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 PHILADELPHIA 



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Flower Market Reports. 



The market begins to feel 

 BOSTON the onward impulse of the 



season and values are 

 slowly but surely advancing on all cut- 

 flower staples. Asters are very near 

 their finish, quality inferior, and car- 

 nations improve in grade every day. 

 The rapid increase in the cut of car- 

 nations, however, offsets any tendency 

 to better prices at present. In roses 

 a pleasing activity is manifest. Beau- 

 ty is selling well, particularly in the 

 better classes. Queen of Edgely is 

 bringing the same prices, but the sup- 

 ply is not extensive. Violets are not 

 in evidence in this marliet, only an 

 occasional bunch, inferior in quality, 

 being seen. Lily of the valley is doing 

 nicely, thank you. 



Trade for the past few 

 BUFFALO, weeks has been very 



satisfactory. ' Select ast- 

 ers are hard to get; the short white 

 are a good help on floral work. 

 Gladioli of fine quality are still ob- 

 tainable and are bought up quickly. 

 A good demand for roses has increased 

 the price and fancy stock is hard to 

 obtain, while Beauties have an extra 

 large demand. The quality is the best 

 that has been seen for some time and 

 prices hold firm. Liberties and car- 

 nations are about the scarcest articles 

 in the market. Lily of the valley 

 sells rapidly; green goods are still 

 plentiful. 



The scarcity of good 

 CHICAGO stock has made business 



appear on the right, 

 where in reality conditions are not up 

 to last year's standard. Good indoor 

 carnations, a ready seller and improv- 

 ing almost daily; American Beauties 

 still in short supply, clean before be- 

 ing handled; Kaiserin in fine condition 

 and hold their own; Brides and Brides- 

 maids are showing vast improvement, 

 and from now on we may expect good 

 stock Mme. Chatenay are not very 

 large, but seem to be preferred to 

 Bridesmaids by a great many buyers. 

 Good Liberty still scarce: Golden Gate 

 not much at present; Killarney still 

 short stemmed; good asters have dis- 

 appeared, and those that are now at 

 our disposal sell readily; choice or- 

 chids have made their appearance and 

 move nicely; eastern violets are ap- 

 pearing in good numbers and seem to 

 be very fair, although suffering from 

 too much heat on their long journey. 



Although there is no dis- 

 NEWPORT guising the fact that the 



Newport season is de- 

 cidedly on the wane, business for the 

 past week has been fairly good in vol- 

 ume and profitable in character. 



More choice stock is coming in. 

 Dahlias, especially some of the finer 

 varieties of the cactus type, have been 

 particularly good. Roses are improv- 

 ing in quality and advancing in price; 

 the same may be said of carnations, 

 although there is much less demand 

 so far for carnations. 



Now that there is promise of a spell 

 of good clear weather, hopes are held 

 out that the good remnant of society 

 still here may remain quite late. 



The tone of the market 



PHILA- here continues satisfac- 



DELPHIA tory. General stocks are 



moving in steadily in- 

 creasing quantity, and the improve- 

 ment in quality of crops as the tem- 

 perature lowers is stimulating the de- 

 mand. Beauties are coming in in in- 

 creasing quantity and continue fine as 

 to bud, stem and foliage, while Liberty, 

 Richmond and Killarney are all thai 

 can be expected for the season. Kil- 

 larney especially shows improvement, 

 as the buds have now more substance. 

 Kaiserin is still the best white, but 

 Bride is now crowding it closely, and 

 Bridesmaid still is steadily getting in 

 proper form. In carnations. Enchant- 

 ress and Lawson have loomed up, but 

 for white. Queen is still the best. 

 Montmort is tne principal early chrys- 

 anthemum at present, but we look for a 

 number of newcomers in the next few 

 days. Single violets are plentiful and 

 sweet; doubles are expected very soon. 

 Dahlias are still in their prime and 

 good judges anticipate no severe frost 

 until the end of October. Glory be! 

 It will mean tens of thousands to the 

 dahlia men if that prophecy proves 

 true. The fields are magnificent now, 

 and if Jack Frost will only delay, joy 

 will be unconfined. And please, Mr. 

 Printer, when I write "Clifford Ben- 

 ton," don't spell it "Benton." There 

 are such a lot of smart people in this 

 town. It makes one go down the side 

 streets. Gardenia crop is increasing 

 and demand good. 



This September has 



SAN again proved itself as 



FRANCISCO an annual occasion 



when the cut flower 



trade takes an improved activity and 



the dealers have all experienced better 



business than has prevailed for months. 



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 DETROIT, MICH. 



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