March 31, 1917 



HOETICULTURE 



435 



Flower Market Reports 



i^Co?itiiiufd frotn pagf 4^3) 



There has been 



PHILADELPHIA little change 



here. American 



Beauty roses were slightly more plen- 

 tiful and the prospects for a good 

 Easter crop seems excellent; but buy- 

 ers should not put off their advance 

 bookings for all that. Other roses are 

 in good supply but no glut. Carna- 

 tions remain of excellent quality and 

 are moving well at normal prices. 

 Orchids are on the scarce side but 

 not enough to show an advance in 

 prices so far. Sweet peas plentiful 

 and very good. From the south we 

 are receiving lots of daffodils and 

 Mayflowers. The latter are fiuer this 

 year than usual — dainty, fresh and fra- 

 grant. The season seems to have been 

 unusually favorable to them. Greens 

 of all kinds are scarce. 



Business continues 

 PITTSBURGH fair, considering the 

 pre-Easter season. 

 Retailers are now pushing plants to 

 the utmost, which is interfering more 

 or less with the cut flower trade. Last 

 week one small retailer took a tempo- 

 rary lease on an entire lower floor of 

 a big down town building, starting out 

 with three salesmen. Cut blooms of 

 all kinds are of good quality, sweet 

 peas being exceptionally fine. 



The market is holding 

 ST. LOUIS up well and luckily we 

 have experienced no 

 positive glut at any time this year. 

 Roses and carnations are in good sup- 

 ply and are selling at fairly good 

 prices. Violets are on the wane, the 

 sage of their blooms and their keeping 

 qualities under these conditions do not 

 impress the retailer. Sweet peas are 

 increasing in supply and good Spen- 

 cers are selling satisfactorily. Greens 

 are In demand. 



Business last week 

 WASHINGTON was an improve- 

 ment and there 

 was a good demand In the local mar- 

 ket, although prices continued very 

 low. The price on carnations took 

 quite a drop and they could be had at 

 as low as $1 per hundred. There has 

 been quite an overproduction of sweet 

 peas also for some time'. Easter lilies 

 are in oversupply and the sale of daf- 

 fodils has been hurt by the influx of 

 outdoor stock from the South. Tulips 

 have been selling better, however. 

 There is a fair demand for orchids, 

 but little call for gardenias. Violets 

 and mayflowers are being sold on the 

 streets in great quantities at very low 

 prices. Lily of the valley stands at 

 16 per hundred, but is not in as large 

 a demand as could be desired. There 

 has been a considerable scarcity of 

 greens, due to the heavy frost which 

 hit the South recently. 



REED ®. KELLER 



122 West 2Bth St., New York 



Florists' Supplies 



We manufaoture all our 



Mstal OasJcns, Baskets, Wire Werk & Koveltias 



and are de.ilers iu 



Decorative Glassware, Growers and 



Florists' Reauisites 



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I The Chicago Flower Growers* Association | 



I Wholesale Growers of Cut Flowers and Plants 1 



I 182 N. WABASH AVE., CHICAGO | 



I Complete Line of Quality Cut Flowers and Greens 1 



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PATRICK WELCH, 



WHOLESALE 

 FLORIi>T 



262 DEVONSHFRE STREET, BOSTON, MASS. 



American Beauties, Orchids, Valley, CarnatiouH. All the novelties In the Cot PHower 

 Market furniNhed on short notice. Prices quoted on application. >'o retail orders 

 accepted. Flowers shippt-d out of Boston on early trains. 



STORE OPEN FOR BUSINESS AT 6 A. M. TELEPHONE MAIN 2fi98. 



MEIRIVIAN \A/E:ISS 



WHOLESALE FLORIST 



Can handle shipments of growers' product satisfactorily WouM like to hear 

 from Growers of Snapdragons and Sweet Peas, etc., for the New York trade. 



I06 \M/esi: SS-tK S-t., IM e\A/^ YORK 



TeL Farragut 3066 



NEW YORK QDOTATIONS PER 100. To Dealers Only 



MISCELLANEOUS 



Cattleyaa • 



Dendrobium formosum 



Lilies, Longiflonicn 



Lilies, Speciosum 



Callas 



Lily of the Valley 



Snapdragon • 



Daffodils 



Narcissi. Paper White 



Roman Hyacinths 



Freesia 



Tulips 



Calenduleis 



S%veet Peas 



Violets 



Marguerites 



GoLrdeniasi 



Adiantum 



Smilax 



Asparaffus Plumosus, & Spren (loo bunches) . 



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ending Bar. 24 



1917 



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J. J. COAN,iNc. 



115 WEST 25TH STREET 



New York 



Tel., FarragDt 6113-0881 



EVERYTHING IN CUT FLOWERS 

 CONSIGNMENTS SOLICITED 



H. M. ROBINSON & GO. 



BOSTON'S FOREMOST 



Wholesale and Commission Florists 



88 Otis Street, 2 Wlnthrop Bqnar* 



BOSTON, HA8B. 



Telepbone 2618-2617-2616. Main. 

 Seud Flower Consignments to 



L. B. NASON 



Wholesale Florist 

 116 West 28lh St., NEW YORK CITY 



Shipping Orders Carefully Filled. 

 Correspondence solicited. 



Telephone. Farragut 2245. 



COMMISSION DEALER 



FRANK MILLANG 



HOMK OROMN ASPARAGUS 



GUT FLOWERS 



IN ANY QUANTITY 



SS-S7 W. 26th St., NEW YORK 



UNIFED CUT FLOWER CO. JNC. 



Flowers Sold on Commission 



Consignments of 

 Good Stock Solicited 



111 W. 28th St., - NEW YORK 



A CLEAN RECORD 



for 38 years as Commission Florlat 



J. K. ALLEN 



TELEPHONE 118 West 28th StrMt 



MI » S0S8 Farragnt NEW TOBK 



Established 1888 



Tel. B51 Farracv* 



GUNTHER BROS. 



Wholesale Commission Florists 



110 West 28th St., New York 



We Solicit CoDslmmeBts of N«w 

 England Qrown NoTeltlea. 



Beechwood Heights Nurseries 



Importers and Growers of 



HIDS 



Cut Flowers of All the Leadlnr VarletlM 

 in their Season. 



THOMAS YOUNG. Jr., Proprietor 



BOUND BROOK. N. J. 

 Also 67 West 28tli St., NSW YORK. 



