October 10, 1914 



HOETICULTURE 



531 



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Flower Market Reports 



{Coniinued front ptigie ,"3j) 



three weeks late with many ot the 

 growers and those that are arriving 

 in the marliet are meeting with fairly 

 good sale. 



We are glad to 

 PHILADELPHIA send a more op- 

 timistic report of 

 this market. The weather has been 

 cooler; there is less stock; the stocks 

 are better; the demand is also im- 

 proved; all of which taken together 

 has toned things up considerably. 

 Most people are home from their holi- 

 days and the season may now be said 

 to have started in. If they would only 

 stop talking so much about war-war- 

 war, and hard times, things would be 

 better all around. Folks seem to work 

 themselves up into what the Christian 

 scientist calls "a state ot mind." They 

 ought to stop it and go on about their 

 business as usual. Prices on Ameri- 

 can Beauty roses have stiffened up a 

 little but they still rule considerably 

 below last year's quotations. All roses 

 have improved in quality. Russell 

 leads as the best seller and while 

 there are big cuts arriving there are 

 not nearly enough for the demand. 

 Carnations are rather scarce. Dahlias 

 are moving out in good shape. Asters 

 are still pretty fair. Glory Pacific 

 adds a note ot variety to the white and 

 yellow chrysanthemums. Cosmos is 

 at its best and a good business is be- 

 ing done in that item. Lilies are in 

 good supply and will probably sell 

 well until the chrysanthemums get 

 more plentiful. 



Business is not yet as 

 ST. LOUIS steady as it should be, 



still quite a big im- 

 provement is noted. Stock is moving 

 much better than for some time and 

 the glut is not near as heavy as it 

 has been. Roses are still in heavy 

 supply in all grades except Mrs. 

 all varieties with White and Brilliant 

 having the call. Beauties are not so 

 many and are greatly off color. 

 Chrysanthemums are as yet not any 

 too many. Smith's Advance and 

 Golden Glow are the only varieties 

 in. Carnations could be better than 

 they are. Only very few of the 

 fancy grades come in now, but a big 

 crop is coming soon. Violets are oft 

 color and don't sell well. Asters are 

 through for this season. Lily of the 

 Russell. Killarneys are supreme in 

 valley and lilies hold their own. 



There have been 



WASHINGTON fewer flowers in 



the market and as 



a result prices have soared to some 



extent. There Is a very noticeable 



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 .75 per 1000 



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 Sphagnum Moss, large sack, only 40c. 

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

 Branch Laurel, 3oc. for a large bundle. 

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

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MISCELLANEOUS 



C&tUeyas 



Lilies, Longiflorum 



'* Rubrutn 



Uly of the Valley 



A9t<»rs ■• . • • 



Gladioli 



Com Flower 



Chrysanthemums 



Dahlias 



Sweet Peas (per loo bunches) 



Gardenieis 



Adiantum 



Smilax . . . ■ 



Asparagus Plumosus, strings (per loo) 



" " & Spren (loo bunches). 



15.00 



.50 



.50 

 8.00 

 25.00 

 15.00 



50.00 

 1. 00 



16.00 

 ■7S 

 10.00 

 35-00 

 25.00 



FInt Half of Wert 



begiiinlnj Oct 5 



1914 



15.00 to 

 6.00 to 

 3.00 to 



2.00 



to 

 to 



15.00 to 



.50 to 



to 



5.00 to 



.50 to 



8.00 to 

 15.00 

 15.00 



8.00 



4.00 



3.00 



•50 



3.00 



to 



25.00 

 1. 00 



16.00 

 ■75 

 10.00 

 25.00 

 35.00 



improvement in quality of roses. The 

 Mock roses are well worthy o£ men- 

 tion and American Beauty roses are 

 constantly improving. Carnations are 

 better but at present they are hang- 

 ing fire. Thanks to the little difficul- 

 ties in their production noted last 

 month, dahlias have not come into 

 the market in such quantities as to 

 constitute a glut and spoil the sale ot 

 all other flowers. Chrysanthemums 

 October Frost and October Yel- 

 low, came into bloom last week, 

 and Smith's Advance are com- 

 ing along nicely. Cosmos is now to 

 'be had. but not in such quantity as 

 to be considered a pest by the store 

 men. Lily of the valley is holding up 

 well to a price ot $5 per hundred. 

 There seems to be little or no de- 

 mand for lilies. Violets are begin- 

 ning, but it will be some few days be- 

 fore these are in the proper quality. 



ROBERT J. DYSART 



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ST. LOUIS NOTES. 



Carl Haltenhoff, of Gotha, Fla., 

 well known in trade circles here, vis- 

 ited friends recently on his way to 

 Marshall. Iowa, where he will engage 

 in business with A. H. Smith in 

 landscape work. Both are former 

 graduates of Shaw's Garden. 



Alfred Rehder of the Arnold Ar- 

 boretum, Boston, Paul C. Standly of 

 the U. S. National Herbarium, Wash- 

 ington, D. C, and Dr. David Griffiths 

 of the Bureau of Plant Industry of 

 the United States, Washington, D. C, 

 recently paid a visit to Shaw Gardens 

 and were guests of the directors. 



Anton Haitoebben, 24 years, a tree- 

 trimmer employed in the City Forestry 

 Department, was seriously injured 

 when a trimmer which he was using 

 came in contact with a heavily 

 charged electric wire. The steel of 

 his pruning implement carried the 

 voltage to Haitoebben and the shock 

 threw him from the tree to the 

 ground, 2.'i feet. He was taken to the 

 Citv Hosi)ital, where it was found he 

 had suffered a fracture of the skull 

 and numerous cuts and bruises about 

 the head and body. 



