February 6, 1915 



HORTICULTURE 



191 



Flower Market Reports 



i^Continufd frompage li<j) 



Among the new 

 PHILADELPHIA items this week 

 are tulips, yel- 

 low, pink and white; myosotis; Acacia 

 pubescens and forsythia. Stevia is 

 about over but there are larger sup- 

 plies of sweet alyssum and candytuft, 

 which will in a way take its place. 

 Sweet peas continue in excellent de- 

 mand and the quality is very good, so 

 far as can be seen from market arri- 

 vals, but we hear of some growers 

 having had trouble with dropping 

 buds while cutting the crop. This is 

 said to be especially the case with the 

 Spencers. Some think this is caused 

 by a defect in culture — probably too 

 dry an atmosphere. Mignonette is 

 moving very well and while the qual- 

 ity remains up to standard the cut is 

 not quite so heavy. Enough lilies and 

 callas for all demands — with a moder- 

 ate hardening in prices. We see very 

 few Roman hyacinths but there are 

 plenty of paper whites and treesias. 

 Violets are holding their own nicely, 

 and are a very fair proposition at 

 present. The supply of cattleyas is 

 not quite so redundant and a healthy 

 improvement is noticeable in prices — 

 especially in the choicer grades. The 

 smaller loweripriced flowers get the 

 go-by for some reason. The daffodil 

 procession is now being led by Golden 

 Spur, followed by Trumpet Major and 

 others of that type. On the whole we 

 have experienced a very good week 

 here since our last report. Prices 

 generally have held firm, and in some 

 items have shown a slight advance. 

 The rose and carnation situation re- 

 mains about as last reported. Ophelia 

 and Hadley are conspicuous by their 

 absence. Russell and American 

 Beauty still very scarce. 



Retail trade 

 SAN FRANCISCO shows a little 



more life this 

 week, despite the dark, drizzly 

 weather, which has held some lines of 

 stock back a little, so that prices, on 

 the whole, are well maintained. The 

 bulb stock, especially, has been re- 

 tarded, offerings of tulips, hyacinths, 

 freesias and daffodils being rather be- 

 low expectations; and general offer- 

 ings in the wholesale market have 

 been well cleaned up. Tulips, how- 

 ever, are appearing in much greater 

 variety, and they as well as hyacinths 

 are exceptionally fine. Other bulb 

 stock, including China lilies, is becom- 

 ing a prominent feature. Lilium For- 

 mosum, however, is quite plentiful, and 

 does not move off readily. Supplies 

 of violets are excessive, especially as 

 they consist mostly of poor stock; 

 though anything of fair quality is well 

 absorbed in the shipping trade. 

 Several varieties of orchids are offered 

 in profusion, and prices show a corre- 

 sponding weakness; while the demand 

 for gardenias has picked up nicely, 

 most of the daily cuttings being read- 

 ily disposed of. The cut of all roses 

 has fallen off this week, red varieties 

 being especially scarce. The demand 

 is holding up, and prices have accord- 

 ingly stiffened. Carnations continue 

 to bring fair prices, with very moder- 

 ate offerings. .K pood many primroses 

 are coming in. and there is a good call 

 for both the cut flowers and plants. 

 Quite a lot of azaleas, which came in 

 too late for the holidays, are still ap- 



FANCY OR DAGGER FERNS 



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Discount on large orders 



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 Suutnern >niilax, 50- lb. oaHes, J.'S.IJO. 

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pearing, but there is always some call 

 for them. There has been a big de- 

 mand for the last month or two for 

 kentias and other palms and ferns, and 

 many large orders are to be filled with- 

 in the next few weeks. 



Business of late has 

 ST. LOUIS been somewhat better 

 than any week since 

 the fii'st of the year. Stock is of ex- 

 tra good quality with roses in all va- 

 rieties scarce. Carnations, too, have 

 been somewhat scarce, but about 

 enough of them coming in daily to 

 supply the local wants. In sweet peas 

 this market always has a good supply 

 and some really fancy ones are seen 

 daily. Violets, too, are in plenty for 

 all demands. There are good freesias, 

 lily of the valley, paper whites, Roman 

 hyacinths, von sions and lilies in rea- 

 sonable quantities, but the cold and 

 dark weather all the past week cur- 

 tailed the production greatly with our 

 local growers. 



Roses are very 

 WASHINGTON much off crop at 

 tha present time 

 and stock such as was thrown away 

 during the previous six months is now 

 bringing a fair price; anything that 

 has the semblance of a rose has a mar- 

 ket value and the probabilities are 

 that this condition will continue dur- 

 ing the next four weeks. From pres- 

 ent indications there will be no large 

 supply of locally grown American 

 IJeauty roses until some time after the 

 first of March and consequently retail- 

 ers must be on the lookout to see that 

 they do not get caught in taking or- 

 ders for any quantity for future de- 

 livery. There is plenty of good stock 

 of other than roses and carnations to 

 fill all demands, such as lilacs, 

 mignonette, freesia, narcissus, jon- 

 quils, tulips, sweet peas and violets. 

 Sweet peas are as fine as have ever 



been seen here at this season of the 

 year. Gardenias are still scarce but 

 there are fully enough to fill all de- 

 mands. Cattleyas seem to have 

 swamped the market and can be 

 bought very low in quantities. Violets 

 are coming in heavier quantities daily. 

 Large quantities of cyclamen, prim- 

 roses, azaleas and cinerarias are seen 

 in the stores. 



NEW YORK NOTES. 



H. E. Proment will move in the near 

 future to larger quarters at 156 W. 28th 

 street. 



The annual dinner of the New York 

 Florists' Club will take place at the 

 Hotel Astor on Saturday night, March 

 20. 



The "clearing house" or distributing 

 station is now at 103 W. 28th street in 

 charge of Adam Trepel and .John R. 

 Weir. 



L. B. Coddington, who has been very 

 ill with typhoid fever, has passed the 

 critical stage and it is hoped is on the 

 way to complete recovery. 



The guarantee list for the New York 

 show is now almost $7,000; space sold 

 is about the same amount; program 

 ads. over $1,500. Not so bad! 



There is a rumor which seems to be 

 well founded that there will be a new 

 seed house in the wholesale district in 

 28th street in the near future. 



Messrs. Reed cS- Keller of New York 

 City have applied for a patent on a 

 Combination Flower Vase and Electric 

 Standing Floor Lamp, so constructed 

 that fresh cut flowers can be arranged 

 in the metal containers of the vase. 



Arthur Herrington has been appoint- 

 ed exhibition manager of the coming 

 flower show. It is expected that the 

 Retail Florists' Association will play 

 an important part in this show, taking 

 a large block of space over w-hich they 

 will have complete control. 



