May 29, 1915 



HORTICULTURE 



731 



Flower Market Reports 



(Continued from page yzq) 



seems as if all dealers have a good sup- 

 ply of gigas and 35 cents is the very 

 highest that can be obtained for the 

 very best quality blooms. Naturally 

 the other varieties suffer in conse- 

 quence, and it is difficult to realize 

 more than 10 cents for Mossiae. Gar- 

 denias, home grown are not so much 

 In evidence, and the better quality 

 flowers are selling much better. Lilies 

 meet with fair demand. Sweet peas 

 of the Spencer type are selling very 

 well. The old fashioned grandiflora 

 are accumulating and selling poorly. 



Conditions have 

 PHILADELPHIA continued fairly 

 good here and 

 still resemble very closely the situa- 

 tion as reported in last week's issue. 

 The school and church processions 

 have used up a great deal of the lower- 

 priced flowers. The dull weather has 

 had a tendency to shorten supplies, 

 and that has helped to stiffen prices. 

 American Beauty is in fair supply 

 and the quality is as good as can be 

 expected — or as one wholesaler put it 

 "nothing wonderful." The supply of 

 the new-crop Beauties is coming in 

 sparingly as yet. Russells are still ar- 

 riving in good quantity and of higher 

 standard than most other roses, and 

 the market readily absorbs them all 

 at good figures. Killarneys have im- 

 proved slightly as to color, compared 

 to what they have been for several 

 weeks. Peonies are said to be as early 

 as last year in most places and just 

 right for Memorial Day demand. 

 Water lilies have made their ' appear- 

 ance. They are the new large-flower- 

 ing varieties and are probably from 

 under glass. The gardenia supply has 

 shortened up considerably. Snapdrag- 

 ons is still good although not as fancy 

 as it was a month ago. 



The wholesale market 

 ST. LOUIS was slow the past week. 



There is an over abun- 

 dance of stock, and a great deal of the 

 poorer grades has been going to the 

 dump pile. Gladioli spikes are com- 

 ing in heavy. A great lot of roses and 

 carnations are coming in with only 

 fair demand at moderate prices. Peo- 

 nies are also in heavy and may be all 

 over before Decoration Day. Cape Jes- 

 samines from the South are coming in 

 and will be plenty. 



The rain of last 

 SAN FRANCISCO week further 



curtailed out- 

 door bloom, and the quality of the 

 stock that is scarce as a result of the 

 unseasonable weather is not up to 

 standard. This has had a tendency to 

 stimulate the demand in other direc- 

 tions, and make toward a closer clean- 

 up of supplies generally. House trade 

 for cut flowers is well up to normal 

 and there are few complaints among 

 the leading florists about poor collec- 

 tions. The call for bedding plants is 

 quite heavy, many people who planted 

 early having been forced to replant 

 since the hard rains. The wholesalers 

 report a satisfactory week's business. 

 Most of the growers have an abun- 

 dance of pot plants for Memorial Day. 



PATRICK WELCH, WHOLESALE FLORIST 



262 DEVONSHIRE STREET, BOSTON, MASS. 



TELEPIIONK MAIN 2698 

 Ainorioau BcautiCK, Orchids, Vallcj% Carnations. All the novelties in the Cut Flower 

 3larket furnishe<J on short notice. I*ri<cs <( noted on Application. No retail orders 

 accepted. Flowers 8l«ii»ped out of Boston on early trainH. 



STORE OPEN FOR BUSINESS AT 6 A. M. 



NEW YORK QUOTATIONS PER 100. To Dealers Only 



MISCELLANEOUS 



Ust Half of Week 



ending May 22 



1915 



First Half of Wnk 



beginnlne May 24 



1915 



Cattleyas 



Lilies, LoDsifloruiD 



" Rubrum 



Lily of the Valley 



Daises 



Stocks 



Snapdragon 



Iris 



Gladioli 



Calendulas 



Sweet Pea* 



Com Flower 



Gardenias 



Adiantum 



Smiiax 



Asparagus Plumosus, strings (per lOo) 



" " & Spren (loo bunches) lo.i 



xo.oo 

 4.00 

 2.00 

 1. 00 



1. 00 

 1. 00 

 1. 00 



3.00 



2.00 

 ■25 



2.00 



.50 



15.00 



15.00 



35-00 

 6.00 

 4.00 

 1.50 

 1. 00 

 3.00 

 3.00 

 2.00 

 4.00 

 3.00 

 1. 00 



I.OO 

 20.C0 



•75 



20.C» 



J5.00 

 20,00 



10.00 



4.00 



2.00 

 2.00 



I.OO 



1.00 

 1.00 

 3.00 

 2.00 

 ■25 



2.00 



.50 



15.00 

 15.00 

 10.00 



to 

 to 

 to 

 to 

 to 

 to 

 to 

 to 

 to 

 to 

 to 

 to 

 to 

 10 

 to 

 to 

 to 



35-00 

 6.00 



4,00 

 3.00 



I.OO 



3.00 

 3.00 



2.00 



4.00 

 3.00 



t.oo 



I.OO 



20,00 



■75 



so.oo 



35.00 



90 .00 



Sweet peas are very scarce and the 

 quality far from first class, which 

 makes them hard to move. Carnations 

 are also rather scarce, with prices 

 somewhat advanced. Iris, which has 

 been in excellent demand, is in lighter 

 supply. There is a good demand for 

 gladiolus. The market is well supplied 

 with gardenias. Of roses there are 

 plenty to supply the demand. The 

 only near approach to a shortage is in 

 American Beauties. These are rather 

 scarce in first-class quality. Cecile 

 Brunners are fine and very popular. 



Business last week 

 WASHINGTON was exceptionally 



good and continu- 

 ing into the present week the retailers 

 were kept on the jump continuously. 

 Tliere has been an exceptionally large 

 number of orders coming in from the 

 private schools and seminaries. Decor- 

 ation Day will practically extend from 

 Saturday to Monday, and at all the lo- 

 cal establishments employers and em- 

 ployees are putting in many extra 

 hours daily in order to keep the work 

 caught up. Some have had to extend 

 their delivery facilities; others are 

 working their wagons and automobiles 

 overtime. There is little fear of a 

 shortage for this holiday for there has 

 been sufficient coming in to meet not 

 only the local demands but to allow 

 of shipments out-of-town. This is par- 

 ticularly true of peonies for the call 

 has come in from both far nothern and 

 southern points. Carnations and dag- 

 ger fern shipments have also been 

 made. Sweet peas are holding up re- 

 markably well and are meeting with a 

 ready sale. They are at present in 

 great favor with athletic society girls 

 who are purchasing them in colors to 

 match their sweaters worn on the golf 

 links, tbe tennis courts and on the 

 river. Gardenias, though small in size 

 and orchids have found ready sale and 

 roses, particularly white varieties, are 

 moving well. Large displays of gladi- 

 olus are being made in the store win- 

 dows. 



VISITORS' REGISTER. 



Lancaster. Pa. — H. S. Roger, repre- 

 senting H. Bayersdorfer & Co., Phila, 

 Pa. 



Philadelphia — R. J. Irwin, New 



York; W. C. Langbridge, Cambridge, 

 N. Y. 



Boston — Lawrence S. Payn, repre- 

 senting Simon Louis Freres & Co,, 

 Bruyeres-le-Chatel, France. 



Cincinnati, O. — Chas. Jones of the 

 Walnut Hills Floral Bazaar, and Chas, 

 Garvey, New Castle, Ind.; Martin Reu- 

 kauf of H. Bayersdorfer & Co., Phila- 

 delphia; Jos. Hill, Richmond, Ind.; 

 Mr. and Mrs. Kelger, Marietta, O.; J. 

 G. Donaldson, Sparta, Ky.; and Mrs. 

 Pennell, Cynthiana, Ky. 



Chicago — J. W. Cllsman of the Iowa 

 Floral Co., Des Moines, la.; Thos. 

 Heaven, Benton Harbor, Mich.; J. E. 

 Null, Hannibal, Mo.; Mr. Schaeffer of 

 the La Crosse Floral Co., La Crosse, 

 Wis.; James Cole, Peoria, 111.; Michael 

 Segamos, Hammond, Ind.; M. M. Dick- 

 inson, Carbondale, 111.; S. S. Skidelsky, 

 Philadelphia, Pa.; I. Rosnosky, repre- 

 senting Michell, Phila. 



Washington, D. C. — B. Farenwald, 

 Joseph J. Goudy, with H. A. Dreer; 

 John Van Aalst, representing Gt. Van 

 Wavern & Kruijff. D. T. Conner and 

 E. H. Flood, all of Philadelphia, Pa., 

 and L. J. Endtz. Boskoop, Holland; W. 

 P. Chaig, Philadelphia, Pa.; Julius 

 Dillhoff, representing Schloss Bros.. 

 New York; A. M. Henshaw, of Hen- 

 shaw & Fenrich. New York; U. Cutler 

 Ryerson, Newark. N. J.; W. J. Palmer, 

 Buffalo, N. Y.; James Miklejohn. rep- 

 resenting Darrow & Company, New 

 York. 



Natural Ereen Sheet Moss 

 Dyed Green Sheet Moss, . 



$1.75 

 3.00 



Delivered by Express 

 Huckleberry Foliage $2.00 Per Case. 



KNUD NIELSEN 



Evergreen, Ala. 



STUART H. MILLER 



WHOLESALE FLORIST 



Nearly 14 years' eipcrlenre. Ftr.t ye«r 

 on ourown. Watch U3 grow. 



1617 Ranstead Street, PHILADELPHIA 



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