December 31, 1910 



HORTICULTURE 



951 



A. MOLTZ & CO. 



Wtiulesale florists 



A. MOLTZ MAURICE L. GLASS 



Coogan Buldiag, 55-57 West 26th Street 



NEW YORK CITY 



Tilwhou 2S2I Madlsw Sqivi 0»u liga S l n. to 6 | r. 



RECD (SL HELLER 



122 West 2Sta St.. New York 



Florists^ Supplies 



We nunuUcture all our 



MetalDsslgas.BiiEets, Wire VorkiNoffeltl«t 



aad are demlcrs in) 



MtMwire Oaiionttvt Gresni and Floriiti' RwyiMM 



BUY 



BOSTON 

 FLOWERS 



N. F. McCarthy & co., 



84 Hawley St. 



BOSTON'^ BEST 

 HOUSE 



MICHIGAN CUT FLOWER 

 EXCHANGE, Inc. 



WHOLESALE COMMISSION FLORISTS 



Consignments Solicited 

 Hardy Fancy Fein Our Specialty 



38-40 BROADWAY, DETROIT, MICH 



WIlIlAFirKUEBLER 



Brooklyn's Foremost and Best 



WHOLESALE COMMISSION H0U8I 



A First Class Market lor all CUT FLOWERS 



28 WUloueliby St., Brooklyn, N. T. 



Tal. 4Sei llaln 



Flower Market Reports new YORK QUOTAriONS PER 100. To Dealers Only 



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{Cotittnu d from fittge 949) 



Christmas week 

 NEW YORK opened up with a dis- 

 couraging outlook. 

 Plenty of roses and a sluggish demand, 

 every attempt to advance prices was 

 met with determined opposition from 

 the buyers, and they were none too 

 plentiful so that when local business 

 began Saturday morning, with the 

 great quantity of stoci^ there seemed 

 to be no s andard of values; it was a 

 question of selling at any price in 

 some cases. There was a large supply 

 of Beauties and all the choicest 

 stock were sold, some extra choice 

 going as high as a dollar, though the 

 great quantity were quoted at from 7.") 

 cents downward. The price varied 

 . considerably during the day and night 

 and it is doubtful whether a 7.5 cent 

 average was possible even when the 

 stock was of Al quality for many 

 brought 50 cents only and, if not good, 

 much less. Richmond was not over- 

 abundant and cleaned up well at prices 

 ranging from $3.00 to $30.00. There 

 weie a limited number of very long- 

 slemmed blooms that exceeded these 

 figures. Killameys were to be seen 

 eveiywhere. The cut was large and 

 thousands were sold and it is said that 

 thousands remained unsold when the 

 holiday was over. Prices ruled lower 

 than was expected. There never were 

 so many special-grade Killarneys and 

 Marylands in the market for a holiday 

 — so many that the long-stemmed 

 stock was common and the cheapest 

 buyers possessed it at practically their 

 own figures. The price range was from 

 $3.00 to $12.00 with a small number at 

 $15.00. Theie was no stability to 

 prices — there could not be with so 

 large a supply. Bridesmaids and 

 Brides did fairly well, considering the 

 competition with other roses. They 

 sold anywhere between $2.00 and $12.00 

 with an exceptional sale of something 

 superior at $15.00. White roses of all 

 varieties did not sell. Carnation were 

 not particularly heavy in supply, but 

 were affected more or less by general 

 conditions; while they sold very well 

 the demand was not keen above a cer- 

 tain price. Red, as usual, realized a 

 higher figure than other colors and 

 white moved slowly and many were 

 left on hand. The violet situation was 

 complicated by delayed deliveries, the 

 big shipments not reaching the market 

 until about one o'clock in the morning. 

 Not all of these were sold — in fact, 

 many of them found their way into the 

 hands of the street peddlers. There 

 was a large and fine lot of cattleyas 

 available; they were in general de- 



MISCELLANEOUS 



Cattlcyu 



Cyprlpedlums 



Liii«i, Longiflorum 



Lll> ul inc valle> 



Violets 



Snapa ragon 



Daisies 



Sweet Peas (per loo buncheg) 



Roman Hyacinths. Paper Whites.. 



tJariieniaB- 



\dlantum ■ . • 



Smllax 



AsparaffUS Plumoaus. strings 



** ** & Spren. (loo bchs)- •• 



LattHalfof Weak 



•nding Dec 24 



1910 



35.00 to 



8. o to 



8.00 to 



3 00 to 



.50 to 



3 00 (o 



.50 to 



4.00 to 



1. 00 to 



8 oo 

 90.00 



15.00 



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 10.00 



12 00 



4 00 



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6.00 



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10. c« 



2.00 



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to.oc 



30,0( 



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15 00 to ?5.oo 



mand but not to the extent of exhaust- 

 ing the supply. After all was over 

 there were still some more; prices, 35 

 to 75 cents, some specials $1.00 apiece. 

 The call for gai-denias used up all of 

 them early in the day; that is to say — 

 all that were good; Lily of the valley 

 was in generous supply, quality excel- 

 lent, and cleaned up fairly well. Many 

 more poinsettias were shipped in than 

 were wanted and as these flowers are 

 bought only to fill orders the retail 

 man does not carry more than samples 

 in stock. Paper whites were seen 

 everywhere and moved at low prices. 

 There was plenty of stevia and green 

 stock. 



To sum up, it is a fact that an enor- 

 mous quantity of fJowers was disposed 

 of in this market — possibly more than 

 ever before and practically, all of it 

 was consumed locally, the shipping 

 ti'ade counting for nothing here. The 

 consensus of opinion on all sides is 

 that the day of high prices for all tea 

 roses has passed and it is worse ^han 

 fruitless to try to perpetuate it. The 

 leading retail dealers gave their best 

 efforts to the sale of plants, the inte:-- 

 est displayed in cut flowers being in- 

 considerable, except as to Beauties, 

 cattleyas and gardenias — all of which 

 are in lively demand on a holiday. 

 Next to these in demand came red 

 I'oses and red cai-nations. It would 

 appear that the encr-oachment of the 

 plant trade on the flower department 

 in the r-etail stores has, however', about 

 reached its limit and some of the lead- 

 ing retailers assert that the cut flower 

 sales this year exceeded that of any 

 recent season. 



The retail houses all report increased 

 business on the whole and are very 

 happy, while on the other hand, the 

 wholesale dealers are far fr'om jubilant. 

 One prominent retail dealer says this 

 has been the most prosper-ous Christ- 

 mas in his history, far excelling last 

 year's record. It appears that the Ijest 

 selling plants in fashionable sections 



wer-e orchids; they could not get 

 enough orchid plants in flower. This 

 does not include cypripediums, but 

 cattleyas, vandas, oncidiums, phalaen- 

 opsis, anything large and showy, cat- 

 tleyas being the most popular. Next 

 to orchids in popularity came the large 

 anemone-flower type of camellias of 

 bright colors, then all along down the 

 line of Christmas plants everything 

 went well, the only poor sellers being 

 araucarias and Begonia Gloire de Lior- 

 raine in large sizes. There was an 

 especially strong demand for imported 

 well-berried holly trees, including the 

 golden and silver hollies. 



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10,000.... $1.75: 50,000 $7.50. Sample free. 



For sale by dealers 



SOUTHERN WILD SMILAX 



New ready In limited quantity. 



E. A. BEAVEN 



EVERGREEN, ALABAMA. 



