November 14, 1914 



HOKTICULTUEB 



703 



Flower Market Reports 



( Continued /'>\'»t page y^jl ) 



T li e weath- 



KNOXVILLE, TENN. er remains 

 warm and. 

 although we have had a frost, much 

 out-door stock is still on the market, 

 especially chrysanthemums, and trade 

 is not as good as it might be under 

 more favorable conditions. Stock of 

 all kinds is plentiful. Chrysanthe- 

 mums are fine; Roman Gold, Nellie 

 Pockett, Dr. Enguehard. Chas. Razer. 

 Col. Appleton and many other varie- 

 ties are now in full crop and never 

 were finer than this season. Carna- 

 tions are gradually growing better and 

 are enough to more than supply the 

 local demand. Roses are not very 

 good. 



There is nothing that 



NEW YORK we can say regarding 

 market conditions ex- 

 cept that they are much worse than 

 last week. Chrysanthemums of all 

 kinds are exceedingly plentiful with a 

 tendency to lower prices. Lily of the 

 valley is also abundant and 2c. seems 

 to be the top price. Lilies are clear- 

 ing out nicely. Roses are not going 

 near as well; the high grades especi- 

 ally seem to be suffering the most. 

 American Beauties, if anything, have 

 improved in price as quotations will 

 show. Narcissus Paper White are 

 getting to be a glut at six bunches for 

 $1.U0 



The flower trade 



PHILADELPHIA is holding on a 

 fairly even keel 

 here. The trading has been of good 

 volume but prices on the whole have 

 remained very moderate. Chrysanthe- 

 mums dominate the market. There is 

 a good demand for them but the supply 

 is so large that prices for even choice 

 stock are very low. Bonnaffon and 

 Razer are the leaders. Roses are very 

 plentiful and good and in great varie- 

 ty. Buyers may choose among thirty 

 or forty new and standard sorts in- 

 stead of the old three or four of a few 

 years ago. Carnations are now of fine 

 quality and sales fair; but the prices 

 are lower perhaps than ever before 

 known for them at this time of year. 

 Gardenias are fine and the demand has 

 improved slightly. The orchid situa- 

 tion is pretty fair, prices reasonable 

 and they are moving well. Lily of the 

 valley rather on the scarce side al- 

 though prices have not as yet ad- 

 vanced any. 



Retail activity 



SAN FRANCISCO in this city is 

 steadily increas- 

 ing, and the larger down-town shops 

 are particularly busy just now. The 

 wholesale market, however, is not 

 in altogether satisfactory shape. Flor- 

 ists in the interior are still relying 

 largely on home-grown stock, and with 

 fine weather still prevailing, there is 

 considerable competition from outdoor 

 flowers. Shipping business with east- 

 ern points is also rather slow to de- 

 velop. Chrysanthemums are as fine 

 and as plentiful as ever, the supply, 

 indeed, being excessive, as they are 

 hardly as much sought after as before. 

 Prices have been sagging in conse- 

 quence. Carnations are very plentiful, 

 and while the average quality is im- 

 proving, decidedly easy prices prevail 

 on ordinary offerings. Violets even 

 yet are hardly at their best, needing 

 colder weather to harden them up a 



Tel. Office, New Salem, Mas3. 

 L. D. Phone Connection. 



FANCY OR DAGGER FERNS 



New Crop Fancy Ferns L- - - $0.75 per 1000 

 Dagger Ferns .75 per 1000 



Discount on large orders 



USE OUR LAUREL FESTOONING 



For your decorations, made fresh daily from the woods. 4c. 5c and 6c per yard 



Bronze and Green Galax, Jl.OO per 108»; 



$T..')0 per case of 1(I,U(X). 

 Sphainium .Mosn. lari;e sack, only 40c. 

 I'ine I>y the pound, 8c.. or by the yard. 

 Branch Laurel, ^c. for a large hundle. 

 Southern ^smllax, 50- lb. cases, $.).(IU. 

 Green and Bronze Leucothoe Sprays, $S.lt 



per lUOO. 

 Fine Boxwood, $7.50 per 50-lb. case. 

 Order in advance. 

 Write, wire or telephone 13 R4. 



CROWLFERNCO., Mil ington, Mass. 



NEW YORK QUOTATIONS PER 100. To Dealers Only 



MISCELLANEOUS 



Cattley u 



Lilie«. Lonffiflorum 



" Rubrum 



Uly of the Valley 



Violets 



Com Flower 



Chrysanthemums 



Sweet Pea» tpcr loo bunches) 



Gardenias 



Adiantum 



Smilajc 



Asparaffu* Plumosus, strings (per lOo) 



" " Sc. Sp'en Cioo bunches). 



Ust Half o( Week 



ending Nov. 7 



1914 



lO.OO to 



3.00 to 

 1,00 to 

 1. 00 



.15 



to 



, to 

 to 



4.00 



.25 to 



5.00 to 



.50 to 



8.00 to 



25.00 to 



15.00 to 



25.00 



4.00 

 1.50 



3.00 



.25 



15.00 



.50 



16.00 

 ■75 

 10.00 

 30.00 

 30.00 



First Half of Wiik 



beginnine Nov. 9 



1914 



2.00 



•25 

 5.00 

 .50 

 8.00 

 15.00 

 is.oo 



15.00 



.50 



15.00 

 •75 

 13.00 

 30.00 

 30.00 



little. They are moving well locally, 

 but the shipping movement is limited. 

 More growers are beginning to cut 

 roses, but there is nothing new as to 

 varieties, and there is a tendency to 

 conserve the stock for the Thanksgiv- 

 ing trade. Current offerings, however, 

 are fully as much as the market will 

 absorb. Orchids remain plentiful, but 

 find a very fair market. Gardenias 

 are rather scarce at the moment, as 

 the leading growers have not com- 

 menced cutting from their new plants, 

 preferring to hold them until there is 

 more demand. Greens are quite plenti- 

 ful, and some California holly berries 

 are appearing, though not yet in large 

 quantity. It is reported that some 

 eastern firms have arranged to ship 

 these berries east in large quantities 

 from the Sierra mountains. 



The supply of cut flow- 

 ST. LOUIS ers still crowds up the 

 market so that prices 

 in some cases have dropped lower 

 than ever before. Chrysanthemums 

 have the call over all other stock and 

 will have as long as they last; all the 

 late varieties are now coming in and 

 some of the early ones are still with 

 us. Roses are slow in demand. Sweet 

 peas sell well, also violets. Carnations 

 are. like roses, slow in demand and 

 large in supply and of fine quality. The 

 retail business has been dull, but with 

 cooler weather this week the demand 

 should be better and the prices higher. 

 A return of the 

 WASHINGTON warm weather has 

 served to fill the lo- 

 cal market with flowers of all vari- 

 eties. There is a large oversupply of 

 chrysanthemums, and great difficulty 

 has been experienced in finding a mar- 

 ket for these, although the shipments 

 to other flower centers have been very 

 heavy. No better flowers than these 

 have ever been seen in Washington, 

 and the consignment of large quanti- 

 ties to the ashheap is all the more re- 

 gretable. There are large amounts of 

 roses and carnations, but the predomi- 



nance of chrysanthemums has caused 

 them to be very sluggish. These have 

 been taken up in part by the many 

 small weddings which have also of- 

 fered a favorable market for lily of 

 the valley. Christmas Pink and white 

 sweetpeas are now to be had. bui the 

 quality of these flowers is poor and 

 stems short. Violets are still scarce, 

 although in good demand. Carna- 

 tions are daily improving; the quan- 

 tity last week was excessive. Gar- 

 denias are stronger and in a little bet- 

 ter demand. Dendrobium tormosum 

 is in heavy supply and other spray or- 

 chids are quite plentiful. In roses. 

 Afterglow is a recent arrival, but with 

 Fire Flame they constitute an ex- 

 clusive grade sought after by only the 

 better classes. The leading chrysan- 

 themums of the week are Colonel Ap- 

 pleton. Amorita, Mrs. Shaw in both 

 pink and white, Major Bonnaffon, 

 Charles Razer and Dr. Enguehard. 



ILLNESS OF CHARLES H. TOTTY. 



The sole important topic in New 

 York this week is the serious illness 

 of Charles H. Totty. He was a vis- 

 itor at the Flower Show in the Amer- 

 ican Institute in the Engineers Build- 

 ing on Wednesday, apparently as well 

 as ever. Upon his return home he was 

 taken suddenly ill and was removed to 

 the Overlook Hospital, Summit, N. J., 

 on Friday, where an operation had to 

 be performed immediately for appendi- 

 citis. It turned out to be a very seri- 

 ous operation as peritonitis had set 

 in and the operation took almost two 

 hours. For a long while Mr. Totty's 

 condition was critical, but we are 

 pleased to say at the time of writing 

 he is slowly on the mend and the doc- 

 tors hold out hope now that he will 

 pull through. 



J. H. Troy has severed his connec- 

 tion with the Rosary Flower Co., 24 

 E. 34th street.. New York City. For 

 the present, however, he retains 25 

 per cent, of the stock of the corpor- 

 ation. 



