February 20, 1915 



HORTICULTURE 



253 



Flower Market Reports 



Business has been very 

 BOSTON good, considering the 

 times and general de- 

 pression. Valentine's Day was a rec- 

 ord-breaker with several retailers, one 

 in particular disposing of at least 200,- 

 000 violets. Red roses went well, in 

 fact all classes of stock found a favor- 

 able outlet. The wholesale houses 

 were working overtime to fill the ship- 

 ping orders. In short, the market is 

 adjusting itself to conditions that are 

 more satisfactory than has been the 

 case since Christmas. American Beau- 

 ties are now a bit short, the best stock 

 bringing from $5.00 to $6.00 per dozen. 

 The demand is not strong, there being 

 enough to meet it in fancy and medi- 

 um grades. The call for carnations 

 took a jump at the beginning of this 

 week and at this writing the sale for 

 medium and fancy grades is very good. 

 Some fine grades of orchids are being 

 shipped to the market and are in fair 

 demand by the retailers. Gardenias 

 are not selling so well, although their 

 quality is excellent. Sweet peas are 

 coming in in increasing supply, espe- 

 cially the Spencer type. The call for 

 violets has dropped considerably, but 

 the demand is enough to maintain the 

 price. Plant trade has fallen off con- 

 siderably and prospects for increased 

 business in this line seem rather poor. 

 Freight charges for imported stock 

 have juihped 400 per cent., making 

 the importation of European stock ex- 

 tremely doubtful this spring. The de- 

 mand for greens is steady, very little 

 variation ever occuring for these 

 goods. 



Quite an active market 



BUFFALO was seen last week and 

 the cause may be laid to 

 the springlike weather and the near 

 ending of weddings and other social 

 gaities. There was some shortage at 

 the end of the week and good stock, 

 especially colored, in carnations and 

 roses for Valentine's day were on the 

 short side. Roses had again short- 

 ened up considerably and there was a 

 heavy demand for red and yellow, 

 which at times could not be obtained. 

 A fine lot of violets, also lily of the 

 valley, freesia, mignonettes, daisies and 

 other corsage flowers shared in the 

 demand. Tulips have come on more 

 heavily also Golden Snur a'l'i Von Sion 

 daffodils and all hid good ?"lc«. \ 

 few scattered weddings called for 

 orchids and white Killarney and these 

 were in fair supply. Saturday was a 

 busy day for the trade ajul all were 

 thankful for the little extra business 

 obtained. 



All the flowers commg 



CHICAGO into the Chicago market 

 are selling now and at a 

 good price. The supply cannot be said 

 to be normal, however, for roses are 

 still far below an average cut for Feb- 

 ruary and American Beauties are very 

 few. Red roses are especially scarce 

 and an order for even a small number 

 of them usually means a trip around 

 the market to secure them. Carna- 

 tions also are far from being the big 

 product they were earlier in the sea- 

 son, and as with roses, the red ones 

 are hardest to find. Freesia is a very 

 popular flower this season and it is 

 quite possible that the colonial bou- 

 quet, so much in vogue now is respon- 



Sweet Peas 



Our growers are cutting freely of 

 these superb Sweet Peas — and magnif- 

 icent stock they are, splendid color, 

 well flowered sprays. 



K.'Ctr.i Lons 



Li 



$1.50 per 100 



, 1.00 



Medium "5 



All are good stems, even the medium are 

 •.;iiu(l length. 



100 



$40.00 



25.00 



CATTLEYAS Doz. 



Special $5.00 



Fancy 4.00 



A tew Extra Choice 6.00 



GABDEJdAS „ ^ 



Spciial 3.00 



Fanoj* 2.00 



VALLKV, Special $4.00 per 100; Extra 

 $;!.(I0 pi»r 11)0; First $2.00 per 100. 



prssY WII-LOW. the large variety 50c. 

 and 75'-. jior bunch. 



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WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS — 



TRADE PRICES — Per 100 



TO DEALERS ONLY 



Roies 



Am. Beauty, Special 



" " Fancy and Extra 



No. I 



Killarney, Richmond, Extra 



*' " Ordinary 



HilHngdon, Ward, Sunburst, Extra 



'< *' '* Ordinary. 



Maryland, Shawycr, Taft, Extra 



'* " " Ordinary . - - 



Russell, Hadley, Ophelia 



Carnations. Fancy 



" Ordinary 



Cattleyas 



Cypripediums 



Lilies. Longif lonim 



Lily of the Valley 



Violets 



Snapdragon 



Narcisus. Paper White 



Com Flower 



Freesia 



Daffodils 



Tulps 



Lilac (pt-r bunch) 



5weet Peas 



Gardenias 



Adiantunn 



Smilax 



AspnragUB Plumosus, Strings ( loo) . . 

 " •' & Spren. (loo Bchs.l ... 



BOSTON 



February i8 



30.00 



I2.00 



6.00 

 8.00 

 3.00 

 8.00 

 3.00 

 6.00 

 3.00 

 4.00 

 3.00 

 ) 1. 00 



20.00 

 6.00 

 8.00 

 3.0*1 



•35 

 3.00 

 i.50 



40.00 

 20.00 

 10.00 

 15.00 



5.00 

 12.00 



6.00 

 15.00 



4.00 

 15.00 



5.00 



2.00 



35-O0 

 10.00 



JO.OO 



4.00 



.60 



4.00 

 2.00 



ST. LOUIS 



February 15 



PHILA 



February 



3.00 to 



2.00 

 4.00 



•75 

 20.00 



•50 



8.00 



' 25.00 



25.00 



1.50 

 35.00 



1. 00 

 IS. 00 

 40.00 

 35.00 



30.00 



20.00 



10.00 



6.00 



3.00 



8.00 



5.00 



6.00 



3.00 



6.00 



2.00 



1.00 



40.00 



10.00 



3.00 



•50 



4.00 



2.00 



3.00 



3.00 

 3.00 



to 40.00 

 to 25.00 

 to 15.00 

 to 8.00 

 5.00 

 10.00 

 6.00 

 8.00 

 S-oo 

 10.00 

 to 3.00 

 to 1.50 

 to 50.00 

 to .- 

 to 12.50 

 to 4.00 

 to x.oo 

 to s.oo 



3.00 



to 



to 



to 



. to 

 to 



4.00 



4.00 

 4.00 



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to 



60.00 

 20.00 



5.00 

 8.00 

 3.00 

 8.00 



3.00 



8.00 



3.00 

 4.00 

 4.00 

 3.00 

 15.00 



1. 00 



10.00 

 35-00 



1.25 

 12.50 

 50.00 

 15.00 



8.00 

 1. 00 



■25 

 6.00 

 1.50 

 1.50 

 2.00 

 2.00 

 2.00 



■50 

 5.00 



•75 

 15.00 

 35.00 

 25.00 



J7 _ 

 75.00 

 50.00 

 15.00 

 12.00 



6.00 

 12.00 



6.00 

 12.00 



6.00 

 20.00 



5.00 



4.00 

 35-00 



12.50 



4.00 



•75 



15.00 

 2.00 

 2.00 

 3.00 

 4.00 

 4.00 



2.00 

 16.00 



1. 00 

 20.00 

 50.00 

 50.00 



sible for it. for it lends itself so grace- 

 fully to that form of arrangement. It 

 is seen also in the florists' windows 

 made up prettily with violets, in cor- 

 sage bouquets. Bulbous flowers form 

 a large part of the sales and the stock 

 is excellent and prices are holding up 

 well. Violet sales are quite satisfac- 

 tory and the market is not overcrowd- 

 ed as in past seasons. 



The market is in the 

 CINCINNATI same firm condition 

 as at the last writ- 

 ing. Supplies are still limited while 

 the demand is steady and active. Val- 

 entine day business was very good, 

 both locally and from out of town. 

 The cuts of both roses and carnations 

 are short of actual needs. Sweet peas, 

 when good, meet with a splendid call. 



Lilies and callas are selling well. Tu- 

 lips, narcissus, Dutch hyacinths and 

 freesia meet with their share of the 

 popularity. Single violets may be 

 enumerated among the best sellers. 

 The lily of the valley market is only 

 lair. 



Market prices have 

 NEW YORK held up nicely, but 



now that Valentine's 

 day has passed along and Lent has 

 conie in prices have begun to decline 

 all through the list. The fine spring- 

 like weather of the past few 

 .lays has contributed to that con- 

 <!ition and if it continues an accumula- 

 tion of stock seems inevitable. The 

 quality generally is beyond criticism 

 and on some lines of roses, carnations 



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