November 2i, 1914 



HOBTICULTUBE 



739 



Flower Market Reports 



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the pompons are also everywhere. 

 Never before have they been so much 

 in evidence and it is very plain tliat 

 tliey are at last coming into general 

 favor and are being used extensively 

 in floral work. Notwithstanding the in- 

 numerable varieties and tints naturally 

 produced in the chrysanthemums of to- 

 day, the dye pot seems to be just as 

 much in demand as ever and blooms 

 with amazing colors are displayed in 

 many a window where better judgment 

 would be looked for. While all this 

 lasts it is not much use to look for im- 

 proved trade conditions but by the 

 time Thanksgiving Day has passed, one 

 week hence, the avalanche of chrysan- 

 themums will be running low and then 

 things will, we hope, take on a better 

 aspect for the flower growers. Satur- 

 day of this week is expected to give a 

 little impetus to the violet business 

 and an advance price of $1.00 per hun- 

 dred is generally quoted for Yale's fa- 

 vorite flower. Snapdragons are again 

 seen in the market in quantity and ex- 

 cellent quality for so early. Roses, 

 carnations, lilies, cattleyas and all 

 other standard stocks are in heavy 

 supply and of excellent quality 

 throughout. 



There is little 

 PHILADELPHIA change to report 



in market condi- 

 tions here. Business continues fair 

 with large supplies of all kinds of 

 stocks and prices ruling low. Chry- 

 santhemums are in inmiense supply 

 and of fine quality. Bonnaffons pre- 

 dominate, and there are fine lots of 

 Chadwick, Turner, Enguehard and 

 Maud Dean. The rose situation is a 

 little better; supplies are not so heavy 

 and prices have stiffened slightly. 

 American Beauty is an exception as 

 they are in larger supply — the pinch- 

 ing for the Christmas crop being over. 

 Jonkheer Mock is very good at present. 

 More Russells could be used. It is 

 in excellent demand and its growers 

 are reaping a harvest. Sweet peas are 

 beginning to appear again — some very 

 fair Spencers being now offered. Cat- 

 tleya Trianse is the latest among the 

 orchids. Carnations are in fine form 

 now, but the prices are far from being 

 satisfactory. Violets are one of the few 

 scarce items. They are probably hold- 

 ing these back for Thanksgiving. Pa- 

 per Whites, pansies, bouvardia and 

 mignonette are among the minor 

 staples that are cutting some figure at 

 present. Greens are going exception- 

 ally well. Retlnospora sprays seem to 

 be one of the new items very popular. 



Chrysanthemums, 

 SAN FRANCISCO which have held 



a dominant posi- 

 tion in the market for the last month, 

 are beginning to come forward less 

 freely. This is not regretted, as peo- 

 ple are beginning to tire of them a 

 little, and prices for the last few weeks 

 have not been entirely satisfactory. 

 Attention is now beginning to turn 

 more to roses, which are appearing in 

 somewhat larger quantity, and also 

 show a gradual improvement as to 

 average quality. A good lively demand 

 Is expected by Thanksgiving. So far 

 there has been no call for roses to be 

 shipped north. In fact, violets are 

 about the only line that is being 

 shipped to distant points, though a few 



FANCY OR DAGGER FERNS 



New Crop Fancy Ferns 

 Dagger Ferns .... 



Discount on large orders 



USE OUR LAUREL FESTOONING 



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



$0.75 per 1000 

 .75 per 1000 



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Bronze and Green Galax, Jl.OO per lOM: 



$7.50 per case of 10,000. 

 Spliagnum AlosN, large sack, only 40c. 

 Pine by the pound, 8c., or by the yard. 

 Branch Laurel, 35c. for a large bundle. 

 Southern Smilax, 50-lb. cases, $5.00. 

 Green and Bronze Lencotboe Sprays, SS.M 



per 1000. 

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

 Order in advance. 

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GROWL FERN CO., Millington, Mass. 



SEW YORK QUOTATIONS P ER 100. To Dealers Only 



MISCELLANEOUS 



Cattleyas 



Lilies. LonKiflorum 



Rubrum 



Lily of the Valley 



Violets 



Com Flower 



Chrysanthemums 



Sweet Peas 



Gardenias ■ 



Adiantum 



Smilax 



Asparagus Plumosus. strings (per loo) 



** *• & Sp^en (loo bunches). 



Ust Half of Week 



endini Nov. H 



1914 



First Half of Wnt 



beginning Nov. 16 



1914 



chrysanthemums are going as far east 

 as Salt Lake. The violet growers have 

 been disappointed in their hopes of a 

 good rain, which is badly needed by 

 the flowers. The market is rather 

 glutted with carnations, and prices are 

 very low. The great bulk ot the stock 

 is rather trashy in quality, and its 

 cheapness tends to depress really flrst- 

 class stock, of which there is a little 

 coming in. Cyclamen flowers are sell- 

 ing very well, and are rather more 

 plentiful than usual, with indications 

 of a gradual increase in supplies until 

 Christmas. The supply of orchids is 

 well maintained and offerings, as a 

 rule, are well taken up. California 

 holly and madrone berries find a little 

 more demand, though by no means 

 large as yet. Greens of all kinds are 

 abundant. General retail business is 

 about all that can be expected. The 

 intercollegiate football game Saturday 

 will doubtless give the usual stimulus 

 to chrysanthemums and violets in the 

 local market. Judging by conditions 

 at the gardens and hothouses around 

 the Bay, all seasonable goods will be 

 unusually plentiful during the holiday 

 season; and while prices will doubt- 

 less be low, the season is expected to 

 be a very satisfactory one for the 

 trade. 



The local market has 

 ST. LOUIS been in splendid condi- 

 tion as to supply and 

 the demand too has been quite satis- 

 factory on some days. Chrvsanthe- 

 mums are still the main attraction. 

 Some of the late varieties are now 

 coming in heavy. Prices have been 

 most reasonable. Other flowers com- 

 ing into this market are far too many 

 for the local trade to dispose of. 

 Roses are many and fine. Only the ex- 

 tra fine stock goes at the quoted prices. 

 Violets are in excellent demand, also 

 sweet peas are improving daily in 

 quality. Carnations are in fine sup- 

 ply. The cold winter weather that 

 started in today, Nov. 16, should boom 

 business and make things more steady. 



Contrary to expec- 

 WASHINGTON tations, the good 

 business that the 

 majority of florists had hoped for has 

 not materialized up to the present 

 time. There is a large oversupply of 

 stock and in many instances the cus- 

 tomer dictates his own prices for the 

 flowers that he desires. There are 

 flowers of all kinds coming in from 

 the nearby country that are flooding 

 the local market to an extent never 

 before known in Washington. The 

 warm weather was continued for 

 a week or more causing flowers 

 of all kinds to be overplentiful 

 and the demand exceptionally poor for 

 this time of the year. This sentiment 

 seems to prevail throughout this terri- 

 tory and there are but one or two re- 

 tailers who are optimistic enough as 

 to declare that business is good with 

 them. It seems futile at this writing 

 to quote prices for quotations would 

 not hold good over night. Den- 

 drobium formosum still continues to 

 pile in. Gardenias are very plentiful 

 and go begging at even $1 a dozen. 

 The call for lily of the valley has been 

 very good and the stock is as fine as 

 has ever been seen here. Paper White 

 narcissi are not yet in sufficient quan- 

 tity to cause worry. Some good 

 mignonette is to be had but because of 

 the lack of large dinner decorations 

 this flower is passed by for something 

 showier and perhaps cheaper. There 

 is a great oversupply of Lilium rubrum 

 and most of these flowers find their 

 way to the refuse pile. Carnations are 

 exceptionally good and are perhaps in 

 .somewhat better demand than they 

 have been. Orchid flowering sweet 

 peas that are now to be had in Ameri- 

 can Beauty shade and lavender, meet 

 with a ready sale at up to $L50 per 

 hundred. Violets are still very scarce 

 and not very good. 



BUSINESS TROUBLES. 

 Middleboro, Mass. — Frederick P. 

 Chase, florist, assets, $315.00; liabili- 

 ties. $1,616.00. 



