January 1. 1916 



HORTICULTURE 



25 



Flower Market Reports 



(Continued from page 23 ) 



years. The latter was very popular 

 among high-class trade, but it did not 

 compete very strongly with California 

 red berries in the cheaper establish- 

 ments. Orchids were featured strongly 

 by the better shops, some very nice 

 plants being offered as well as the cut 

 flowers. Roses were fairly plentiful 

 and good stock cleaned up readily, 

 especially American Beauties. Chrysan- 

 themums did not hold out as long as 

 usual this season and the Christmas 

 supply was very limited with quality 

 undesirable, which gave them little 

 recognition. Violets continued in good 

 supply both for shipping and local 

 needs. Carnations were offered freely, 

 at prices somewhat lower than for 

 some time which is the only instance 

 noted of a decline, and it can be ac- 

 counted for by a change in marketing 

 conditions. Lily of the valley had a 

 good call, and gardenias, which were 

 in good supply, held a strong position. 

 Fancy basket arrangements and other 

 seasonable specialties proved very 

 popular. 



The Christmas rush Is 

 ST. LOUIS over and from reports 



everybody is well satis- 

 fied. Fur the residence district it 

 was purely a plant Christmas as they 

 had the call over the high-priced cut 

 flowers. Down town they had all they 

 could attend to in both cut flowers and 

 plants. It was a "white Christmas" 

 and nobody expected it. It came early 

 Friday morning and it snowed continu- 

 ously until Saturday morning, which 

 caused considerable delay in delivering 

 and a great deal of extra work in pack- 

 ing up plants. We can safely say that, 

 notwithstanding the bad weather, it 

 was the best Christmas in years for 

 most St. Louis florists. Poinsettias, 

 azaleas and cyclamen cleaned up 

 early. Some extra fine holly trees and 

 oranges fruited were seen this year. 

 Lily of the valley in pots had a good 

 call. Carnations were very scarce and 

 the wholesalers cleaned up early at 

 very high prices, extra fine red going 

 as "high as 12 cents. Roses were in 

 plenty but these, too, demanded high 

 prices, especially on the red varieties. 

 Beauties were not so man v and $12 per 

 dozen was the price for extra choice. 

 Sweet peas were fine. Violets were in 

 only limited supply from our local 

 growers, but a heavy supply from 

 California helped out greatly. Thes 

 came to the retailers direct, the com- 

 mission men handling none of thei 



The florists of the 

 WASHINGTON National Capital 



are well pleased 

 with the business for Christmas. From 

 all accounts 1915 will measure up well 

 with previous years. The mild weath- 

 er greatly facilitated deliveries. The 

 prophesied shortage of stock failed to 

 materialize and there was fully enough 

 in all lines to fill all orders. Every- 

 body seemed to be on crop. Prices 

 were about the same as in previous 

 years, and these are being maintained 

 for the New Year's Day business. 

 There were plenty of carnations; 

 American Beauty roses were slightly 

 cheaper than last year; cattleyas 

 brought ?9 per dozen: Richmond roses 

 sold at as hi.gh as 3.5 cents each and 



PATRICK WELCH, WHOLESALE FLORIST 



262 DEVONSHIRE STREET, BOSTON, MASS. 



TELEPHONE MAIN «««» 

 .Vtnerlcan Beaatie8, Orchids, Valley. Carnation*. All the novelties In the Cnt Flower 

 Market furnished on short notice. Prices qnoted on application. No retail orders 

 accepted. Flowers slilpped out of Boston on early trains. 



STORE OPEN FOR BUSINESS AT 6 A. M. 



NEW YORK QUOTATIONS PER 100. To Dealers Only 



MISCELLANEOUS 



Cattleya» 



Dendrobrum formosum 



Lilies, LoQffiflorum 



" Rubnim 



Calla. 



LUy of the VaUey 



Daises 



Violets 



Mignonette 



Snapdrason - 



Narcissus, Paper-White 



'■ Trumpet 



Hyacinths, Roman 



Freesia 



Calendulas - 



Stevia 



Sweet Peas 



Gardenias 



Adiantum 



Smilax • •- - ■ 



Asparagus Plumosua. stnngs (per icxi) ..... 



•• *• & Spren (loo bunches). 



First Half of Weil 



beginning Dec. 27 



1915 



20.00 

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WHat Have You to Offer for Coming Season ? 



I have an unlimited market for any variety of flowers, in any quantity. Prompt re- 

 turns of sales on consigned goods. Ready cash when due. A clean record of twenty- 

 eight years in the Cut Flower Commission Business. 



Write for informatioD or call and talk It over. 

 -.,1. ■ A# All P^l 118 MTest 28tH Street 



I6T J/io^MT/.Sa. J- K- ALLEN NEW VCK 



EDWARD REID 



WHOLESALE FLORIST 



1619-21 Ranstead St., Philadelphia, Pa. 



CHOICE BEAUTIES. ORCHIDS, VALLEY, ROSE! 

 and all Seasonable Varieties of Cut Flowers 



PHILADELPHIA- 



Wholesale Flower Exchange 



1(125 Kanstead St.,. Philadelphia 

 EVERYTHING IN CUT FLOWERS 



Gardenias and Orchids a specialty. 



"Jake" kuows the ropes. Give him a 

 tri.il. Cousignments solicited. 



Established 1888 



Tel. 551 Madison Sq. 



GUNTHER BROS. 



Wholesale Commission Florists 



110 West 28th St., New York 



We Solicit Consignments of New Eng- 

 land Grown Novelties. 



RIEDEL & MEYER, Inc. 

 Wholesale Commission 



READY FOR BUSINESS 



49 WEST 28th ST. NEW YORK. 



GUTTMAN & RAYNOR, Inc. 



A. J. GUTTSIAN, President. 



Wholesale Florists 



lOl W. 28th St., NEW YORK 



We have 20 vears' experience behind os. 

 Telephone, Farragut 2036-2037-558. 



D. C. Arnold & Co., Inc. 



Wholesale Florists 



112 West 28th St., N. Y. CITY 



Telephone, 2287 Farrajint. 

 Coni«lgnments Solicited. 



RCED <S1 KELLER 



122 West 35th St., New Yorli 



Florists' Supplies 



We niiinufiicturr all our 



total Designs, Baskets, Wire Work & Novelties 



ami ;ire lU'.iU^rs iu 



Uecorative Glassware, Growerti an<l 



Florists* R*Nqnisites 



UNIFED CUT FLOWER CO., INC. 



Flowers Sold on Commission 



Consignments of 

 Good Stock Solicited 



PERCY W. RICHTER, Mgr, NEW YORK 



111 W. 28th Street 



were prime favorites. Ordinary sweet 

 peas did not sell well, but there was a 

 good demand for Spencers. There was 

 a very heavy supply of double violets. 

 There was not much of a call for 

 mi,!?nonette. Ulies met with a ready 



sale. The novelties such as Sweetheart 

 and .Sweet Mario roses, bouvardia, corn- 

 flower and daisies, were overshadowed 

 by till' larger flowers and the pot 

 plants. Azaleas cleaned up completely 

 and other plants were in heavy demand. 



