January 14, 1911 



HORTICULTURE 



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THE KERVAN COMPANY 



Presb Cut Evergreens. Mosses, 



Southern Smtlax, Qalax and Leucothoe 



Preserved and Fresh Out 



Cycas and Palmetto. 



Tel. 



1619 



5893 ("'"Si- 1 13 W.?8 St., New York. 

 RECD (SL KELLER 



122 West 2Sth St.. New York 



Florists' Supplies 



We manufacture all our 



Metal Designs, Baskets, Wire Work & Novelties 



and are deal rs in 



Glassware. Decorative Greens and Florists' Requisites 



MICHIGAN CUT FLOWER 

 EXCHANGE, Inc. 



WHOLESALE COMMISSION FLORISTS 



Consignments Solicited 

 Hardy Fancy Fetn Our Specialty 



38-40 BROADWAY, D ETRO I T, MICH 



WILLIAM H. KUEBLER 



Brooklyn's Foremost and Best 



WHOLESALE G0MMI8SIGN HOUSt 



A First Class Market for all CUT FLOWERS 



28 WUloufhby St., BrookSja, N. T. 



Tel. 4591 Male 



Flower Market Reports 



{Cv'ititi ued /rom page J3) 



tions have dropped at least 50 per cent 

 in price and are coming in more plen- 

 tifully since the New Year, the call for 

 white and li,q:ht shades predominating. 

 Double violets are overabundant, the 

 majority selling below the dollar mark. 

 •Good singles are coming in more free- 

 ly. Sweet peas are selling but not 

 ■well, the supply increasing daily. Of 

 paper whites and Roman hyacinths 

 there is an abundant supply. Longi- 

 flonim lilies and callas meet with a 

 ready sale. Lily of the valley is in 

 good supply and soils fairly well. 

 Poinsettias are still to be had and 

 there is yet call for them. One of the 

 growers in. this vicinity missed a big 

 houseful for the holidays. Asparagus 

 plumosus and Sprengeri in very active 

 demand and more could have been sold 

 ■especially plumosus. Of smilax there 

 is an abundance with a moderate de- 

 mand. 



Conditions are gradu- 

 NEW YORK ally assuming normal 

 mid-winter form. The 

 .supply in general is not excessive and 

 the daily demand has kept it fairly 

 well on the move. There is no dif- 

 ficulty to fill orders for anything in 

 the line of choice or ordinary cut 

 flower material and the quality gen- 

 •erally is most excellent. Cattleyas 

 are no longer on the short side and 

 gardenias have also become very 

 plentiful. The receipts of violets are 

 Increasing. 



Of course, nobody 

 PHILADELPHIA looks for any brisk 



trade during most 

 of January. On the contrary, all the 

 people interested in the cut flower 

 business expect a dull two weeks at 

 least. This year was no exception. 

 The usual reaction was here, and gen- 

 eral conditions for the past week were 

 Tery little different from what they 

 have been for several years. A few 

 :small glints of sunshine came the lat- 

 ter part of the week when several 

 good-sized functions in the social 

 world loomed up, and helped to give 

 the market a fairly good clean-up; 

 but not enough to raise prices above 

 regular quotations. Of Beauties there 

 are not nearly as many coming in as 

 a week ago. Quality of these is still 

 0. K. for the season. Plenty of fine 

 Richmonds. White roses find ready 

 sale but pinks are exceedingly slug- 

 gish and greatly over done as to sup- 

 ply. They hang fire very much — es- 

 pecially the higher grades; which 

 would sem to be not in accord with 

 Adolph Parenwald's dictum — that 

 what swamps the market is — "too 



NEW YORK QUOTA riOlHS PER 100. To Dealers Only 



MISCELLANEOUS 



Cattleyas 



Cypripediums 



L.iii«8, Longlflorum 



Lily of tbe Valley 



Violets. 



Mignonette 



Lilac, per bunch — 



t uHps 



Roman Hyacinths. Paper Whites.. 



Daffodils 



Daisies 



Snaparagon 



Sweet Peas (per loo bunches) 



Qardenlas 



Adlantum 



Snllax- 



Asparagus Plumosus, strings 



" " & Spren. (loo bchs)->> 



First Half of Wn> 

 beginning Jan, 9 



1911 



10.00 

 50,00 

 8.00 

 4.00 

 .50 

 4.00 



I-.OO 



35.00 to 

 8.0° to 

 6.00 to 



3.00 to 



.30 to 

 1. 00 to 



to 



9.00 to 

 3.00 to 



to 



to 

 to 



•50 



4.00 

 1.00 



25.00 



30 



8 00 

 20.00 

 15 00 



3. GO 



6.00 



3.00 



1.00 

 10.00 



1.50 



35.00 



I.OO 



10 o« 

 30.00 



J.0C9 



much calico and not enough of silk." 

 In this case it would seem to be too 

 much silk and not enough of calico. 

 Carnations are more plentiful. Good 

 whites sell about as well as anything 

 at present. Orchids, violets, lily of 

 the valley and gardenias, are all on the 

 plethoric platform. Sweet peas are in 

 good supply and never better quality 

 for this season of the year. Among the 

 minor items: — white and yellow 

 daisies and stevia are about the only 

 good sellers. Roman hyacinths, paper 

 whites, lilies, swainsona, etc., very 

 draggy., 



The holiday trade in 

 TWIN CITIES the Twin Cities held 

 its own. It was no 

 record breaking business, but fully as 

 good as last year. Cut flowers and 

 pot plants were plentiful, the home 

 market being well able to supply the 

 demand. Holly and mistletoe were 

 practically all sold out; some late 

 country orders could not be filled, but 

 for the cities there was enough. Ow- 

 ing to the dry summer some growers 

 had had to buy new carnation stock, 

 and consequently were not able to cut 

 the usual amount of flowers for the 

 holidays. 



A CORRECTION. 



In our Philadelphia Notes in last 

 issue occurs the following line in ref- 

 erence to the Jos. Heacock new quar- 

 ters in the city: "serving the cus- 

 tomers of this extensive growing es- 

 tablishment with large plants from 

 Wyncote and Roelofs." This should 

 read: "serving the customers of this 

 extensive growing establishment, with 

 large plants at Wyncote and Roelofs." 

 As corrected the word "plants" takes 

 on a different meaning. 



In the same column, in reference to 

 Mr. Pierson's roses read "inner" side 

 of petals, for "under" side. 



THE BEST LETTERS 



Boston Florist Letter Co. 



66 PEARL ST., BOSTON 



N. F. McCarthy, Mgr. 



Order direct or buy from your local 

 supply dealer. Insist on having the 



BOSTON 



Inscriptions, Emblems, etc. Always 

 in Stock. 



KRICK'S FLORIST 

 NOVELTIES 



Manufacturer and Patentee of the Per- 

 fect Ajustable Pot Handle or Hanger, 

 Perfect Ajustable Plant Stands and 

 the Orginal Genuine Iri'mortelle Let- 

 ters, etc Every Letter Marked 



1I64-S6 Ereene Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y, 



For Sale by all Supply Houses. 



Wired Toothpicks 



Manufactured by 



W. J. COWEE, BERLIN, N. Y. 



(o,ooo... .$1.75; 50,000. .. .$7.50. Sample free. 

 For sale by dealers 



SOUTHERN l^ILD SMILAX 



Now ready In limited quantity. 



E. A. BRAVEN 



EVERGREEN, ALABAMA. 



