September 9, 1905 



HORTI CULTURi: 



Flower Market Reports. 



No sign of general trade 



BOSTON revival has, thus tar, 

 crossed our vision in this 

 town. There is an abundance of all 

 the requisites in cut flower supply, but 

 the dernand is impalpable. American 

 Beauty roses are more abundant than 

 heretofore and a good percentage are 

 forced at a reduced value to unload. 

 Queen of Edgeley is in the same class. 

 A large proportion of the tea roses are 

 disposed of at figures ranging between 

 20 cents and a dollar and a half per 

 hundred. Carnations are tew and, as 

 to quality, could not be worse than at 

 present. Not many are wanted, and 

 when they must be had the cost is 

 usually far beyond the intrinsic value 

 of the goods. 



For the last two weeks 



BUFFALO sales were not so flour- 

 ishing, although a good 

 deal of stock was moved, asters 

 gladioli and roses being about the most 

 plentiful. Roses are somewhat of a 

 drag, select white stock selling fairly 

 well, however. Too many asters of 

 poor quality flood the market at times 

 and are hard to dispose of, while select 

 blooms of the branching variety sell 

 rapidly. The same may be said of 

 gladioli, too many mixed colors. The 

 rich pink and white are best sellers. 

 Lilies of diflierent varieties are 

 abundant in supply and sales rather 

 slow. Lily of the valley, fair demand, 

 and green goods an over supply. 



Brides and Kaiserins in 



CHICAGO short supply. Brides- 

 maids good color, but 

 short stem. Liberty in shorts go well, 

 but best grades still lacking. Select 

 Beauties scarce; all lengths sell well. 

 Asters and dahlias very plentiful. Smi- 

 lax show. Harrisii and auratum lilies 

 in short supply. Gladioli, quality 

 ordinary except White Lady, which is 

 handsome, and a ready seller. 



This has been an es- 



.CLEVELAND pecially good year 

 for asters, and they 

 have been grown in profusion. They 

 are dumped in the flower stores in al- 

 most carload lots: at that they have 

 brought fairly good prices, ranging 

 from 50 cents per 100 to $3 per 100, 

 according to quality and demand. 

 There have been plenty of good 

 gladioli and' lots of old-fashioned 

 garden flowers that are endeared to 

 our hearts and pleasing to the eye, 

 such as sweet sultan, scabiosa, 

 salpiglossis and marigolds. Business 

 is very quiet with the retailers. 



The week past has 



LOUISVILLE been a very slow one 

 in many respects. Car- 

 nations can be had in adequate quan- 

 tities of good quality, and sell up to 

 expectations. Roses are also of satis- 

 factory quality, but the demand is 

 light. Cosmos and dahlias are abun- 

 dant. 



Last week experi- 



NEW YORK enced a repetition of 

 the dull conditions 

 prevailing all through August and 

 there is nothing in the present situa- 

 tion to indicate much improvement in 

 the near future, Roses are being re- 

 ceived at the wholesale marts in veri- 

 table avalanches, quality low but usu- 

 ally good enough for the class of buy- 

 ers that are in evidence. All garden 

 material, including dahlias and as- 



ters of high degree, is badly congested. 

 A big freeze is the only thing that 

 can help the cut flower market. If it 

 could be purchased, money would be 

 no object. 



The cut flower busine.'-s 

 NEWPORT still continues fairly 



good. The unseasonably 

 wet weather of the past week blasted 

 the hopes of those expecting a great 

 deal from out-of-door material. A 

 large decoration in prospect for this 

 week will use up all the Allamandas 

 in town. Good Beauties are coming 

 from Jurgeins. Other varieties of roses 

 are improving in appearance and ad- 

 vancing a little in price. Dahlias are 

 selling fairly well, but at a price much 

 less than last year. Carnations are 

 beginning to show up, but there is not 

 much call for them yet. Next week 

 Newport will be in gala attire, and 

 flowers in great abundance will he 

 used for the decoration of the floats 

 and arches. 



Roses went slow the past 



PHI LA- week, and quality was 



DELPHI A only fair. Beauties and 



Kaiserins were the best 

 and had the call on what business 

 there was. Some good Golden Gates 

 are now coming in. but very few Ivory. 

 A slight improvement in the quality 

 of Bridesmaid is noticeable. Carna- 

 tions have been more plentiful. As- 

 ters are more plentiful than for five 

 years back, and there is some grand 

 stock coming in. Dahlias were a little 

 bit soft the past week on account of 

 the warm weather, but they will be in 

 fine shape soon. The first gardenias 

 of the season have made their appear- 

 ance and are expected to be a steady 

 crop from now on. There was quite a 

 revival in business on Monday of this 

 week, especially on out-of-town orders, 

 and the trade may be said to have fair- 

 ly wakened up at last. There are al- 

 ready signs of an unprecedented fall 

 and winter business. The markpt 

 generally shows a much brighter tone 

 this week than last. 



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