January 9, 1915 



HORTICULTUEE 



55 



Flower Market Reports 



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Bothing wonderful; and neither in vol- 

 ume nor value was it up to the same 

 period of a year ago. One fortunate 

 thing about it was that the weather 

 was mild and that helped a good deal 

 In cleaning up some of the Christmas 

 surplus. Supplies continued to come 

 in freely all along the line and prices 

 ruled low. There was an exception 

 to this in American Beauties. There 

 ■were fewer of these and they fell off 

 in quality. The reaction due to the 

 forcing for the Christmas market was 

 quite apparent. Russells continue to 

 sell well and the quality is all that 

 can be desired. Hadleys are scarce 

 and there are also fewer Riehmonds 

 to be seen around. All the Killarneys 

 are plentiful and the quality very fine 

 — even better than at Christmas. 

 Violets, singles especially, have im- 

 proved and are now going better than 

 they have so far this season. Carna- 

 tions are plentiful and very cheap. 

 Trumpet major narcissi are a new 

 note in the symphony and are bring- 

 ing good prices. While sweet peas 

 have become more plentiful the 

 market could take more. Snapdragon 

 also is on the scarce side and in good 

 demand. Too many orchids. 



On counting up 

 SAN FRANCISCO the results of 



their Christmas 

 business, the local retail florists feel 

 very well satisfied. The wholesalers, 

 however, are not any too well pleased, 

 some saying that the trade was 

 hardly as large as last year, the 

 outside demand running rather 

 strongly to cheap stuff. The shipping 

 business in roses was only fair, and 

 with a very poor cut of violets they 

 could not begin to fill their outside 

 orders. This week has been quite a 

 busy one locally, with considerable 

 decorating to be done for the New 

 Year celebration; and sales at the 

 stores, both of cut flowers and potted 

 plants, have been very fair for the 

 week after Christmas. Violets are 

 still very scarce, small and rather 

 short, the weather being much too 

 cold for fine stock. Roses are plenti- 

 ful, fine and rather easy in price. 

 There has been a big cut of Richmond, 

 Killarney, Aaron Ward and Sunburst, 

 while Beauties are in fair supply with 

 a moderate demand. There seem to 

 be plenty of carnations, but the grow- 

 ers are still holding prices up fairly 

 well. A few chrysanthemums are 

 still appearing, but find only a lim- 

 ited demand. Daffodils and freesias 

 are showing up very nicely, and have 

 so far been well received. There are 

 still plenty of orchids, and cyclamen 

 and begonias are coming in quite 

 freely. Polnsettias are still appearing 

 in moderate quantities, and while 

 sales last week were heavy the de- 

 mand is still active. Lilies of the 

 valley also remain fairly plentiful. A 

 feature of the holiday trade was the 

 shipment of a carload of California 

 cut flowers to southeastern Alaska 

 ports, via Seattle. 



The market since 

 ST. LOUIS Christmas has been in 



excellent c o n d it i o n 

 with plenty of anything in season, 

 especially so in roses and carnations. 

 New Year's trade here was most satis- 

 factory with both the wholesaler and 



FANCY OR DAGGER FERNS 



New Crop Fancy Ferns 



Dagger Ferns ..... 



DUcount on large orders 



USE OUR LAUREL FESTOONING 



$0.75 per 1000 

 .75 per 1000 



For your decorations, made fresh daily from the woods, 4c, 5c and 6c per yard 

 Tel. Office, New Salem, Mass. Bronze and Green Gslax, Jl.OO per 10*»; 



Phone Connection. 



?7.50 per case of 10,000. 

 Sphagnum Moss, large sack, only 40c. 

 rine by the poand, 8c., or by the yard. 

 Branch Laurel, 35c. for a large handle. 

 Southern Smilax, 50-lb. cases, $5.00. 

 Green and Bronze I-encothoe Spraya, K.M 



per 1000. 

 Fine Boxwood, $7.50 per 50-lb. case. 

 Order In advance. 

 Write, wire or telephone 13 K4. 



GROWL FERN CO., Millington, Mass. 



NEW YORK QUOTATIONS PER 100. To Dealers Only 



MISCELLANEOUS 



Cattleyas 



Lilies, Longiflorum 



" Rubrum 



Lily of the Valley 



Violets 



Snapdragon 



Narcisus, Paper White, Roman Hyacinths ••• 



Com Flower 



Stevia 



Miqnonetts 



Lilac (per bunch) 



Sweet Peas Cper loo bunches) 



Gardenias 



Adiantum- ••• 



Smilax • 



Asparag^is Plumostu, strings (per loo) 



*' '• & Sp^en (loo bunches). 



Ust Half of Week 



ending Jan. 2 



1914 



15.00 lO 



6.00 to 



4.00 to 



J. 00 to 



.50 to 



4.00 to 



1. 00 to 



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to 



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15.00 



•50 

 8.00 

 35.00 

 20.00 



50.00 

 8.00 

 6.00 

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.75 



S.oo 

 2.00 

 9.00 

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35.00 

 .75 



10.00 

 30.00 



35.00 



WANTED FOR THE NEW YORK TRADE 



New England Grown Roses, Violets, Pansies, Primroses, 

 Sweet Peas, Corn Flowers, Daisies 



Highest Prices for Choice Stock. Write for Particulars. 



.IIMIM, Jr., 



57 W. 26th Street 

 NEW YORK 



the retailer, with cut flowers leading 

 in demand this time, few plants be- 

 ing called for. The reports from some 

 of our leading store men say that this 

 New Year's business was better than 

 last year, owing to the fact that open 

 house was general through the city. 

 At the wholesale markets now we see 

 plenty of good roses and carnations 

 at greatly reduced prices — bulb stock 

 plenty except Roman hyacinths. Vio- 

 lets and sweet peas are not any too 

 many at present. There are a few 

 good callas and plenty of lily of the 

 valley. All greens are plenty except 

 asparagus. 



The omission of 

 WASHINGTON all state and diplo- 

 matic reception, 

 including the I'resident's public re- 

 ception on New Year's day, greatly 

 lessened the demand for flowers. 

 Washington on New Year's Day was 

 socially dead. The florists have al- 

 ways counted on this day's business, 

 which represents thousands of dollars 

 to them, but they will have to wait 

 until things are different. There has 

 been an unusually large supply of 

 flowers, and in some instances stocks 

 could be had at whatever the retailer 

 might choose to offer. While stock is 

 exceptionally good, the cloudy weather 

 has had a bad effect on pink roses. 

 Pink Killarneys have been decidedly 

 off color. A glut of carnations caused 

 a marked decrease in their price. Fine 

 daffodils are being offered at $;5 and 

 $4 per hundred. 



CALIFORNIA NOTES. 



The Ripon Nursery opened a store 

 at Woodland, Cal., Jan. 1. 



Endsley's greenhouses and floral 

 shop at Colfax, Wash., has moved to 

 a new location on Park street. 



The MacRorie-McLaren Company's 

 nursery shipped 1,400 phalaenopsis 

 blooms to San Francisco for the 

 Christmas trade. This company has 

 just closed a contract for a very large 

 planting on the hillsides back of Val- 

 lejo, Cal., which is said to be one of 

 the largest landscape Jobs ever under- 

 taken on the Pacific Coast. The work, 

 which is being financed by a number 

 of Vallejo manufacturers, will be done 

 under the supervision of Mr. Refing- 

 hoff, of the MacRorie-McLaren Com- 

 pany. It consists mainly of planting 

 native trees and shrubs, California 

 poppies, lupines, etc., converting a for- 

 merly barren spot into a picturesque 

 landscape. An initial shipment of Ave 

 cars of stock has just been sent to 

 Vallejo. 



DURING RECESS. 



Scores of the New York Florists' 

 Bowling Club. 



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Game Gnme Game 



W . 11. Sichrccbt Ita lOT 154 



.1. IVnrlcli 181 1'2 163 



.T. Mlesem IW 1"S 182 



H. C, Kledel 200 18V 207 



1'. .lacobson la! HO j£l 



C. W. Seott UK !••» 1(0 



.\. Kakudtt I'X! It* 1™ 



.1. Donnldson 1T7 i:i3 18* 



