April 8, 1916 



HORTICULTUEE 



499 



Flower Market Reports 



Despite the favorable 

 BOSTON weather which has pre- 

 vailed durins the past 

 week market conditions have not 

 changed since last week, or it" any 

 change has been recorded it has been 

 unfavorable. Carnations are numerous 

 and sluggish. Roses are a trifle strong- 

 er and taken altogether are doing the 

 best of anything. Violets are short- 

 ening up, singles being the only varie- 

 ty to be had. Lilies, Easter and Cal- 

 las, are both going slowly,- with the 

 market flooded. Sweet peas are doing 

 nicely — in fact as well as roses — but 

 as the weather conditions have been 

 rather unfavorable for them there 

 are not many to be obtained. Taken 

 as a whole the demand has decreased 

 during the week and with the supply 

 plentiful a surfeit has resulted. 



The Chicago market Is 

 CHICAGO in a very fair condition, 

 jvith plenty of stock and 

 not an excess. As Easter approaches, 

 the tendency is not to hurry the crop 

 and so far the cool weather has been 

 helpful to that end. Roses are coming 

 freely and there is a large supply of 

 medium grade stock which is always 

 most in demand. Prices are not high, 

 but most of the stock is moved at sat- 

 isfactory figures. Carnations are a 

 close second in respect to quantity 

 and with these, too, large numbers are 

 sold at special prices. A good ship- 

 ping trade relieves the market of a 

 great quantity of stock each day and 

 local trade is also able to take care of 

 a large amount. Bulbous stock is de- 

 cidedly thinning out and the chances 

 are there will be little left tor Easter 

 week. Lily of the valley is scarce. 

 Lilies are very plentiful and there is 

 the usual supply of miscellaneous 

 stock, which includes calendulas, 

 pansles, snap-dragon, etc. 



The market is well 

 CINCINNATI supplied in all sea- 

 sonable lines of flow- 

 ers and prices are very reasonable. 

 Roses are in good supply and 

 carnations are plentiful. Easter lilies 

 are in a better supply than they were 

 and are selling well. Callas have a 

 fair call. Sweet peas meet with a 

 good demand but the supply is so 

 overly large that only low prices are 

 realized. Bulbous stock has a fair 

 market. Lily of the valley are fairly 

 plentiful but meet with a poor demand. 

 Smilax is a little scarce. 



The market is very 

 NEW YORK quiet, as is always 

 the case during the 

 Flower Show week. There is very 

 little doing by retailers and wholesale 

 places are badly overcrowded. Roses 

 and carnations are over abundant and 

 prices have receded twenty-five per 

 cent, since last week. Bulbous flow- 

 ers are not so cumbersome as they 

 were, lilies have increased in quantity 

 and improved in quality, but there are 

 far too many snapdragons. 



We had two poor 

 PHILADELPHIA days here in the 

 middle of the 

 week, but by the windup there was a 

 vast improvement and there was a 

 fairly good cleanup, especially on car- 

 nations and the better grades of roses. 

 There is an oversupply of sweet peas 

 and daffodils and other stock of that 

 kind. The new week has started In 

 with good demand: hut everything is 



WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS 



TRADE PRICES — Per 100 



TO DEALERS QMLV 



Rmm 



Am. Beauty, Special 



" " Fancy and Elxtra. 

 No.i 



Ru»sell. Hadley 



KilUrney, RicWd, Hill'don. Ward 



.. ord. 



Arenbure, Radiance. Taft, Key, Ex. 



.. * .. .. .. Ord. 



Ophelia, Mock, Sunburst, Extra ■ • - 

 " '* " Ordinary 



C«raatioiu. Fancy 



" Urdinaary 



Cattleyaa 



Deodrobiuiii fonzKiMini 



Lilies, Lomriflorum 



Rubrucn 



Call&a 



Lily of the V&lley 



Daiaes 



Violet. 



Mignonette 



SoapdraaoB 



Daffodils 



Gladioli 



Tulips 



Hyacinths 



Freesia ■ 



Calendulas 



Lilac (per bunch) 



Sweet Peaa 



Gardenias 



Adiantum 



Smilax 



Asparafnia Plu. ASpren. (looBhs.) 



CINCINNATI 



April 3 



CHICAGO 



April 3 



40.00 



20,00 

 8.00 

 3.00 

 7.00 

 4.00 

 7.00 

 4.00 

 7.00 

 4.00 



40.00 to 



•0.00 



35-O0 



15.00 



15.00 



10.00 



6.00 



10.00 



6.00 



10.00 



6.00 



3-00 



2,00 



90.00 



10.00 to XZ.OO 



8.00 



4.00 



10.00 



5.00 



.50 



6.00 



3.00 

 3.00 

 1. 00 



I5-CO 



3.00 



4.00 



5.00 

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.35 to x.oo 



to 



10.00 

 35.00 



1. 00 



13 50 



90 .00 



40.00 

 30.00 

 8.00 

 6.00 

 6.00 

 4.00 

 8.00 



4.00 



8.00 



4.00 



3.00 



2.00 



25.00 



50.00 

 40.00 

 30.00 

 35.00 

 10.00 



S-oo 

 to.oo 



5-00 



J2.00 



6.00 



4.00 

 3.00 



75.00 



8.00 to 12.00 



6.00 



3.00 

 1.50 

 .50 

 4.00 

 8.00 



3.00 



10.00 



5.00 



2.00 

 ■75 

 6.00 

 10.00 

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3.0c 



3.00 



II.OO 



35 -oo 



to 

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to 18.00 



to 50.00 



35-00 

 25.00 

 10.00 



BUFFAIX) 



April 3 



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8.00 

 4.00 

 8.00 

 5.00 

 8.00 

 4.00 

 5.50 

 1.50 



40.00 



10.00 



4. CO 



8.00 

 4.0D 

 1. 00 



■40 



3.00 

 6.00 

 a. 00 



40.00 



35 »j 



12.00 



10.00 



10.00 



6.00 



10.00 



6.00 



10.00 



6.00 



3.00 



3x10 



50.00 



3. CO 



3.00 



3. CO 



■50 



35.00 

 1. 00 



40.00 



la.oo 

 6.00 

 13.00 



5.00 



1.50 



•50 



5.00 



lOJCM 



3.00 



3.C0 

 3.00 

 3.00 

 3.00 

 1.50 



a.oo 

 30.00 



1.35 



15.00 

 60.00 



pirreBURG 



April 3 

 30.00 to 

 20.00 to 

 8.00 to 



4.00 



6.00 



40.00 

 30.00 

 13.00 

 50.00 



23.00 



ta.oo 



4.00 to 12.00 



30.00 tt' 



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8.00 to 



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3.00 to 



,50 to 



6.00 

 3.00 



3.00 



a.oo 

 40.00 

 40.00 

 12.00 



8.00 

 10.00 



4.00 

 3.00 



•75 

 4.00 

 10.00 

 4.06 



3.00 to 4.00 



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to 



• 75 "> 



30.00 to 



4.00 



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1.50 



35.00 



1. 35 



15.00 



50.00 



in large supply and even a brisk trade 

 makes but slight impression on the 

 heavy receipts. 



Business is ex- 

 PITTSBURGH tremely quiet, hav- 

 ing finally settled 

 down to a regular Lenten routine. 

 There are plenty of flowers of all va- 

 rieties, and far too many of some. Lil- 

 ies, which have been particularly 

 scarce all winter, are now coming in 

 such quantities that it is impossible 

 to dispose of the majority. Long- 

 stemmed roses are rather more plenti- 

 ful than the short-stemmed ones. Gla- 

 dioli, which have been coming in from 

 the south for the past fortnight, are in 

 inferior condition. 



Florists in this city 

 PROVIDENCE are in a quandary 

 as to what will be 

 the outcome of the Easter trade this 

 season. The fact that Easter comes 

 so late this year and the peculiar at- 

 mospheric conditions as between in- 

 door and outdoor stock present an 



unusual state of affairs. Lilies, car- 

 nations and roses are plentiful. The 

 season on this stock is about two 

 weeks ahead of former years. 



The wholesale market 



ST. LOUIS has been crowded all 

 the past week. .-Ml va- 

 rieties seem to be on crop at present. 

 The damp rainy weather has had a 

 bad effect on the retail b\isiness all 

 over the city and the wholesalers ex- 

 perienced great difficulty in disposing 

 of their daily consignments and a 

 great deal of it had to be dumped. 

 Prices are cheap and only the very 

 best quality sells, the greatest glut be- 

 ing in roses, carnations and sweet 

 peas. 



Stock of all kinds 



WASHINGTON is arriving in 

 larger quantities 

 with the possible exception of Ameri- 

 can Beauty roses, orchids and garden- 

 Kis, and there are enough of these to 

 go around. Despite the fact that we 



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