June 22, 1918 



HORTICULTURE 



613 



Flower Maiioet Reports 



The condition In the 

 BOSTON market shows a vast Im- 

 provement over the last 

 two weeks and prices hold well on 

 nearly every variety of stock with the 

 exception of both carnations and 

 peonies. Carnations bring but a fair 

 return while many that are shipped 

 can not be disposed of at any price. 

 Roses are of excellent quality and in 

 good demand. Lily of the valley is 

 scarce. The cold weather of the past 

 few days has afforded an ojjportunity 

 for a general clean up. 



Trade at this time is 

 CHICAGO mainly dependant for 

 its local sales upon the 

 call for funeral flowers. In spite of 

 the general tendency to restrict the 

 use of flowers during the war there 

 has been little change in this part of 

 the trade, a tendency to avoid expen- 

 sive pieces being the most marked. 

 The second week in June was not 

 noted for the amount of business done 

 but there was not the disheartening 

 dullness that many feared, with the 

 ban on commencement flowers In 

 colleges. Wedding decorations are 

 missed by the florists and totals will_ 

 be materially lessened by the lack of 

 them.- Beauties are the only flowers 

 in short supply, and the best grades 

 are bringing winter prices. Some 

 very good carnations are to be had. 

 The poor ones that are always seen in 

 the summer are avoided by the buyer 

 who knows a good flower from a poor 

 one, and find their way to the special 

 sales counters and are sold as low as 

 a nickel a bunch. The same may be 

 said of roses and often the customer 

 was cheated at that price. It seems a 

 pity that such stuff is not thrown 

 away instead of being sold at all. 



For the past 

 ROCHESTER, N. Y. week business 

 has been very 

 brisk with graduations and weddings 

 and plenty of funeral work. Roses are 

 rather scarce and the quality not very 

 good. Sweet peas are scarce and poor. 

 Carnations are poorer every day and 

 the price is away down. Harrisii lilies 

 are very plentiful and good. Daisies. 

 Spanish iris, delphinium, gaillardia, 

 coreopsis, etc., are in great demand. 

 Asparagus and hardy ferns are very 

 scarce.. 



Complete summer dull- 

 ST. LOUIS ness prevails. Carna- 

 tions and roses are 

 becoming poorer daily. Outdoor sweet 

 peas are plentiful, but the short 

 stemmed ones are consigned to the 

 dump heap. Shasta daisies are quite 

 plentiful. 



Mississippi has enacted a law au- 

 thorizing the establishment and main- 

 tenance of municipal wood and coal 

 yards during the period of the pres- 

 ent war and for one year tliereafter, 

 as a means of meeting the fuel short- 

 age. This is said to be the first legis- 

 lation of the kind by any state. Muni- 

 cipalities taking advantage of this 

 law may provide the necessary ma- 

 chinery, transport, sell and deliver 

 fuel, and are authorized to use for 

 this purpose general municipal funds, 

 and also, with certain restrictions, to 

 borrow money if necessary. 



DELPHINIUM 



In light and dark blues (Bella- 

 donna the light) wonderfully 

 choice stock, medium and long 

 stems, in any quantity, ■ 



$4 and $6 per 100 



RAMBLER SPRAYS 



$5.00 to $20.00 per 100 Spray* 



Everything in Plants, Cat Flowers, 



Greens, Ribbons and 



Supplies 



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 1 1 7 W. 28th St. 



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WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS - 



TRADE 



PRICES — Per 100 _ .„„ ^ 

 TO DEALERS ONLTT 



Rosea 



Am. Beauty, Special 



" " Fancy and Kxtra 



" " No. I and culls.' < 



Russell, Euler, Mock 



Hadley 



Arcnberg, Hoosier Beauty 



V/zxd 



Killarney, Radiance, Talt 



Oplielia. Sunbuist, Hillingdon 



Camatioiu 



Cattleyu- ■ • 



Lilies, Longifloruni 



Lilies, Speciosum 



Iris 



Callas 



Uly of the Valley 



Snapdrason 



Gladioli 



Pansies 



Peonies 



Calendula 



Stocks- 



Mignonette 



Sweet Peas 



Marguerites 



Gardenias 



Adiantum 



Smilax ■■• ■'•■■. 



AsparasusPla.&Spren. (looBhs.) 



THREE NEW NATIONAL FORESTS. 



President Wilson has issued a proc- 

 lamation establishing three new Na- 

 tional Forests in the East — the White 

 .Mountains in Maine and New Hamp- 

 shire, the Shenandoah in Virginia and 

 West Virginia, and the Natural Bridge 

 in Virginia. Each forest represents 

 the final step in carying out the law 

 passed by Congress in 1911 providing 

 for the purchase by the Government 

 of forest lands on the waterslieds of 

 navigable streams. Additional lands 

 which have been purchased in the 

 White Mountains and Southern Ap- 

 palachians will be procaimed National 

 Forests as their accumulation readies 

 a point justifying the step. 



Plalnfield, N. J.— One of the heavi- 

 est hail storms of late years visited 

 Plainfield, Wednesday afternoon, June 

 12 and did much damage, particularly 

 in the east and north ends. Many gar- 

 dens were practically destroyed, the 

 growing crops being cut down. The 

 ground was littered with twigs of 

 trees, and hail stones lay for halt an 

 hour after the storm was over. Some 

 of these stones that fell in the north 

 end were as big as hen's eggs. One 

 of John W. Pitts' greenhouses on 

 Leland avenue was ruined, the glass 

 being utterly demolished. This house 

 is 109 feet long by 24 feet wide. An- 

 other of Mr. Pitts' houses was dam- 

 aged almost as badly. The loss la 

 estimated at not less than a thousand 

 dollars, unfortunately not insured. 



