June 15, 1918 



HORTICULTURE 



5^9 



Flower Market Reports 



A tightening up o£ the 

 BOSTON demand of flowers for 



weddings and other fes- 

 tivities usual at this time of the year 

 has left the market in a precarious 

 condition. Roses are of excellent qual- 

 ity, plenty of them but little demand. 

 Carnations are poor with not many in 

 sight. Peonies are abundant and in 

 prime condition. Forced lily of the 

 valley is scarce while outdoor grown 

 is plentiful. The situation offers little 

 encouragement over the previous 

 week. 



The first week in June 

 CHICAGO clQsed with a gradual 

 improvement i n busi- 

 ness. This was due partly because 

 the usual reaction after a day of spe- 

 cial demand was past and partly be- 

 cause stock was improving in quality. 

 The week end just past was pro- 

 nounced fair by most of the dealers, 

 which does not mean that the market 

 was cleared of stock or even nearly • 

 approached to it. but less went to the 

 barrels than before. Peonies have 

 flooded the market and as a means of 

 holding up the price the storage 

 houses were used. Much of the stock 

 placed there, however, was not in the 

 right condition for keeping and sold 

 for less than when it went in. The 

 temperature in general has been lower 

 the past week and roses and carna- 

 tions are much strengthened by it. In 

 addition to peonies, carnations and 

 roses there is a large supply of mis- 

 cellaneous flowers. There have not 

 been so many flowers used for June 

 weddings as formerly. 



There is a steady de- 

 NEW YORK cline in the volume 



of business since the 

 first of the month. Roses and carna- 

 tions are much poorer in quality as a 

 consequence of the warm humid 

 weather and the sale of these staples 

 is not improved because of the passing 

 of the great bulk of peonies. The tone 

 of the market is extremely quiet. The 

 supply generally is not particularly 

 large and would be easily absorbed in 

 a normal market. There are some 

 good Beauties to be had but they are 

 called for in limited amounts. Of the 

 tea roses Ophelia and Russell are the 

 best. Hadley is going well this week, 

 the supply having decreased. Valley 

 is meeting with an indifferent demand 

 but good cattleyas are selling as high 

 as a dollar each. Lilies are moving 

 slowly. Quite a collection of miscel- 

 laneous stock such as delphiniums, 

 coreopsis, etc., are in the market and 

 lend color if demand is slow. The mar- 

 ket will feel the absence of demand 



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WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS - "^"""^"f^'D'^iLERs oni.> 



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Am. Beauty, Spcaal | 



" " Fancy and Extra. . . • 

 " " No. 1 and culls 



Russell, Euler, Mock 



Hadley 



Arenbcrg, Hoosicr Beauty 



Ward 



Killamey, Radiance, Taft 



Ophelia, Sunburst, Hillingdon 



Camatioiu 



Cattleyu 



Lilies, Lonffiflonim 



Lilies. Speciosum 



Iris 



Callas 



LUy of the VaUey 



Snapdragon 



Gladioli 



Pansies 



Peonies 



Calendula 



Stocks 



Miirnonette 



Sweet Peas 



Marguerites 



Gardenias 



Adiantum 



Smilax ■ 



Asp«rasusPla.&Spreii. (looBhs.) 



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CHICAGO 



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for flowers for graduating exercises 

 whicli promises to be nil. 



Ttiere was too 

 PHILADELPHIA much poor stuff 



on tlie market 

 last week to make the going easy. 

 Anything really good was in excellent 

 demand. In American Beauty roses 

 the call was as loud as ever, but what 

 few of these reached the market were 

 away below par. As expressed by 

 one wholesaler, "Beauties are no 

 good," comes about as near the truth 

 as anything. Really the best rose 

 coming in now is the Russell, and 

 these move off in excellent shape. 

 Next in quality may be placed the Kil- 

 larney. Some extra fine KiUarney 

 Brilliant came in from the Mortensen 



place and were easily the first to 

 move ofT when buyers came around 

 in the morning. Ophelia is still pretty 

 good quality, but like many other va- 

 rieties is feeling the effect of the re- 

 cent hot weather. Carnations are get- 

 ting smaller and poorer as the season 

 wanes. The leaders at present are 

 Matchless, Ward, Benora, Aviator and 

 Victory. Sweet peas have improved 

 a little as to quality. Delphiniums 

 are right up front, are of splendid 

 quality and make a great show for 

 little money. Peonies are over locally 

 but there is still some good cold stor- 

 age stock to be had. Gaillardia. core- 

 opsis, cornflower and sweet sultan, all 

 of fine quality, add considerable "pep" 

 (('(intiniied on page .59/) 



