March 27, 1915 



HORTICULTUKE 



441 



Flower Market Reports 



Business has been fairly 

 BOSTON good this week, especial- 

 ly iu spring flowers. Tues- 

 •day and Wednesday were rather de- 

 pressing, but at the present writing, 



"Thursday, the markets are active, with 

 a brisk demand. This is not so notice- 

 able in roses, which are very plentiful, 

 although of excellent grade. Large 



■quantities of sweet peas fill the stalls 

 and none but the Spencer varieties go 

 at all. Carnations have improved a bit 

 and better prices are being secured. 



'Their quality is excellent and prom- 

 ises well for Easter. Potted bulbous 

 plants are also in fairly active demand. 

 A short crop of violets at Easter is ex- 

 pected, on account of the excessive 

 quantity of foliage now being thrown. 

 Otherwise, heavy crops of all kinds of 

 flowers will be cut this next week, as 

 the weather has been extremely mild. 

 There is a good shipping demand and 

 judging from the advance orders re- 

 ceived by the big wholesalers, Easter 

 week ought to be a record breaker. 



Practically all of the 



CHICAGO stock coming into the 



Chicago market is being 



■disposed of and at satisfactory prices. 

 There is no marked deficiency along 

 any line and the supply and demand 

 are about as nearly balanced as ever 



■ occurs. Roses in general are reported 

 by some of the wholesale houses to be 

 a little behind the sales of former 



-weeks but there is no marked decrease 

 In call for them. The abundance of 

 good bulbous stock, both cut and in 

 pans, is bound to make itself felt some- 

 where and this probably accounts tor 

 the little slack in rose sales. American 

 beauties are still scarce and growers 

 look for a few more weeks before they 

 will be good crop. Tbere are plenty 

 of excellent sweet peas, the butterfly 

 type predominating, but there is a 

 steady demand for the old varieties 

 also, for making up. Double violets 

 still come from the east but season is 

 nearly over and quality not very good. 

 Some excellent ten weeks' stock is 

 coming now and sells quickly. Pussy 

 willows have losttheirnovelty and sales 



"lag this week. A limited number of mar- 

 guerites, mostly white, are offered. Cat- 

 tleyas are in fair supply. Spanish iris 

 is the latest addition to the market and 

 arrived last week for the first. Mrs. 

 Russell rose continues to keep a con- 

 tinuous record for being in crop, a rec- 



•ord beginning last June at Poehlmann 

 Bros. 



As Easter approaches 

 CINCINNATI stock of all kinds is 

 becoming very plenti- 

 ful. The daily cuts of roses and bulb- 

 ous stock are much larger and car- 

 nations while they have not increased 

 in numbers as rapidly as have the other 

 flowers, still are fairly plentiful. Busi- 

 ness at the time of this writing is 

 fair. The demand while steady is not 

 as active as it might be. Prices, how- 

 ever, while lower than they were, are 

 holding up pretty nicely. The outlook 

 for the Easter supply is promising 

 both in respect to the quantity and 



■quality of the flowers. 



Changes are few in 

 NEW YORK this market. The 



heavy cut of bulbous 

 stock continues and market values on 

 all this class of stock has gone down. 

 Roses are holding their own quite well. 



WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS — ^•^^""^^Yo'V^Sixrs ofa.Y 



Roses 



Am, Beauty, Special ■ 



*' " FaDcy and Extra , 



No. I 



Killamey, Richmond, Elxtra 



" " Ordinary. 



HillingdoD, Ward, Sunburst, Extra 



" " " Ordinary.. 



Maryland, Radiadce, Taft, Extra 



" " " Ordinary .. . 



Russell, Hadley, Ophelia, .Mock 



Carnations. Fancy 



** Ordinary 



Cattleyas 



Lilies. Longif lorum - 



Rubrum 



Lily of the Valley 



Daises 



Violets 



Snapdragon 



Narcisus, Paper White 



Freesias 



DaffodiU 



Tulips 



Sweet Peas 



Com Flower 



Gardenias 



Adientum 



Smilax 



Asparagus Plumosus, Strings (loo) . . . 

 " " & Spren. {loo Bchs.) 



BOSTON 



March 25 



to 

 to 

 to 

 to 

 to 



3.00 to 



35 -oo 

 20.00 

 10.00 



iZ.OO 



4.00 

 12.00 



6.00 

 12.00 



4.00 



15.00 

 4.00 

 2.00 



30.00 



8.00 



6.00 



4.00 



.25 



■50 



ST. LOUIS 



March 22 



PHILA. 



March 22 



40.00 

 15.00 

 8.00 

 8.00 

 4.00 

 8.00 

 4.00 

 8.00 

 4.00 

 8.00 

 2.00 

 1. 00 

 40.00 

 10.00 



3.00 

 1. 00 



.20 

 3.00 

 2.00 

 2.00 

 2.00 

 3.00 



.30 



1. 00 



10.00 

 35.00 

 15.00 



to 

 to 

 to 

 to 

 to 

 to 



50.00 

 20.00 

 10.00 

 10.00 



6.00 

 10.00 



6.00 

 10.00 



6.00 

 I2.00 



3.00 



1.50 

 50.00 

 12.50 



4.00 

 2.00 

 .50 

 4.00 

 3.00 

 3.00 

 3.00 

 4.00 



•75 



1.25 

 12.50 

 50.00 

 25.00 



and carnations also remain steady. 

 Acacia pubescens is abundant, bring- 

 ing from $1.25 to $1.50 per buncli of 

 sprays. Quantities of outdoor lilac are 

 coming in from the south. Much of it 

 arrives in poor condition. Whatever 

 of it is sold brings 50c. per bunch but 

 half of it at least, is thrown away. Vio- 

 lets are still very fine but they count 

 for verj- little in the flower market 

 now. 



The market is more 

 ST. LOUIS than well supplied. The 



bulk of the stock con- 

 sists of roses, carnations and bulb 

 flowers, which have sold at greatly re- 

 duced prices all week. Carnations and 

 roses are in very heavy supply, as also 

 are sweet peas, violets and bulb stock. 

 There seems to 

 SAN FRANCISCO be considerable 

 division of 

 opinion among local retailers regard- 

 ing the effect the exposition is having 

 upon business. Some say the people 

 are si)ending enough time at the fair 



grounds to have a curtailing effect 

 upon ordinary house trade, while 

 others report a little improvement and 

 look for a normal trade after the Len- 

 ten season. The principal feature of 

 business at present is decorative work, 

 and that can be attributed directly to 

 the exposition as most of it is being 

 done in connection with banquets and 

 other special events given under the 

 auspices of the various state, foreign, 

 county and other fair commissions in 

 the celebration of the formal openings 

 of their exhibits, buildings, etc.; but 

 only a few of the large retail houses 

 are catering to that kind of business 

 so it does not benefit the retail trade 

 generally. The funeral of Lincoln 

 Beachey in the past week created an 

 unusually large demand for floral 

 pieces. Wholesalers report fair busi- 

 ness, but an oversupply of stock has a 

 tendency to keep down prices. The 

 only shortages noted are on the better 

 grade of American Beauty roses and 



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