L. BANNER, 



MONTEZUMA 

 N. C. 



SOUTHERN WILD SMILAX 



Now ready In limited quantity. 



E. A. BEAVEN 



EVERGREEN, ALABAMA. 



ROBERT J. DYSART 



Public Accountant and Auditor 



simple methods of correct accoimtlBt 

 especially adapted for florists' aa*. 



Books Balanced and Adjusted 



Merchanta Bank Building 

 28 STATE STREET, - BOSTON 



Telephone, Ualn G8. 



