January 23, 1915 



HORTICULTURE 



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Flower Market Reports 



; Corttitiued frontpage tjt) 



up a little so that there was a better 

 tone all along the line although prices 

 did not increase to any raarl;ed degree. 

 The improvement was particularly no- 

 ticeable in roses. These fell off crop 

 rapidly with many of the growers. 

 This was especially the case in the 

 white varieties and in American Beau- 

 ty. Beauties went off quite suddenly 

 and advanced sharply in price while 

 the quality of same went below par, 

 especially in the shorter grades. The 

 specials are good but scarce. Carna- 

 tions are still in large supply although 

 not so superabundant as they were a 

 week ago. They seem to be over the 

 hill now and the market can probably 

 handle the income and get at least a 

 fair return. Orchids and gardenias are 

 still too plentiful for the demand. Lily 

 of the valley also is a little sluggish. 

 Violets are a pretty fair proposition, 

 all things considered. Sweet peas are 

 in great form at present, especially in 

 the Spencers. These are magnificent 

 long-stemmed stock and grand in form 

 and finish. They are bringing good 

 prices and we are glad to see it. They 

 deserve it. Plenty of daffodils, free- 

 sias, Roman hyacinths, paper whites 

 and other miscellaneous stock. 



Aside from fu- 

 SAN FRANCISCO eral work busi- 

 ness is rather 

 quiet. Wholesale trade is fairly good, 

 with most lines in ample, bdt not ex- 

 cessive supply and the daily offerings 

 cleaning up at reasonably satisfactory 

 prices. Shipping business from the lo- 

 cal distributing houses is none too ac- 

 tive, but a good deal of stock is be- 

 ing shipped from the nurseries by 

 large growers. The heavy rains have 

 made the violets rather poor for ship- 

 ping, with supplies ffuctuating great- 

 ly from day to day. Carnations are 

 offered less freely, and are just now 

 bringing as good prices as for Christ- 

 mas week. Roses are doing well, as 

 practically all cheap stuff is out of the 

 market, only hothouse goods being 

 available. The general quality is good 

 and prices fair. There is a good cui 

 of Beauties, but Killarneys, both pink 

 and white, are probably taking the 

 lead in popularity. Bulb stock, daf- 

 fodils, freesias, etc., are becoming 

 steadily more plentiful, and a few 

 early tulips have been seen, with more 

 coming in a week or two. Lilium 

 formosum is made quite a feature in 

 some shops. There are plenty of lilies 

 of the valley. The cut of gardenias 

 continues large, and the demand has 

 hardly kept up to expectations. Or- 

 ohlds are offered freely. A good many 

 potted azaleas are still shown, but 

 other lines are less in evidence. This 

 week has brought a good deal of 

 pussy willow into the market. 



The wholesale market 



ST. LOUIS is still in a bad way 



with plenty of good 



stock and exceedingly slow demand. 



The fine warm weather of late has 



caused quite a large daily crop of 



everything. The demand is nothing 



like that in former years at this time 



and prices are lower than ever. There 



is a splendid crop of roses coming in 



with all leading varieties represented. 



Carnations are more than enough in 



all varieties. Sweet peas and violets 



are becoming more plentiful. All bulb 



stock abundant with only fair demand. 



FANCY OR DAGGER FERNS 



New Crop Fancy Ferns 

 Dagger Ferns .... 



Discount on large orders 



USE OUR LAUREL FESTOONING 



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



$0.75 per 1000 

 .75 per 1000 



Tel. Office, New Salem, Mass. 

 \j. D. Phone Connection. 



Bronze and Green Galax, |1.00 per 10i«- 

 $7..')0 per case of 10,0(10. ' 



Splingmum .Mosh, large sack, only 40c. 

 I'lne li.v the pound, 8c., or by the yard. 

 Branch Laurel, 35c. for a large handle. 

 .Soutiiern .Smilax, 50-lb. eases, $5.00. 

 Green and Bronze Lencothoe SpraTl. SI M 



por lUOO. 

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

 Order In advance. 

 Write, wire or telephone 13 R4 



CROWL FERN CO., Millington, Mass. 



NEW IQRK QUOTATIONS TER^l 00. lo Dealers Only 



MISCELLANEOUS 



Cattleyas 



Lilies, Lonsiflonim 



Rubrum 



LUy of the VaUey 



Violets 



Snapdragon • 



Narcisus, Paper While, Roman Hyacinths ■-■ 



Com Flower ■ ■ - • 



Stevia 



Mii^onetts 



Lilac (per bunch) 



Sweet Peiu 



Gardenias • 



Adiantum 



Smilax ■ 



AsparafTus Plumostis, strings (per loo) 



& Spleen (loo bunches). 



last Half of Week 



ending Jan. 16 



1915 



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beginning Jan. I8 



1915 



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WANTED FOR THE NEW YORK TRADE 



New England Grown Roses, Violets, Pansies, Primroses, 

 Sweet Peas, Corn Flowers, Daisies 



Highest Price* for Choice Stock. Write for Patticulart. 



S. SL.INIM, Jr., 



S7 W. 26th Street 

 NEW YORK 



Asparagus is away short of the de- 

 mand. 



Business this weelc 

 WASHINGTON has shown some 



improvement. 

 Flowers are not quite so plentiful and 

 prices have advanced slightly. The 

 only flowers reported as being in 

 abundance are sweet peas and Ameri- 

 can Beauty roses. There are some 

 very fine Spencer peas but these are 

 being passed by in favor of the cheap- 

 er varieties. Single violets, as usual, 

 are moving better than the double, 

 ("ornflowers and freesias were to he 

 seen here for the first time last week 

 and they are selling well. Mignonette 

 is in much better demand than it has 

 been and calendulas have increased in 

 favor. Some e.\tra fine lilac plants at 

 $2 each were offered last week and the 

 cut stock is also very good. There is 

 quite a scarcity of yellow roses, Mrs. 

 Aaron Ward being parctically off crop. 

 l>ady Hillingdon, while quite plentiful, 

 are not of the best quality, and Sun- 

 burst is coming in with crooked stems. 

 The market is full of Cattleya Trianae 

 at low prices. Lily of the valley has 

 been moving very well. Heavy rains 

 during the first i)arl of the week fol- 

 lowed by warm sunshine played havoc 

 in many of the houses and to this is 

 attributed the prevalent splitting of 

 calyxes of the carnations. 



Cincinnati— C. E. Critchell suffered 

 a 1500 damage to some of his sup- 

 plies through the bursting of a water 

 pipe. 



WASHINGTON NOTES. 



J. Norman Ager. a graduate of the 

 .Maryland Agricultural College, who 

 has been employed as a rose grower 

 by Gude Bros. Company, has gone west 

 intending to locate in Southern Cali- 

 fornia or some southwestern state. 

 The best wishes of his fellow-em- 

 ployees at the Mt. Olivet greenhouses 

 are extended to him. 



George \V. Hess is planning to great- 

 ly increase the usefulness of the Bo- 

 tanic Gardens and to make this place 

 more easily accessible to the people of 

 the city and hereafter the Gardens will 

 be open to the public on Sundavs from 

 10 A. M. to 3 P. M. Mr. Hess will 

 provide a competent guide to take par- 

 ties through the grounds and extends 

 an invitation to all visiting florists in 

 Washington to inspect them. In ex- 

 tendin.g the Garden's facilities, Mr. 

 Hess is having prepared an exhibit of 

 plants and their products that are 

 common in household use for the bene- 

 fit of the school children while a small- 

 er exhibit will be loaned to the schools 

 upon request. 



NEWS NOTES. 



Cold Water, Mich.— Weage & Tyler 

 have purchased 100 acres of land on 

 which they propose to grow peonies, 

 phlox, iris, etc. 



Geneva, N. Y.— The firm of Traut- 

 nian Bros., florists, has been dissolved, 

 The business will hereafter be con- 

 ducted by .\rthur J, Traiitman and 

 Stanley E. Smith, under the name of 

 Trautman & Smith. 



