February 23, 1918 



HORTICULTURE 



185' 



Flower Market Reports 



Business is slow this 



BOSTON week with market values 

 moving gradually down- 

 ward. Roses, which have held up well 

 thus far are now showing weakness in 

 price which only requires a little more 

 of spring influence to make it more 

 serious. There are plenty of flowers 

 of all classes coming in — too many, in 

 fact, in some lines. Shipping trade 

 has fallen off to a considerable degree. 

 Valentine's Day business is variously 

 sized up by different dealers as to its 

 volume, some reporting an increase 

 and others saying that they had not ex- 

 perienced any advance over previous 

 years. 



A more hopeful feeling 



CHICAGO prevails in the market, 

 now that shipping con- 

 ditions are more favorable and stock 

 is reasonably certain to be carried 

 to its destination safely and on time, 

 and business has received a new im- 

 petus. Home sales are not increased 

 to any marked degree and the prob- 

 abilities are that they will not at 

 present, still there are more calls for 

 flowers from local florists and the 

 everyday demands more nearly use 

 up the stock than a month ago. 

 Flowers for funerals are especially 

 in demand and the large number of 

 lilies now coming are being used to 

 good advantage. The shortage is 

 still felt in roses, but is not felt as 

 much as if social events were not so 

 few. The coming of Lent seemed to 

 make little difference and it is gen- 

 erally believed to be true that there 

 is less difference each year. Spring 

 flowers fill the counters. It seems as 

 if every bulb grew and blossomed 

 this year and as if every grower 

 planted an unusual number of bulbs. 

 Carnations are plentiful and demand 

 is fair. 



Valentine's day was 



CLEVELAND a heavy one for 

 Cleveland florists as 

 usual. Business is reported satisfac- 

 tory on the whole. Prices are more 

 nearly normal than for the past six 

 months. All seasonable flowers are 

 plentiful. 



A fair amount of activ- 



NEW YORK ity among the whole- 

 sale buyers livened 

 the end of last week and first part of 

 the present but it fell off and the mid- 

 dle of the week sees the market with 

 a heavy overstock and a noticeable 

 dearth of buyers. Bulbous material is 

 in excessive supply. Paper white nar- 

 cissi are the worst offenders in this 

 respect but the daffodil section is not 

 far behind and lilies move too slowly 

 for the quantity in stock. Tulips are 

 fairly plentiful and some of them are 

 very nice. Roses are still in the lead 

 as to selling quality, the lesser grades 

 having the greater popularity. Qual- 

 ity is good in the rose supply general- 

 ly. Carnations continue to drag along 

 at unremunerative values with much 

 unsold and consequently unattractive 

 stock in sight. The orchid situation 

 is not at all exhilarating. Cattleyae 

 are seen in large numbers, many of 

 them undersized, but all finding a very 

 unappreciative market. There are 

 plenty of oncidiums of various species 

 but these bright decorative flowers are 



WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS — 



TRADE PRICES 



Ro«e* 



Am. Beauty, Special 



•' " Fancy and Extra 



" " No. I and culls 



Russell, Eulcr, Mock 



HaOley 



Axenberg, Hoosier Beauty 



Ward 



Killamey, Radiance, Taft 



Ophelia. Sunburst, Hillingdon 



Camationa 



Cattleras 



Dendrobium formoaum 



Lilies, Longiflorum 



Lilies. Speciosum 



Callas 



Lily of the Valley 



Snapdr^KOn 



Bouvardia 



V lOlC'S 



Freesia 



Narcis. Paper White 



Roman Hyacinths 



Tulips 



Calendula 



MiKnonette ••• 



Sweet Peas 



Marguerites 



Gardenias 



Adiantum 



Smilax 



Asparagus PIu. & Spren. (looBhs.) 



CINCINNATI 



Feb 1 3 



TO^DEA LERS ONLj 



PITTSBURG 



Feb. 4 



also difficult to dispose of. Violets are 

 good but values rule low. Gardenias 

 vary as to quality and some more so 

 as to price for which they can be sold. 

 Some very fine white lilac is in evi- 

 dence, also a small amount of Acacia 

 pubescens and an occasional vase of 

 purple bulbous iris. 



Gardenias and 

 PHILADELPHIA orchids are the 

 only redundant 

 items on the market here at present. 

 Everything else seems to clean up 

 pretty well. American Beauty roses 

 are more plentiful than usual for the 

 time of year. L,ong-stemmed Hadleys 



are a feature. In fact most of the 

 roses at present seem to run to good 

 stems. The shorts have run up 

 about one-third in price in conse- 

 quence. Carnations are very fine, but 

 too low in price— thirty per cent, less 

 than last year, whereas they ought 

 to have been that much higher to 

 cover the Increased cost of produc- 

 tion. Iris filifolia and tingitana are 

 among the novelty features. 



Business conditions 

 PITTSBURGH continue as good as 



can be expected. St. 

 Valentine's Day proved to be about on 



(CantinufJ on page 187) 



H. BAYERSDORFER & CO. 



Manufacturers and Importers 



1129 Arch St. PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



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