April 3, 1915 



HORTICULTUEE 



475 



Flower Market Reports NEW YORK QUOTATIONS PER 100. To Pe alers^Only 



{Continued from page 47s) 



ders for Easter show up well as com- 

 pared with last year at this time, and 

 the trade seems to have a very hope- 

 ful feeling as to the outlook. In the 

 Easter plant end, the growers report 

 a good demand, and from all accounts 

 there promises to be verj' little sur- 

 plus of good stock. It looks to us as 

 If lilies were rather redundant, but 

 you never can tell. The quality cer- 

 tainly shows up very good this year 

 all along the line. Much better than 

 last year on the average. 



There is little 

 SAN FRANCISCO change in local 

 market coii- 

 ditions since last week. Some varie- 

 ties of flowers suffered to a certain ex- 

 tent from the sudden change from cool 

 to hot weather and back again, but 

 nothing was affected very seriously. 

 Violets were probably the liardest hit, 

 but the season was nearing a close 

 anyway and the supply for shipment 

 had already become rather scarce. 

 The new offerings of gardenias are a 

 little smaller as a result of the three 

 days' high temperature and the quality 

 of some other lines will no doubt show 

 some effect later on. Final prepara- 

 tions for Easter are demanding prin- 

 cipal attention at present, and there is 

 every reason to expect ample supplies 

 and fairly heavy business. Lilies are 

 plentiful and the season is opening 

 well: The leading retail stores are dis- 

 playing fine specimens of lilacs, both 

 white and purple, French hydrangeas, 

 peonies, rambler roses and other sea- 

 sonables, while the late daffodils, Dar- 

 win tulips, freesias, narcissus and 

 other bulbous stock are in fair quan- 

 tity and of fair quality. Sweet peas 

 are coming in freely with a normal de- 

 mand, and a little better call is noted 

 for carnations. Lots of fruit blossoms 

 are being used for decorative work. 



The past week trade 

 ST. LOUIS was slow, stock plenti- 

 ful and prices low. 

 Roses and carnations, violets and 

 sweet peas are in abundance and will 

 be this week. Easter lilies and eallas 

 are enough to go around for all de- 

 mands, as is also all other bulb stock, 

 and Easter prices are going to be low. 

 Potted plants of 

 WASHINGTON many kinds are be- 

 ing shipped into 

 this market in exceptionally large 

 quantities, for not in recent years has 

 stock been so plentiful. Single violets 

 which are the best sellers in this lo- 

 cality, are a shortage and dealers have 

 had to rely upon the New York 

 doubles. Sweet peas are over-plentiful 

 and selling low. Cut Easter lilies have 

 been moving well at $12.50, and it is 

 expected that this price will prevail 

 for worth-while stock. Killarney roses 

 are not moving very well. Snapdragon, 

 . with enormous stems, are in fine favor. 

 The white and pink Pearl rhododen- 

 drons offered for Easter are said to 

 he the finest seen here in years, aiid 

 one firm has sent in three hundred in 

 full bloom. Orchids are quite scarce 

 but there will be enough to meet a 

 limited demand. 



MISCELLANEOUS 



Cattleyas • 



Lilie*. Lonsiflorum 



" Rubrum ' 



Lily of the Valley 



Daises 



VioleU 



Snapdragon 



Narcisus, Paper White 



Freesias 



DaffodiU 



Tulips 



Sweet Pea* 



Com Flower 



Gardenias 



Adiantum ' 



Stnilax 



Asparagus Plumosus« strings (per xoo) 



'• •* & Spren (loo bunches). 



Ust Half of Week 



ending Mar. 27 



1915 



First Half of Week 



beginning Mar. 29 



1915 



25.00 

 3.00 

 1. 00 

 1. 00 

 1. 00 



.10 

 4.00 

 1. 00 

 1. 00 

 1. 00 

 1. 00 



•50 



3.00 



•so 

 6.00 

 35.00 

 10.00 



40.00 

 6.00 

 3.00 

 2.00 

 2.00 



•30 

 6.00 

 1.50 

 2.00 

 2.00 

 2.00 

 1. 00 

 1. 00 



I3.00 



•75 

 10.00 

 50.00 

 25.00 



3500 

 6.00 

 1. 00 



' 2.00 

 x.oo 



.25 

 4.00 



1.00 

 1. 00 

 1. 00 

 2.00 



■50 



8.00 



■50 

 8.00 

 35-00 



75-<» 

 10.00 

 5.00 



3.00 



2. 00 

 .50 

 6.00 

 2.00 

 2.00 

 2.00 

 3.00 

 2.00 

 1. 00 

 25.00 

 1. 00 

 10.00 

 50.00 

 40.00 



Obituary 



Henry Murphy. 

 Henry Murphy, a well known Brook- 

 lyn florist, died March 24th, at his 

 home, 511 53d street. He is survived 

 by his wife and three daughters. 



He leaves a wife, mother, father, sister 

 and brother to mourn his loss. The 

 funeral took place March 29th from his 

 late residence to St Peter's Cemetery. 

 Many beautiful floral pieces were sent 

 by friends in the trade and the St. 

 Louis Florist Club, many members of 

 which attended the funeral. 



Andrew J. Freeman. 



Andrew J. Freeman of Maiden, 

 Mass., for the past eleven years secre- 

 tary of the Board of Park Commis- 

 sioners, died suddenly, Tuesday even- 

 ing, of heart disease, while on his 

 way home from a meeting of the board. 

 Mr. Freeman was 70 years of age and 

 was one of the best known men in the 

 city, having held many public offices. 

 Funeral was Saturday afternoon at 2 

 o'clock from his late residence, 110 

 Laurel street. 



Andrew Hawkins. 

 Andrew Hawkins, aged 89. horticul- 

 turist of international repute and res- 

 ident of Niagara Falls, Ont., Canada, 

 died Monday night, March 29, at his 

 home,- Niagara Falls, following a brief 

 illness. People from all sections of 

 Canada frequently came to Niagara 

 Palls to see the flowers around the 

 Hawkins homestead. Up to six months 

 ago Hawkins was hale and hearty. He 

 leaves five sons. Interment was Thurs- 

 day, April 1, in Niagara Falls, Ont. 



Mrs. H. G. Berning. 



Mrs. Henry G. Berning, wife of the 

 well-known wholesale florist, died on 

 Sunday, March 28th, after a long ill- 

 ness of three years at her home, 4211 

 Westminster Place. Mrs. Berning was 

 a member of the Ladies' Home Circle, 

 also of the Ladies' S. A. F. She was 

 born in Germany and is survived by 

 her husband, brother, Otto Bruenig, 

 and her sister, Emma Bruenig. Sym- 

 pathy was expressed by their many 

 friends in the trade. The funeral which 

 took place March 30th at New St. 

 Mark's Cemetery, was private. 



"HORTICULTURE Is the finest pa- 

 per under the sun." A. 

 New Jersey. 



George R. Frow. 



George R. Frow, who was in busi- 

 ness with his father Richard Frow, at 

 Natural Bridge Road and Wabash in 

 Normandy, died on Friday, March 26, 

 after a short illness, at the age of 35 

 years. Mr. Frow was brought up in 

 the business from boyhood and was a 

 member of the St. Louis Florist Club. 



Charles W. Yost. 

 C. \V. Yost died on Wednesday morn- 

 ing. March 24. at the home of his 

 daughter in Wakefield. R. I., in the 

 TSth year of his age. He had been in 

 failing health for several months. Mr. 

 Yost was a native of Germany and 

 came to this country when a young 

 man. For many years he was em- 

 ployed as gardener on the Coatcs es- 

 tate at Narragansett Pier. In 1884. he 

 became gardener for George V. Cres- 

 son and had charge of his "Stone Lea" 

 grounds, on the "Rocks" until after Mr. 

 Cresson's death. About three years 

 ago Mr. Yost came to live with his 

 daughter in Peace Dale and within a 

 year moved to the house in Wakefield 

 where he died. He was a great lover 

 of flowers and had been the judge at 

 the annual chrysanthemum show in 

 Peace Dale almost every year. The 

 many friends of "Charlie" will miss 

 him. He was a man of pleasant ways 

 and well liked. 



BUSINESS TROUBLES. 

 Waterbury, Ct.— Geo. T. Ryan, as- 

 sets, $6011; liabilities, $2,300. 



New Bedford, Mass. — William P 

 Peirce; liabilities, $6,857; assets, $500. 



Memphis, Tenn. — Albert Haisch, 

 florist, 87 Madison avenue; liabilities. 

 $5,613.77, assets, $4,092.55. Omar L. 

 Jewell has been appointed receiver. 



STUART H. MILLER 



WHOLESALE FLORIST 



Nearly It yo.irs' exricrlcnci-. First year 

 on our own. Watfli lis yirow. 



1617 Ranstead Street, PHILADELPHIA 



Telephones 

 Keystone— Race 27 Bell— Spruce 6116 



ROBERT J. DYSART 



I'l liLIC ACCOINTANT AND .MDITOR 

 Simple nirtluulN of correct aceouiittni: 

 especluily udupted for tioriMt-n' ii>e. 



•JOOKS B.VI,.\XfEI) .V.\-I> .IDJt STEE 



\<. ri IlKKtH Itank UllM.lin 



40 STATE ST. - - - - BOSTON 

 Telephone Main 58 



