December 5, 1914 



HORTICULTURE 



807 



Flower Market Reports 



Thanksgiving trade 

 KNOXVILLE was beyond all ex- 

 pectations, tlie good 

 trade to some extent being due to the 

 foot ball game (University of Ten- 

 nessee vs. Kentucky State). The Uni- 

 versity of Tennessee colors, yellow 

 and white, took up all the chrysanthe- 

 mums of this color that could be ob- 

 tained, and several hundred more 

 could have been sold. The Kentucky 

 State colors being blue and white, it 

 was impossible to furnish both colors 

 in flowers, and white carnations and 

 chrysanthemums were used tied with 

 blue and white ribbon. On account of 

 the University of Tennessee having a 

 winning team this year, it has made 

 the yellow and white chrysantneniums 

 very" popular all season. Chrysanthe- 

 mums are on their last legs and will 

 be a thing of the past in a few days, 

 but carnations are coming into their 

 own after the cool weather, and the 

 cut is growing heavy. 



The Thanks giving 

 NEW YORK Day business was 



generally s a t i s f ac- 

 tory, judging by reports from the deal- 

 ers, both wholesale and retail. No- 

 body will admit that the business was 

 up to that of last year but. consider- 

 ing the conditions prevailing all 

 through this fall, they all did much 

 better than they had reason to expect. 

 Responding to the suddenly developed 

 demand, prices ascended with a 

 bound, and in some cases to a degree 

 that did the trade no good. This was 

 followed by the inevitable relapse and 

 the opening of the present week sees 

 a very depressed condition in the 

 wholesale district, price slaughtering 

 being a marked characteristic as 

 usual. Among the best sellers thus 

 far are the yellow roses and of these 

 Sunburst deservedly takes the pre- 

 mier place in popularity and standard 

 price. Mrs. Russell is also developing 

 as a great favorite in this market this 

 season. The number of rose varieties 

 offered in quantity has never before 

 been equalled. Besides the foregoing 

 and the several Killarneys there are 

 Prince d'Arenberg, Mrs. Taft. Fire- 

 flame, Richmond. Hadley. Francis 

 Scott Key. J. L. Mock. Mrs. Shaw- 

 yer. Crimson Beauty. Radiance. Mrs. 

 Aaron Ward. Lady Hillingdon and 

 several others. The carnation has 

 accompanied the rose in its drop in 

 value and lily of the valley, orchids 

 and other choice material move 

 slowly at prices greatly reduced, while 

 violets, which are now of superb 

 quality, find their best outlet through 

 the street venders. Lots of stevia and 

 bouvardia are coming in and Roman 

 hyacinths are already seen in quan- 

 tity. Among chrysanthemums Maj. 

 Bonnaffon is easily the best seller, 

 the medium .grades having the best of 

 it. Southern aspara'-'us is over-plenti- 

 ful. 



T h a n k s g iving 

 PHILADELPHIA week was on the 

 whole very satis- 

 factory. While there was nothing very 

 startling as to prices or results, the 

 trading was good and storks were 

 cleaned up in excellent shape. This 

 does not quite apply to Saturday, the 

 date of the big army and navy game. 



FANCY OR DAGGER FERNS 



New Crop Fancy Ferns - - $0.75 per 1000 

 Dagger Ferns .75 per 1000 



Discount on larfEC orders 



USE OUR LAUREL FESTOONING 



For your decorslions, made fresh daily from the woods, 4<:. Sc and 6c per yard 



Uronie anil Green Galax, Jl.OO per 1(»»; 



$7.,'')0 per case of 10,000. 

 Sphasnuni Mobb, large sack, only 40c. 

 Tine by the pound, 8c., or by the y«rd. 

 Uranch Laurel, 35c. for a large bundle. 

 Soutiiern >;milax, 50-lb. cases. $5.00. 

 Green and Bronze Leucothoe Sprays, IS.M 



per luon. 

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

 Order In advauce. 

 Write, wire or telephone 13 R4. 



GROWL FERN CO., Millington, Mass. 



Tel. Office. New Salem, Mass. 

 L. D. Phone Connection. 



NEW YORK QUOTATIONS PER 100. To Dealers Only 



MISCELLANEOUS 



Cattleyu •• 



Lilies, Longiflorum 



•* Rubrum 



LUy of the Valley 



VioI*-ts 



Com Flower 



Chrysanthemums • 



Sweet Peas per icx> bunches) 



Gardenias 



Adiantum 



Smilax " 



Asparagus Plumosus. stnngs (per loo) ...... • • • 



& Sp<'en (loo bunches). 



Last Half of Week 



endini Nov. 28 



19U 



X5-00 



4.00 



3.50 



3.00 



.50 



5.00 

 3.00 

 8.00 

 .50 

 8.00 

 25.00 

 15.00 



50.00 

 6.00 



6.00 



4.00 



.75 



so.oo 

 4.00 

 25.00 



.75 



10.00 

 30.00 

 30.00 



FirJt Half of WmI 



beglnnine Nov. 31 



1914 



15.00 

 5.00 



2.00 



3. CO 

 ■35 



5.00 

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8.00 

 • 5° 



8.00 

 15.00 

 15.00 



50.00 



6.00 



4.00 



4.00 



• 50 



■0.00 



4.00 



25.00 



■75 



lO.OC 



30.00 

 30.00 



Heretofore that event proved such a 

 fine outlet that unusual preparations 

 were made for it this year and as a 

 consequence it was overdone and the 

 market broke badly. The warm weath- 

 er of the last half of the week also 

 had its effect. Roses continue in fine 

 form and while prices have eased up 

 somewhat the demand continues ex- 

 cellent. Hadly is a leading favorite 

 and Sunburst is also noticeably fine. 

 There is now a fine list of yellows and 

 a very good demand for all of them. 

 Carnations were about equal to the 

 demand, but there was no surplus and 

 prices held firm. Chrysanthemums 

 were is larger supply than expected 

 and a good many sacrifices of fine 

 stock took place at the wlndup. Deal- 

 ers were conservative on the violet 

 situation this year and were able to 

 hit the happy medium — enough. The 

 prices realized were up to standard 

 and all was well. Gardenias sold fair- 

 ly well. Lily of the valley is very 

 plentiful— rather more than the mar- 

 ket can absorb. The orchid situation 

 has improved slightly, the prices re- 

 alized being considerably better. The 

 cypripedium crop is now more in evi- 

 dence and quality fine. Some very 

 nice sweet peas are now arriving — 

 especially in the Spencers. The latter, 

 although not \ery long stemmed as yet, 

 are excellent as to flowers. 



The Thanksgiv- 

 SAN FRANCISCO ing trade In 



San Francisco 

 developed some un\isual features, but 

 on the whole was rather disappoint- 

 ing, and a number of the large retail 

 houses are said to have fallen consid- 

 erably behind last year's record for 

 the same period. It is impossible to 

 place the blame for this on the street 

 venders, who are unusually numerous 

 this year; there was no lack of buy- 

 ers and sales of cheap stuff. Large, 

 important orders, however, were the 

 exception, and the more expensive 

 goods simply did not move. The most 

 notable feature was the enormous 



sale of California holly, an extremely 

 heavy supply of which was absolutely 

 cleaned up. This was due to the low 

 price, together with the quality, which 

 is the best in years. A little English 

 holly has appeared, but finds little de- 

 mand at this time. Last week's short- 

 age of carnations seems to have been 

 artificial, and the attempt to boost the 

 price had little success, values being 

 back to a low level, with heavy offer- 

 ings. Chrysanthemums are stronger, 

 with gradually diminishing supplies 

 which will probably be further cur- 

 tailed by a storm which has just 

 started. This, if continued, will help 

 the violets greatly. Shipping stock of 

 the latter is still scarce. More roses 

 are being cut and the quality is im- 

 proving, but the amount of really 

 first-class stock is small. Supplies are 

 pretty well taken up. Cyclamen 

 plants and Howers are quite plentiful, 

 and sell rather slowly. Orchids are 

 getting a little scarce again with 

 prices well maintained. Current offer- 

 ings of lily of the valley are light 

 and nothing extra as to quality. Few- 

 gardenias have been offered as yet, but 

 there is a very fair crop coming on. 

 Paper whites are appearing in larger 

 quantity. 



Thanksgiving week 

 ST. LOUIS trade was good In 



many respects but the 

 retailers were somewhat disappointed 

 with Thanksgiving business, which 

 was far below that of last year. Stock 

 of all kinds was in plenty and prices 

 lower than at any Thanksgiving here- 

 tofore. The only shortage noticed was 

 in roses. Chrysanthemums were in 



{CpniiHued on page S/2) 



ROBERT J. DYSART 



PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT AND AUDITOR 

 .Simple nifthuds of correct aecountinc 

 eripeclally udapted for florlHtR' UHe. 



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