November 4, 1905 



HORTICUL,TURi: 



481 



Flower Market Reports. 



There has been a slight 



BOSTON impruvenieiit in the market 

 during the past week after 

 an exceedingly dull month. With the 

 coming of the cold wave and the going 

 of chrysanthemums, prices for carna- 

 tions and roses will soon increase. The 

 supply of these flowers is normal, but 

 the quality still holds good. 



After a few weeks 



BUFFALO over-supply and dull- 

 ness in business, the 

 market has again gotten back to its 

 normal condition. Cold and cloudy 

 weather beginning last week caused 

 a scarcity on everything. The effect 

 could plainly be seen on Beauties and 

 Teas, small buds only to be had. Car- 

 nations scarce and demand large, 

 prices somewhat advanced. Chrysan- 

 themums of good quality moving fifty 

 per cent, better than previous weeks, 

 and select stock bringing good money. 

 The early white varieties being about 

 gone, and the late just coming on, 

 caused white stock to be a little 

 scarce, as floral work made large de- 

 mand for medium stuff. Select 

 Bridesmaids, Brides and Liberties not 

 being plentiful and violets shortening 

 up considerably, made an advance in 

 prices of both. Valley, fine quality, 

 moving fair, green goods still abun- 

 dant. 



Judging from the boom 



CHICAGO of Monday, we expected 

 a busy week, but through 

 reasons unknown to the trade, business 

 fell away entirely. Prices of stock 

 have advanced to their highest known 

 limit for this time of the year, though 

 the supply is sufficient to meet the de- 

 mands. Beauties, Liberties, Kaiserins, 

 Bridesmaids and Brides ar§ now in 

 their prime. Some very fine Uncle 

 John and Richmond roses are on the 

 market, but only in limited supply. 

 With the approach of the flower show 

 next week we must expect a dull time, 

 as business is generally dead during 

 an occasion of this kind. 



Since last report busi- 

 CINCINNATI ness has improved both 

 in trade and stock. 

 Chry.santhemums are arriving in large 

 quantities and excellent condition and 

 meet a ready sale at good prices. Vio- 

 lets are as yet scarce and prices high. 

 For the past week most of the retail 

 stores have been busy with work for 

 funerals and weddings. 



With the excep- 



INDIANAPOLIS tion of funeral 

 work and wedding 

 decorations retailers report trade as 

 only fair, due to unseasonable weath- 

 ther. The rose market is good, the 

 better grades being taken as soon as 

 offered. Carnations sell well, the 

 fancy stack bringing good prices. 

 Chrysanthemum trade is satisfactory, 

 large quantities arriving but no glut. 

 Recent frosts have spoiled out-door 

 stock which ought to improve tone of 

 market. 



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CRO^VL FERN CO., MIULINGTON, MASS. 



Business conditions 

 LOUISVILLE last week continued 

 very good with 

 stock averaging a little short. Chrys- 

 anthemums sold surprisingly well and 

 were of excellent quality. Carnations 

 and roses came in in good quantity. 

 Other stock was about up to expecta- 

 tions. 



Business is a little 

 MINNEAPOLIS at a standstill ow- 

 ANDST. PAUL ing to the recent 

 cloudy weather. 

 What demand there has been for wed- 

 dings, funerals, etc., has far exceeded 

 the greenhouse supply of the Twin 

 Cities. Brides and Bridesmaids are 

 improving, Kaiserins are good. Beau- 

 ties are scarce. In carnations En- 

 chantress is good, and Lawson, Flora 

 Hill and Queen are getting bigger and 

 better. Early chrysanthemums are 

 coming in. Violets are slow because 

 of the late season and dark weather. 

 Smilax, terns and asparagus plumo- 

 sus are growing in good quantities, 

 and find a steady market. 



The cut flower trade 

 NEW YORK of this week has been 

 rather irregular, some 

 days developing a brisk call for certain 

 specialties, other days being generally 

 dull. Cattleyas have experienced a 

 stiff advance, and there is a decided 

 upward movement in price of violets. 

 All roses of the better grades are doing 

 better than of late. The notable event 

 of the week in the wholesale section 

 was the opening of Thomas Young's 

 new place at 43 W. 28th street, with 

 John N. May among the consignors. 

 The rose. Mrs. Oliver Ames, which is 

 largely grown by Mr. May, seems to 

 be gaining rapidly in popularity among 

 the New Yorkers. Its soft, pleasing 

 tint makes it very useful in, combina- 

 tion with delicate colored flowers in 

 design work. Our price quotations on 

 chrysanthemums are $2 to $50 — quite a 

 wide range. Readers will understand 

 that the 50 cent kind are few and far 

 between, and that the great bulk of the 

 receipts keeps well within the limits 

 of $4 to S12. 



Supplies shortened up 

 PHI LA- very considerably last 

 DELPHIA week, the cool weather 

 having destroyed pret- 

 ty much all outdoor factors except 

 cosmos and hardy chrysanthemums. 

 This had its natural effect on the mar- 

 ket and prices stiffened all along the 

 line. Beauties especially, were in bet- 

 ter demand, and were of fine quality 

 and plentiful. White roses shared 

 the stiffening process more than pink, 

 as the former came in largely to fill 

 the gap caused by the lack of other 

 white for funeral work. The carna- 

 tion cut fell off about fifty per cent, 

 on account of the cool weather. The 

 best coming in at present are En- 

 chantress, Queen, Lieut. Peary and 

 Queen Louise. Stroud is sending in 

 some very fine Fiancee. Chrysanthe- 



mums have improved; not nearly so 

 much poor stock; sales all along the 

 line were much more satisfactory. 

 Batons both yellow and white, Bonaf- 

 ton, Appleton, Alice Byron and Pink J. 

 K. Shaw, are especially fine. Some 

 prize Batons brought as high as $5.00 

 per dozen. In violets the best double 

 at present is Lady Campbell. Singles 

 are good and prices have improved 

 slightly. Orchids and gardenias nor- 

 mal, both as to supply and demand. 

 Cattleyas and dendrobiums are a lit- 

 tle scarce but there are enough of 

 others to make up. 



APPRAISERS' DECISION. 



According to a decision of the U. S. 

 hoard of general appraisers, all plants 

 which retain their verdure through all 

 seasons are to be classed as "ever- 

 greens." The board holds, therefore, 

 that "seedlings of such plants as the 

 Aucuba japonlca, the Rhododendron 

 ponticum and the Kalniia latifolia are 

 dutiable at $1 per 1000 and 15 per cent, 

 ad valorem," and not as nursery stock 

 at 25 per cent, ad valorem, as found by 

 the appraiser at New York. 



The decision of the board is that the 

 term evergreen, as applied to customs 

 laws, cannot be limited to such plants 

 as the box, the pine and conifers, as 

 generally understood, but must include 

 all evergreens, large and small, wheth- 

 er they are hardy or not in the United 

 States or in any particular locality. 



The advertisement of California field- 

 grown roses in this issue should inter- 

 est those who believe that our own 

 country is good enough in all respects 

 to produce all the roses we need and 

 eventually better ones than have ever 

 been supplied from foreign sources. We 

 hope our readers will give this Cali- 

 fornia stock a test, and if they find it 

 to be as good as we have reason to be- 

 lieve, its future is assured. 



Bunc 



asparagus is often badly cut 



Decorating Evergreers.etc, at Wholesale 



Wild Smilax, Palmetto and Cycas 

 (fresh cut). Palm Leaves, Galax, Len- 

 cothoe. Ferns and Mosses, Leaf Mold, 

 Orchid ana Azalea Peats. 



Everything in Season. 

 THE KERVAN COMPANY 

 20 West 27th St., New York. 



E. A. BEAVEN 



Wholesale Ucal.r in 



SOUTHERN WILD SMILAX 



aud Florisis' Ilanly Ii..,nrative Supplies. 



New crop n.iw rcaily in limited quantities. 



EVERGREEN, ALA. 



We hope our readers will, as far as 

 possible, buy everything they need 

 from Horticulture's Advertisers. 



