June 23, 1917 



H KTl C U L T U It E 



801 



Flower Market Reports 



yCcyntttnied front page 7QQ) 



roses are bringing their equivalent in 

 prices. Fine Spanish iris is coming in, 

 wliile, on the other hand, the carnation 

 crop is falling off. Peonies are im- 

 proving in all-round quality as the 

 season advances and one retail house, 

 which features this ilower is now dis- 

 posing of its surplus stock to the 

 wholesale trade. 



Trade has been 

 ROCHESTER, N. Y. very poor for 



the past week 

 and large quantities of stock have 

 been coming in for which there has 

 been very little demand. The market 

 is well filled with all grades of roses. 

 Carnations are very plentiful but ap- 

 pear to be somewhat sleepy and drag 

 considerably. Peonies are in abun- 

 dance and have sold fairly well for the 

 week end. Large quantities of out 

 door iris arrive but do not sell well. 

 Some very fine gladioli sell good. All 

 greens are plentiful. Good business Is 

 looked for during the coming week as 

 a number of graduations and weddings 

 are due. 



School closings have 

 ST. LOUIS caused the florists gen- 

 erally to be kept busy. 

 Stock is looking good. Russell, Had- 

 ley, Ophelia and Ward roses are show- 

 ing up well but carnations are getting 

 smaller and show the effects of the 

 weather. Outdoor sweet peas are here 

 and are of fairly good quality. Perns 

 have been very scarce. 



Weather conditions 

 WASHINGTON have brought a 

 great many sur- 

 prises to the florists. Never before in 

 the memory of the oldest of them has 

 such a hailstorm as was noted last 

 week hit this section. A great deal of 

 damage was caused in the city to out- 

 door flowers and plants, making addi- 

 tional business for the growers, but, 

 strange to say, the large ranges at 

 Anacostia escaped. The cold wave 

 which accompanied the hailstorm, how- 

 ever, badly retarded all flowers, with 

 the result that prices stiffened mater- 

 ially. Business during the month was 

 very good, due to a number of large 

 weddings and the usual number of 

 graduation exercises. 



THE NEWPORT WAY. 



At a meeting of the Newport Horti- 

 cultural Society held on the l£th lust, a 

 resolution was passed to hold the June 

 exhibition in a hall in the center of 

 the city, that an admission fee be 

 asked, and that booths be added for the 

 sale of flowers and other products. It 

 was also resolved that the proceeds 

 from admission fees and sale of flow- 

 ers, as well as the prize money offered 

 be donated to the Newport Chapter of 

 the Red Cross. 



The Lafayette Hall has been secured 

 for the exhibition and although It is 

 not as large as desired for the proper 

 display of the show and although the 

 backward season will curtail exhibits 

 to some extent, the gardeners of New- 

 port do not stand on any false pride 

 in holding the exhibition, feeling as 

 we do that the object is worthy of 

 the effort. Willimi Gr.\y. 



WHOLESALE 

 FLORIST 



PATRICK WELCH, 



262 DEVONSHIRE STREET, BOSTON, MASS. 



American Beauties, OreUid», VaUey, CamatlnnH. All the novelties In the Cut Flower 

 Market furnished on short notice. Trices quoted on application. No retail orders 

 aeoepted. Flowers shipped ont of Boston on early trains. 



STORE OPEN FOR BD8INESS AT 6 A. M. TELKPIIONE MAIN 2688. 



MERIVIieVIM \A/EI 



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. 



I30 \A/es-t 2S-tl-t S-t., 



Tel Farragut 30ee 



rjE:>A/ vol 



NEW YORK QDOTATIONS PER 100. To Dealers Only 



MISCELLANEOUS 



Catlleyas • 



Dendrobium formosum 



Lilies. Longiflonim 



Lilies, Speciosum 



Uly of the VaUey 



Snapdragoo 



Spanish Iris 



Peonies 



Gladioli 



Calendulas 



Sweet Peas 



Marguerites ■ 



Gardeniaat 



Adiaotum 



Smilax 



Asparasus Plumosiu. & Spren (loo bunches) . 



J. K. Al-L 



IM, 



WHOLESALE 

 COMMISSION FLORIST 



AlwaTB Ready to Becelva ConBlgnmentB and Can Market Thani BatlifaetorOr. 

 Wanted Specially, Early Peonies, Oladloll, etc., for Spring Trade. 



A Clean Record For Thirty Yeara 



2St:h S«re>o«, _ _ - IMEIXA/ VOWK 



Telephones: 167 and 30S8 Farrasut 



IS y^tz&s*. 



COIUMISSION DEAX.EB 



FRANK MILLANG 



HOME GROWN ASPARAGUS 



CUTFLOWERS 



IN ANY QCANTITT 



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



N.\TURAL PREPARED GREEN LTCO- 

 PODICM FIRE-PROOF AND GCARAN- 

 TEED NOT TO BECOME BRITTLE. 

 PUT UP IN CONVENIENT SIZE CAR- 

 TON, 11 LBS. NET, .$2.30. THIS IS A 

 GOOD SIBSTITTTE FOR SEA MOSS. 



PITTSBURGH CUT FLOWER CO. 



llG-118 Seventh St .. PITTSBIRGH. PA . 



OBITUARY. 

 Clarence L. Metcalf. 

 Clarence L. Metcalf. a well-known 

 florist of the Bushwick section of 

 Broold.vn, N. Y., died on .June 11. at his 

 home, 922 Hancock street, in the 39th 

 year of his age. He is survived by his 

 wife and one son. 



M. I. O'Brien. 



M. I. O'Brien, for many years a 

 leading florist of Sharon, Pa., died on 

 June 1st, after a long illness extending 

 over several years. He was born in 

 Ireland sixty-nine years ago and came 

 to Pennsylvania with his parents when 

 a child. He was an affable, kindly 

 gentleman and had a host of friends 

 in Sharon. 



UNITED CUT FLOWER CO.. M). 



Flowers Sold on Commlaalon 



Consignments of 

 Good Stock Solicited 



111 W. 28th St., - NEW YORK 



EatablUbad 1888 



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GUNTHER BROS. 



Wholesale Commution Floriaki 



110 West 26th St., New York 



We Solicit Conalgnmenta ot Mew 

 BDKland Orewn N*T<ltl«*. 



Beechwood Heights Nurseries 



Importers and Growers of 



OROHII 



Cut Flowers of All tlie I.e«dlng VarletiM 

 In tlielr Smmod. 



THOMAS YOUNG. Jr., Proprietor 



BOUND BROOK, N. i. 



RCED (SL KCLLER 



133 West -Jfltli SI.. New York 



Florists' Supplies 



«'<■ mumifiKtllrr nil our 



iBtal Disiens, Baskets, Wirt Wirk & Noveltiis 



Miui :iri' (le.UiTs In 



Decorative Glassnare. Growers and 



Florists' Reaulslles 



