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Flower Market Reports 



Two dnvs of 

 SAN FRANCISCO Rood wt-atlior 

 have sliiiiiiliitcd 

 '(>liiil trade tioincwhiit, oyiiecially as a 

 L;iK)d niiiny straiiKcrs are alrcacly coiii- 

 iiiK ill for the o|>enin): of Hit' Kxposi- 

 lion, Feb. 20. 'Dip approucli of St. 

 \'alt'ntine's Day Is also felt in the 

 trade, as the occasion Is beinc fele- 

 united more generally than usual. 

 Most of the stores are featiirInK spe- 

 cial Valentine boxes and lia.skets, 

 which already have a good sale. For 

 -iich work short stock of all kinds is 

 j;really in demand, and the wholesal- 

 ers are doing well. Shipments of vio- 

 lets have been quite heavy, and local 

 offerings at the moment are moderate, 

 as the plants have had too much rain. 

 Most bulb stock is now fairly plentiful, 

 and daflfo<lils, freeslas, etc., are rather 

 cheap. Tulips are in better supply. 

 but still hold up well in price. Fruit 

 blossoms of various kinds find a very 

 fair demand, while blossoming acacia 

 has suddenly become a prominent 

 feature. Cinerarias are still some- 

 thing of a novelty, and some very fine 

 plants are shown. Carnations are 

 about holding their own. All varieties 

 of roses continue scarce, and retailers 

 find difficulty in getting enough for 

 their requirements. The cut of gar- 

 denias continues good, but even more 

 could be sold than are obtainable. 

 Cattleyas are still plentiful, but move 

 off rather better than last week; 

 while an excellent cut of phalaenopsis 

 is very well received. Sweet peas are 

 shown only in a limited way, but the 

 demand is not large. 



The St. Valentine's 

 WASHINGTON Day business this 



year equalled and 

 perhaps exceeded the business done at 

 the same time in previous years. This 

 is due in part to the fact that the 

 fourteenth fell on Sunday and was 

 generally observed on that day as well 

 as on Saturday and Monday. At times 

 the stores closely resembled the 

 Blaster period, so good was the busi- 

 ness. Stock, while not over-plentiful, 

 was to be had in sufficient quantities 

 with the possible exception of Ameri- 

 can Beauty roses. Cattleyas sold 

 very well. Other favorites were 

 sweet peas, violets, baby primrose, 

 forgetmenots, yellow daisies and pan- 

 sles, for there was a very good call for 

 corsage bouquets. Lilies are not as 

 plentiful as they have been. Up to 

 the present week there has been an 

 almost exceptional shortage of carna- 

 tions, but a freer supply appeared 

 Just in time for Saturday's business. 

 The basket trade was good, and, added 

 to all of this, there were a number of 

 good decorations and plenty of funeral 

 work. Narcissi poeticus registered its 

 arrival during the week. The sale of 

 narcissi has been much better. 



New York Florists' Bowling Club, 

 Thursday, Feb. 11. 



1st (Jiinic 2n(l Giime 



J. Mic.sem 171 1T9 



W. P. Ford 213 156 



C. W. Scott 15C 107 



A. M. Henshaw 14!) ICC 



W. R. Piorson 157 104 



A. Sfliauzer 118 132 



H. C. Riedel 172 2(X{ 



W. H. Siebreclit 155 ICl 



R. J. Irwin 151 lii7 



P. .Tacobson 144 103 



F. Niquet 176 166 



.T. Niquet 153 140 



.T. Feiirir-h l.'iil 107 



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PUBLICATONS RECEIVED. 



The Proceedings of the Thirtieth 

 Annual Convention of the Society of 

 American Florists and Ornamental 

 Horticulturists has come to hand from 

 the Secretary's office. It is much the 

 largest publication ever issued by the 

 society, comprising 3.50 pages, in addi- 

 tion to a number of full page illustra- 

 tions of views in the Minneapolis and 

 Boston Convention Gardens, together 

 with folded diagrams of the layout of 

 the two gardens. Mr. Young has in- 

 corporated a large amount of interest- 

 ing and valuable matter in this report, 

 which alone is well worth the annual 

 cost of membership to any progressive 

 horticulturist. 



On Sunset Highways. A Book of 

 Motor Rambles in California. By 

 Thomas IJ. .Murphy, California is in 

 the limelight this year and Messrs L. 

 C. Page & Co., of Boston, publishers, 

 have started the year auspiciously 

 with this captivating book on Cali- 

 fornia scenery which will unquestion- 

 ably enjoy a very large sale. The vol- 

 ume is embellished with 16 full page 

 illustrations in full color from original 

 paintings mainly by California artists 

 and 46 duogravures from photographs 

 of rare artistic excellence, also an au- 

 tomobile road map of the State. The 

 chapters cover a wide stretch including 

 the country round about Los Angeles. 

 San Diego and the Imperial Valley. 

 Santa Barbara and Old .Monterey. San 

 Francisco, Clear Lake Valley, San An- 

 tonio and La Pursima. Mountain 

 grandeur, noble forests, flower car- 

 peted valleys, orange groves, vine- 

 yards, ancient mission ruins, country 

 byways, rugged passes and canyons, 

 beaches, ranches and camps are all 

 pictured to the mind vision of the 

 reader in a manner which shows the 

 author to be an ardent and romantic 

 lover of nature. We can unreservedly 

 commend the book as a most interest- 

 ing and useful introductory guide to 

 any of our readers who are contem- 

 plating a trip to the Sunset Land this 

 year. The price is $3.00 net and the 

 book can be supplied from the office of 

 Horticulture. 



The Princess and the Clan. This is 

 another publication just out. by The 



Page Coiii)»aii\ (if l;(j.si(iii. Tlic name 

 of this publishing house is a sufllcient 

 guarantee of excellence, whether of 

 fiction or history. The writer of this 

 story is Margaret R. Piper already 

 well known as the author of "Sylvia's 

 Experiment," "The Cheerful Book" 

 and other productions of merit. As a 

 birthday or vacation gift for a young 

 lady especially, "The Princess and the 

 Clan" will just fill the bill. It is beau- 

 tifully bound and illustrated. Price 

 $1.50'net. 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



J. Bolgiano & Son, Baltimore, Md. — 

 Bolgiano's Big Crop Seed Potatoes. 



Lord & Burnham Co., New York — 

 Illustrated Folder of Hot Bed Sash 

 and Cold Frames, "How to give your 

 garden a running start" is the title. 



W. Atlee Burpee. Philadelphia, Pa, 

 — New Edition for 1915 of Burpee's 

 35th Anniversary Supplement. This Is 

 a history, service book, story book, 

 picture book and manual of philoso- 

 phy, wit and wisdom such as only em- 

 anates from Burpee's. We can't begin 

 to fitllingly describe it. Just send for 

 a copy for yourself. 



Stumpp & Walter Co., New York. — 

 General Catalogue for Spring 1915. A 

 handsome catalogue displaying flow- 

 ers of Salpiglossis superbissima and 

 King asters as cover adornments in 

 colors. 150 pages of illustrated lists 

 presented in attractive and comprehen- 

 sive form. A publication which will 

 interest and capture the public wher- 

 ever it reaches them. 



Galloway Brothers & Co., Waterloo, 

 la. — General Catalogue for 1915 of Gal- 

 loway "Hi-Quality" Pure Seeds. This 

 is certainly "some catalogue" and is 

 one of the liveliest and most enter- 

 prising stunts in its special line that 

 we have ever seen. There is much 

 that is unique and novel in the make- 

 up of its 140 pages, not the least of 

 which is the use of colors in many 

 of the numerous illustrations with 

 which it is embellished. The typo- 

 graphical work is really exceptional 

 and if the contents do not wake up 

 the agricultural and gardening pub- 

 lic then they must be indeed dead. An 

 ingenious trading scrip sheet goes out 

 w ith each catalogue. 



