April 14; 1917 



H KT I C U L T U R E 



501 



Flower Market Reports 



^Conti/iin'<f from fia^c 4QQ) 



From all a c- 

 PHILADELPHIA counts the Easter 

 w e e k cut-flower 

 trade in this city was ahead of the 

 good record of last year. Some say 

 "fully as good," others say "ten per 

 cent, better." still others "twenty-five 

 per cent, better." There was no great 

 l)oom in prices (with possibly the ex- 

 ception of cattleyas), and nearly 

 everything could be had at reasonable 

 figures to satisfy the purses of all — 

 which is as it should be. and showed 

 a healthy ratio between supply and 

 demand. There was an unexpectedly 

 good clean-up on lilies which are 

 usually liable to be a drug at the wind- 

 up. The late Saturday cuts of Ameri- 

 can Beauty roses hung fire for the 

 simple reason that the retailers had 

 already bought all they could use. 

 Hadleys were a great feature. Never 

 have we seen finer flowers of these. 

 Russells were also very fine. Carna- 

 tions were excellent and there was a 

 big demand especially in the dark 

 colors, one of the best bting Belle 

 Washburn, which topped the list in 

 popularity. Its one fault is a rather 

 brittle stem. Sweet peas were all 

 that could be desired both in quantity 

 and quality, and the sale i of same 

 were immense. Usual'y violets are in 

 the doldrums at Easter, but this year 

 was a most gratifying exception. They 

 cleaned up splendidly at good prices. 

 Daffodils were in lar^e supply, espe- 

 cially Southern, and fine as the mar- 

 ket was it could not absorb all of 

 them. The same may be said of tulips. 

 The plant men so far as we have 

 heard to this writing have had the 

 best Easter ever. Everything salable 

 cleaned up clean. All the growers are 

 sending praises aloft that the big 

 snowstorm held oft until Sunday night. 



Easter business was 

 ST. LOUIS from all accounts very 



good and wholesalers, 

 retailers and plant men seemed to be 

 well satisfied. The supply was good. 

 Easter Sunday morning there was 

 a regular blizzard with high winds, 

 snow and sleet which continued to fall 

 all day. This greatly impeded tran- 

 sient trade, also the delivery of plants, 

 but notwithstanding these handicaps 

 the Easter of 1917 will be known as 

 a good one for all concerned. 



Rapid climatic 

 WASHINGTON changes were the 



features of the 

 market last week, starting with hot 

 weather on Monday that brought 

 flowers of all kinds into the market 

 by the thousands, growing cold on 

 AVednesday and slackening up the sup- 

 ply materially and finishing on Easter 

 Sunday with a snowstorm the equal 

 of any of the winter. Sweet peas 

 were the hardest hit. as enormous 

 quantities were received earlv in the 

 week, and these the wholesalers were 

 unable to move b^ciuse of their soft 

 condition. The cold weather materi- 

 ally lessened the supply and at the 

 last minute they started to liour in 

 again. Double violets from Hudson 

 River points also came in heivy the 

 first of the week, and these could not 

 be moved at hardly any price. The 

 condition later changed and on Sunday 



WHOLESALE 

 FLORIST 



PATRICK WELCH, 



262 DEVONSHIRE STREET, BOSTON, MASS. 



Aineriran BeaiiticH, Orchids, Valley, Carnations. All the novelties in the Cat Flower 

 Market furnished on short notice. I'rires quoted on application. No reta.il order* 

 accepted. Flowers shipped out of Boston on early trains, 



STORE OPEN FOR Bl'SINESS AT 6 A. M. TELEPHONE MAIN ^698. 



HEIRiVIAN \A/E:I 



WHOLESALE FLORIST 



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

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



I06 \A/^es-t 2S-th S-t., r4E>A/ YCSF^K 



Tel. Farrasut 3066 



NEW YORK QUOTATIONS PER 100. To Dealers Only 



MISCELLANEOUS 



Ckttleyaa -• 



Dendrobium fonnoaum 



Lilies, Longiflorum 



Lilies, Speciosum 



Callas 



LUy of the Valley 



SnapdrasoD • 



Oatlodils 



Narcissi. Paper White 



Roman Hyacinths 



Freesia ■ ■ ■ 



Tulips 



Calendulas 



Sweet Peas 



VioIeU 



Marguerites 



Gardenias ' ■ ■ • 



Adiantum ■ .. 



Smilax*--- 



Asparagus Plumosus. & Spt^en (loo buoches) . 



First Half of Wool 



beginning tpril 9 



1917 



to lOO.OC 



10 50.00 



to 1 0.0c 



to 6.00 



2.00 

 8.00 



.50 



1. 00 

 1.00 



.25 



•25 



I.OO 



3.00 

 •90 



15.00 

 15.00 



to 



to 

 If 

 to 



12.00 

 6.00 

 S.ro 



1.50 



3.00 

 3 00 

 3.00 



I.OO 



.60 



a.oo 



35-00 



I.OO 



25.00 

 35.00 



J. J. COAN,iNc. 



lis WEST 25TH STREET 

 New York 



Tel.. Farra^ut B4I3-S8gi 



EVERYTHING IN CUT FLOWERS 

 CONSIGNMENTS SOUCITED 



H. M. ROBINSON & CO. 



BOSTON'S FOREIMOST 



Wholesale and Commission Florists 



S2 <MI> Strprt. 2 Wlnthrop Sqosn 



BOSTON, MASS. 



TflBphoni- 2fl1S-2«17-2B1«. Main. 



Send Fluwer ConHiffnments to 



L. B. NASON 



Wholesale Florist 

 116 West 28th St., NEW YORK CITY 



ShippluK Orders Cnrefull.v Killeil. 

 Correspondence solloited. 

 Telephone. Farraeut 2245. 



lINIfED CUT FLOWER CO.. INC. 



Flowers Sold on Commission 



Consignments of 

 Good Stock Solicited 



111 W. 28lh St., - NEW YORK 



A CLEAN RECORD 



for 28 years as Commission Florist 



J. K. ALLEN 



TELEPHONE 118 West £8th BtrMS 



Vn * S0S8 FarniKUt NEW TOKK 



EstabUsbcd 188« 



TeL 051 Fanm*«« 



COMMISSION DEALER 



FRANK MILLANG 



HOME GROWN ASI'ARAGUS 



CUT FLOWERS 



IN ANY QUANTITY 



55-57 W. 26th St . NEW YORK 



thev cleaned up. Lily of the valley 

 sold up close at $8 per hundred. 

 American Beauty and other red roses, 

 a'so carntions, were in very good 

 demand. There was an oversupply of 

 Easter lilies and other potted i)lants 

 and enormous quantities of daffodils, 

 hyacinths and other spring flowers 

 were sent in to be disposed of. Con- 

 sidering the bad weather, both whole- 

 salers and retailers did very well. 



GUNTHER BROS. 



Wholesale Commission Florists 



110 West 28th St., New York 



We Polloli ConalcnmeDts of N«fw 

 EnKland Grown NoTelties. 



Beech wood Heights Nurseries 



Importers and Growers of 



Cut Flowers of All the Leading Varietlas 

 in their Season. 



THOMAS YOUNG. Jr., Proprietor 



BOCND IIROOK. N. J. 

 Also 57 West 28th St., NEW YORK. 



RCED <^ KELLER 



\i2 West 25th St.. New York 



Florists' Supplies 



\Vp manufacture all our 



latal Designs, Baskets, Wire Wark & Noveltiis 



iiuU are dealers iu 



Decorative Glassware, Growers and 



FloristH* Requisites 



