February 19. 1916- 



HOETICULTUEE 



255 



Flower Market Reports 



{^Continued from page 3jj) 



the sale and the wearing of violets. 

 Roses, which have held their prices 

 quite evenly for a long time, show 

 some weakness now and are gradually 

 sagging. Carnations have taken a big 

 fall. Bulbous flowers are everywhere 

 in large quantity, tulips in all colors, 

 Golden Spur and other choice narcissi, 

 including also the first arrivals of N. 

 poeticus ornatus, Dutch hyacinths, 

 freesias, etc., in unlimited supply. One 

 flower not often mentioned, which is 

 plainly overdone in this market at 

 present is the wall flower. Sweet peas 

 are seen in varied quality, the majority 

 of them inferior. Cattleyas are doing 

 a little better than they were and gar- 

 denias had a good call for Valentine 

 gifts, but they are not abundant. There 

 is some excellent forced lilac, and 

 George Siebrecht has acacia in regal 

 quality coming in every day from the 

 big pubescens ranch at Chappaqua. 



Trade has natur- 

 PHILADELPHIA ally been affect- 

 ed to some ex- 

 tent by the feast of Saint Valentine, 

 especially for out-of-town shipments 

 on Friday and Saturday. Outside of 

 that, trading has been rather quiet. 

 Prices have sagged in consequence, 

 especially on the minor stocks, such 

 as violets, sweet peas and daffodils — 

 which were in larger than usual sup- 

 ply — anticipating the St. Valentine de- 

 mand. Roses have remained scarce. 

 American Beauty is to be had only in 

 extra long and extra short and these 

 but in limited quantity. Carnations in 

 fair supply and good demand. In fact, 

 these are the leaders of the market at 

 the present time. Cattleyas are more 

 plentiful and are about the only or- 

 chids around just now that are worth 

 mentioning. There are fewer gardeni- 

 as and the quality is not as good as it 

 was. The sweet pea market remains 

 about as last reported, namely big 

 supplies of medium grade and very 

 few of the fancies. Special grade lily 

 of the valley is scarce and high, .Most 

 of the stock arriving in this item is 

 below par and hardly salable at any 

 price. 



At least from the 

 PITTSBURGH floricultural view- 

 point. St. Valen- 

 tine's Day was a red letter floral trade 

 event. Notwithstanding the inclement 

 weather, the flowers disappeared and 

 the dollars appeared as never before 

 in the honor of Cupid's special holiday. 

 Prices were reasonable, too. Violets, 

 orchids and lilies of the valley were 

 very much in demand, closely followed 

 by roses and sweet peas. With the 

 exception of orchids stock of all kinds 

 was plentiful and promises to be so 

 for some time to come. Bulbous stock, 

 is coming in plentifully, lilies especial- 

 ly being in demand. Possibly the 

 most artistic Valentine's Day window 

 seen was lined with old rose and green 

 velvet. Special prominence, of course, 

 was given to the large heart-shaped 

 telescope boxes filled with a corsage 

 of orchids, violets or gardenias with 

 s. border of small blossoms from which 

 peeped the lace edging. The boxes 

 were tied with broad satin ribbon in 

 the pastel shades, which caught a 

 huge cluster of artificial flowers. 



PA TRICK WELCH, WHOLESALE FLORIST 



262 DEVONSHIRE STREET, BOSTON, MASS. 



TEOXPUONB UAIN MM 

 American Basntlea, Orchids, Valley, CKrnatlona. All the noveltlM In the Cot 

 Blarket fnmlnhed od short notice. Trlre* quoted on application. No retail 

 accepted, l^'lowere nhlpped out of BoMton od wvkrlj tralne. 



STORE OPEN FOR BUSINESS AT 6 A. M. 



NEW YORK QDOTATIONS PER 100. To Dealers Only 



MISCELLANEOUS 



Cattlera* 



Dendrobhim fonnosum 



Lilies, LoDffifloruin 



Rubnun 



CallM 



LUy of the Valley 



Daises 



Violets 



Mignonette 



Snapdragon 



Narcissus, Paoer-White 



Colden Spur, etc. 



Tulips 



Hyacinths 



Freesia 



Calendulas 



Sweet Peas 



Gardenias 



Lilac (per bunch) 



Adiantum 



Smilax . . • • 



Asparagus Plumosus, & Spren (loo bunches) . 



First Hilf of WnI 



beginniiit Feb. 14 



1918 



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25.00 



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12.00 



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 NEVir YOR.K 



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For High-Class Roses 



Fall Une of BULBOUS STOCK, BOU- 

 VARDIAS, SWEET PEAS and other Se»- 

 bonable Flowers. 



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lis WEST 28TH STREET, NEW TOBK 



Tel., Farragut 5413-5801 



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Wholesale Florist 



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Wholesale Florists 



101 W. 28th St., 



NEW YORK 



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D. C. Arnold & Co., Inc. 



Wholesale Florists 



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



Telephone, 22*1 l-'arraBut. 

 ConsignnientH Solicited. 



St. Valentine's day 

 ST. LOUIS made quite an impres- 

 sion on this niarl<et. 

 The demand was large and specially 

 for violets, of which there were plenty 

 at cheap prices most of tlie time. The 

 unevenness in prices of all stock from 

 day to day hurts the trade considera- 

 bly. Roses are not in over supply and 

 the special grades are very scarce. 

 Lilies and lily of the valley are selling 

 well, also all bulb stock. Sweet peas 

 bring good prices for fancy Spencers. 



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Flowers Sold on Commission 



Consignments of 

 Good Stock Solicited 



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111 W. 28th Street 



Established 1888 



Tel. 651 Farragmt 



GUNTHER BROS. 



Wholeaale Connmistion Florists 



110 West 28th St., New York 



We SolU'it CoTisijriinionts of New 

 Kus'^'inl (Jrown Novelties. 



EDWARD REID 



WHOLESALE FLORIST 



.1619-21 Ranstitd St., Philadelphia, Pa. 



CHOICE BEAUTIES, ORCHIDS, VAILEY. EOSES 

 and all Seasonable Varieties of Cut Elowers 



