October 3. 1914 



HORTICULTURE 



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Flower Market Reports 



i^ConHnutd from ^ge 407] 



Both stuiks and 

 PHILADELPHIA customers suf- 

 fered from the 

 heat last week. American Beauty 

 roses move fairly well at lower prices 

 than last year. Most other roses seem 

 to be in the same running, but the 

 quality is all that could be expected at 

 this season. A bright exception is 

 Mrs. Charles Russell which is not only 

 one of the most popular, but one of 

 the few roses selling right up. .\nother 

 bright spot is that popular little favor- 

 ite Fire Flame of which new crop is 

 just commencing and being taken up 

 with avidity. Hadley, Shawyer, and 

 Francis Scott Key are also showing 

 up well for the early cuts. Carnations 

 are a little better both as to quantity 

 and quality, but buyers, while a little 

 better satisfied, are not enthused. Or- 

 chids are better and cutting quite 

 some figure in the market. There seem 

 to be more of the spray varieties this 

 year than usual. Dahlias are a lit- 

 tle better all around and the demand 

 is also better. Asters are still plenti- 

 ful and good — long-stemmed and ex- 

 cellent flowers. In chrysanthemums 

 Smith's White and Golden Glow seem 

 to be all thus far. Bouvardia is one 

 of the new comers. 



Stock is very plenti- 

 ST. LOUIS ful, of extra good 

 quality and prices 

 exceedingly low. This is especially 

 so in roses; the wholesalers let you 

 buy them at your own price in all 

 grades except fancies and the same 

 applies to all other flowers. Retail 

 business is very dull. Chrysanthe- 

 mums are coming fast. Golden Glow 

 and Smith's Advance are in now, and 

 other varieties will be coming soon. 

 Carnation are fine, also dahlias and 

 gladioli, lily of the valley and longi- 

 florum lilies are the only flowers to 

 hold up in price. 



The warm days of 

 WASHINGTON last week brought 

 out thousands of 

 roses, for which, there was no demand. 

 Saturday saw a change in temperature 

 and stocks have shortened up consid- 

 erably. There is little business being 

 done in the stores or markets, but 

 orders are being received for many 

 fall weddings and the future looks 

 quite bright. There will be a marked 

 falling off of large decorations, ac- 

 cording to one prominent florist, on 

 account of the war and also because 

 of the recent death of the wife of the 

 President. There will be few, if any, 

 state affairs, and, of course, the pres- 

 ence of the President and of the diplo- 

 mats of the foreign nations now at 

 war will not be had at the social af- 

 fairs of the four hundred. The sea- 

 son for asters in and around Washing- 

 ton is over, but yellow and white 

 chrysanthemums are becoming more 

 plentiful and are improving greatly in 

 quality. With carnations in poor 

 shape, although good for this season 

 of the year, the demand for chrysan- 

 themums is good.. Dahlias are also 

 improving in quality, although these 

 flowers caused the growers a lot of 



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Bronie and Green Galax, $1.00 per 1099; 



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 Sphacmum Mob», large sack, only 40c. 

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

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MISCELLANEOUS 



Cattleyas • 



Lilies. Longiflorunn 



" Rubrum 



Lily of the VaUey 



Asters 



Gladioli 



Com Flower 



Chrysanthemums 



Dahlias 



Sweet Pea* (per ico bunches) 



Gardenias 



Adiantum 



Smilax 



Asparagus Plumosus, strings (per lOo) 



" ** & Spren (loo bunches). 



worry because of the production of 

 so many imperfect flowers and blind 

 eyes. Catleyas are fine The difficulty 

 in exporting from abroad seems to 

 have been the cause of a jump in the 

 price of lily of the valley from $4 

 to $5. 



aer, Ind.; John S. Carter, Pres., Nico- 

 tine Manufacturing Co., St. Louis, Mo.; 

 Beebe & Son, Vever, la. 



PERSONAL. 



VISITORS' REGISTER. 



New York — Carl Cropp, Chicago, 111. 



11. 1. Stein is manager of the flower 

 department of Hahne & Co., Newark, 

 N. J. 



So. Orange, N. J.— J. K. M. L. Far- 

 quhar, Boston; Wm. J. Stewart, Bos- 

 ton. 



Knoxville, T e n n. — Thomas ,Ioy, 

 Nashville: Herman Reynold, Hillegom, 

 Holland. 



Ernest Carl, florist, of Providence 

 is one of the recent arrivals home from 

 the seat of war, 



Wra, Westland has left Cotuit, Ma^s., 

 where he was employed by Mrs. C. H-. 

 Parker and is now with Mrs. W. Aus- 

 tin Wadsworth at Geneseo, New York. 



Cincinnati — Geo. Hampton, repre- 

 senting J. G. Neidinger, Pliila.: R. E. 

 Adgate of the McCallum Co.. Pitts- 

 burgh, Pa. 



Clarence Peterson and Miss Mary 

 Critchell of Cincinnati, are to marry 

 this week. They have the congratula- 

 tions and best wishes of their many 

 friends in the trade. 



Boston— Robt. Shoch, representing 

 Rice Co., Philadelphia; John Uunbar, 

 superintendent of parks, Rochester, 

 X. Y.: E. O. Orpet, Lake Forest. 111.: 

 Harry Turner, representing .Morris 

 Nursery Co., Morrisville, Pa. 



Philadelphia— Edwin A. Seidewitz, 

 Baltimore, Md.: John Scott, Hiints- 

 ville, Ala.; B. L. Elliott, Pittsburgh, 

 Pa.; Miss M. Meinhardt, St. Louis, 

 Mo.; W. F. Gude, Washington, D. C; 

 Sam Batchelor, Mamaroneck, N. Y. 



L. Merton Gage, formerly of the 

 firm of Chamberlain & Gage, has es- 

 tablished himself in Natick. Mass., as 

 a grower and dealer in high class 

 gladioli. He has purchased from the 

 old firm the famous pink seedling 

 which has now been named Mrs. Dr. 

 Norton and will be disseminated by 

 him two or three years hence. 



Chicago — August Swanson, St. Paul, 

 Minn.; Sam'l Murray, Kansas City, 

 Mo,; E. J. Fancourt of Pennock, 

 Meehan & Co., Phila.; H. A. Barnard, 

 with Stuart Low & Co., Enfield. Eng- 

 land; J. A, Peterson, Cincinnati, 0.; 

 Chas. S. Pike, St. Charles, 111.: Walter 

 Mott, representing Benj. Hammond. 

 Beacon, N. Y.; John Piriboom, Rotter 

 dam, Holland; N. B. Stover. Terre 

 Haute, Ind.; W. T. Osbourne. Renssel- 



A bowling club is about to be 

 formed with employees of the five 

 wholesale houses in St. Louis and 

 weekly matches will be rolled. 



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