June S. 1918 



HORTICULTURE 



567 



Flower Market Reports 



(Continued from page 565) 

 have been donated to the Red Cross. 

 There is a good deal of astilbe at pres- 

 ent, but it is not wanted and lilies are 

 also in bad shape. Altogether there 

 is very little in the situation at pres- 

 ent to encourage optimism. 



Our early antici- 

 PHILADELPHIA pation for Me- 

 morial Day week 

 did not pan out very well. The de- 

 mand was fair, but the supply was 

 far ahead, and scheduled prices ha'd 

 to take a big drop. The hot weather 

 brought everything in with a rush. 

 Usually we do a big out-of-town trade 

 in peonies, etc., but this year most of 

 the local nurseries and gardens were 

 in bloom and customers could get 

 them right off the field at nominal 

 prices, thus saving packing and trans- 

 portation charges. Roses were rather 

 punky and other staples were also on 

 the soft side. Plant trade around the 

 cemeteries was about up to the aver- 

 age, with prices rather higher than 

 last year. 



Memorial Day saw 

 PITTSBURGH a fairly good busi- 

 ness from both the 

 wholesale and retail point of view, 

 although here and there was a retailer 

 who was somewhat disappointed over 

 the returns of the week. Other busi- 

 ness was much ahead of the week be- 

 fore. Peonies are coming in by quan- 

 tity lots but, unfortunately, in a soft- 

 ened condition on acount of the ex- 

 treme heat and excessive rains and so 

 plentiful that the street fakers are 

 disposing of them at the rate of 25 

 cents per dozen. Extremely desirable 

 Spanish Iris is now coming in and 

 selling at fair prices. 



Peonies r e p r e- 

 WASHINGTON sented the bulk of 

 the sale of cut 

 flowers for Memorial Day. Easter 

 lilies and asparagus plumosus, sent 

 here in large quantities by growers 

 who thought Washington business 

 would be of the same type as that of 

 the North, hung fire. Roses and car- 

 nations are showing the effects of 

 the heat. Lily of the valley is very 

 scarce and there is not enough to go 

 around for June weddings and com- 

 mencement bouquets. American 

 Beauty roses are poor and scarce. 

 Orchids are good and sell well. 



Buslnesa previ- 

 ROCHESTER, N. Y. ous to Decora- 

 tion Day had 

 been very poor, but trade for that 

 holiday was brisk and large quanti- 

 ties of stock were cleared. The 

 market was fairly well supplied. 



J. K. 



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"A LBiOBR niaE WaOtBSUB COMMISSION TRADE FOR OVER TBIRTI IBARS " 

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Have a demand for more than I can supply. Rose Growers Call or Write- 



TELEPHONES 

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118 West 28tli St. 



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NEW YORK QUOTATIONS PER 100. To Dealers Only 



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Lilies. LoDffiflonim 



LiKes, Speciotum 



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Uly of the Valley 



Snapdragon 



Gladioli 



Pansiel 



Peonies 



Calendula 



Stocks 



Mignonette 



Sweet Peas 



Marguerites 



Gardenias 



Adiantum 



Smilax 



Asparagus Plumosus. & Spren (loo bunches) ■ 



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We hare a nameroui clientage of New York CItjr bayera acd the d« 

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D. J. Pappaa, Praa. 



Outdoor stock, of which there had 

 been a great plenty, was pretty well 

 over. Of peonies only the early va- 

 rieties have so far been seen. Large 

 shipments of roses continue to ar- 

 rive, but carnations have not been so 

 plentiful. Sweet peas and lilies are 

 having good demand. Daisies, corn 

 flowers and calendulas all sell fairly 

 well. The demand for bedding stock 

 is unusually large. 



Memorial Day was to 

 ST. LOUIS all reports a good one. 



The only drawback 

 was the exorhitant price of carnations. 

 Anything looking like a carnation 

 brought from four to six cents. These 

 prices were entirely too high as the 

 quality in most cases was very infe 

 rior. Roses, especially Russells, were 

 very poor. At this writing, carnations 

 are not plentiful. Outdoor sweet peas 

 are in and sell fairly well, but if the 

 weather remains hot they will not last 

 very long. 



VISITORS' REGISTER 

 Boston — .lohn Young, New York 

 City. 



Philadelphia. — C. C. Massie, North- 

 rup. King & Co., Minneapolis. Minn.; 

 H. Meuschke & Son, Pittsburgh, Pa. 



Cincinnati— Chas. A. Brown, Dayton, 

 O.; C. A. Pommert, Amelia, O.; Milton 

 Alexander, New York; S M. Rosen- 

 feld. New York; C. P. Brunner, Spring- 

 field, 0.; Fred Bruggemann. manager 

 for P. J. Olinger. New Castle. Ind. 



Chicago— A. A. Miller, Port Huron, 

 Mich.; A. Peterson. Gibson City, III.; 

 Mr. Owen and daughter, Gary, Ind.; 

 Blain Wilcox. Council Bluffs, Iowa; H. 

 G. Berning, St. Louis, Mo.; Paul Daut, 

 Decatur, 111.; Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Wil- 

 son. Jr., Des Moines, Iowa. 



St. Louis. — Otto Bruening, brother- 

 in-law to H. G. Berning and manager 

 there, has purchased the greenhouses 

 of C. Stedile at Olivette. He will 

 continue to grow Russells and 

 Ophelias as a specialty. Otto will be 

 in charge at the plant and his posi- 

 tion as manager of H. G. Berning 

 Wholesale House. 



PERSONAL. 



Rarl Shaw has accepted a position 

 on the (Jeorge W. Perkins estate, 

 Riverdaleon-Hudson, N. Y. 



Winthrop H. Thurlow, of the Cher- 

 ry Hill Nurseries, West Newbury, 

 Mass.. has enlisted as an auto me- 

 chanic in the tank service of the 

 United States, and left for Fort SIo- 

 cum last wi'ek. 



