January 5, 1918 



HORTICULTURE 



19 



Fbwor Market Reports 



fective transportation and zero we.uh- 

 er had made the outlook far from 

 promising. Since Christmas there has 

 been the usual lull with fortunately a 

 moderate or, in some lines, very light 

 supply coming in. The worst feature 

 was the very considerable stock left 

 over from the Christmas supply and 

 this has been a grievous burden for 

 the wholesale trade, being largely of a 

 class of material difficult to unload on 

 the surplus-consuming trade and the 

 continued cold restricting the oppor- 

 tunities for such traders. The supplies 

 consisted largely, of course, of paper 

 white narcissi, white carnations, white 

 roses, etc., in all grades, Ijut there was 

 a considerable quantity of the large, 

 high-priced roses, including American 

 Beauties, which in previous years have 

 led the market but this year did not 

 do nearly as well as heretofore. Me- 

 dium priced roses had the call, most 

 decidedly and in the special grades 

 Hadley went far ahead of all the rest 

 in popularity. Some very good Rus- 

 sells were in the market but they were 

 not in keen demand. There were many 

 complaints of the poor durability of 

 the carnations this year. Since Christ- 

 mas values have sagged on the entire 

 list and there was not enough activity 

 in the New Year's demand to strength- 

 en the tone of the market. Despite the 

 unfavorable weather conditions the 

 receipts for this once great floral 

 holiday were far beyond the require- 

 ments and at present writing there 

 is a big supply of holdover stock in- 

 cluding all the standard varieties as 

 a long list of miscellaneous things of 

 every form and hue. 



After - Christmas 

 PHILADELPHIA trade is rather 

 slow. The weath- 

 er is against it and lots of stock is 

 left over in the hands of the retailers. 

 The cold snap on Saturday and Sun- 

 day hurt. A few complaints have been 

 received as to express delays. Not 

 much extra business came in for New 

 Years. American Beauty roses are 

 not plentiful and have sold pretty 

 well. Russells have sold well and are 

 very fine; Killarneys rather slow. 

 Carnations are moving In fair shape at 

 low prices. Values went down (luicker 

 this year than ever before. There are 

 good cattleyas and cypripediums but 

 prices are low. Cypripediums are not 

 selling as well this year as last. Most 

 of the violet shipments have been de- 

 layed coming in but there was good 

 demand. 



Reports from 

 ROCHESTER, N. H. the flower 

 stores indicate 

 a decided dropping off of Christmas 

 business from that of a year ago. 

 Express shipments were terribly late 

 and several had to be cut out entirely 

 Cut flowers were exceptionally good 

 and moved nicely, holiday prices pre- 

 vailing. Roses had a big demand and 

 at the last minute were not iilentiful 

 enough to supply the stores. Beauty, 

 Scott Key and Milady sold particu- 

 larly well. A few chrysanthemums 

 are still in but they are overripe. 

 Violets were very fine and sold well. 

 Paper White narcissus are plentiful. 



HENRY M. ROBINSON CO. OF NEW YORK 



XA^MOI 



■ S7 NA/es-fc ae-ti 



TeleDtaones, 13 — 8610 Madison Sqnare 



MACRICK L. OLA88, Tr«««urer 



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VLE.4I.ER IN THE WHOLESALE COMMISSION TKA1.E KOR OVER THIRTY YEARS 



Shippers of good flowers can find here a steady market for their product, 

 with good returns and prompt payments. Make a start now for the New Year. 



118 West 28th St. IME\A/ YORK 



TELEPHONES 



Farragut 167 and 3058 



NEW YORK QUOTATIONS PER |00. To Dealers O nly 



MISCELLANEOUS 



C«ttleyu ■••• 



Dendrebium rormotum 



Lilies, Longiflorum-- 



Lilies, Speciosum 



Callas 



Lily of the Valley 



SnapdragoD ■ 



BouTardia 



VioleU 



Freesias 



Narcis, Paper White 



RomaB Hyacinths 



Stevia 



Calendula 



Mignonette 



Sweet Peas 



Marguerites 



Gardenias, 



Adiantum 



Smilax * 



Asparagus Plumosus. & apren (loo bunches) ■ 



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 1917 



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WE WANT MORE SHIPPERS 



We have a numerous clientage of New York City buyers and the demand mx- 

 «eed« onr soddIt. ThU Is espeolaUy true of Hoses. We have every facility and 

 abnndant means and beat returns are assured for stock consigned to ns. 

 Address Tonr Shipments to 



UNITED CUT FLOWER CO. Inc 



1 1 1 W. 28th St., NEW YORK 



D. J. Pappas, Pre*. 



CHARLES E.MEEHAN 



Wholesale Cut Flowers 

 Plants, Greens, etc. 



5 So. Mole St., PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



SINBLE VIOLETS **"!£■ 



Violets and novelties are my Hobby. Con- 

 sign your flowers to me. I can eeU them to 

 your satisfaction. 



CLARENCE SLINN, \^i^roik 



N.Y. FLORISTS' SUPPLY 

 COMPANY, Inc. 



103 W. 28th Street, NEW YORK 



EVERYTHING FOB THE FLOKI8T 



Boston Floral Supply Co. 



347-.*57 CambridKe St., Boston 



Hc'adquarters for 



CYCAS, BASKETS, WIRE DESIGNS 



and WAX I LOWERS 



Send for price list if you liave not re- 

 ceived one. 



Many orchids have been touched by 

 the Ircst lately in transit. Carnations 

 are becominK a trifle more plentiful 

 but still very backward. Sweet peas 

 are showing themselves in small quan- 

 tities. The potted plant trade has 

 been good. 



FLOWER GROWERS 



I have a good wholesale market for Pan- 

 sles, Violets, Carnations and all other stock 

 (if quality. 



Regular Shipments Solicited 



B. S. SL.IIMIM, Jr. 



55 a nd 67 W. 26th Street. NEW YOag 



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132 West JStb .St.. New Yorli 



Florists' Supplies 



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and iiri' di'.ilirs iu 



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Out Flower, of AU tlw L«»dl>s TarU«*o« 

 In tluir Seaaoa. 



THOIMAS YOUNG, Jr., l»ro|M-l*tor 



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