December 12, 1914 



HORTICULTURE 



857 



Flower Market Reports 



{^Continued frontpage Sjj) 



should be in readiness for the second 

 holiday rush, and it can not come too 

 soon. The outlook is promising and 

 a heavy business is looked for. 



Most of the trade con- 

 CHICAGO sider business to be lit- 

 tle. If any, below nor- 

 mal. None of the conditions are es- 

 pecially favorable and much might be 

 said against them, still a fair amount 

 of stock is disposed of daily and most 

 of it to good advantage. The high 

 temperature of a week ago made stock 

 slightly soft and growers are quite re- 

 lieved at even a slight reduction in 

 the temperature. Week-end trade was 

 good and the close of the opening 

 week in December showed a very fair 

 sales record. The opening of the sec- 

 ond week was even more favorable. 

 Beauties are bringing in the dollars, 

 for both demand and price are good. 

 The short lengths are inclined to be 

 poor. Sweet peas are doing fairly 

 well and lily of the valley is in very 

 good demand. Among roses Mrs. Rus- 

 sell and Milady are outclassing all 

 others. Some of the former sold as 

 high as five dollars per dozen last 

 week. Milady is so large and has such 

 a fine stem and its keeping qualities 

 are so good that it is hard to sell Rich- 

 monds to the admirers of Milady. One 

 large house predicts the supremacy of 

 Milady if it proves a good Christmas 

 bloomer. Carnations are of several 

 grades and plenty of each. 



Four days of terribly 

 NEW YORK stormy weather has 

 not helped a situa- 

 tion already very disheartening to the 

 flower trade of this city, retail and 

 wholesale feeling the pinch with equal 

 severity. With the exception of per- 

 haps lilies and cattleyas of the best 

 quality the prices prevailing in the 

 wholesale district this week are con 

 siderably lower than at a correspond- 

 ing time last year. If there can be 

 said to be any extra demand on any 

 line it is for American Beauty roses 

 which have stiffened up a little all 

 along the line. Lily of the valley has 

 been given a bad knock, the supply of 

 flowers coming in far exceeding the 

 demand. Southern asparagus is piled 

 up everywhere and is hard to move 

 at any price. Roses, carnations and 

 violets are all in the discard, it would 

 seem. Chrysanthemums still linger 

 on all sides. A few nice white lilacs 

 and fine sweet peas are seen. 



More stock and 

 PHILADELPHIA less business Is 



the verdict for 

 the past week. The recession from the 

 Thanksgiving week activity was quite 

 marked. The slump affected no one 

 thing in particular but pretty much 

 everything all along the line. Towards 

 the end of last week prices stiffened a 

 little, but were far from getting back 

 to normal. Saturday was blustery 

 cold and wet, thus closing up one of 

 the avenues for some kind of a clean- 

 up. As a consequence a great quan- 

 tity of good flowers went out for al- 

 most nothing. In roses, the Killarneys 

 are exceptionally good,Richmonds have 



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NEW YORK QDOTATIONS PER 100. To Dealers^ Qnly^ 



MISCELLANEOUS 



Cattleyas 



Lilies, LonKiflonim 



" Rubrum 



Uly of the Vallejf 



VioUts 



Com Flower 



Chrysanthemums 



Sweel Peas {per lOO bunches) 



Gardenias ■ 



Adiantum ■ • • 



Smilax - ■ • • • 



Asparagus Plumosus, strings (per loo) 



*• " & Sp^'en (loo bunches). 



Ust Half of Week 



ending Dec. S 



1914 



First Kelt ef WmI 



beginning Dec. 7 



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greatly improved and American Beau- 

 ties are splendid quality. Carnations 

 also have shown continued improve- 

 ment in form. The leader is undoubt- 

 edly Gorgeous. There is not a big sup- 

 ply of these, but what there are com- 

 ing in are certainly magnificent. 

 Close seconds to it are Matchless, 

 White Wonder, Pink Delight and En- 

 chantress Supreme. Trianae is now the 

 principal cattleya to be seen. Cypri- 

 pediums continue plentiful and of un- 

 usually good quality. The demand for 

 violas is fair, but the prices have 

 gone down considerably. The late 

 chrysanthemums are still in evidence 

 but in greatly diminished quality. The 

 end of this week will see the bulk of 

 them over. Advance bookings for 

 Christmas plants and greens are re- 

 ported as very satisfactory. 



Business was a 

 SAN FRANCISCO little quiet right 



after Thanks- 

 giving, and while it is now picking up 

 again, there is hardly the activity that 

 is usual at this time of year. It is 

 thought that the Thanksgiving trade 

 fairly set the keynote for the whole 

 holiday business; plenty of small busi- 

 ness and a large demand for cheap 

 goods, with a slow movement of the 

 finer offerings. California holly is 

 again in large supply, of remarkably 

 fine quality, and finds a large demand. 

 English holly is being offered from 

 several quarters for Christmas, north- 

 ern stock being preferred. A few 

 poinsettia heads have come in from 

 San Diego. A week of rain has fur- 

 ther curtailed offerings of chrysanthe- 

 mums, though there are still plenty, 

 Appleton and Jeanne Nonin being 

 among the principal varieties. Pom- 

 pons are disappearing. The violets 

 are now showing up much better, and 

 in larger quantity, but the shipping 

 demand is only moderate. There is a 

 little call for roses in the north. 

 Beauties are improving slowly; Ra- 

 diance Is very nice, and finds a good 



sale, and Maryland is holding up very 

 well. Orchids are increasingly scarce. 

 There is an abundance of fine cycla- 

 men, the demand for which is improv- 

 ing. The average Japanese carna- 

 tions are overfed, and do not keep 

 well, though some growers are offer- 

 ing a little very fine stock. Gardenias 

 are now in fair supply, and are pretty 

 well taken. A lot of the miscellaneous 

 outdoor stock that has figured in the 

 market for some time is now playing 

 out; while offerings of freesias and 

 paper whites are Increasing steadily, 

 the season being exceptionally early. 



The local market dur- 

 ST. LOUIS ing the last week has 



been fairly good as to 

 supply and demand and all prices 

 reasonable, but the dark, rainy days 

 all of the past week will no doubt 

 have a telling e'ffect on the supply for 

 Christmas. Business since Thanks- 

 giving has been only fair, as the bad 

 weather had a bad effect with all the 

 retailers on the counter trade. Roses 

 and carnations are fine and not any 

 t(00 many just now. VioletB, chry- 

 santhemums, sweet peas, lily of the 

 valley and paper whites are in abun- 

 dance. Christmas can not as yet be 

 told, but cut stock will be scarce and 

 high and plants will have the call. 



Continued warm 

 WASHINGTON weather, while 



somewhat bene- 

 ficial to the retail florist, has tended 

 to bring about an oversupply of flow- 



{CotittHued on pnge SOJ) 



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