June 3, 1911 



HORTlCULTURt 



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BUY 



BOSTON 

 FLOWERS 



N. F. MCCARTHY & CO., 



84 Hawley 8t. 



BOSTON'S BEST 

 HOUSE 



Flower Market Reports 



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the month was expected to be decided- 

 ly cool; but not so, the heat was only 

 Intensified and the official record ot 

 94 degrees was reached and a tem- 

 perature of 115 to 120 degrees under 

 glass was recorded day after day. 

 Shipping trade suffered severely, for 

 stock was in no condition to reach dis- 

 tant points in salable condition, and 

 wholesalers wisely notified their cus- 

 tomers to that effect. The hot wave 

 continued till the afternoon of the 

 29th, when the thermometer suddenly 

 dropped to 63 degrees. An unusual 

 number of telegraph orders came in 

 at the last because many retailers had 

 either deferred ordering till the last 

 hour or had cancelled orders placed 

 earlier. This was one of the times 

 that Chicago florists would have found 

 a Sunday mail a great convenience. 



The past week has 

 CINCINNATI been the hottest on 

 record for May, the 

 thermometer registering 96 degrees in 

 the shade. Business was only fair. 

 Roses are rapidly deteriorating — in 

 fact, half the stock received is open 

 and unsalable. Only a little high- 

 class stock is coming in and that little 

 brought good prices. First-class Beau- 

 ties are scarce, though there are 

 plenty of cripples. Carnations were 

 in good supply. The quality is on the 

 down grade. Red show the effects 

 of the weather more than any of the 

 other varieties; even the best have 

 that sleepy appearance. Callas are 

 about played out for this season. The 

 demand for lilies is improving. The 

 supply of lily of the valley is limited. 

 Most of the sweet peas received are 

 of poor quality. There is a fair sup- 

 ply of marguerites with a good call. 

 Flowers for Memorial Day were over- 

 abundant, all outdoor stock being in 

 full bloom. While the volume of busi- 

 ness was as good as last year, nearly 

 half again as much stock had to be 

 handled to reach last year's mark. 

 Never were peonies so plentiful and a 

 good many had to be carried over. 

 Roses were in heavy crop and It re- 

 quired a good deal of sorting to get 

 out shipable stock. The call for car- 

 nations exceeded that of any other 

 flower, consequently price held firm 

 on good stock. The demand for com- 

 mon fern was exceptionally heavy, 

 while other green goods were only in 

 fair demand. 



Dec o r ation Day 

 NEW YORK proved a very accept- 

 able oasis in the des- 

 ert and brought a welcome relief to 

 the grower and wholesaler, who have 



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looo, $7.50 per case. 

 Boxwood, iScpcr lb., or $7.50 per case. 

 Bronze Leucothoe bprays, $[.eo per 100. 

 Laurel Wreaths, extra nice, $i.oo per doz. 

 Laurel Festooning, the best, $5.00 per 100 yds 

 Kranch Laurel, 35c per large bundle. 

 Sphagnum floss, $4.o-< per bale. 

 Bouquet Green, 7c per lb. 



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MILLINGTON, MASS. 



found little to encourage them in th? 

 few, past weeks. There has been a per- 

 fect avalanche of flowers — much more, 

 than the demand could assimilate- 

 but it has all been taken up at on? 

 price or another and is out of the way, 

 with prospects for a very rapid reduc- 

 tion in the receipts from now on. Bos- 

 ton was. as heretofore, a godsend to 

 the New York carnation growers and 

 the prices locally were well maintain; d 

 for Decoration Day in consequence. Of 

 roses, peonies and outdoor bloom th-.-re 

 is an unlimited supply. Fancy mate- 

 rial has lagged but the beginning of 

 .Tune should see an improvement in 

 demand for choice material. It can- 

 not come too soon. 



As we write, we 

 PHILADELPHIA can hear the 



echoes of 

 "Marching Thro' Georgia" while the 

 parade goes down Chestnut street. So, 

 you will naturally pardon us for touch- 

 ing hut lightly on such mercenary sub- 

 jects as the flower markets of Phila- 

 delphia — under such flamboyant condi- 

 tions — this week. They tell us that 

 the volume of the flower business was 

 equal if not a little more than that ot 

 last year and that the general trend 

 was for flowers ot the lower-priced 

 kinds — those that were showy and 

 gave a lot for the money. Carnations 

 and peonies were the favorites — then 

 followed roses. Outdoor stock like 

 mock orange, snowball, iris, corn- 



flower, was in good demand and sold 

 readily at fair prices. Of course, the 

 very hot weather had its effect on the 

 quality of everything. This condition 

 brought most crops in with such a 

 rush that the quality and stamina was 

 away below par. Wherever good, 

 straight, fancy stock was shown, it 

 brought standard price, without ques- 

 tion. Wherever anything below that 

 level appeared, any old price the buy- 

 er was willing to pay. And there was 



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