February 20. 1915 



HORTICULTURE 



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SEASONABLE SUGGESTIONS 



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>«^P>^L-'V IHOVJSI 



OF" .A.IVII 



Cherries 



St. Patrick's Novelties — High Hats for Shamrocks - 

 for Washington 's Birthday 



BASKETS IMONAA 



HANDLE BASKETS With Liners TUMBLER BASKETS 



CYCAS LEAVES, Best in the World MAGNOLIA LEAVES 



WHEAT SHEAVES, CREPE PAPER AND MATS CREPE FLOWERS 



1129 ^Krchi S-t., 



PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



H. BAYERSDORFER & CO., 



The Florists' Supply 

 House of America 



Flower Market Reports 



(Continueii from page ^s^J 



aud violets it is uotliing sbort of su- 

 perb. A disquieting feature of tlie 

 situation is tlie unprecedented low 

 price on cattleyas. Never before at 

 this season have these splendid flow- 

 ers commanded so small a return or 

 so little regard. We confess we are 

 sorry to see them reduced to the posi 

 tion of common flowers and hope that 

 the present conditions will quickly 

 come to an end. We believe in "flow- 

 ers for the multitude." but we draw 

 the line at the cattleya in this re- 

 spect and regret to see these aristo- 

 cratic beauties of the floral world in 

 the hands of the street fakir. 



Valentine week 

 PHILADELPHIA here was prob- 

 ably as good as 

 any we have experienced of late. It 

 was fully up to the standard — as good 

 as last year it not a little better, and 

 both local and long-distance demand 

 were better than the trade had dared 

 to hoi>e for. Red seemed to be the 

 favorite color, and in that respect the 

 occasion was a small echo of the 

 Christmas time. Richmond roses were 

 particularly in demand and there were 

 hardly enough of these to go around. 

 Some nice Hadleys came along and 

 these also were quickly snaiiped up. 

 There was a bit of a scramble, too. for 

 good red carnations. Sweet jjeas went 

 well especially in the pinks, lavenders 

 and whites. There was one red but 

 it was a dull color and had a touch of 

 purple in it. The public did not want 

 that shade even if they were a little 

 crazy after red. So the growers will 

 have to find us something brighter in 

 red tor next year. Lily of the valley 

 was in better demand than it lias been 

 for some time. Violets were too plen- 

 tiful—especially towards the end of 

 the week. Karly in the week they 

 were scarce — a sure sign that growers 

 were holding back. Violets are a sure- 

 enough Valentine proposition but the 

 "hold-back" has never paid and never 

 will. It always has jiroved a boom- 

 erang and hits the innocent as well as 



F. R. PIERSONTS 



FLORISTS AND 

 PLANTSMEN 



TARRYTOWN ON HUDSON, • N. Y. 



NEW YORK QUOTATIONS PER 100. To Dealers Only 



MISCELLANEOUS 



Cattleyas 



Lilies, LoDKiflorum - - 



Rubrum 



Lily of the Valley 



VioUu 



Snapdragon 



Narcisus, Paper White, Roman Hyacinths •• ■ 



Freesia 



Daffodils 



Tulips 



Miinionetts 



Lilac (p^r bunch) 



Sweet Peas 



Gardenias 



Adiantum 



Smtlax 



Asparagus Plumosus, strings {per loo) 



" " & Spren (loo bunches). 



Last Half of Week 



ending Feb. 13 



1915 



lO.OO 



6,00 

 2.00 

 1. 00 



•35 

 4.00 

 1. 00 

 1. 00 



2. 00 



•50 

 10.00 



•50 

 10.00 



35-00 

 15.00 



20.00 

 10.00 

 4.00 

 3.00 

 •50 

 6.00 

 1.50 

 3.00 

 3.00 

 4.00 

 6.00 

 1. 00 

 2.00 

 25.00 

 1. 00 

 12.00 

 50.00 

 35.0a 



First Half of Week 



beginning Feb. 15 



1915 



10.00 

 8.00 



2.00 

 2.00 

 ■15 

 8.00 

 1.50 

 1. 00 

 2.00 

 2.00 

 3.00 



x.oo 



10.00 



•75 



6.00 

 25.00 

 20.00 



15.00 



10.00 



5.00 



3.00 



•25 



12.00 



2.00 



3.00 



3.00 



5.00 



6.00 



1.00 



2.00 



25.00 



1. 00 



10.00 



50.00 



25.00 



the guilty. Daffodils sold fairly well 

 but they were very plentiful and a 

 sood many were left over at the wind 

 up. White lilac w-as a favorite as was 

 also Acacia pubescens. There was a 

 good call for gardenias but not much 

 doing in orchids. Cattleyas went 

 fairly well but at low prices. 



It seems almost in- 

 PITTSBURGH congruous that this 



year of (dis) grace. 

 Ifll.T. which will probably go down as 

 the worst of carnage and financial de- 

 pression in the world's history, should 

 be marked in at least local florists' 

 circles as by far "the best Valentine 

 Day of any." Such it was in Pitts- 

 burgh, however, the supply of flowers 

 being unequal to the demand. With 

 its own supply exhausted and nothing 

 to draw on from the wholesale houses, 

 the Blind Floral Company was obliged 

 to stop work at 2 o'clock Saturday 

 afternoon; the A. W. Smith Company 

 report that they exceeded their ex- 

 pected sale of violets, "150.000 strong." 

 similar experiences being the rule 

 rather than the exception with the 

 other firms, both downtown, in the 

 East End and on the North Side. 

 Harvey C. Sheaff, manager for Mrs. 

 E. A. Williams, attributes this unpre- 

 cedented condition largely to the mild, 

 balmy weather, so unusual in mid- 

 February, added to the fact of St. Val- 

 entine's Day falling on Sunday imen 

 i)f the yoiniger generation following 

 the example of their sires and grand- 

 sires in devoting special week-end at- 

 tention to their sweethearts). Apropos 

 of this latter observation, however. It 

 is a curious fact noted by all the retail 

 people that each year finds fewer men 

 purchasers, their ranks, fortunately. 



being more than filled by women. 

 The psychology of this, so far. no one 

 ventures to explain. 



The wholesale houses reported a 

 continued shortage of carnations and 

 roses. American Beauties being prac- 

 tically "out of sight." Fortunately, 

 however, for the latter, there is 

 small demand. Lilies, too, are scarce, 

 but there are plenty of cattleyas, as 

 well as all bulbous stock. Primroses, 

 this season, are largely supplementing 

 cut fiow-ers as gifts. 



St. Valentine's Day 

 ST. LOUIS showed to great ad- 

 vantage here and the 

 market improved greatly. The bi.g de- 

 mand was for violets and sweet peas 

 and these were in plenty with prices 

 considerably higher than early in the 

 week. All other staples sold at the 

 usual quotations and the market was 

 well supplied in general. 



( Contiyttied on page 2i)o) 



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