June 9, 1917 



HORTICULTURE 



745 



Flower Market Reports 



{Contituu-d front pa^^e J4^) 



stocks, and Spanish iris are plentiful 

 and sell well. Orchids do not move over- 

 fast. Baby gladioli and snapdragons are 

 being nsed extensively for basket 

 work. Greens of all kinds are plenti- 

 ful. Bedding plant stock had moved 

 taster during the last half of week 

 on account of more settled weather. 



Raining throughout the 

 ST. LOUIS entire day Decoration 



Day was not as rosy as 

 it might have been. Tuesday, the 

 29th, a great many flowers were sold 

 and shipped away to be delivered on 

 the 30th, but the bad weather on Mon- 

 day curtailed to a great extent sales 

 especially to the cemeteries. Stock 

 was high. Considerable plants were 

 sold, also ready-made wreaths of all 

 varieties.. 



The flower market 

 WASHINGTON for the past week 

 has been crowded 

 with stock of all kinds and American 

 Beauty roses were to be had at low 

 figures. The fact that practically no 

 peonies were offered had no effect on 

 the market because of the glut of other 

 flowers. There has been a good sale 

 of Spanish iris. Lily of the valley 

 brought $8 whenever the buyer was 

 lucky enough to oljtain the stock. The 

 local outdoor crop is entirely off the 

 market and the northern has not yet 

 made its appearance. Carnations are 

 beginning to show some of the effects 

 of the heat. Gladioli are selling fairly 

 well. The many commencement ex- 

 ercises and weddings has helped clean 

 up the market, particularly of roses 

 such as Mrs. Ward; Ophelia, and Cecil 

 Brunner. Sweet peas are still to be 

 had and seem quite good, with stems 

 as long as fourteen inches. Cattleyas 

 are very plentiful at ?6 per dozen. 



VISITORS' REGISTER. 



Pittsburgh— J. J. Goudy, represent- 

 ing H. A. Dreer, Philadelphia. 



Boston— Theodore Outerbrirtge, Sun- 

 nylands, Bermuda; Walter Gott, St. 

 Albans, England. 



New York— J. D. Thompson, Ken- 

 nett Square, Pa.; Edgar and Fred H. 

 Hall, repr. Hyde Park Floral Co., 

 Austin, Texas. 



Chicago— B. C. Blake, Springfield, 

 Ohio; Chas. Sherwood. Waterloo, 

 Iowa; W. J. Miller, Pontiac, 111.; M. 

 Uhlschmidt of Grimm & Gorley, St. 

 Louis, Mo.; D. Nicas of Chicago 

 Flower Market, Decatur, III. 



A CITY MAN'S DREAM. 



In the g.inlen I woiilfl stroll 

 Knocking squashes with a pole 

 Snipping parsnips from the tree. 

 Digging up the salsify. 



Picking sweet corn from the vine 

 Is a pleasn't dream of mine. 

 ■Round the garden I would walk 

 Nipping turnips from the stalk. 



Never gardened in my life, 

 P.ut I often tell my wife 

 That a garden is a luiou 

 And I hope to have one soon. 

 -W. 8. Aclkins in Pittsburg Post. 



PATRICK WELCH, *??ilfs'V" 



262 DEVONSHIRE STREET, BOSTON, MASS. 



Aniericnn Beauties, Orchidj, Valley, Carnations. All the noveltlen In the Cut Flower 

 Market furnlBhed on short notice. Prices quoted on application. No retail orders 

 accepted. Flowers shipped out of Boston on early trains. 



STORE OPEN FOR BUSINESS AT 8 A, M. TF.LEPHONE MAIN 2698. 



MEFRIVIAIM \A/EI 



WHOLESALE FLORIST 



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

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



'V^/est 2St:l-> St., IME>A/ YORK 



Tel. Farragut SOeS 



130 



NEW YORK QUOTATIONS PER 100. To Dealers Onfy 



MISCELLANEOUS 



Cattleyaa • • 



Dendrobiuro formosum 



Lilies. Longiflorum 



Lilies. Speciosum 



LUy of the Valley 



SnapdragoD 



Daffodils. ■ 



Spanish Iris 



Peonies 



Gladioli 



Calendulas 



Sweet Peas 



Marguerites * ' * 



Gardeniasi 



Adiantum • ■ * • 



Smilax • • • • 



>Uparaffus Plumosus. & Spren (lOo bunches) . 



Last Half of Week 



ending June 2 



1917 



First Half of WnI 



beginmng June 4 



1917 



J. K. 



IM, 



WHOLESALE 

 COMMISSION FLORIST 



Always Ready to Receive Consignments and Can Marltet Thsm Sttlifietorlly. 

 Wa^ed Specially, Early Peonies, Gladioli, etc., for Spring Trade. 



A Clean Record For Thirty Years 

 IIS ^A/^es•t 20-tK» Street, - - - IM E'NA/ 



Telephones: 



YORK 



167 and 3058 Farragut 



COMMISSION UEAXER 



FRANK MILLANG 



HOME GROWN ASPABAGC8 



CUTFLOWERS 



IN ANY QUANTITY 



55-57 W. 26th St., NEW YORK 



NATURAL PREPARED GREEN I.Y( O- 

 POnilM FIRE-PROOF AND GUARAN- 

 TEED NOT TO BECOME BRITTLE. 

 FIT IP IN CONVENIENT SIZE CAR- 

 TON, 11 LB.S. NET, .¥3.30. THIS IS A 

 GOOD SUBSTITUTE FOR SEA MOSS. 



PITTSBURGH CUT FLOWER CO. 



116 



UNIFED CUT FLOWER CO., INC. 



Flowers Sold on Commission 



Consignments of 

 Good Stock Solicited 



111 W. 28th St., - NEW YORK 



EstabUshed 1888 



T«l. BSl Fairmrnl 



-118 Seventh St., PITTSBURGH. PA. 



"BUSINESS AS USUAL." 



Editor, Horticulture, 



Dear Sir:— Your editorial under the 

 heading of "Cold Feet," in your issue 

 of May 19, also the one in your issue 

 of June ::, untier the heading of "Busi- 

 ness as usual," are up to the minute in 

 mv eslimation. It's very surprising 

 that Mr. Jenkins took offense on "Cold 

 Feet." I would suggest that Mr. Jen- 

 kins read the advertisement of Hitch- 

 ing & Co. in your issue of June 2, 

 Hysteria is not efficiency. Further 

 comment is unnecessary. 



Yours very truly, 



Cari. Bkchebkr. 



GUNTHER BROS. 



Wholesale Commi»»ion Florist* 



110 West 26th St., New York 



We Solicit Consifnment* of New 

 EnKlsnd Grown Noreltle*. 



Beechwood Heights Nurseries 



Importers and Growers of 



OROHIDS 



Cut Flowers of All lh»* I.eadlne Varictlei 

 Id their SeaHon. 



THOMAS YOUNG, Jr., Proprietor 



BOCMD BBOOK. N. J. 



RCED (Si KELLER 



132 We«l iath St., New York 



Florists' Supplies 



We niiiniifiirture nil our 



latal DisiEDS, Baskets, Wiri Wirk & Noveltiis 



and :ir.- de.iliTS 111 



Decorative Glassware, Growers uml 



Florists' Beaulsltes 



