October 29. 1910 



HORTICULTURE 



615 



MICHIGAN CUT FLOWER 

 EXCHANGE, Inc. 



WHOLESALE COMMISSION FLORISTS 



Conslg^nments Solicited 

 Hardy Fancy Fein Our Specialty 



38-40 BROADWAY, DETROIT, MICH 

 R£f:b (Si HELLER 



(22 West 2Sth St.. New York 



Florists' Supplies 



We manufacture all our 



HetalDesigns, Baskets, Wire 1 ork & Ncveltles 



and are dealers in 

 Claasware Decorative Greens and Florists' Rerulsltes 



IWILLIAM H. KUEBLER 



Brooklyn's Foremost and Beat 



WHOLESALE COMMISSION HOUSE 



A First Class Market for all CUT FLOWERS 



[28 WUloughby St., Brooklyn, N. T. 



Tel. 4591 Main 



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 Perfect Adjustable Plant Stands mam 

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 For Sale by all Supply Ho 



Flower Market Reports 



{Coniinjied from page 613) 



mous supply of everything. Amongst 

 the outdoor stopic still received were 

 dahli-as in heavy supply, also asters, 

 gladioli, mignonette, cosmos, mari- 

 goldt>, etc. Together with the enor- 

 mous amount of chrysanthemums 

 (which were brought on so fast by 

 the warm weather), roses, lilies and 

 other material, they swamped the mar- 

 ket. To fill an order a week ago for 

 500 good carnations was almost an Im- 

 possibility, but nearing the end of the 

 past week any amount could be had on 

 short notice in any grade and color. 

 Some choice chrysanthemums are had 

 and the best grade stock has moved 

 freely, but there are too many of the 

 ordinary which are sold at very low 

 prices. The demand on violets, lily of 

 the valley and orchids has been only 

 normal. Reauties have been excellent 

 in quality and large in quantity, the 

 demand light on these as well as on 

 other roses. With a heavy supply of 

 everything carried over for a few days 

 the wholesaler looked forward to Sat- 

 urday for a good clean-up, but a miser- 

 able day set in with wind and pouring 

 rain throughout the day. A good frost 

 and colder weather is looked for and 

 the market may shape itself to better 

 conditions before long. 



Chrysanthemums so far 



CHICAGO are a disappointment to 

 most of the growers. The 

 weather, since this flower came in, has 

 all been against it. The flowers have 

 opened up more rapidly than the flor- 

 ists could use them and the market 

 one week ago was flooded with them. 

 Buyers made their own terms in a ma- 

 .iority of cases and even then a large 

 number went to waste. Last week con- 

 ditions improved a little, the cause ly- 

 ing mainly in the few days when the 

 thermometer fell to near the freezing 

 l)oint. The close of the week, how- 

 ever, found the temperature again ris- 

 ing and a generally dull condition pre- 

 vails alike in the wholesale and the 

 retail stores. Other flowers have suf- 

 fered also, the violets and sweet peas 

 being unsalable, except in very limited 

 quantity. The pompon chiysanthe- 

 raums are now here in quantity and 

 as a substitute for carnations are hav- 

 ing their effect upon the sales of the 

 latter flower. Roses are to be had in 

 any quantity and the same condition 

 of more stock than is easily disposed 

 of prevails. 



The unseasonable 



CINCINNATI warm weather of the 



past weeks brought 



in a superabundance of all kinds of 



flowers. The intense heat has ripened 



NEW YORK QUOTATIONS PER 100. To Dealers Only 



MISCELLANEOUS 



Cattleyas 



Lilies, Longiflorum 



Lily of tbe Valley 



Violets 



Snapdragon 



Chrysanthemums 



Qardenlas 



Adlantum 



SmIIaz 



Asparagus Plumosus, stiings 



'* " & Spren. (loobchs). 



Last Half of Week 



ending Oct. 22 



1910 



20,00 



4.00 



1. 00 



.20 



to* 

 5.00 

 8.00 

 .50 

 8.00 



15.00 



lO.OO 



30-00 

 6.00 

 3.00 



•40 



3.00 

 30. CO 

 12.00 



1. 00 

 I a. 00 

 35.00 

 25.00 



First Half of Week 



beginning Oct. 24 



1910 



20.00 

 4.00 



1. 00 

 2.00 

 8.00 

 • 30 

 8.00 

 15.00 

 10.00 



30.00 



6.00 



3.00 



•35 



3.00 



25.00 



12.00 



i.o* 



12.00 



35.00 



25.00 



everything abnormally and rushes the 

 crop of chrysanthemums, roses and 

 carnations upon an already over- 

 crowded market. The greatest glut 

 and the one which has influenced the 

 sale and prices of all other stock is 

 of chrysanthemums. The belter grades 

 are selling well and at prices which 

 for the best are possibly as good as 

 were realized at this date last year; 

 but the sjnall stock has taken a de- 

 cided tumble in prices. Long Beauties 

 are coming in heavily and because of 

 the chrysanthemum competition do not 

 move the way they did when the latter 

 were scarce. The redeeming feature of 

 the rose market is the demand for se- 

 lect grade of pink roses of which there 

 seems to be a decided shortage. Short- 

 er grades and white sorts move slowly 

 .«,nd accumulate. Possibly the greatest 

 change is in the carnation situation. 

 From a condition of pronounced short- 

 age we now have an over-supply and 

 ihe poortst stock is selling at mid- 

 summer prices, many remaining un- 

 sold. Violets are improving in quality, 

 but move slowly. Lily of the valley 

 and longiflorum lilies are in fair sup- 

 ply and demand. Having had no kill- 

 ing frost up to date cosmos, dahlias 

 and other outdoor flowers are still with 

 us and help to clog up the already con- 

 gested market. Some extra good smi- 

 iax is coming in. Asparagus Sprengeri 

 and plumosus meet with a good de- 

 mand. 



Indian summer 

 PHILADELPHIA hangs on two 

 weeks longer than 

 usual with a consequent plethora of 

 outside flowers. The geraniums and 

 cannas and nasturtiums are still in 

 their glory in the gardens, and all 

 other outdoor subjects are accordingly 

 plentiful. This condition reflects it- 

 self in the wholesale cut flower mar- 

 kets. People do not buy flowers when 

 they have plenty of their own. On top 

 of that came a three-dollar baseball 

 week — for all the world and his wife — | 

 and the ten to fifty that was needed for' 



ihat was cut out of the commissariat 

 and accessories. To make matters still 

 worse we had a rainy Saturday — and 

 no street business. Chrysanthemums, 

 much more plentiful, and almost a glut 

 in the medium grades. Dahlias may 

 be said to be practically off the list 

 as they come in now only on special 

 orders. Roses, carnations, and other 

 flowers — all that can be desired' as to 

 quality — and wait only for conditions 

 i improve. 



Business is very slow. 

 NEW YORK It started off very 



much depressed this 

 week with loads of flowers coming into 

 the markets, from which the returns 

 will be very low. Roses, carnations 

 and chrysanthemums are being un- 

 loaded at unquotable figures and on 

 large lots the buyer has practically had 

 the privilege of making his own price. 

 American Beauty roses hold their own 

 rather better than the balance of the 

 list. 



Galax and Leucothoe 



Quality, Packing and Price All Right 



Wholesale Only. 



Send for Quotations. 



J. L. BANNER, "oy^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 accoaiitln( 

 especially adapted for florlats' n»«. 



Books Balanced and Adjusted 



Merchanta Bank BnlldiQg 

 28 STATE STREET, - BOSTON 



Telephone, llain 6S. 



