May 15, 1915 



HOETICULTUEE 



667 



Flower Market Reports 



(Continued from page bb^ ) 



caused mostly by the Mothers' Day de- 

 mand. The shipping trade seemed to 

 feel the impetus most, as provincial 

 points are evidently more in touch 

 with this rather queer way of express- 

 ing filial feelings. In metropolitan 

 centers the general thought is that 

 every day is Mother's Day. But there 

 is no accounting for the backwoods. 

 So the trade takes the matter philo- 

 sophically and shows itself equally 

 alert to take advantage of a whim or 

 a foible as of something legitimate for 

 the marketing of their product. Some- 

 body started a "clean-up-week." It is a 

 sad reflection on householders. Every 

 week ought to be clean-up-week. I 

 wish somebody would start Return- 

 Umbrella-Week. There would be a few 

 coming to me. There was the usual 

 scramble for white carnations, the 

 usual salting and the usual heartburn- 

 ing. But most of the trade are now- 

 wise to the importance of talking 

 other things besides white carnations 

 first, last and all the time and thus the 

 silly part of the effect is somewhat 

 modified. Xothing much was left over 

 at the wind-up except some long roses 

 and other high-priced stock. Every- 

 thing fairly good at moderate prices 

 cleaned out well. And we regret to 

 say that a lot of stuff that ought to 

 have gone on the dump was thrown 

 on the market, very much to the dis- 

 credit of the trade. The innocent suf- 

 fer as well as the guilty in the long 

 run. Marketing rubbish is a very un- 

 wise policy. It disgusts the public 

 and hurts future business. 



The offerings in 

 SAN FRANCISCO some lines were 

 ligiiter the past 

 week as a result of damage to outdoor 

 stock by a severe three-day wind and 

 rain closing April. At the same time 

 the early May festivities created a 

 little extra demand for cut flowers, 

 which further relieved the condition 

 of oversupply. Sweet peas are less 

 plentiful, but there are plenty for the 

 demand. Carnations are firmer in 

 view of lighter supplies, and peonies 

 were damaged to a considerable ex- 

 tent by the unfavorable weather, and 

 it will be several days before the mar- 

 ket is well supplied again. Iris is just 

 beginning to come in in ample supply 

 after a light cut for several days. Roses 

 are being featured extensively in the 

 window displays of the larger down- 

 town establishments this week. Single 

 Irish roses appear to excellent advan- 

 tage, and a satisfactory demand is re- 

 ported. Cecile Brunner continues plen- 

 tiful, but with a good call and well 

 maintained prices. Some fine garden- 

 las are offered, and the market is well 

 supplied with orchids. Gladioli have 

 been retarded by the weather, but a 

 large cut is expected shortly. 



Mothers' Day business 

 ST. LOUIS was greatly curtailed 

 owing to the sudden ad- 

 vance in retail prices from 15 cents a 

 dozen to $1.00 which was too steep for 

 the public. In the West F:nd they re- 

 port business good for this day. It 

 was the down-town florists who "got 

 his" for his cheap sale the week before. 

 The flowers that came in last week 

 were not of high standard quality and 

 especially so in carnations. Roses were 

 excellent all through, also lilies and 



PATRICK WELCH, WHOLESALE FLORIST 



262 DEVONSHIRE STREET, BOSTON, MASS. 



TKI.KI-IIONE IM.VIN ;ii!W 

 American ISeauties, Orchids, Valley, Carnations. .411 tbe 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. 



NEW YORK QUOTATIONS PER 100. To Dealers Only 



MISCELLANEOUS 



Cattleyaa 



Lilies, Longifloruni ■ 



" Rubruin 



Lily of the Valley- •• 



Stocks 



Snapdragon • 



Iris. 



Gladioli 



Calendulas--* 

 Sweet Peas* • • 

 Com Flower- 

 Gardenias- • - • 

 Adiantum- -•• 



Sinila__ 



Asparagus Plumosus, strings (per loo) 



" •• & Spren (loo bunches). 



peonies. Carnations for Mothers' 

 Day were many, but the sudden jump 

 to $0 per 100 for good quality when the 

 same stock a weelt ago sold in lOUO 

 lots at that figure was a bad stinger. 

 Other stock did not show so great an 

 advance. Business all through is not 

 as good as it should be at this time 

 of the year. 



Retailers and 

 WASHINGTON wholesalers report 



a most satisfactory 

 Mother's Day business. The out of 

 town orders were exceptionally heavy 

 and placed as they were several days 

 in advance they served to clean up the 

 market of white carnations and cre- 

 ated a good demand for some few of 

 tbe colors. There has also been a very 

 good sale of expensive stock brought 

 about by the horse show which is now 

 in progress and by a number of soci- 

 ety events and various benefits of a 

 charitable nature, but the bulk of the 

 stock for the latter is said to have 

 been donated by charitably inclined re- 

 tailers. The cool weather has caused 

 a lessening of the quantities of stock. 

 The stock seen here last week came 

 from other points. Collections have 

 improved somewhat, but money re- 

 mains tight. 



New 'Vork. — John B. Nugent an- 

 nounces that after June 1, his flower 

 store will not open on Sunday under 

 any circumstances. We understand 

 that others are seriously considering 

 a similar course. Mr. Nugenfs place 

 on West 28th street is being partially 

 remodelled. A new glass refrigerator 

 front, w'ith mirrored back and an en- 

 closure for terns and palms are among 

 the new features. 



NEWS NOTES. 

 St. Louis. — J. J. Windier has suc- 

 ceeded his brother, Robert J., as pro- 

 prietor of the retail establishment on 

 South Grand avenue. R. J. Windier, 

 with his family, left May 1 for Chicago, 

 where he in future will make his home. 



Newark, N. J. — Edward Larkin, a 

 florist, seventy-one years old, was seri- 

 ously liurt last Wednesday forenoon 

 by being run down by a two-horse 

 truck at the "Four Corners." Mr. bar- 

 kin was crossing the street and had 

 reached the first car tracks, when the 

 "honk" of an automobile horn caused 

 him to jump backwards. He struck 

 against one of a team of horses and 

 fell to the pavement on his back, and 

 a front wheel of a double truck, bear- 

 ing a 600-pound load of waste paper, 

 passed over his abdomen. He was 

 taken to tlie City Hospital, where it 

 was found that he had suffered inter- 

 nal injuries of a serious nature. 



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STUART H. MILLER 



WHOLESALE FLORIST 



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 on our own. Watch U3 grow. 



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