July 4, 1914 



HORTICULTURE 



•23 



Flower Market Reports 



{C^miinued from pagt J/ ) 



varieties. Sweet peas liave suffered 

 from the warm weather and are gener- 

 ally rather short stemmed and a little 

 soft. The gladiolus crop so far has 

 been rather backward, the flowers not 

 opening as quickly as was expected. 

 Asters are gradually improving, there 

 being now a larger supply of the long- 

 stemmed, although the main receipts 

 are still under grade. Centaurea im- 

 perialis is one of the choice items 

 among the novelties and is greatly ap- 

 preciated for houtonnieres. It has an 

 absurdly big button, but the Nies- 

 sens showed us a wrinkle for avoiding 

 the difficulty. A strip of paper two-by- 

 four, rolled around the front of the 

 flower forming a pencil shape: then 

 insert from back of button hole and 

 pull off the paper. Works like a 

 <harm. 



The market is in very 

 ST. LOUIS poor shape now. The 



hot and dry weather 

 has affected nearly all the stock com- 

 ing in. Prices remain as quoted last 

 week. The shortage causes no trouble 

 to the retailer, as business has gone 

 into summer dullness. 



As is usual at this 

 WASHINGTON time of the year, 

 stock is of little 

 value, although it is being received in 

 large quantities and the retailers are 

 holding their purchases down to actual 

 necessities. Prices are virtually made 

 by the buyers and the growers and 

 wholesalers are more than glad as a 

 rule to get whatever they can for the 

 stock. Roses and carnations are small 

 and make a sorry showing in the ice 

 boxes. Some hydrangea blooms are 

 teing received, but there is practically 

 no movement of them. Orchids are in 

 no demand whatever, nor is snapdra- 

 gon and many other flowers. In brief, 

 the market is dead and but little in the 

 way of a revival is expected before the 

 coming of cool weather. There seems 

 to be one continuous round of severe 

 electrical storms and on Sunday they 

 were accompanied by a heavy wind and 

 bail. This hurt outdoor stock to no 

 little extent and curtailed the supply, 

 this to the benefit of those who conduct 

 greenhouses. During the entire time 

 the heat and the attending humidity 

 has been almost unbearable. 



NEW YORK QUOTATIONS PER 100. To Dealers Only 



CARNATION ALICE. 

 E^very day sees a number of visitors 

 at the greenhouses of Peter Fisher, 

 Ellis, Mass.. to get a look at his sen- 

 sational new carnation Alice, and 

 there is only one result in every in- 

 stance, for seeing is believisg. We 

 have had occasion to mention favor- 

 ably this carnation frequently in our 

 notes on club meetings and other oc- 

 casions during the past season. The 

 benches are at the present time a 

 mass of bud and bloom, and Mr. 

 Fisher assures us that it is equally su- 

 perior in its early blooming character 

 in the fall. Compared with Pink De- 

 light the color is purer in tone than 

 in tliat popular Vi'riety and. alongside 

 of Enchantress Supreme — well, the 

 latter is not in it for a moment. Mr. 

 Fisher has 40,000 of Alice in the field. 



MISCELLANEOUS 



Cattleya* • ■_ 



Lilies, Lonffiflorum 



Uly of the VaUey 



Snapdragon < 



Gladioli 



Com Flower 



Mignonette 



Daiae*. white and yellow 



Sweet Peaa (per loo bunches) 



Gardenia* 



Adiantum 



Smilax 



Aaparaffiu Plumoatu. strings (per lOo) 



" " & Spren (loo bunches) 



Last Half of Week 



ending June 27 



1914 



15.00 to 



2.00 

 3.00 



6.00 

 .50 



■75 



I. DO 

 10.00 

 .50 

 JO. 00 

 35-00 

 15.00 



35-00 



2.00 



3.00 



3.00 



8.C0 



.50 



3.00 



1. 00 



6.00 



35.00 



•75 



16.00 



50.00 



20.00 



FInt IbH of WMk 



lieKinnine lune 23 



19U 



20.00 



■ so 



6.00 



25.00 



15.00 



5.00 

 25.00 

 ■75 

 14 .00 

 35.00 

 20.00 



Mr. and Mrs. \vm. Kleinheinz of 

 •Ogontz, Pa., sail on tbe S. S. Oceanic 

 from New York on July' 4. Paris will 

 be their first stop. 



BOSTON CONVENTION NOTES. 



A most enthusiastic meeting of the 

 local governing board of the 1914 Bos- 

 ton S. A. F. Convention was held in 

 the Parker House, Boston, on Tuesday, 

 June 23. It was called by Vice-Presi- 

 dent Patrick Welch to talk over local 

 matters with Chas. E. Critchell of Cin- 

 cinnati, the chairman of the National 

 Sports Committee, and National Secre- 

 tary John Young. There was a full 

 attendance with the exception of J. K. 

 M. L. Farquhar and W. J. Stewart, who 

 were in Maine and unable to be pres- 

 ent for that reason. 



Plans were formulated looking to 

 the entertainment of the many visiting 

 members during the convention, and it 

 may be said that Boston will be pre- 

 pared to provide one of the most en- 

 tertaining and enjoyable programs 

 ever offered the members of the S. A. 

 F. 



After the meeting and luncheon, Mr. 

 Welch took a party comprising Messrs. 

 Critchell, Young, Shea, Allan Peirce, 

 and others, in his auto to Nantasket 

 Beach and other resorts, with a view- 

 to selecting the grounds where the 

 annual outing and sports may be 

 pulled off. 



The committee on the outdoor con- 

 vention garden to be held in August 

 during the Boston 1914 S. A. F. Con- 

 vention, has been working energetical- 

 ly setting out the large shipments sent 

 by many of the leading growers for 

 this event. 



Already the interest of the horti- 

 cultural lovers of Boston, whose num- 

 ber is legion, has been attracted. The 

 newspapers are giving considerable 

 space to write-ups and interested sight- 

 seers are beginning to be attracted to 

 the garden. In early July. Fenway 

 Park, the home of the Boston Ameri- 

 can baseball team, will be opened and 

 thp 20,000 to 30,000 people who daily 

 attend these games will, owing to their 

 adjacent and convenient location, sup- 

 ply hundreds of sight-seers to the 

 progress of the garden. 



Prom environment and accessibility 

 the garden should have the greatest 

 attendance of any affair of its kind 

 ever attempted, and it is regretted that 

 more of the distant growers could not 

 have appreciated this. It, however, is 

 still not too late. A few very desir- 

 able plots may be obtained and with 

 the excellent care that will be accord- 

 ed any planting, the exhibit should be 

 at its best during August when not 

 only all visiting members of the S. A. 

 F., but many thousands of the public 

 will have the opportunity of seeing 

 what the earnest workers in floricul- 

 ture and horticulture are accomplish- 

 ing. 



PERSONAL. 



P. Welch and family, of Boston, have 

 tone to their summer cottage at Old 

 Oichard Beach, Me. 



H. Huebner of Groton. Mass., will 

 sail from Boston for Europe on the 

 Cincinnati of the Hamburg-American 

 line. July 7. 



Harry Bayersdorfer and Mrs. Bay- 

 ersdorfer are expected to arrive from 

 their European trip on the Vaterland. 

 Saturday, July 4. 



Alfred T. Bunyard, of New York 

 City has returned from a visit to Eng- 

 land, where his parents celebrated 

 their golden wedding. 



R. M. Ward, who is on an extended 

 foreign tour, writes from Melbourne. 

 Australia, and says he is having a 

 glorius pleasure trip. It is now win- 

 ter there but mild. Mr. Ward says 

 that the seed stores, and the florists 

 too, are behind the times as compared 

 w-ith American establishments, but it 

 is a good and growing country and 

 ready for modern enterprise. He leaves 

 soon for New Guinea and thence to 

 Jianila, China and Japan. 



CINCINNATI NOTES. 



John Weiland and John Didier of 

 Evanston, 111., are the guests of Mr. 

 and Mrs. P. J. Olinger. 



:\Iiss Cora Pherson returns from a 

 two weeks' stay in New Orleans the 

 latter part of this week. 



C. E. Critchell upon his return from 

 Boston spoke very enthusiastically and 

 very favorably of the convention plans 

 and preparations as well as of the hos- 

 pitality of the Boston florists. 



Don't forget the Florists' Club out- 

 ing at the Lagoon next Thursday. July 

 9, Those who have not received tick- 

 ets may get them at the wholesale 

 liciises or from the committee. 



The Cook Co. Florists' Association 

 held its regular meeting at The Tavern, 

 Chicago, June 16. The subject of a sum- 

 mer outing was discussed at length and 

 tlie favorite picnic was abandoned for a 

 boat ride. A committee with Paul 

 Klingsporn as chairman, was appointed 

 with full power to act. The transporta- 

 tion committee reported on the Greg- 

 ory Tours, to the Panama Exposition, 

 in 1915 and the charge of $152, for 

 round trip, and seven days at a first 

 class hotel, seemed to strike favorably. 

 Jolm Zech was appointed to investi- 

 gate The meeting was then turned 

 ovrr to the Bowling League and Wm. 

 Lorman, sec'y, announced the scores 

 for the year and awarded the prizes. 



