July 11, 1914 



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Flower Market Reports 



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worthy of mention. Water lilies of 

 the newer, large floworins varieties 

 are in evidence and meet with ready 

 sale. 



Plenty of ordinary 

 ST, LOUIS stock is coming in 



these hot days, but any- 

 thing real fancy is out of the iiuestion. 

 The retail business is so dull that not 

 much of any is needed and only funer- 

 al work is keeping the trade from 

 forgetting they are in business. About 

 the only good stock in sight are long 

 Beauties, lilies, lily of the valley, 

 Shasta daisies and gladioli. Roses 

 cut from young stock are coming in, 

 but very short in stem; so are carna- 

 tions and sweet peas. 



Asters made their 

 WASHINGTON first appearance of 

 the season last 

 week and met with some little sale. 

 The changeable weather has shortened 

 up the supply of roses to no little ex- 

 tent and while there are large quan- 

 tities of carnations this flower is poor 

 in quality. There was a better demand 

 for orchids last week and lily of the 

 valley sold well. The supply of sweet 

 peas was insufticient to meet the de- 

 mand. The call for roses is confined 

 mostly to the $2 to $4 per hundred 

 grades and more particularly for Mrs. 

 Taft and Radiance, these clearing up 

 well while white and pink Killarneys 

 go begging. The heavy storms of a 

 week ago have continued and much 

 damage is being done by the rain 

 washing up outdoor plants. This has 

 caused the shortening of the supply of 

 outdoor sweet peas and has materially 

 hurt the asters which are beginning to 

 show promise. These features bring 

 forth no sighs of regret from the grow- 

 ers under glass, but the penalty is a 

 severe one to those directly interested. 



NEW YORK QUOTATIONS PER 100. To Dealers Only 



NEWS NOTES. 



Chatsworth, III. — Wni. Edwards has 

 purchased the Chatsworth green- 

 houses. 



Norwood, Pa. — Frank Hunter has 

 purchased the greenhouse establish- 

 ment of Macaw Bros. 



Antigo, Wis. — The King Greenhouses 

 have been purchased by Joe Frisch. 

 formerly of Merrill. Wis. 



Columbus. O. — Bernhardt Buehler 

 has sold his greenhouses to Frank Har- 

 desty and Howard Sharey. 



Parkersburg, W. Va. — The green- 

 houses of Gustav Oberniyer were bad- 

 ly damaged by a hailstorm on .Tune 

 21st. 



South Lyon, Mich. — A hailstorm on 

 June 27th caused damage of $400 to 

 the greenhouse range of Walter E. 

 Hastings. 



Secaucus, N. J. — Carl A. Woerner 

 has sold his establishment. 220 Clark- 

 son street, Flatbush, Brooklyn. N. Y., 

 and purchased a larger range here. 



Early closing will be the rule until 

 September, by the wholesale flower 

 dealers of New York City, most of 

 them locking up daily at 3 P. M. 



Kansas City, Mo. — The Rudy-Patrick 

 Seed Company has leased from the 

 Western Grocer Company the building 

 at Ninth and Santa Fe streets, con- 

 taining about 80,000 sq. ft. 



MISCELLANEOUS 



Cattleyas 



Lilies, LonKiflorum 



Lily of the Valley 



Gladioli 



Com Flower 



Daises, white and yellow 



Sweet Peas (per loo bunches) 



Gardenias 



Adiantum 



Smilax 



Asparagus Plumosus, strings (per loo) 



^^ *' & Spren (loo bunches). 



Last Half of Week 



ending July 4 



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OBITUARY. 

 Joseph Bradbury. 

 Joseph Bradbury, ninety-three years 

 old, died Sunday, June 28, at his home. 

 531 Irvington avenue. South Orange, N. 

 J. Mr. Bradbury was one of the oldest 

 residents of South Orange. His death 

 was due to the inflrmitles of advanced 

 age after a lingering illness. For 

 many years Mr. Bradbury was en- 

 gaged in the florist business. He is 

 survived by six daughters and one son. 



W. H. Humfeld. 



William Henry Humfeld died at his 

 home in Kansas City, Mo., on June 2-5. 

 aged 59 years. He leaves a widow and 

 five daughters. 



TEXAS TO HAVE AN ARBORETUM. 



A movement looking to the conserva- 

 tion of native Texas flora, and so far 

 as the way is clear, to the establish- 

 ment of a Texas Botanical Garden and 

 Arboretum in Austin, is meeting with 

 much encouragement. 



Committees have been appointed by 

 the Texas Nurserymen's Association, 

 State Horticultural Society, State Flor- 

 ists' Association. State Experimental 

 Stations. A. & M. College. Texas State 

 University and State Agricultural De- 

 partment. These committees are to be 

 called to meet at College Station. 

 Texas, during the Farmers' Congress. 

 July 28. 6 to 9 P. M. in Mess Hall at a 

 banquet, programs to be published. F. 

 T. Ramsey is chairman. This order 

 was issued by the executive commit- 

 tee of the Texas Nurserymen's Asso- 

 ciation. June 6. and signed by J. S. 

 Kerr, president; Will B. Munson, vice- 

 president, and J. M. Ramsey, secre- 

 tary-treasurer. 



BUSINESS POINTERS. 



Hard luck seldom overtakes the man 

 who never looks around to see if it is 

 coming. 



The question of whether or not there 

 is room at the top need not trouble 

 you until you get there. 



If there is anything tliat will stunt 

 a man's business and mental growth, 

 it is patting himself on the back too 

 much. 



If you do not know exactly what it 

 costs you to do business, you may be 

 sure that it is costing you more than 

 you think. 



If the ideas which you carry into 

 effect in the conduct of business are 

 half-baked, it is reasonably certain 

 that "your cake will be dough." — South- 

 erii Merchant. 



PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. 



Report of Commissioners, Rockford 

 Park District, Rockford. 111.. 1913. This 

 superbly illustrated publication shows 

 that the public of Rockford, the chil- 

 dren especially, are being well pro- 

 vided for in their park and playground 

 e(|uipnient. The statement of assets 

 and liabilities shows assets of $274,- 

 :'ilij.54, being $71,894.60 in excess of 

 bonds and all other liabilities. Paul 

 B. Riis is superintendent. 



The Ninth Annual Report of the 

 Board of Park Commissioners of the 

 City of Racine, Wis., is a handsome 

 iMiblication with maps and many fine 

 illustrations of park and playground 

 views on heavy coated paper. The 

 < over is adorned with a river view in 

 natural colors. The Racine park sys- 

 tem has been established ten years 

 olid is being developed in a most enter- 

 prising manner, A. A. Fisk is super- 

 intendent. 



Public Parks Board, Winnipeg, Can- 

 ada. The Annual Report for 1913 is 

 one of the most interesting reports 

 that ha-ve come to our notice. We ven- 

 ture to say that very few of our read- 

 ers realize that the city of Winnipeg 

 spends over a quarter of a million dol- 

 lars annually on its public parks. Yet 

 that is what this report shows. The 

 book is embellished with a number of 

 large folding views and several full 

 page pictures of great beauty. G. 

 Champion is the superintendent. 



The 31st Annual Report of the Park 

 Commissioners of Minneapolis, Minn., 

 has been received from Superinten- 

 dent Wirth. It is. as for several years 

 liast. a most elaborate publication, evi- 

 dencing the thoroughness with which 

 everything is done when Theodore 

 AVirth has anything to say about it. and 

 the splendid support accorded by the 

 city and the oflicials to the policies 

 laid down by that indefatigable w'ork- 

 er. The cover page is embossed in 

 colors and the pictorial features of the 

 publication are very elaborate. Maps 

 :ind diagrams of layout and plantings, 

 in fine detail add much instructive 

 value. The value of land and improve- 

 ments of the Minneapolis Park Sys- 

 tem is computed at $7,144,725.78. To- 

 tal disbursements for the year 1913 

 were $72«, 184.04. 



The Cincinnati Cut Flower Ex- 

 change have finished their summer 

 house cleaning and repainting and re- 

 decorating. The place looks neat and 

 very attractive in its coat of white and 

 green. 



