July 25, 1914 



HORTICULTURE 



121 



Flower Market Reports 



The weather thus lur has 

 BOSTON not been conducive to 

 special activity at the sea 

 and mountain resorts and tln> flower 

 trade of this market feels it quite 

 seriously. The shipping trade to New- 

 port, Bar Harbor, Saratoga and similar 

 places during July has not hr-,-n one- 

 half of what it amounted to in the 

 same period last year. American Beau- 

 ty roses bring good money, everything 

 considered, but are not as good as they 

 might be. Other roses are at the low- 

 est figure, sales lagging badly. Carna- 

 tions still hold out although the asters 

 are crowding in on them, but they are 

 slow to move. Lilies more plentiful, 

 lily of the valley normal as to supply 

 and demand. Gladioli increasing and 

 doing as well as could be expected. 

 Cattleyas have been selling at the low- 

 est point ever recorded here, but have 

 now taken an upward slant. Sweet 

 peas froiu outdoors are being rf>ceived 

 in large quantities — quality poor, sales 

 slow and prices very low. 



Business conditions 

 BUFFALO have improved slightly 

 and there have been a 

 few good days amongst the quiet ones. 

 Saturday found the trade good and a 

 fair cleaning up by the wholesalers, 

 except on roses of which there is an 

 over supply, especially on poor quality 

 Killarney, Taft and Maryland. The 

 supply of carnations is gradually go- 

 ing down, but as the asters have not 

 come on as yet, the carnations are 

 still in need even if in poor quality. 

 Some choice America, Augusta and 

 Pink Beauty gladioli are in and have 

 taken well. These are not local grown 

 but shipments have come in good, con- 

 sidering the very warm weather. A 

 wedding now and then has helped lily 

 of the valley, lilies and other stock. 



Mid-summer conditions 

 CHICAGO prevail. The market is 



experiencing a quiet that 

 has seldom been equalled and the sales 

 have reached the lowest ebb of the 

 year. A few flowers are always needed 

 and the little (Jemand is strongest for 

 roses, which are of very .good quality 

 and are to be had in considerable 

 variety. American Beauties are said 

 by some growers to have reached the 

 height of the crop last week and the 

 cut is now diminishing. Asters are 

 steadily gaining and while the greater 

 part are rather short, there are now 

 some with fairly long stems. As usual, 

 carnations have almost disappeared 

 with the coming in of the asters. Sweet 

 peas seem to be making a summer of 

 it, for the counters still contain a fair 

 supply, mostly with short stems, how- 

 ever. Lily of the valley finds slow 

 sales. A quantity of double gypsophila 

 was shipped in from Denver and took 

 well with those florists who are keep- 

 ing up their window displays. There 

 are more gladioli than the market 

 needs and only the very best sell. 

 Ferns are now selling from $1.00 to 

 $1.50 per 1,000. 



There is plenty of 

 CINCINNATI stock of all kinds in 

 this market, but not 

 enough business to begin to use it all. 

 Only the best of the strictly season- 

 able flowers are enjoying any demand. 

 During last week roses would hardly 

 move at any price. American Beau- 

 ties were very good for the time of 

 the year, but shared the same fate as 



f~ie:i-d- oro\a/n 



CARNATION PLANTS 



We are now liookiii;c orders for iinin4>iliato and later deliver.v 

 from stork Brown and Helet'ted espeeiall.v for «n. Our plants 

 are g:uarantecd to give satisfaction. 



100 1000 

 Mall liless $15.00 $140.00 



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8.00 

 8.00 

 8.00 

 ■;.5() 

 7.00 

 8.00 

 7.00 



i:iii hantress Supreme 10.00 



rink Delight »•<'» 



Uliile Wonder 8-00 



« hile Knelianlress 



Alma Ward 



XVliile lVrfe<>tion . 

 Mrs. ('. W. Ward. 



Noitliiiort 



(ilnriosa 



Kneliantress 



Kose rink Eneliantress 7.IHI 



Ooroth.v tiordon "•"" 



I'o.iihontas (Ltd. quantity ). 8.011 



St. Meliolas *■"" 



foinfort ■'•** 



Itea.ou 8»« 



Harlowarden '-^^O 



Henora ■..-•■ »■"« 



Winsor ''•0* 



Vietory '00 



Rosetle *•"* 



Write us for prices on larger duantities 



lET CS TBLl YOU ALL ABOUT TBE NEW IN- 



TRODICTIONS IN CARNATIONS FOR 1915 



SEND FOR CIRCULAR 



90.00 

 80.00 

 75.00 

 75.00 

 70.00 

 70.00 

 65.00 

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 70.00 

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 60.00 

 75.00 

 60.00 

 60.00 

 70.00 



C:iii also offer barL.^aius in tlie following own 

 inch: MARYLAXI), WHITE KILLARNEY, 

 AMERICAN BEAUTY, MRS. AARON WARD, 

 MOCK. Let us know your wants. 



Darind Joly and Aatfast we do 



root ROSE plants. -1\U inch and :', 



PINK KILLARNEY, SHAWYER, 



HILLINGDON, TAFT and .1. L. 



1 5 P. H. 



:iMIMOOK-IVII 



:IHA.DM OO. 



NEW YORK 

 117 W. 28th St. 



Tlie Wliclesale I 

 PHILADELPHIA 

 1608-1620 Ludlow St. 



lorists ot rhiladelpliia. 



BALTIMORE 

 Franklin and St. Paul Sts. 



WASHINGTON 

 1216HSt., N. W. 



WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS — ^^'^^^''^^^^to'dealers only 



Roses 



Am. Beauty, Special 



" " Fancy and Extra 



*' No. I 



Killarney, Richmond, Extra 



*' " Ordinary 



HillingdoD, Ward, Sunburst. Extra 



'* *' *' Ordinary. 



Maryland, Taft, Extra 



" *' Ordinary.. 



Russell, Shawyer 



Carnations, Fancy 



" Ordinary 



Cattleyas 



Lilies. Longiflorum . . . - 



Lily of the Valley 



Asters 



Gladioli ■ . . 



Corn p'lower 



Dasies, white and yellow 



Sweet Peas 



Gardenias 



Adiantum 



Stnilax 



Asparagus Plumosus, Strings (lOo) 



'* *' & Spren. (loo Bchs.) 



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the other roses. The supplies of gigan- 

 teum, auratum and rubrum lilies are 

 easily sufficient for present needs. The 

 average quality of gladioli is mucii 

 higher than it was. The good ones 

 sell well while the poorer ones have 

 little or no market. The aster supply 

 is increasing rapidly. Carnations con- 

 tinue to sell well. 



Business is dragging 

 NEW YORK along at summer gait 



and the majority of 

 the stock coming in finds very indif- 

 ferent sale. Prices are tending down- 

 ward on most lines. There is, how- 

 ever, a narrow vein of good business 

 running through It all and the very 

 fancy grades of the good summer va- 

 rieties of roses hold a steady value In 

 the market. Of these we might par- 

 ticularly mention Francis Scott Key, 



which like all Mr. Cook's roses is prov- 

 ing an ideal summer variety. Lilies, 

 lily of the valley, gladioli, sweet peas, 

 corn flowers, etc., are all over abun- 

 dant. Cattleyas are scarce and have 

 trebled in price. Carnations are few 

 and the white ones are bringing good 

 returns. Asters are short stemmed so 

 far. Gladioli are of excellent quality. 



For m i d - J u 1 y 

 PHILADELPHIA business last 



week was fair, 

 which is not saying a great deal. It 

 was a steaming week. Humanity was 

 steamed, and flowers about the same. 

 Nobody seemed to think much of flow- 

 ers, unless there was death in the fam- 

 ily or some other extraordinary event, 

 which made them imperative. Flow- 

 ers of all kinds, both indoor and out- 



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