February 12, 1916 



HORTICULTURE 



223 



Flower Mai^cet Reports 



{^Continued from page 22t) 



Golden Spurs have sent prices down 

 on these varieties. Lilies are not 

 very plentiful but move sluggishly; 

 so, too, do sweet peas and violets. 

 Lily of the valley is dragging with 

 most everything else; in fact the mar- 

 ket has not even a little bit of snap 

 to it. 



The first week 

 PHILADELPHIA of February was 



a bit slow in the 

 early stages but it pulled up towards 

 the end and while the surplus has 

 had to go at a sacrifice fresh flowers 

 are in better demand and prices for 

 them are back to nearly normal. Tliis 

 has helped out on the general average 

 so that on the whole the past week's 

 business has panned out better than 

 was at first expected. Carnations 

 went in the hole about as bad as any- 

 thing and there was a big accumula- 

 tion, but even they pulled out pretty 

 well finally. Roses are not in such 

 large supply but the dull business 

 made it look as if they were. Ameri- 

 can Beauty is the scarcest one on the 

 list. If an order comes in for a thou- 

 sand the customer is lucky if he gets 

 a hundred. Russell also has been a 

 bit ofT crop and not so extra fine, but 

 the past few days has seen consider- 

 able improvement and it is coming 

 back to its true form very rapidly. 

 The cattleya crop has decreased a lit- 

 tle but the demand also has been 

 rather sluggish so that the situation 

 there remains about the same. Bulb- 

 ous stock is much more plentiful, espe- 

 cially daffodils, tulips, paper whites 

 and freesias. Roman hyacinths are 

 very few as compared with the usual 

 at this time of year. Prices on lilies 

 have eased up a good deal. Lily of 

 the valley is in better supply but still 

 higher than normal. Violets are plen- 

 tiful and good and low in price. The 

 bulk of the sweet peas arriving are 

 the medium grades. The fancies are 

 on the short side. 



lousiness has been fair- 

 ST. LOUIS !y good in all sections 

 of the city. St. Val- 

 entine day promises to yield quite a 

 business for the florists this year as 

 many have orders ahead thus early. 

 Violets have been and are going to be 

 many and at reasonable prices. With 

 a bright week the market should be 

 flooded with them. .\11 bulb stock is 

 coming fine. Roses and carnations 

 are not what one would call over plen- 

 tiful, yet enough for all demands and 

 at good prices. Sweet peas have been 

 scarce of late but will soon be in 

 plenty. There is a scarcity of aspar- 

 agus and adiantum. 



(^Continued on page 230) 



HEADQUARTERS 



For High-Class Roses 



Full line of BULBOUS STOCK, BOC- 

 VARDIAS, SWEET FEAS and other Sea- 

 sonable Flowers. 



J. J. COAN 



IIS WK8T MTU STREET. NEW YORK 



TeL. Farragut 8413-5801 



CONSIGNMENTS SOLICITED 



MERIViAN Mi/Hll 



Desires to announce to Growers and Retail 



Florists that he is now again engaged in the 



Wholesale Florists' Business 



He will be glad to see those growers whose flowers he was accus- 

 tomed to receive in previous years, and all others who are pleased 

 to ship to him, in his conveniently located quarters at 



106 West 28th St. .S^SiTf.^ NEW YORK 



PAFRICK WELCH, WHOLESALE FLORIST 



262 DEVONSHIRE STREET, BOSTON, MASS. 



TELEPHONE MAIN «6»8 

 \merican Btautles, OrchldB, Valley, CarnatlonB. AU the novelties »n Jhe Cot mower 

 Market foniUlieil on »hort notice. 1'rl.e.i quuteri on appUcatlon. No retau oraera 

 accepted. Flowers shlitped out of Bot.lon on early trains. 



STORE OPEN FOR BUSINESS AT 6 A. M. 



NEW YORK QUOTATIONS PER 100. To Dea[ers Only^ 



MISCELLANEOUS 



Cattleya* 



Dendrobrum formosum 



Lilies. LoQirifloruni 



" Rubrum 



Calla. 



Lily of the Vallejr 



Daisea 



Violets 



Mignonette 



Snapdragon 



Narcissus, Paper-White 



*■ Trumpet 



Tulips 



Hyacinths, Roman 



Freesia 



Calendulas 



Sweet Peas • • - 



Gardenias 



Adiantum 



Smilax . .- • • 



Asparamis Plumosus, strings (per loo) ...... • . . 



•• " & Spren (loo bunches). 



Ust Half Of Week First Half of Wnk 



ending Feb. 5 beginninE Feb. 7 



1916 1918 



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Are You Dissatisfied ? 



I have an unlimited market for your flowerB, any variety, In any quantity. Prompt 

 returns ot sales on consigned goods. Reidy rnsli wlien due. A clean record of twenty- 

 eight years In the Cut Flower Commission Business. 



Write for intormalion or call and talk it over. 



Telephone 

 167 e>.3058 Farragtit 



J. K. ALLEN 



118 AVest 28th Street 

 HKW YOR.K 



EDWARD REID 



WHOLESALE FLORIST 



1619-21 Ranitead St., Philadelphia, P«. 



CHOICE BEAUTIES, ORCHIDS, VALLEY, ROSE! 

 and all Seasonable Varioties of Cut Flowers 



Established 1888 



Tel. 551 Farragut 



GUNTHER BROS. 



Wholesale Commission Florists 



110 West 28th St., New York 



We Solicit Consignments of New 

 England Grown Novelties. 



RIEDEL & MEYER, Inc. 

 Wholesale Commission 



READY FOR BUSINESS 



49 WEST 28th ST. NEW YORK. 



GUTTMAN & RAYNOR, Inc. 



A. J. GCTTMAN, President. 



Wholesale Florists 



101 W. 28th St., 



NEW YORK 



We have 20 years' experience behind ns. 

 Telephone, Farragut 20.18-2037-558. 



DrG.Arnold&Co.Jnc. 



Wholesale Florists 



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



Telephone, 2387 Farraicut. 

 ConHifcnments Solicited. 



UNIFED CUT FLOWER CO.. INC. 



Flowers Sold on Commission 



Consignments of 

 Good Stock Solicited 



PERCY W. RICHTER, Mgr, NEW YORK 



111 W. Mth Street 



