September 26, 1914 



HORTICULTURE 



467 



Flower Market Reports 



{Continutd from fiagie ydj) 



movement and break down the selling 

 price. Oncidiums of fine finish are 

 also abundant. Chrysanthemums are 

 increasing and improving perceptibly. 

 Asters are in wretched shape, due in 

 part to the lack of rain tor the past 

 three weeks. If some first-class asters 

 could be produced they would probably 

 sell well, but the stuff now exposed 

 for sale is despised by all. Dahlias, 

 probably because of recent weather 

 conditions, are the worst we have ever 

 seen. A few gladioli are still coming 

 in. Cosmos is quite plentiful. Lilies 

 have reached a good equilibrium. It 

 would appear from the color propor- 

 tions of the roses now coming in that 

 many growers have been planting the 

 yellow varieties to a larger extent 

 than ever before. It is a question 

 whether they may not have overloaded 

 the market on this color. A larger 

 proportion of white than is now in 

 evidence, would seem safer. 



Business con- 

 PHILADELPHIA tinues to improve 



a little, but it is 

 not yet quite up to the standard. Roses 

 are getting better in quality and the 

 oversupply is not so prominent. Car- 

 nations are ajso very much improved 

 both as to stem and flower and they 

 are selling very well. Dahlias are not 

 as plentiful as usual at this season, as 

 they have had very little rain in the 

 growing districts for some time. The 

 flowers are very good but stems are 

 short. The demand is excellent. Glad- 

 ioli are practically over for the sea- 

 son and these cease to be a factor un- 

 til the indoor stocks begin to arrive. 

 Orchids are more plentiful and a good 

 supply of excellent cattleyas are avail- 

 able at moderate prices. Vandas, den- 

 drobiums and oncidiums are also to 

 be had in limited quantity. The sup- 

 ply of the early chrysanthemums is 

 below normal — very few to be seen 

 around. Bronze hydrangea heads add 

 a pleasing note to the list of decora- 

 tive material and these are in good 

 supply, as are also eulalia plumes, the 

 latter very graceful and useful. 



A slight improvement 

 ST. LOUIS was noticed, but very 



slight, in the early part 

 of last week, but the time for good 

 steady business has not yet arrived. 

 To say that the market has been 

 glutted for the past week is putting it 

 mildly, and when we say prices are 

 low we could use the same expression. 

 Of roses in all varieties there have 

 been so many of late that many thou- 

 sands were sold for near nothing. 

 Among the many outdoor flowers com- 

 ing in now are dahlias, gladioli, asters, 

 tuberoses and cosmos. The carnation 

 crop promises to be heavy in a few 

 weeks and business will have to pick 

 up greatly to consume half of the 

 stock that will crowd this market for 

 the next month or so. Never before 

 has the market been so crowded up 

 and business so slow as this season 

 so far. 



Cosmos, tritomas 

 WASHINGTON and other fall flow- 

 ers are beginning 

 to glut the market to the exclusion of 

 greenhouse products and it will not be 

 long before they cause the shelving of 

 the latter stock. As is iisual this is a 

 very dull period with the stores and 



FANCY OR DAGGER FERNS 



New Crop Fancy Ferns 



Dagger Ferns - . . . . 



Discount on large ord«n 



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For your decorations, nmde freih daily from the wood>, 4c, Sc and 6c per yard 



$0.75 per 1000 

 .75 per lOOO 



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Bronze anti Gre«n Galax, $1.00 per lOM; 



?7.50 per case of 10,000. 

 Sphmmum Mo«», large sack, only 40c. 

 Pinf Iiy the pound, 8c., or by the yard. 

 Branch Laurel, 3oc. for a large bundle. 

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

 Green and Bronze Leucothoe Sprays, IS.M 



per 1000. 

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

 Order In advance. 

 Write, wire or telephone 13 R4. 



CROWL FERN CO., Millington, Mass. 



NEW YORK QUOTATIONS PER 100. To Dealers Only 



MISCELLANEOUS 



Cattleyas 



Lilies. Longiflorum 



*' Rubrum 



Lily of the Valley 



Asters ■ 



Gladioli 



Com Flower 



Chrysanthemums 



Dahlias 



Sweet Peas (per xoo bunches) 



Gardenicu 



Adiantum 



Smilax • 



Asparagus Plumosus. strings (per loo) . 



Ust Half of Week 



endJDS Sep. 19 



1914 



Fir^t Half of WMk 



begiRoing Sep. 21 



1914 



40.00 

 4.00 



2. 00 

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.50 to 



5.00 

 .50 



I 8.00 to 



25.00 to 



& Spren (100 bunches) I 15.00 to 



50.00 

 5.00 

 4.00 

 5.00 

 ■5° 

 3.00 



X3.00 

 1. 00 



15.00 



•75 

 10.00 

 35.00 

 35.00 



15.00 

 5. 00 

 3.00 

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 .10 



B.oo 

 •50 



5.00 

 .50 



8.00 

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 15.00 



40.00 

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I3.00 

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•75 



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35-" 

 35.00 



the increased competition of tliis sort 

 of stock is not meeting with the appro- 

 val of the dealers. Stock is coming 

 into the market in better shape. Car- 

 nations do not amount to much but 

 chrysanthemums are improving great- 

 ly. The smaller varieties of asters are 

 shorter in supply and dahlias are 

 scarce. Roses are beginning to take 

 shape worthy of commendation, more 

 especially American Beauty roses 

 which can be had with stems four feet 

 or more in length at $3, with the price 

 shading down to $1.50 per dozen for 

 the less desirable. Orchids, singles 

 and sprays, are to be had in larger 

 quantities and very fine qualities. 

 Good cattleyas are bringing $6 to $7.50 

 per dozen, although the call is limited. 

 Ferns are beginning to sell better and 

 several of the stores are holding large 

 sales of these at odd prices. Business 

 is expected to improve considerable 

 within the next week or ten days and 

 the dealers and clerks are preparing 

 for a strenuous fall and winter trade. 



PHILADELPHIA NOTES. 



Samuel S. Pennock and family have 

 returned to Lansdowne after a month's 

 sojourn at Christmas Cove, Me. 



Otto Bauer, late of the Washington 

 Florists' Co.. will be the new manager 

 of the Washington branch of the S. S. 

 Pennock-Meehan Co. instead of Clar- 

 ence Watson as at first reported. Mr. 

 Bauer will enter on his new duties 

 Oct. 1. 



William Kleinheinz and John H. 

 Dodds have the honor to report: back 

 home from their European sojourns 

 and on their jobs. Wni. F. Dreer is 

 expected about the 26th — via Mar- 

 seilles. Mr. Dreer lost his automobile 

 on the border as he entered Switzer- 

 land. 



The Truckers' Convention will be held 

 in Horticultural Hall. Oct. 6 to 9 inclu- 

 sive. The program of the convention is 

 as follows: Tuesday, Oct. 6. morning, 

 business session; address of welcome 

 by Mayor Blankenburg and response 

 by Dean Watts, of State College, presi- 

 dent of the Vegetable Growers' Asso- 

 ciation. Afternoon, automobile trip to 

 Bustleton produce district. Evening, 

 public meeting and questionaire, led 

 by Professor Clyde L. King, of the 

 University of Pennsylvania. Wednes- 

 day, morning, discussion of soil prob- 

 lems by Professor .Jacob G. Lipraan, 

 director of the .\ew Jersey Agricul- 

 tural Kxperiment Station, and Dr. Os- 

 wald Schreiner, of the U. S. Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture. Afternoon, trip 

 to Bridgeton. N. J. Evening, annual 

 banquet. Thursday, morning, discus- 

 sion on cooperation, led by Professor 

 Paul Work. N. Y. State College of Ag- 

 riculture. Afternoon, election of of- 

 ficers and business session. Evening, 

 public questionaire, led by Professor 

 King. Friday, morning, visit to Phila- 

 delphia markets, under the auspices of 

 William H. Ball, chief of the Bureau 

 of City Property. Afternoon, final 

 business and adjournment. 



Cincinnati, O. — A. C. Heckman, Jr., 

 and Alex. Ostendarp, proprietors of the 

 Cincinnati Cut Flower Exchange, have 

 dissolved partnership. Mr. Ostendarp 

 will continue the business under the 

 same name. 



ROBERT J. DYSART 



PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT AND AUDITOR 



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