February 2, 1918 



HORTICULTURE 



113 



Flower Market Reports 



There is no marked 

 BOSTON change in the market 



situation here. Things 

 remain about stationary, the only line 

 showing improvement being the roses, 

 of which the smaller grades are by far 

 the best sellers. Carnations are ad- 

 vanced in quality, but not in price. 

 Iris is coming in quite strong this 

 week and the blooms bring from $3.00 

 to $4.00 a dozen. Golden Spur narcis- 

 si are now in line and the small trum- 

 pets are consequently pushed into the 

 discard except at "job lot" figures. 



The Chicago market is 

 CHICAGO very quiet. There Is 

 little business being 

 done and the great depth of snow 

 makes deliveries difficult. Trade at 

 the retailers' is chiefly confined to 

 telephone orders, few customers ven- 

 turing in to look, for street car serv- 

 ice is still very slow. Out-of-town 

 orders are being filled as lisual to- 

 day, and all are hoping that they will 

 reach their destinations promptly and 

 in good condition. Stock coming in Is 

 very fine. Growers have no difficulty 

 in getting it to the wholesale market 

 and the customers who can use it have 

 a splendid assortment to choose from. 

 A third storm reached Chicago in 

 time to again cripple the week-end 

 business. Trade was light on Satur- 

 day and there was practically nothing 

 doing on Sunday. 



A good quality of 

 CLEVELAND, sweet peas is com- 

 ing into the market. 

 Demand is rather quiet on account of 

 the severe weather. Stocks are suffi- 

 cient for all purposes. Carnations are 

 more plentiful. Freight shipments 

 are practically at a standstill, but the 

 necessary stock is making its way in 

 and out of the market by express, 

 which is fairly prompt considering the 

 circumstances. 



A slightly improved 

 NEW YORK tone, somewhat in- 

 termittent, however, 

 is noted in the wholesale district. The 

 high class stores are buying very 

 lightly and are evidently feeling the 

 effects of war economy much more 

 keenly than are the stores catering to 

 the medium class of people. Roses 

 are holding the advantage mentioned 

 last week with prices holding firm, es- 

 pecially on the medium and short- 

 stemmed grades. The variety of mis- 

 cellaneous flowers coming in is very 

 large and quality is excellent all 

 through, excepting in the case of 

 longiflorum lilies which are seen in 

 very good and very bad quality. 

 Cattleyas continue to lag and arc sold 

 at prices far below what they should 

 bring at this time of the year. Low 

 figures prevail on practically every- 

 thing with the exception of roses and 

 those are not high. All bulbous stock 

 is far in excess of requirements. Nar- 

 cissi in the paper white and French 

 trumpet classes are a burden. Aspara- 

 gus plumosus is scarce, and prices for 

 poor goods even is rigid. 



WaOLBSALB FLOWER MARKETS - "^"'"'^"-/(S^p'g^LERs 



Rotet 



Am. Beauty, Special 



*• *' Fancy and Extra 



" " No. I and culls 



Russell, Euler, Mock 



Hadley 



Arenbcrg, Hoosier Beauty 



Ward 



Killamey . Radiance, Taft 



Ophelia, Sunburst, Hillingdon 



Camatioiu 



Cattleraa 



Dendrobium formosum 



Lilies, Longiflorum 



Li]i«s. Speciosum 



Callas 



Lily of the VaJler 



Snapdr « «ron 



Bouvardia 



Violet. 



Freesia 



Narcis, Paper White 



Roman Hyacinths 



Stevia 



Calendula 



Miffnonette 



Sweet Peas 



Marguerites 



Gardenias 



Adiaotum 



Smilax • • 



Asparagus Pin. ASpren. (sooBhs.) 



CINCINNATI I 



Jan. 26 I 



30.00 

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8.00 

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CHICAGO 



Jan. 28 



BUFFALO 



Jan. 21 



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PITTSBURG 



I Jan. 33 



30.00 



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 to 25.00 

 to 15.00 

 95.00 



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Roses have pick- 

 PHILADELPHIA ed up a bit, so 



have carnations. 

 Freesias sell well, also trumpet daffo- 

 dils. Purity freesias seen in some of 

 the stores are especially charming and 

 very well grown. Paper whites con- 

 tinue overdone, four times as many as 

 there is any call for. There is lx)und 

 to be severe losses all along the line 

 in that item — except on the stock that 

 came in early before the market was 

 swamped. If they could only be held in 

 cold storage (like lily of the valley) 

 when the bulbs are harvested, what a 

 difference it would make on returns! 

 Can't it be done? Let us hear from 



some of the experts. Adiantum and 

 Asparagus plumosus are on the scarce 

 side. 



Funeral work in 

 PITTSBURGH abundance contin- 

 ues to substitute 

 the society work of former seasons. 

 Owing to the exceeding prolonged 

 cold weather and the limited railroad 

 service, the florists hereabouts have 

 been practically dependent on home 

 grown products which naturally 

 "clean-up" each day. With the excep- 

 tion of filling funeral orders all are 

 living right up to Administrator Gar- 



{Continued on pagt 115) 



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