March 10, 1917 



HOETICULTURB 



315 



Flower Market Reports 



The local conditions have 

 BOSTON not improved any since 



last report, but accumu- 

 lations are much heavier and sales ex- 

 ceedingly slow. Prices have taken a 

 big drop and published quotations do 

 not give any very clear Insight into 

 the prices at which large lots are un- 

 loaded when a well-posted customer 

 draws his wallet. Double daffodils of 

 splendid quality are now coming In 

 heavily. English primroses are selling 

 at $2.00 per dozen bunches. 



There is no waiting for 

 BUFFALO trains and express com- 

 panies to deliver 

 promptly at this time for the stock 

 is on hand at all times in the whole- 

 saler's coolers these Lenten days. No 

 orders go short on any one line as 

 there is more than sufficient of every- 

 thing to fill any order no matter how 

 large. Daffodils, tulips and other bul- 

 bous stock is overflowing. Roses are 

 plentiful, as also are lilies, carnations, 

 sweet peas, violets, lily of the valley, 

 freesia and other stock. It is hoped 

 that the coming week may bring about 

 change for the betterment of the 

 market. 



The first week in March 

 CHICAGO brought such an in- 

 crease in quantity of 

 stock and consequent lowering of 

 price that more business naturally 

 was looked for. As so often occurs in 

 the florists' business, the reverse took 

 place instead and customers were 

 fewer and not so anxious to buy even 

 when their money would go so much 

 farther. A near glut exists in spring 

 flowers, and daffodils have been sold 

 as low as ten dolars per thousand In 

 order to move them the past week. 

 Fortunately but little stock has arrived 

 from the south. Tulips are dragging 

 also and freesias are accumulating. 

 Carnations have not changed mate- 

 rially, at least not for the better, for 

 evidences are unmistakable that the 

 supply still far exceeds the demand- 

 Roses are coming more freely. Qual- 

 ity is very good and the regular dally 

 sales use up nearly everything. Some 

 very fine tall snapdragons are offered, 

 the pink ones bringing the highest 

 price (two dollars per dozen.) There 

 are quantities of mignonette, candy- 

 tuft, poeticus, callas, ten-weeks' 

 stock, violets, etc. Calendulas, which 

 have sold well ever since the holidays 

 are now going slowly. Sweet peas are 

 In all qualities and many move daily 

 though they also are in excess of de- 

 mand. 



Business is better 



CINCINNATI than it was at the 



beginning of Lent. 



The supply is larger while the demand 



for stock is more active. Shipping 



business is fair. Roses and carnations 



' are in an excellent supply. Lilies are 



not very plentiful. The supply of 



sweet peas Is generally in excess of 



the demand. Bulbous stock has a fair 



sale. 



The market for the past 

 DETROIT week shows a marked 

 improvement over the 

 preceding one both in quality and in 

 quantity of all stock. A few sunny 

 days have brought along a nice lot of 

 local roses: seasonable stock of course 



Two attractive offerings, particularly for week end sales 



Special No. 1. Our selection as to color, best quality, in lots of 500 or 



over at $3.00 per 1 00 

 Special No. 2. Our selection as to color, medium quality, in lots of 500 



or over at $2.00 per 100 



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Mar. 5 



I CHICAGO 



I Mar. 5 



Am, Beauty, Special 45-c>o to 



*' •• Fancy and Extra 25.00 to 



** " No. I and culls j 8.00 to 



Russell, Euler, Mock to 



BUFFALO 



Mar. 5 



PITTSBURG 

 Mar. 5 



Hadley 



Arenberg, Hoosier Beauty 6.00 to 



Ward 5.00 to 



Killamey , Radiance, Taft 3.00 to 



<lphelia, Sunburst, Hillingdon 6.00 to 



Key to 



Carnatioiu 2 .00 to 



Cattleyas to 



Dendrobium formoaum to 



Lilies, Longiflonim j 12.50 to 



Lilies* Speciosum ' 6.co to 



Callas 8.00 to 



Lily of the Valley to 



Snapdragon 4.00 to 



Daffodils \ 3.00 to 



Narcissi. Paper White to 



Roman Hyacinths to 



Freesia - ■ • ' 2 .00 to 



Tulips 3.00 to 



Calendulas 2.00 to 



Sweet Peas 75 to 



Violets .50 to 



Marguerites \ .75 to 



Gardenias I to 



Adiantum | to 



Smilax ! to 



Asparagus Plu. & Spren. CiooBhs.) ' 25.00 to 



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is abundant. The demand is very 

 brisk, all retailers reporting good 

 business. 



The lenten listless- 

 NEW YORK ness which over- 

 whelmed this market 

 last week is still with us but the re- 

 ceipts of roses and carnations are 

 somewhat reduced and if the flood of 

 bulbous flowers would only subside, 

 the situation would probably improve 

 soon. There is no end of daffodils and 

 tulips — many of them of high quality, 

 and freesias, lilies and callas are also 

 heavily overstocked. Sweet peas are 

 almost as badly stagnated as are the 

 bulbous flowers and many of them are 

 of very inferior quality, which makes 

 them practically unsaleable. There 

 are many carnations in sight, of miser- 

 able quality. Really good carnations 

 bring a respectable price still. The 

 quality of roses generally is excellent, 

 Hadley still holding her position as 

 mistress of the flower market. The 

 special blooms of this rose are simply 



marvelous and are eagerly snatched 

 up at nine dollars a dozen, wholesale. 

 Asparagus plumosus and smilax are in 

 short supply. 



Slowest week for 

 PHILADELPHIA some time — is 

 the general ver- 

 dict here. Bad weather for one thing 

 Maybe Lent to some extent. And 

 many more flowers. Prices have re- 

 ceded very considerably all along the 

 line. Quantity ahead of demand, and 

 all in buyers' favor. Quality fine, in 

 nearly all staples. The scarce items 

 seem to be greens and Am'erican 

 Beauty roses. 



Owing to inclement 

 PITTSBURGH weather products 



have been retarded 

 a little, but this is only temporary. 

 Lilies and lily of the valley are scarce, 

 but other bulb products of all varie- 

 ties have been over plentiful. Notwith- 

 standing the Lenten season, business 

 has kept up remarkably well. There 



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