January 12, 1918 



H R T 1 C U L T U K E 



41 



Flower Market Reports 



The situation here up un- 

 BOSTON til Tuesday, January 8, 

 was exceedingly grave 

 for the flower growers and dealers. 

 Business was about as near dead as 

 it could be during the continuance of 

 the frigid spell which covered most of 

 the country, but we are happy to note 

 a very hopeful feeling now and a good 

 change for the better all around. 

 There has been some gratifying activ- 

 ity in and around the wholesale mar- 

 kets for the past two days, although 

 certain flowers, as carnations, catt- 

 leyas, narcissi and lilies, are still at the 

 bottom of the ladder and show no dis- 

 position to climb either to a more ac- 

 tive call or a more seasonable market 

 value. In general, there is an abund- 

 ance of everything and prices run far 

 below averages for corresponding 

 dates in other years. Express delays 

 have been very grievous and the 

 wholesalers have many complaints of 

 the way incoming and outgoing flower 

 shipments have been handled. 



The usual run of busi- 

 CHICAGO ness went on as usual 

 following the opening of 

 the New Year. There was no special 

 deniamJ and the easing up of trade 

 was not regretted after the strenuous 

 holiday week. The stock coming in 

 was about normal for January and the 

 quality good and the end-of-the-week 

 sales were expected to make a good 

 showing. All were disappointed, how- 

 ever, for an old-fashioned blizzard cut 

 out the Sunday trade and Monday's 

 was reduced to a minimum. The ex- 

 press companies delivered suburban 

 shipments, but long-distance consign- 

 ments were missing. The losses of 

 glass will tend to reduce the quantity 

 of incoming stock, but not seriously. 

 Roses are now in splendid condition 

 and selling at a moderate price, the 

 stock of Mrs. Russell being particu- 

 larly fine. Carnations are more plen- 

 tiful than before the holidays. Sweet 

 peas are beginning to come again. 

 There is a good supply of lilies and a 

 few daffodils are offered by a local 

 grower. 



The growers and 

 NEW YORK wholesale dealers — 

 and we might say 

 also many of the retail florists — are 

 wondering whether the management 

 of affairs was not passed over to the 

 control of the "powers of dark- 

 ness" for eight or ten days following 

 Christmas. The situation altogether 

 was one full of discomfort and loss. 

 Business has not yet got under way. 

 There is very little being done by any 

 class and the apathy extends more or 

 less completely to all departments. 

 There are superfluous quantities of 

 paper white narcissi, carnations, ste- 

 via and lilies coming in but the re- 

 ceipts of other flowers are not heavy 

 and if demands were only normal for 

 the season there would be no surplus 

 of anything to worry about. As it is, 

 however, there are accumulations 

 more or less serious of cattleyas, 

 cypripediums, corn flowers, sweet peas, 

 trumpet narcissi, Roman hyacinths, 

 roses, wallflowers and violets in addi- 

 tion to the things already mentioned. 

 Among the newer varieties now in ev- 



WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS — ™^^ 



PRICES — Per 100 



TO DEALERS ONLY 



Roset 



Am, Beauty , Special 



" " Fancy and Extra 



" " No. I and culls 



Russell, Euler, Mock 



Hadley 



Arenberg, Hoosier Beauty 



Ward 



tCillarney, Radiance, Taft 



Ophelia, Sunburst, Hillingdon 



Carnations 



Cattleyas 



Dendrobium formosum 



Lilies, Longif lorum 



Lilies, Speciosum 



Callas ■ 



Lily of the Valley 



Snapdr^Ron 



Bouvardia 



Violets 



Freesia 



Narcis. Paper White 



Roman Hyacinths 



Ste via ■ 



Calendula 



Mignonette 



Sweet Peas 



Marguerites 



Gardenias 



Adiantum 



Smilax ■ 



Asparagus Pla.&Spren. (looBhs.) 



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idence are irises, tulips, Bicolor nar- 

 cissi and snapdragons of wonderful 

 size and color. Gov. Herrick violet is 

 more abundant than in former sea- 

 sons but it is not popular. Lilies have 

 never been so poor. The cold weather 

 has made torn rags of the blooms. 

 Callas are good and in some instances 

 superb. Cypripediums of many of the 

 choice forms of C. insigne are offered 

 but find no takers. 



Since the New 

 PHILADELPHIA Year, business 



has been rather 

 slow. We always expect it that way 

 for a week or two but of course con- 

 ditions this year are phenomenal and 



have accentuated the dullness. On 

 Saturday the order went out that no 

 express shipments would go out under 

 any conditions and the shippers had 

 to depend on parcel post — twenty 

 pounds being the limit. This caused 

 much extra work in packing. Today 

 (Jan. 8th) the situation is improving 

 — according to reports from the ex- 

 press companies — and they promise 

 service as usual, which perhaps indi- 

 cates that the clearing house business 

 of the government in regard to trans- 

 portation is well under way and that 

 we can expect better service from now 

 on. 



{Continued on page 4S) 



H. BAYERSDORFER & CO. 



Manufacturers and Importers 



1129 ArchSt. PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



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