October 28, 1905 



HORTICULTURE 



DUMONT & CO 



Wholesale Florists 

 PHILADELPHIA 



ents Solicited fo 



Choice Chrysanthemums, Beauties, Violets, Carnations, Etc. 



Flower Market Reports. 



With a succession of freez- 

 BOSTON ing nights, all outdoor flow- 

 er crops have been finished 

 and indoor crops retarded so that con- 

 ditions in the wholesale flower marts 

 are much improved. While the chry- 

 santhemum deluge lasts, however, 

 there is little chance foi ad\'ance- 

 ment in values. These remain about 

 as last week, except that chrysanthe- 

 mums must show a better quality for 

 a given price. 



Monday opened up with 

 BUFFALO, a bright lookout for a 

 big w e e k's business. 

 Stock came along just right, and 

 things moving lively, but sudden 

 change taking place on Wednesday, 

 rain, snow and hail setting in, and 

 made it a disagreeable balance of 

 week, which consequently handicapped 

 the stock from moving fast. At times 

 good carnations were scarce, and at 

 times poor carnations a drag. Of roses 

 the usual amount was received and no 

 advance on prices. The ordinary qual- 

 ity as bad as previous week. The 

 Beauty demand had fallen away below 

 the average, and the sales a little weak. 

 Dahlias were still on and moving fairly 

 well, the best demand being for red 

 and white, which need but little talk 

 to sell, while ordinary drag at times 

 and are jobbed off at low figures. For 

 past two weeks there has been no 

 sale for the ordinary chrysanthemums. 

 Robert Halliday, the king of the early 

 yellows, has been coming in exception- 

 ally fine, and also Bride in white. Jo- 

 sephine, the improved Halliday, looks 

 well, and no doubt will be a good 

 commercial. Violets have improved 

 considerable and sales are somewhat 

 better. Lily of the valley in good quan- 

 tity and fine quality. Demand fair. 

 Other stock abundant. 



With the "Horse Show" 

 CHICAGO as a headliner for busi- 

 ness, everyone seems to 

 be buying right and left with a busy 

 week in view. An event of so great 

 importance as this adds to an unlim- 

 ited run on violets, orchids, etc. The 

 sales on the flowers have been enor- 

 mous, exceeding all previous records. 

 Beauties, Liberties, Kaiserin, Brides- 

 maid, Bride and Chatenay are in their 

 prime and bring rather fancy prices 

 for high grade stock. Carnations are 

 choice at present and prices have ad- 

 vanced to high water mark. The Chi- 

 cago wholesale market is rather a 

 mystery at its best, and one never 

 knows what to expect, the majority of 

 Al stock seems to be shipped out of 



EVERYTHING SEASONABLE IN ? 



I CUT FLOWERS* 



5 HOWARD REID. ^P^S'rlir |^ 



^ store ClOBes 7 P. M. Dnring October ^ 





GALAX, 



Use our 



FANCY OR. ITirWM^ '*°' * STOCK. 

 DAGGER. -^ JL'iVi^ s::7 only 7Sc per 1000 



Brilliant bronze or green. 

 75c per 1000 

 urel festooning for your 

 t gives the best satisfaction of 

 green at this time of the year, 

 ipplication. we make it daily, 

 trom the woods. Hand made, 

 and 6c per yard. Ouce used, 

 ,e bundle, Princess fine by the 

 lied. 



CROWL FERN CO., MILLINGTON. MASS. 





town, and the retailers are up against 

 it, making it a case of "first come fir.'^t 



I served." 



I Business conditions last 



LOUISVILLE week were very good, 

 and stock, such as 

 roses, carnations and chrysanthemums, 

 was supplied about equal to the de- 

 mand. Dahlias are about over. Vio- 

 lets sell well, the quality being satis- 

 factory. 



All the New York flor- 

 NEWPORT ists having stores in 

 Newport have closed 

 their places; consequently, permanent 

 dealers have done quite a little busi- 

 ness lately. Jurgens supplies a great 

 part of the roses needed. John Mar- 

 shall fills in the remaining part. Roses 

 are developing all right and good 

 prices are obtained. Carnations are 

 improving and so is the price. Dahlias 

 are among the things of the past. 

 There are promises of a good business 

 in plants for the coming season; the 

 Boston fern, in its several new vari- 

 eties, leads in demand. Small palms, 

 primulas, cyclamens and cinerarias 

 will be seen in greater numbers than 

 usual. 



Look 

 NEW Out 



YORK For 



Squalls! 



Three hot, muggy days 



PHILA- and a day and a half of 



DELPHI A rain played havoc with 



business and spoiled the 

 keeping qualities of roses, carnations, 

 and other stock the past week, making 

 things on the whole unsatisfactory to 

 grower, middleman and retailer. To- 

 day (Oct. 23) is cool and bright; busi- 

 ness has started in in good shape, and 

 the indications are excellent for the 

 balance of the week. Chrysanthemums 

 everywhere, but really first class stock 

 not plentiful. Dahlias are done. A 

 celebration by the rose and carnation 

 men is now in order. Chrysanthemums 

 will be the next anathema. Dwarf 

 evergreens and cedar bark for window 

 boxes are having a run. 



LIST OF PATENTS. 



801,978. Hoe Attachment. Samuel J. 



Garner, Temple, Texas. 

 802,171. Flower Pot Support. Wilson 



T. McQuearv, Kansas City. 



Mo. 



NEWS NOTES. 



The boiler shed of the W. A. Manda 

 greenhouses at South Orange, N. J., 

 was damaged by fire to the amount of 

 $500 on the night of Oct. 18. 



W. A. Munson and C. L. Whitaker, 

 both graduates of the Massachusetts 

 Agricultural College in the class of 

 1905, have formed a partnership for 

 landscape gardening, tree doctoring, 

 spraying, and general horticultural 

 contracting, and have opened an office 

 at 41 Winter street, Boston. Mr. 

 Whitaker has been with Frost & Co., 

 and Mr. Munson has had successful ex- 

 perience in the Metropolitan Park 

 work. 



At the St. Louis meeting of the Nut 

 Growers' Association the preferences 

 of experienced growers as to varieties 

 of pecans for commercial growing were 

 recorded as below in order of superi- 

 ority: Stuart, Van Deman. Frotscher, 

 Schiey, Pabst, Georgia, Curtis and 

 Russell. Ten other varieties received 

 smaller percentages as to desirability. 

 In the latter were included, however, 

 some new ones that have not yet had 

 time to fully demonstrate their com- 

 parative value. 



The Budlong greenhouses at Auburn, 

 R. I., have been extended until they 

 now cover a space of 208,000 square 

 feet. One 700-foot house of Liberty is 

 in fine shape, the plants having been 

 cut. back at three different times to in- 

 sure a rotation of flowers — evidently a 

 good plan. Mr. White, the superin- 

 tendent, introduced our correspondent 

 to a method of tying carnations, new 

 to him — a wire stake at the end of the 

 cross rows and between each plant and 

 the plants drawn in tight in the rows 

 with cotton twine. 



BUSINESS CHANGES. 



Nanz & Neuner have removed to a 

 new and commodious store at 656 4th 

 avenue, Louisville, Ky. 



Harry Hoffman has opened a flower 

 stand at the Kuechler Drug Store, 

 Jacksonville, 111. 



C. H. Kneitsch has started in busi- 

 ness as a wholesale florist at corner 

 of Huron and Ellicott streets, Buffalo, 

 NY. 



Demas & Gregorius have opened a 

 retail flower store on 5th avenue. Pitts- 

 burg, Pa. 



C. H. Additon, well and favorably 

 known in Boston, will open a retail 

 business at Waterville, Me., on or 

 about December 10. 



