May 1, 1915 



HORTICULTURE 



603 



PATRICK WELCH 

 WHOLESALE FLORIST 



262 DEVONSHIRE ST. 



BOSTON, - MASS. 



TELEPHONE MAIN 2698 



American Beauties, Orchids, Valley, 

 Carnations. All the novelties in the 

 Cut Flower Market furnished on short 

 notice. Prices quoted on application. 

 No retail orders accepted. Flowers 

 shipped out of Boston on early trains. 

 Store open for business at 6 A. M. 



MISCELLANEOUS 



Last Half of Week 



ending Apr. 24 



1915 



First Half of Week 



beginning Apr. 26 



1915 



Cattleyas.-- 



Lilies, Longiflorum • 



Rubrum 



Lily of the VeJley--- 



Daises 



Violets 



Snapdragon 



Iri 



Freesias 



Daffodils 



Tulips 



Sweet Peas 



Com Flower 



Gardenias 



Adiantum 



Smilax 



Asparagus Plumosus, strings (per loo) 



^ "^ ** & SpreD (loo bunches). 



Flower Market Reports NEW YORK QUOTATIONS PER 100. To Dealers Only 



(Contittued from page boi ) 



There was a slight 

 PHILADELPHA improvement in the 



marlvet laere last 

 week as compared with the previous 

 three weeks. This improvement was 

 caused by a slackening up in supplies, 

 and although this was not pronounced 

 enough to stiffen prices it did have 

 some effect on the clean-up and the 

 general average. Roses are not quite 

 so plentiful, but there is no change in 

 prices. Quotations remain very low. 

 Carnations very plentiful. Orchids 

 are pretty fair stock, good Mossiae 

 selling right well. Sweet peas are still 

 in large supply, but quality not so 

 good. Most growers are cutting from 

 old vines. It takes new stock to give 

 the best flowers. Baby gladioli such as 

 Delicatissima, Blushing Bride, etc., 

 have made their appearance and meet 

 with ready sale. Outdoor sprays of 

 flowering almond and apple add a lit- 

 tle in the way of artistic verisimilitude 

 to the situation, but there is no money 

 in this class of stock. 



Growers of this 

 SAN FRANCISCO vicinity continue 

 to feel lieneficial 

 effects from the e.\position. .Man.v of 

 the exhibitors keep cut flowers at 

 their booths continuously: the foreign 

 and state buildings require a good 

 many, which together with the large 

 amounts used in decorative work at 

 exposition functions creates new busi- 

 ness enough to relieve the market of 

 any over-supply. The large number of 

 conventions being held here this year 

 is another factor, which will nn doubt 

 bring considerable business to the flor- 

 ist trade. All in all the situation 

 looks quite bright for the florists of 

 this city. Spanish iris is now at its 

 best, and the offerings are in good de- 

 mand. Gladioli are plentiful with a 

 fair movement, and an excellent sup- 

 ply of peonies has made its appear- 

 ance. Outdoor stock is coming in 

 nicely. Good lilies of the valley are 

 scarce. Interest in sweet peas has 

 picked up a little and carnations have 

 cleaned up a little better the last few 

 days. All varieties of roses are in 

 good supply. They are popular for 

 decorative work, which helps to keep 

 surplus stock down to a minimum. 



This market last week 



ST. LOUIS was in a very much 



overcrowded condition 



and prices obtained for some of the 

 stock in big lots could not be quoted 

 correctly. The waste was greater than 

 at any time this season. Roses in all 

 grades, carnations, lilies, callas, lily 

 of the valley, sweet peas and all bul- 

 bous stock all went at very low prices. 

 These conditions, from the looks of 

 the receipts, will continue this week. 



Wholesalers 

 WASHINGTON, D. C. are hoping 



tor a con- 

 tinuance of the prcj^ent extremely hot 

 weather, that the market may be 

 cleaned up and the glut passed. The 

 mercury has gone beyond the hundred- 

 degree mark and, following a cold 

 spell, roses and carnations have been 

 coming along in uncountable quanti- 

 ties. Locally grown roses are gradual- 

 ly getting smaller and are surpassed 

 to some extent by those produced in 

 the north. So plentiful were American 

 Beauty roses early last week that they 

 could be had at $10 per hundred, but 

 present quotations are considerably 

 higher. Some very excellent Mock 

 roses are to be had, and Killarney 

 Brilliant and Killarney Queen are 

 coming along nicely. The violet sea- 

 son is about over. There has also 

 been a decrease in the cut of sweet 

 peas. Easter lilies have been shelved 

 for the season, and the callas that 

 come in fail of ready sale. Spanish 

 iris has been in pretty good demand. 

 The annual convention of the Daugh- 

 ters of the American Revolution 

 brought considerable additional busi- 

 ness. The run was good on high-priced 

 flowers; the corsage business was 

 quite heavy and there were many en- 

 tertainments requiring decorations. 

 Through this, the sale of orchids, gar- 

 denias, novelty roses, carnations and 



American Beauty roses was made 

 good. 



NEW YORK. 



The 28th street wholesale flower 

 fraternity are going through an un- 

 precedented shaking up, J. K. Allen 

 goes down a few doors in the same 

 block where he has been located for 

 over fifteen years. H. E. Froment 

 leaves the old block and goes to the 

 west of Sixth Ave., to a new outpost 

 and the store at No. 57 which he aban- 

 dons has been leased by C. C. Trepel 

 for a sort of clearing house for his 

 widely scattered interests. Traendly 

 & Schenck have quit 28th street en- 

 tirely and gone into a new location 

 on Sixth Ave. near to the 26th street 

 flower market and P. J. Smith leaves 

 his old place at No. 49 to take the 

 store at 131 deserted by Traendly & 

 Schenck. It will take the habitues of 

 the morning markets some little time 

 to find their bearings with all these 

 changes. 



STUART H. MILLER 



WHOLESALE FLORIST 



Nearly 14 years' experience. First year 

 on our own. Watch us grow. 



1617 Ranstead Street, PHILADELPHIA 



Telephones 

 Keystone — Race 27 Bell — Spruce 611* 



ROBERT J. DYSART 



PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT AND AUDITOR 



.Simple methods of correct accounting 



enpeclally adapted for floriBtn' use. 



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