June 10, 1911 



HORTICULTURE 



857 



MICHIGAN CUT FLOWER 

 EXCHANGE, Inc. 



WHOLESALE COMMISSION FLORISTS 



Conslginncnts Solicited 

 Hardy Fancy Fern Our Specialty 



38-40 BROADWAY, DETROIT, MICH 



WILLIAM H. KUEBLER 



Brooklyn's Foremost aod Best 



WHOLESALE COMMISSION H0U8I 



A FIrat Clasii Market «or ell CUT FLOWBRft 



28 WiUoufifhby St., BrooUyn, N. T. 



TaL 4Sei ilMta 



WrLLIAM F. KASTING Co. 



\A/Holesal. 



383-387 ELLICOTT ST. 



loris-ts 



BUFFALO, N. Y. 



Flower Market Reports NEW YORK QUOT ATIONS PER 100. To Dealers Only 



(Continued from page S>^) 



An unwieldly surplus 

 NEW. YORK of all kinds of flowers 



continues to encum- 

 ber the wholesale market daily. Rose 

 growers are still cutting heavily, al- 

 though the quality runs rather poor 

 as a rule and there is no evidence as 

 yet of any general emptying of houses 

 for replanting. Carnations and lilies 

 are also badly accumulated and peon- 

 ies, in all grades of good and bad qual- 

 ity are heaped high in the commission 

 houses. Prices rule very low on ev- 

 erything when large quantities are in 

 question. The retail trade is fairly 

 busy with steamer work and gradua- 

 tion demands are already in sight. 

 The conditions are generally favorable 

 for the retailer who can practically 

 dictate values on stock wanted. Sweet 

 peas are abundant, the Spencer waved 

 varieties predominating. 



Our last week's 

 PHILADELPHIA r e p o r t covered 

 the market here 

 to the wind-up of Memorial Day busi- 

 ness Tuesday night. There was not 

 much left over Wednesday morning, 

 but the last four days of the week 

 had little to show in the way of live 

 business. The "June weddings and 

 things" did not materialize, and, as a 

 consequence, there were long faces by 

 Saturday night — which seemed to sug- 

 gest Gilbert's doleful ditty: 



*'0 wl)y. O tpll mp wliY. is everything: nt 

 sixes and at sevens." 



Ninety-nine per cent, of the stock 

 that came in was not up to the mark 

 and prices ruled accordingly. The 

 one per cent, of really first-class stock 

 that could be culled out from this 

 enormous mediocre mass brought 

 good prices. We heard of one lot of 

 American Beauty roses from a good 

 grower (and a fair average of what is 

 now coming in) on which one thous- 

 and flowers were culled over to get 

 ten real specials. The ten brought 

 $4, but how about the other 990? — all 

 the way down to 5c. There were lots 

 of good Killarney around, but Mary- 

 land had the call. It is to date the 

 best pink rose for hot weather. In 

 white roses Kaiserin ought to be the 

 leader now, but our mercenary grow- 

 ers insist on giving us White Kil- 

 larney instead. There are fewer and 

 fewer Kaiserin being grown. Kaiserin 

 is the best summer rose as to quality. 

 Mountains of peonies around. Only 

 the fancies bring any kind of a price. 

 Lily of the valley and sweet peas, nor- 

 mal. Orchids slow. Gardenias and a 

 host of other things we ought to tell 

 you about will have to wait. 



MISCELLANEOUS 



CatttojH 



Lilies, LAOfftflomai 



UI7 of tbs Valley 



l>aUieA 



Soapdra; on 



Sweet Peas (per loo bunches) 



Gardenias 



\dlantuni 



Smilax 



Asparagvs PluoMiattS, amafi 



" " ft Sppen. (100 bchs). 



Business for the last 

 ST. LOUIS week was quite satis- 

 factory. This being the 

 month of weddings and school gradu- 

 ations a lot of business is now ex- 

 pected. There are quantities of cut 

 flowers consigned to this market 

 every day, but the quality is very 

 poor. Extra quality in roses seems 

 out of question at present and the 

 prices are not over $6 per 100 for the 

 best. Carnations are becoming small 

 and the market is crowded with a lot 

 of this poor stock which do not bring 

 more than $10 to $1.5 per 1000. Sweet 

 peas are plenty and of good quality. 

 Candidum and Harrisii lilies are in 

 fine, also corn flowers, iris and gladi- 

 oli. Local florists report that ship- 

 ping orders were much better than 

 the home demand for Decoration Day. 



The best trade for 

 WASHINGTON Memorial Day ever 



known in the Dis- 

 trict has been followed by an excel- 

 lent "commencement" business. Com- 

 mencement exercises are being held 

 every day and will continue until the 

 20th. Many novelties have been seen 

 this year. A class of 39 at the Cathe- 

 dral School wore straw hats trimmed 

 with natural flowers. At the National 

 Park Seminary one class carried arm 

 baskets, another showers, another arm 

 sprays, another flora! scarfs, another 

 wands, another crooks. The excellent 

 state of trade makes everyone feel 

 happy, notwithstanding long hours 

 and hard work. There is a plentiful 

 stock of everything and prices rule 

 about normal. Only one exception 

 might be noted: the hot weather 

 forced the peonies to such a degree 

 that they have been of unsatisfactory 

 quality. 



say. It appears that Mrs. J. B. Dodd, 

 of Spokane, Washington, is the spon- 

 sor for the new movement, as was 

 Miss Jarvis, of Philadelphia, for Moth- 

 ers' Day. The writer of this para- 

 graph is now about a million years 

 old, and has lived in many families. 

 His experience is that the best man 

 in the bunch is the mother-in-law. She 

 chops the wood, brings up the family, 

 does everything and gets no credit — 

 only a lot of abuse for her trouble. If 

 we ever wear a flower it will be for 

 the mother-in-law. 



FATHERS' DAY. 



This occasion has been fixed by 

 common consent for the third Sun- 

 day in June. Whoop it up. A red 

 rose is the badge. Just as silly as 

 Mother's Day, of course; but so long 

 as there is business in it, "any handle 

 is good enough to turn the crank 

 with," as Jock Macpherson used to 



PEONIES 



AT WHOLESALE 



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T.C.THURLOW'SSONS 



(Incorporated) 



West Newbury, Mass. 



