February 26, 1916 



HOETICULTURE 



287 



Flower Market Reports 



{ContinueiJ fycm page 2Sj) 



or quantity. Sweet peas are coming in 

 very nicely and moving off well. Vio- 

 lets are rather draggy. There is 

 enough lily of the valley to go around 

 but the rather high prices ruling lately 

 have shunted some of the demand on to 

 other flowers. Pips are getting scarcer 

 — so that there is little indication of 

 this article being cheajjer for some 

 time to come. There are fewer lilies 

 around but for all that the price re- 

 mains more moderate than it was. 

 Daffodils are a feature of the market. 

 Plenty of them and of very fine qual- 

 ity. In greens the only ripple on the 

 surface is a higher tendency in smilax 

 strings. 



Market conditions 



PITTSBURGH remain about the 

 same as last week 

 ■with practically no variations in the 

 scales of quantity, quality or prices. 

 There are plenty of flowers to supply 

 the demand which continues sufficient 

 to create an all-round spirit of optim- 

 ism. While extravagant decorations 

 for formal social affairs are now past, 

 there seems to be a continuous round 

 of semi-formal entertaining. However, 

 it is funeral work which makes the 

 biggest inroads on stock of practically 

 all kinds. Tlie brighter, clearer skies 

 have served to make a favorable im- 

 press, especially on tlie long-suffering 

 roses of all varieties. 



The loeal wholesale 



ST. LOUIS market is in very good 

 condition, everything 

 in plenty, fine weather and transient 

 trade excellent. Prices have gone 

 down somewhat since Valentine's Day 

 and the retailers are buying most lib- 

 erally at present. Violets can be 

 bought as cheap as $2 per 1000 in big 

 lots. Sweet peas hold up in price. In 

 the bulb line demand is most excellent 

 at all times at fair prices. 



Tliere were quite a 

 WASHINGTON large number of 



novelty flowers on 

 the market for the Washington's Birth- 

 day business and these met with a bet- 

 ter sale than usual. Included in the 

 list were cornflowers, which cleaned 

 up very well; nasturtiums, white and 

 yellow daisies, white violets, and for- 

 get-me-nots which went into the mak- 

 ing of red, white and blue combina- 

 tions. The demand for cattleyas was 

 very satisfactory and the price held 

 firm with about enough to go around. 

 The price on red carnations for the 

 holiday was about $6. Sweet peas were 

 in heavy sujiply and moved well. Red 

 roses were very popular for the holi- 

 day work and these cleaned ui) quickly. 

 More American Beauty roses are to be 

 had now, but not of the best quality. 

 Violets were not in very good demand. 

 Narcissus is scarce. Potted lilacs now 

 to be had are as good as have ever 

 been seen in Washington, There has 

 been a considerable scarcity of greens. 

 It seems that the local producers are 

 temporarily out of maidenhair, string 

 smilax and Asparagus pluniosa. Por- 

 sythia has been in quite a good de- 

 mand. 



PATRICK WELCH, WHOLESALE FLORIST 



262 DEVONSHIRE STREET, BOSTON, MASS. 



TEXKPHONE UAIN 2698 

 Ainericaji Beaaties, Orchids, Valley, CarnatloDi. All the Doveltles In the Cnt Flower 

 Market fnnilitbed on short notice. Prices quoted on application. No ret«U orden 

 accepted. Flowers shipped ont of Boston on early trains. 



STORE OPEN FOR BUSINESS AT 6 A. M. 



NEW YORK QUOTATIONS PER 100. To Dealers Only 



MISCELLANEOUS 



CattUrB» 



DeBclrobrum formoaum 



Lilies. Loaffiflorum 



RubrtMn 



Callas 



Lily of tlia V^ney 



Daises 



VioUu 



Mignonette 



Snap<irK«oii 



Narcissus. Paper- White 



Coldan Spur, etc. 



Tulips 



Hyacinths 



Freesia 



Caleadulas 



SwootPeas**- 



Gard«MM 



Lilac (per bunch) 



Adiaatmn 



Smilax 



A«p«raffU8 Pkmiosus, A. Spran (loo buDcSes) . 



Last Half of Week 



ending Feb. 19 



1916 



ao.oo 



35.00 



8.00 



6.00 



12.00 



2.00 



3.00 



.15 



3.00 



3.00 



3. CO 



a. 00 



3.00 



1. 00 



a.oo 



3.00 



.50 



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•SP 

 8.00 



50.00 



50.00 



10.00 



8.00 



16.00 



4.00 



3.00 



•35 



6.00 



12.00 



3.00 



3.00 



3.00 



a.oo 



3.00 



4.00 



1.50 



35.00 



1.50 



1.00 



19.00 



35.00 



rint Half o( «M 



befinniaf Feb. 2t 



I9IS 



30.00 

 35.00 

 8.00 

 6.00 

 12.00 

 3.00 



a.oo 



■15 



9.00 



3.00 



1.50 



3.00 



3.00 



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.50 



15.00 



• 50 

 8.00 

 30.00 



to 5o.«e 

 to 50.00 



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4.0* 



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 3.00 

 3.00 

 3.00 



3«> 

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 1.5a 



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35.es 



Are You Dissatisfied ? 



I bare an unltmlted market for 7onr flowers, any variety, In any quantity. Prompt 

 returns of sales on ccnslfirned goods. Rmdy cash wben due. A clean record of twenty- 

 eight years In the Cut Flower CommUsion Business. 



Write for information or call and talk It over. 



Telephone 

 167&i305SFarra^ut 



J. K. ALLEN 



lis VITest 28th Street 

 NEVr YOR.K 



HEADQUARTERS guttman & RAVNOR.mc 



Ben George, Jr.. Cincinnati, contin- 

 ues to improve in his recovery from 

 his recent attack of pneumonia. 



For High-Class Roses 



Fnll Une of BCLBOCS STOCK, BOU- 

 VARDIAS, SWEET PEAS and other Sea- 

 sonable Flowers. 



J. J. COAN 



115 WEST J8TH STREET. NEW YORK 



Tel., Farragut 5413-6891 



CONSIGNMENTS SOLICITED 



HERMAN WEISS 



Wholesale Florist 



Experien<'e<I, I'roK restive and can handle 



shipinentH of urowers' product 



satisfactorily. 



106 West 28th St., NEW YORK 



Tel. rarmgut 3066. 



LITTLE ADS. BRING 

 BIG RETURNS 



Little ads. In our Clnsslfled Columns bring 

 big returns to boto advertiser and pur- 

 chaser. 



Anything that can be sold to florists, gar- 

 deners, park and cemetery superintendents, 

 etc., can be sold through this medium In 

 this department, and at very small cost 

 Don't fall to read them each Issue, for yoa 

 will find one or more that wUl prov* proSt- 

 able to yon. 



They Cost Only One Cent a Word 

 Undlsplayed 



A. J. aUTTMAN, President. 



Wholesale Florists 



101 W. 28th St., 



NEW YORK 



We have 20 years' experience behind ns. 

 Telephone, Farragut 2036-2037-558. 



D. G. Arnold & Co., Inc. 



Wholesale Florists 



1 12 West 28th St., N. Y. CITY 



Telephone, 2287 Farragut. 

 Consignments Solicited. 



UNITED CUT FLOWER CO JNC. 



Flowers Sold on Commission 



Consignments of 

 Good Stock Solicited 



PERCY W. RICHTER, Mgr, NEW YORK 



111 W. 2gtb Street 



Established 1888 



Tel. 561 Farra^nt 



GUNTHER BROS. 



Wholesale Commission Florists 



no West 28th St., New York 



We Solicit Consignments ot New 

 England Grown Novelties. 



RIEDEL & MEYER, Inc. 

 Wholesale Commission 



READY FOR BUSINESS 



49 WEST 28th ST. NEW YORK. 



