June 29, 1918 



HORTICULTURE 



G39 



Flower Market Reports 



{^Continued from page 637) 

 being received. Carnations are very 

 small and sweet peas shorter every 

 day 



Business for June 

 WASHINGTON has been very 



good. The fifty 

 per cent, reduction in coal for florists 

 resulted last week in the lo.ss of a con- 

 siderable supply of roses, growers be- 

 ing loath to use fuel during the cold 

 snap because of a fear of running 

 short next winter. The week brought 

 the coldest weather here in fifteen 

 years. The shortage of roses and the 

 poor quality of carnations caused the 

 stores to resort to the use of larger 

 quantities of wild flowers than ever in 

 the history of the trade. Stephanotis 

 ib finding favor as a substitute for lily 

 of the valley in even the highest 

 priced bouquets. 



Visitors^ Register 



Boston: William Duckham. Madi- 

 son, X. J. 



New York — Mr. and Mrs. Patrick 

 Welch, Boston, Mass. 



Rochester, N. Y. — John Young of 

 New York and H. S. Baker of War- 

 saw, N. Y. 



Philadelphia — David Don, Weeber & 

 Don, New York City; H, C, Steinhoff, 

 West Hoboken, N. J.; Robert Green- 

 law, Worcester, Mass.; Leonard Bar- 

 ron, Garden City. N, Y.; Dr. A. C, 

 Beal, Cornell University, Ithaca, N, Y. 

 George W. Hess. Botanic Gardens, 

 Washington, D. C; Alexander Forbes, 

 president Alexander Forbes & Co., 

 Newark, N. J., on his way home from 

 the Seedsmen's Convention. 



NEWS NOTES. 



Buffalo, N. Y. — William Poore has 

 purchased the greenhouse and flower 

 store of William Legg, 889 West De- 

 lavan avenue. 



Lompoc, Cal. — A. C. Zvolanek, sweet 

 pea seed grower, has taken his son 

 into partnership, and the business 

 hereafter will be conducted as A. C. 

 Zvolanek & Son. 



HENTZ & NASH, Inc. 



Wholesale Commision Florists 



55 and 57 West 2 6th Street 



Telephone No. -,V, f|EW YORK 

 I-arraRut 



J. K. AL.L 



IM 



"k IBiDBR INTBE WHOLBSALE COMMISSION TRADE FOR OVER THIRTI IBARS" 



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



118 West 2Bth St. IME:\A/ YORK ,^™S»fr6r.nrio« 



NEW YORK QDOTATIONS PER 100. To Dealers Only 



MISCELUNEOUS 



Ust Part af Wiik 



aadlnt lute 22 



1911 



Cattleru 3500 10 



Lilies, Longiflonim* • 4.00 to 



Litie«, Specio»uiii 3.00 to 



Lily of the VaUer '■<» •<> 



SnaparacoD • <» 'o 



Gladioli »<=o «> 



Peonies i-<» «<> 



Calendula i-ca to 



Sweet Peas -n '« 



Gardenias 4oo to 



Adiantum -5° *o 



Smilax ^-^^ *° 



A»para«iisP!umo«u»,*Spren («oo bunches) 5.00 to 



15.00 



5.00 



4.00 

 6.00 



3-00 

 8.00 

 l.oo 



10.00 

 1.00 



25.00 

 ■75 



t3.00 

 15.00 



rirjt Part of Wiek 



betliiiii lune 24 



till 



25.00 

 5.0c 



3-00 

 2.00 

 1. 00 

 a. 00 



9.00 

 5.00 



■ 50 

 4.00 



• 25 



6.00 

 6.00 



to 

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75-00 

 8.00 

 5.00 

 6.00 

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10.00 

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35.00 



■50 

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 15.00 



WE WANT MORE SHIPPERS 



We hare a numeroui clientage of New Tork City buyer, and tiM. a~™- "»" 

 ...dronr .upply. ThU l> eepeeUU, tr,. .f Bo«». We have erery facility and 

 JbVndant meant and beat returna are aaanred for atock consigned to ua. 

 Addrees Tour Bhlpmenta to 



UNITED CUT FLOWER CO. Inc 



1 1 1 W. 28th St., NEW YORK D. J. Pappaa. Prea. 



WINTER INJURY TO ROSES IN ST. 

 LOUIS. 



The extreme severity o£ the winter 

 1917-18 has caused a great deal of in- 

 jury and in some cases death to the 

 woody plants at the Botanical Garden, 

 which under ordinary conditions sur- 

 vive the cold successfully. The rather 

 unusual abundance of snow, however, 

 was instrumental in protecting the 

 roots of the woody and particularly 

 the herbaceous plants, so that the lat- 

 ter suffered much less than might have 

 been expected from the unusual sea- 

 son. The abnormal conditions have 

 served a useful purpose in indicating 

 the thorough hardiness of certain 

 planting material as well as the need 

 of substitution tor the more tender 

 plants. 



The roses, as a whole, have suffered 

 more damage than any of the other 

 plants. In exposed locations the usu- 

 ally hardy climbers have been killed 

 back to the ground, with the exception 

 of Rosa Hugonis, 'Crimson Rambler," 

 "Kalmia," and a few others. Despite 

 the thorough protection given the stan- 

 dard tree roses, the hybrid perpetual 

 and hybrid tea types were all winter 

 killed, only the rambler type surviv- 

 ing ("Lady Gay"). The usual protec- 

 tion of ini2 Inches of soil around each 

 plant, as well as an additional mulch 

 of manure, failed to save many of the 

 teas and hybrid teas, particularly sucli 

 yellow anil orange varieties as "Mrs. 

 Aaron Ward." "Duchess of Welling- 

 ton," "Madame Ravary," "Melanie 

 Soupert," •Sunburst." and "Harry 

 Kirk." And even more hardy varie- 



ties were killed to the ground, includ- 

 ing the popular "Gruss an Teplitz." 

 which has always been considered ex- 

 tremely resistant to cold. The hybrid 

 perpetuals wintered without injury, 

 being killed back to about where they 

 would naturally be pruned in the 

 spring. The polyanthas and the Bour- 

 bons also survived, though severe 

 pruning was required to remove all 

 the dead wood. Among the rugosa 

 tvpes the usually hardy "Conrad F. 

 Meyer" was killed to the ground, while 

 Rosa rugosa alba suffered somewhat 

 lesser injuries. The type R. rugosa. as 

 well as R. blanda, R. setigera, R. mul- 

 tiflora, etc.. showed no deleterious ef- 

 fects of the winter. 



NEW CORPORATIONS. 

 Chicago. Ill.—Hoerber Bros. Co., 

 wholesale florists, capital stock, $50,- 

 000. 



San Francisco, Cal.— McGhee Whole- 

 sale Nurseries, capital stock, $100.0oo. 

 Incorporators. C. W. McGhee, H. S. 

 Young and R. M. Sims. 



Caldwell, Ida.— Holt Seed Company, 

 ripital stock, $200,i)ii(i. Incorporators, 

 15 M. and Ella F. Holt, J. P. McCline, 

 R. B. Scatterday and T. N. Bryant. 



CHAMELEONS 



\m.Ti«iin ( limn.'Ifon-i. siimll creen lUnrds; 

 iiilor.-NtiiiB IHI'<' P>'<-: "'"'low attraction 

 »n<l Kon.l selU-rB. Trial or.lor of nfty for 

 .<I..->C). In«lrn<lloiii fiirniHiMil. 



W- C. Fockelmann 



:il9 Royiil St., New Orleans, La. 



