January 30, 1915 



HORTICULTUBE 



155 



Flower Market Reports 



\,Coniinutd frontpage i^j, 



roses are very scarce and in the short 

 very poor quality. Specials jumped to 

 nine and loolt as it they would go to 

 ten in a day or two. Pinls roses are 

 also scarce. Orchids are still plenti- 

 ful and more than the market can han- 

 dle to advantage. This is most notice- 

 able in the smaller sized cattleyas. 

 These latter are hard to move and 

 bring such small prices that even the 

 department stores advertise them re- 

 tail at twenty cents. 



The cloudy weather 



PROVIDENCE of the past week 

 has caused a slight 

 tightening of the market in some in- 

 stances although there bas been ample 

 stock to meet the demand. Roses have 

 felt the effects of the bad weather and 

 have been short at times. Daffodils 

 and lilies of the valley have tightened 

 considerably. Carnations have been 

 coming good until the latter part of 

 the week, and unless the sun comes to 

 the rescue a scarcity is predicted. 



Retail business 



SAN FRANCISCO is even less ac- 

 tive than last 

 week, but in the wholesale trade, how- 

 ever, conditions are fairly .satisfactory. 

 The volume of business is nothing ex- 

 traordinary, but desirable offerings in 

 many lines are a little lighter, and 

 prices firmer. No real scarcity is ob- 

 served in any line. Violets are plen- 

 tiful and cheap, but really fine stock 

 is scarce. Tulips have appeared at 

 most of the down-town stores this 

 week, and are much sought after. The 

 first sweet peas have also been quite 

 an attraction, very few being offered. 

 Blossoming pansies in boxes also re- 

 ceive some attention. Formosa and 

 Bermuda lilies figure prominently in 

 store displays, but find only limited 

 sale. A touch of frost is holding back 

 the daffodils and freesias, and prices 

 have held up unusually well, all offer- 

 ings being readily taken. Lily of 

 the valley continues plentiful, and 

 it is reported that a carload of 

 pips has just come in. There Is 

 just about enough phalaenopsis to 

 meet requirements, while other or- 

 chids and gardenias are in rather 

 heavy supply, and cyclamen flowers 

 are quite plentiful. Roses are holding 

 their own, but the demand runs most- 

 ly to the cheaper varieties. White Kil- 

 lameys remain very popular, and the 

 yellow varieties also find a large sale. 

 A few bunches of chrysanthemums are 

 still coming in. Carnations are not so 

 (irni as last week, but hold up fairly 

 well, with none too plentiful supplies. 

 It rather looks as if the trade would 

 "mark time" until about Feb. 20, when 

 the opening of th° Kxposition should 

 bring lively times. 



The cutflower market 



ST. LOUIS here has been in good 

 condition. There was 

 plenty of stock in the early part of the 

 week but later on became somewhat 

 scarce owing to the cold and cloudy 

 weather when prices began to stiffen 

 somewhat on carnations and roses and 

 the demand .became larger. Fancy 

 carnations are bringing good prices. 

 Bulb stock is not as heavy as usual at 

 this time of the year though paper 

 whites are in plenty. Other bulb stock 

 short of the demand which includes 

 Roman hyacinths. In green.s. as usual, 

 the market is good. 



FANCY OR DAGGER FERNS 



$0.75 per lOOO 

 .75 per lOOO 



New Crop Fancy Ferns 



Dagger Ferns 



Discount on lartfc orden 



USE OUR LAUREL FESTOONING 



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



Tel. Office, New Salem, Mass. 

 L. D. Phone ConnectlOD. 



Bronze and (ireen iiRlsr, 11.00 per lOM; 



tV.'iO per case of 10,000. 

 SpliBKnum ilosn, large aack, 0DI7 40c. 

 I'Ine by the pound, Hi;., or by the /ird. 

 Branch Laurel, 35c. for a large handle. 

 Soutiiern iSmlIaz, SO-lb. cesea. $5.00. 

 Green and Bronze Leueotboe gprara, IS (• 



per 1000. 

 Fine Boxwood. $7.50 per 50-lb. ca»e. 

 Order In iidvance. 

 Write, wire or telephone 13 R4 



CROWL FERN CO., Millington, Mass. 



NEW YORK QUOTATIONS PER 100. To Dealers Only 



MISCELLANEOUS 



Cattleyu • * 



, Lilies. Loogiflorum 



" Rubrum 



Lily of the Valley 



VioUu 



Snapdraffon 



Narcisus. Paper White, Roman Hyacinths • • • 



Freesia 



Daffodils 



Tulips - 



Mi^nonetts 



Lilac I P'^r bunch) 



Sweet Peas 



Gardenias 



Adiantiun 



Smilax 



Asparagus Plumosus. strings (per loo) 



** " & Sp^en {too bunches) . 



Ust Half Of Week 



ending Jan. 23 



1915 



First Half of Week 



beginning Ju. 25 



1915 



1.00 



xo.oo 



■75 



lOXJO 



35.00 



Z.OD 

 20-00 



trOO 



12.00 

 50,00 



-50 

 5.00 



10.00 

 25-00 



20-00 



2.00 

 20XW 



J. 00 

 15.00 

 5OX1O 

 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 Particvlart. 



3. SL-IIMIM, Jr., 



57 W. 26th Street 

 NE^V YORK 



It is stated that 

 WASHINGTON the present short- 

 age of roses and 

 carnations is greater than has been 

 seen in this locality in many years. 

 This shortage applies to all grades 

 and varieties and difficulty has been 

 experienced in getting sufficient to fill 

 out dinner decorations. On the other 

 hand, there is a plentiful supply of 

 sweet peas and violets are coming in 

 to the market in larger quantities 

 daily, with the result that the price is 

 now about 50 cents per hundred. Ko 

 one seems to want narcissus and great 

 amounts daily find their way to the 

 refuse heap. Gardenias moved excep- 

 tionally well during the week with the 

 result that many orders had to go un- 

 filled. Lilies are in much better de- 

 mand because of the shortage of car- 

 nations and a large quantity of funeral 

 work. The sale of lily of the valley 

 has been somewhat draggy. Orchids 

 are very plentiful with little or no call. 

 There has been a good demand for 

 Fire Flame roses at from $6 to $8 per 

 hundred. 



VISITORS' REGISTER. 

 Boston — W. H. DeGraaf. Leyden. 

 Holland: John Stafford. Bar Harbor. 

 Me.; Ed. Flood, repr. Johnston Broker- 

 age Co.. Phila., Pa. 



Philadelphia— Samuel McCIements. 

 Pittsburgh. Pa.: John J. Perry, man- 

 ager, Pennock-Meehan store, the Flor- 

 ists' Exchange. Baltimore, Md. 



Cincinnati — M. A. Legangfr and R. 



E. Blackshaw representing A. L. Ran- 

 dall Co., Chicago, Ul., and Tom Joy, 

 Nashville, Tenn. 



San Francisco — F. Grohe, Santa 

 Rosa, Cal.; Geo. C. Roeding. Fresno. 

 Cal.; C. W. Ward and R. T. Brown, 

 Cottage Gardens, Co., Queens, N. Y. 



Pittsburgh, Pa. — Maurice Fuld of 

 Knight & Struck Co., New York City; 

 A. Schravendeel, representing Segers 

 Bros., Lisse, Holland; George Maunze, 

 representing Reed & Keller, New York 

 City. 



Washington. D. C: William E. 

 McKissick, manager of the Baltimore 

 branch of the Leo Niessen Company; 

 I. S. Hendrickson. Flowerfield. N. Y.; 

 E. Klein. Gwynedd Valley. Pa.; Sidney 

 Bayersdorfer. Philadelphia. Pa.; E. W. 

 .Mitchell, Stuyvesant Falls, N. Y. 



Chicago— Max Keizer. St. Paul. 

 .Minn.; Henry Rawley, Detroit, Mich.; 

 C'has. Freuh. Saginaw, Mich.; Mr. Cole 

 of Cole Bros., Peoria. 111.; Chas. 

 Schwake & Co., New York; 1. O. 

 Campbell and son. New Orleans, La.; 

 Roy Wilcox, Omaha, Neb.; Milton Al- 

 ••xander. Sam Seligman. New York; P. 

 ]). Farrand, Valparaiso. Ind.; Martin 

 Reukauf, rep. H. Bayersdorfer, Phil.; 

 Frank Farney. rep. M. Rice. Phila. 



S. J. Renter & Son are sending in 

 fine roses to John Young. 53 W. 28th 

 .■street. New York, the varieties Aaron 

 Ward. Prince E. C. d'Arenberg and 

 Francis Scott Key being especially 

 fine. I\m 



