May S, 1915 



HOETICULTUEE 



635 



Flower Market Reports 



( Continued from pageb^3) 



quite enough for the demand. On last 

 Saturday prices advanced sharply, 

 Beauties going to 20 and 25c., but they 

 are now down again to 10 and 15c. 

 Mothers' Day of course has caused the 

 prices to Ijooni up in carnations and 

 there is a possibility of their going 

 still higher by Saturday. Outdoor 

 lilac is everywhere. Bulbous stock is 

 about gone — ditto violets. Lilies find 

 a good demand. Hadley roses are most 

 sought and it is said that some espe- 

 cially good blooms bring 30c. 



Business lontin- 

 PHILADELPHIA ues on a fairly 

 satisfactory basis. 

 Conditions are about as last reported. 

 Big supplies and low prices. The grow- 

 ers manage to make some kind of a 

 clean-up at the end of the week, al- 

 though it big sacrifices. Roses are 

 going oft rapidly both in quantity and 

 quality. Not nearly as many Beauties 

 as a week ago. Russells still very 

 good and selling well. These and Had- 

 ley and Double White Killarney are 

 the leaders at present. Carnation mar- 

 ket about normal; prices low. Last 

 year, white for Mothers' Day, were 

 quoted eight to ten. This year six to 

 eight is the asking figure, four days 

 ahead. Sweet peas are of poor sub- 

 stance and quality — except from grow- 

 ers who are cutting from fresh new 

 vines. Prices on orchids stiffened up 

 a little. Not so many of these com- 

 ing in. There is a good supply of 

 Spanish iris, and they are selling fair- 

 ly well. There is a limited supply of 

 gandavensis gladioli on the market; 

 but the bulk of the arrivals so far are 

 of the "baby" type. Not much life to 

 the snapdragon market. No snap to it. 

 Callas and lilies both in reduced sup- 

 ply. These are gradually getting back 

 to where tliey lielong. 



In regard to 

 SAN FRANCISCO market condi- 

 tions there is 

 little change since last week. Busi- 

 ness is about normal and supplies con- 

 tinue plentiful, which tends to keep 

 prices steady. Some nice gardenias 

 have appeared within the last tew 

 days, and orchids are coming in as 

 rapidly as dosired by the trade. 

 Peonies are in good supply and the 

 demand is very satisfactory. Tulips 

 are practically off the market, after a 

 successful season, but some good nar- 

 cissus and daffodils are still in evi- 

 dence. German and Spanish iris are 

 having a good call. Business is a lit- 

 tle spotted on roses, but some kinds 

 are moving nicely. Carnations and 

 sweet peas continue a little over plen- 

 tiful in view of only a moderate de- 

 mand. 



C () 11 d i t i o 11 s in the 

 ST. LOUIS wholesale market have 



not changed any since 

 last reported. Everything is coming 

 In more plentiful than ever and prices 

 have dropped if anything on the quo- 

 tations reported in last issue. The 

 big receipts of outdoor stock has con- 

 tributed to this stagnation. While the 

 trade is buying liberally daily the re- 

 ceipts have been so heavy that there 

 is a big surplus left after the daily 

 sales are over. Carnations liave been 

 the worry of the wholesaler all week 

 as how to dispose of them. Tlie sup- 



PATRICK WELCH, WHCLESALE FLORIST 



262 DEVONSHIRE STREET, BOSTON, MASS. 



TKI-KTIIOXK >IAIN iCOS 

 American ISeautioH, Orchids, Valley, CarnationN. All the novelties in the Cut Flower 

 Market furnished on short notice. Prices quoted on application. No retail orderw 

 accepted. Flowers Nhipped out of Boston on ertrl,\' trains. 



STORE OPEN FOR BUSINESS AT 6 A. M. 



NEW YORK QUOTATIONS PER 100. To Dealers Only 



MISCELLANEOUS 



Last Half of Week 



ending May 1 



1915 



Cattley as • • 



Lilies, Longiflonim 



" Rubrum 



Lily of the Valley 



Daises 



Stocks 



Snapdragon • 



Iris 



Gladioli 



Calendulas 



Sweet Peas 



Com Flower 



Gardenias 



Adiantum 



Smilax • 



Asparagus Plumostis. strings (per loo) 



'* ** & Spren (loo bunches). 



First Half of We<k 



beginning May 3 



1915 



ply of roses was equally heavy at all 

 times and everything else in season 

 is coming in in such large lots that it 

 is impossible for the wholesalers to 

 unload at any price. 



There are not 

 WASHINGTON nearly as many 



flowers going to 

 waste this week, and on several days 

 the street men found it quite difficult 

 to obtain cheap stock. Local stock is 

 not quite as good as that from the 

 north, which is receiving preference 

 on all orders. Mothers" Day advance 

 orders have increased the carnation 

 demand, causing the price to jump 

 from $2 and $3, the quotation for the 

 first of the week to $6 and $8 for 

 white, and up to $4 and $5 for pink. 

 Gladioli is coming into the market in 

 increasing quantities. Iris is quite 

 plentiful. Lilac and other spring blos- 

 soms, which have been so very plenti- 

 ful, are rapidly approaching their end. 

 Outdoor lily of the valley is not bring- 

 ing very much in the way of price. 

 Gardenias are getting small and poor 

 and their demand has lightened. Or- 

 chids are cleaning up nicely. The de- 

 mand for white and yellow daisies has 

 kept up well. Cowslips are about done 

 for and violets are practically over. 

 Business since the beginning of the 

 month has showed a decided improve- 

 ment. 



VISITORS' REGISTER, 



Boston — A. E. Thatcher, Bar Harbor, 

 Me. 



St. Louis, JIo. — Prof. B. L. Robinson, 

 Harvard Botanical Garden, Cambridge, 

 ,Mass. 



Philadelphia — J. F. Gardener, repre- 

 senting J. Bolgiano & Son, Baltimore, 

 Md.; Jacob A. Fries. Bethlehem, Pa. 



Chicago — J. Micklejohn, represent- 

 ing H. Frank Darrow, New York; 

 F. W. Marquart, Valparaiso, Ind.; 

 ,Iohn A. Evans, Richmond Ind.; 

 F. N. Kenj jn. South Bend, Ind.; H. 

 Philpott, Winnepeg, Man.: M. J. Ros- 

 bergen, Boskoop, Holland. 



firm is not insolvent, but the creditors 

 demand an adjustment. 



Woburn, Mass. — Carl O. Everberg, 

 fiorist, assets $1,890.14, liabilities $10,- 

 255.76. , 



Fulton, N. Y. — Theo. Poederer, flor- 

 ist, 7 S. 2d street, assets $400, liabili- 

 ties $1,525. 



Saratoga Springs, N. Y.— T, J. Tot- 

 ten, Inc., florist, assets $9,814., liabili- 

 ties $11,152. 



BUSINESS TROUBLES. 

 Dansville. N. Y. Keilly Bros., nur- 

 servmeu. Edward Bacon, receiver. The 



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