February 24. 1917 



HORTICULTURE 



251 



Flower Market Reports 



A steady business at grad- 

 BOSTON ually diminishing prices, 

 as crops increase in vol- 

 ume, is the record of the past week in 

 this market. Carnations have been 

 coming in with more freedom than at 

 any time this season, but they hold 

 their price in a very encouraging 

 manner. Roses are not over-plentiful 

 and they, also, hold their prices fully 

 up to the seasonable limit. Sweet 

 peas are more abundant and the bulb 

 flower supply is well in excess of re- 

 quirements, but with a little more 

 salubrious weather the street mer- 

 chant may be depended upon to hold 

 down the daffodil surplus. Callas are 

 still at the top-notch figures. Quality 

 of all stocks is excellent. 



The supply in cut stock 

 BUFFALO was about equal the de- 

 mand the past week. 

 The cut of carnations is becoming 

 heavier each day, and also tulips, daf- 

 fodils. Golden Spur, freesia, hyacinths, 

 etc. Lilies are quite scarce and have 

 had a good demand. Roses have not 

 been too plentiful, especially the short 

 and medium grades. There is good 

 select stock in Killarney, Shawyer, 

 Ophelia, Ward. Richmond, Sunburst, 

 etc., and prices have been holding up 

 well. Valentine's day business was 

 better than a year previous, though 

 the weather from Monday till Wednes- 

 day was at zero, causing many violets 

 and other stock to come in frozen. 

 Trains from 4 to 7 hours late incon- 

 venienced both the wholesaler and re- 

 tailer. 



St. Valentine's Day was 

 CHICAGO a surprise to the trade 



notwithstanding the fact 

 that much had been done to increase 

 the sales on this increasingly popular 

 holiday. Wholesalers were prepared 

 for the business which began early 

 and lasted late, but when the day's 

 sales were footed up, they exceeded all 

 expectations. This left the market 

 in good shape for the rest of the week 

 and Saturday sales cleaned up most of 

 the stock excepting carnations and 

 these sold with a little more vim than 

 the week before. The sale of catt- 

 leyas has been very good all the 

 month and these were one of the most 

 popular flowers for valentine corsages. 

 American Beauties are still so scarce 

 that they are almost out of the race. 

 All kinds of spring flowers are in great 

 favor and they form a lar?e rart of the 

 stock that is handled each day. Prob- 

 ably more violets were sold last week 

 than in any other week this winter. 

 Valentine trade helped out tlie plant 

 trade also, the demand being the 

 heaviest ever experienced in Chicago 

 at this time of the year. L'"n"oln's 

 birthday, which is a le?al holiday in 

 Illinois, coming on Monday preceding 

 Valentine's day. made a heavy call for 

 everything in blooming plants and was 

 well cared for by heavy stock of bulbs 

 in pans, azaleas, etc., and Washing- 

 ton's birthday will continue the de- 

 mand. 



The supply of stock 



CINCINNATI is still somewhat 



limited and all that 



coraes in cleans up very readily. Some 



WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS — ^"^^ ^^^-t'S'd'ealers only 



Roses 



Am. Beauty , Special 



** *' Fancy and Extra 



" " No. 1 and culls 



Russell, Euler, Mock 



Hadley 



Arenberg, Hoosier Beauty 



Ward 



KtUamey , Rddiance, Taft 



< >phelia, Sunburst, Hillingdon 



Key 



Camatioiu 



Cattleyaa 



Deodrobium f onnosum 



Lilies, Longif lorum 



Lilies, Speciosum 



Callas 



Lily of the Valley 



Snapdrason 



Daffodils 



Narcissi Paper White 



Roman Hyacinths 



Freesia •• ■ 



Tulips 



Calendulas 



Sweet Peas 



Violets- - ; 



Marguerites 



Gardenias 



Adiantum 



Smilax • • • • 



Asparagus Flu. &SpreD. (looBhs.) 



CINCINNATI 



Feb. 19 



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300 



75 

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CHICAGO 



Feb. 19 



65.00 



BUFFALO 



Feb. 19 



PITTSBURG 



Feb. 12 



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 8.00 

 4.00 



3.00 



4.00 

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10,00 

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1500 



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 6.00 

 6.00 

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 •75 

 3.00 



shipments came in frozen during the 

 recent cold snap. The rose supply is 

 very short. Red ones were very 

 scarce for Valentine day. The carna- 

 tion supply, too. is somewhat short. 

 Sweet peas are fairly plentiful and 

 find a good market. Lilies sell well. 

 All bulbous stock has been meeting 

 with the favor of the buyers. Violets 

 are in a fair supply, also orchids and 

 lily of the valley. 



Not much change in 

 NEW YORK conditions of demand 



and prices is looked 

 for until the coming in of Lent, at 

 least. Supplies will unquestionably in- 

 crease, but the warmer weather now 

 due will open up avenues for distribu- 

 tion which have been closed for an 

 unusually long period of time. All 

 bulbous stock is coming in verj' 

 heavily. Carnations are also increas- 



ing daily and there are large receipts 

 of many other market staples. Stock 

 in wholesale hands fluctuates with 

 market conditions, but in general the 

 market is "standing pat" just now and 

 no serious or permanent break is yet 

 in sight. Roses are making an excel- 

 lent record. 



Valentine week 

 PHILADELPHIA proved fully up to 

 expectations and 

 a very good business was transacted 

 all along the line. Prices held firm at 

 previous high figures with the excep- 

 tion of bulbous stock and carnations. 

 These were more plentiful and figures 

 eased up a trifle. Roses are still 

 scarce — especially American Beauty — 

 but from now on the crop will gradual- 

 ly increase and they will soon be back 

 to normal. The rose situation is noth- 

 ing unusual, as it always happens 



{CenHnufd Dtt fagt 3J3) 



