■August 29, 1914 



HORTICULTURE 



;139' 



Flower Market Reports 



{^CoHiinued from page ,V7) 



We are sorry to have 

 NEW YORK to tell again the 



thread-bare tale of 

 congested wholesale market and utter 

 absence of demand for anything in 

 the line of flowers, but it cannot be 

 helped. The same conditions exist 

 as regards choice quality goods as in 

 the low grade. Nothing is e.vempt. 

 American Beauty, lily of the valley, 

 roses, asters, gladioli, everything — in 

 the same predicament. It is really 

 a very serious situation, with no ap- 

 parent rift in the cloud as regards 

 the future. We hope to be able to 

 say something more encouraging next 

 week. 



Business is as 

 PHILADELPHIA good as last year 

 for same period 

 but a much larger quantity of stock Is 

 arriving — the increase being especially 

 in asters and gladioli. All the good 

 asters are easily sold but there is an 

 immense lot so poor that they can not 

 be disposed of at any price. The 

 gladiolus situation is not so bad al- 

 though here also there is a large per- 

 centage of only fair quality. Beauties 

 are improving right along, with the 

 new crop locals showing up in good 

 form. Roses of all kinds are plentiful. 

 Lilies are very good and more than 

 can readily be used to good advantage. 

 Orchids scarce. Lily of the valley plen- 

 tiful. Lots of outdoor subjects such 

 as tuberoses, hydrangeas, tritomas. 

 sunflowers, etc. 



The week opens quite 

 .ST. LOUIS cheerfully with ram 

 falling which is badly 

 needed. The wholesalers have had 

 another dull week and the receipts 

 seem even heavier than the week pre- 

 vious, especially so in roses. In these 

 the price is so low in big lots that 

 hardly express charges are paid. Low 

 prices prevail in all grades. Stock is 

 very heavy in asters and gladioli with 

 the" demand light. Good quality in 

 carnations is scarce, no over-supply 

 coming in. There is an abundance of 

 lilies but lily of the valley and sweet 

 peas are scarce. 



CHICAGO NOTES. 



The store windows are still gay 

 with water lily blooms. With the 

 banks of garden grown flowers and 

 an occasional vase of some of the new 

 roses, these are the chief feature of 

 window displays. 



Many of the Chicago visitors to the 

 Boston Convention are enjoying side 

 trips to New York, Philadelphia and 

 other points of interest in the East 

 and will not return home until later. 

 But so far as heard from, those who 

 have returned are unanimous in pro- 

 nouncing this year's convention "the 

 best ever" and can not say too much 

 in praise of Boston hospitality and 

 are looking forward to a trip to the 

 far West next year, with San Fran- 

 cisco as the objective point and the 

 special rate of $55 from Chicago to 

 San Francisco is an additional attrac- 

 tion. 



FANCY OR DAGGER FERNS 



"The Convention Number is a won- 

 der. I congratulate you." 

 New York. 



New Crop Fancy Ferns 



Dagger Ferns - . - . . 



Discount on large orders 



USE OUR LAUREL FESTOONING 



$0.75 per 1000 

 .75 per 1000 



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



New Salem. Mnss. 

 I'lione Conneetion. 



lironze and (irren Ualax, $1.00 per 1000; 



i<7.."p(l pel- case of 10,000. 

 Spliii<.;niin> -Mok-.. large sack, only 40c. 

 Pine In the poiinil, 8e.. or by t!ie yard. 

 Rriini'ii i.iiiirel, :»"i('. fctr a large boudle. 

 Suntht'rn .SniUitx, ."jO-U). cases. $.5.00. 

 (■reen and lirnnze Ijeiieotlioe .Sprays, .$3.50 

 )mT IIHIO. 



Pine Bo.vwood, .$7.50 per .")0-lb. ease. 

 Order iu advaiiee. 

 Write, wire or telephone 13 R4. 



CROWL FERN CO., Millington, Mass. 



NEW YORK QUOTATIONS PER 100. To Dealers Only 



MISCELLANEOUS 



Cattleyas 



Lilies, Longifloniin ■ 



Rubrum 



Uly of the Valley 



Ast»*r8 ' 



Gladioli 



Com Flower 



Daises, white and yellow 



Sweet Peas (per loo bunches) 



Gardeniets 



Adiantum 



Smilax 



Asparagus Plumosus, strings (per lOo) 



" " & Sp>*en (loo bunches). 



Last Half of Week 



ending Aug. 22 



1914 



15.00 

 1.50 



a. CO 



1. 00 



•25 



•50 



1. 00 

 25.00 



6.00 

 25.00 

 15.00 



35-00 

 3.00 



3.00 



3. 00 

 1. 00 



1. 00 

 ■25 



.50 



5.00 



35.00 

 .50 



12.00 



35.00 



20.00 



First Half of Week 



beginning Aug. 24 



1914 



15.00 



,1.50 

 2.00 



x.oo 



.25 



.50 



1. 00 

 25.00 



6.00 

 25.00 

 15.00 



40.00 

 2.00 

 3.00 

 2.00 

 1.00 

 1. 00 



.25 

 .50 



5.00 



35 -oo 



.50 

 ta.oo 

 35.00 

 20.00 



BOSTON CO-OPERATIVE FLOWER MARKET 



The nth Annual SALE OF STALLS will be held 

 on Saturday, Sept. 5th, 1914, at 260 Devonshire 

 Street, Boston, at 9.30 o'clock, A. M. 



ROBERT MONTGOMERY, President. 

 WM. W. TAILBY, Clerk. 



VISITORS' REGISTER. 



St. Lopis — D. F. Lomason o£ D. M. 

 Ferry Co., Detroit; M. L. Vine, repre- 

 senting Leon Co., New Yorlc, and Max 

 Fierstein, of tlie Moore Seed Co., Phil- 

 adelphia. 



Cincinnati— Mr. and Mrs. William 

 Gardner, New Castle, Ind.; Mrs. 

 George Gans, Richmond. Ind.; Ellis 

 Woodworth, representing the Sefton 

 Mfg. Co., Chicago. Ills.; Mr. Moriehard 

 of the Pennock-Meehan Co., Philadel- 

 phia, Pa., and M. Anderson of Leban- 

 on, Ohio. 



mgr., Hammond Co., Richmond, Va.; 

 Jno. D. Hooper, Richmond, Va. 



R. F. 



Philadelphia— F. H. Holton, wife 

 and daughter, Holton & Hunkel, 

 Milwaukee, Wis.; Daniel Carmichael, 

 J. M. McCuUough's Sons, Cincinnati. 

 O.; M. Weiland, Evanston. Ills.; Mr. 

 Windier. St. Louis, Mo.; Paul Kling- 

 sporn. Chicago. Ills.; E. G. Hill. Rich- 

 mond. Ind.: H. Papworth. New Or- 

 leans, La.: Frank Gaul. Pennock-Mee- 

 han Co., Washington, D. C; Frank 

 Gorley. St. Louis. Mo.; Walter W. 

 Coles and wife. Kokomo, Ind.; Robert 

 Graham and wife. Baltimore, Md.; 

 Mr and Mrs. John Walker, Youngs- 

 town, 0.; Joseph Thomas, Greensburg. 

 Pa.; Mr. and Mrs. Ben Elliott, of Jno. 

 Badcr Co., Pittsburgh, Pa.; William 

 Rehder, Wilmington, N. C; George E. 

 Kay. Youngstown. O.: W. A. Higgascm. 



ST. LOUIS NOTES. 



W. S. Wells of the Wells Floral Co.. 

 with his family are visiting Oxford, 

 Ohio, Mr. Wells' home town. 



R. A. McPheron of Litchfield, 111., 

 with his family, stopped over here a 

 few days on their way home from a 

 six-weeks' California trip. 



Park Superintendent E. Streble of 

 this city and Elmer Griffin of East St. 

 Louis, park superintendent, are this 

 week in Newburgh. N. Y., attending 

 the convention of Park Superinten- 

 dents. 



The John T. Millikeu plant at Cres- 

 cent, Mo., is in charge of William 

 Mehl, with George Schmidt and Carl 

 Tompson as rose growers. This plant 

 now comprises 75,000 feet of glass with 

 25,000 more to be added next year. 

 Roses, carnations, lilies and violets 

 will be grown for the St. Louis market. 



ROBERT J. DYSART 



PUBI-IC ACCOUNTANT AND AUDITOR 



Simple methods of correct accouotlnfr 



especially adapted for florists' dhc. 



BOOKS BALANCED AND ADJUSTED 



Merchants Bank Balldinir 



40 STATE ST. BOSTON 



Telephone Main U 



