June 5, 1915 



HOETICULTUEE 



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Flower Market Reports 



(Continued frofn page 7^1 ) 



population of the city appear to have 

 adopted Memorial Day as one for re- 

 ligious and patriotic observances, and 

 their inherent love for flowers, es- 

 pecially the brighter colored roses and 

 carnations, has done much for the 

 trade. The cemeteries were all made 

 more beautiful for Memorial Day, but 

 the Portugese cemetery was like a 

 tropical garden in color. No child was 

 too young and no grandparent too old 

 or too poor to add something to the 

 riot of color displayed. Geraniums, 

 more especially of the red varieties, 

 seemed in all parts of the city, to be 

 the most popular of the potted plants. 

 There was a demand also for English 

 daisies, forget-me-nots and pansies. 

 Some few of the florists displayed and 

 sold wreaths of metal and wax, but 

 the taste of the public in general de- 

 manded better things, and those who 

 sold them were unable to supply all 

 that were called for. 



It is a pleasure to be 

 NEW YORK able to report that 



Memorial Day busi- 

 ness in New York was all that could be 

 desired — in fact, the best experienced 

 for this occasion for several years. The 

 cool dull weather made flowers some- 

 what scarce and also helped greatly in 

 the matter of quality, which was ex- 

 cellent, as a rule. Carnations cleaned 

 up very nicely. Roses and other sta- 

 ples found a good responsive market 

 right along for several days at figures 

 not greatly advanced but steady and 

 unfluctuating on all grades. Peonies of 

 ordinary grade brought from $5 to $6 

 per hundred, the better quality blooms 

 selling all the way from $8 to $12 per 

 hundred, according to size and finish. 

 Cattleyas did not benefit much by the 

 occasion. Mossise brings only $10 or 

 $12 per hundred, while $35 is top for 

 gigas. Sweet peas are very plentiful. 

 the Spencers selling for more than 

 double the price of grandifloras. Callas 

 have been moving lively at $12 per 

 hundred. Asparagus plumosa is very 

 abundant with only an indifferent de- 

 mand. 



Memorial week 

 PHILADELPHIA turned out even 

 better than most 

 of the good prophets had expected. 

 The cool, rainy weather held stock 

 back — particularly peonies. Probably 

 none of the wholesalers had enough 

 of the latter to fill orders satisfactorily. 

 Even some that were very tight in the 

 bud went out at the last minute. A 

 vast contrast to last year, when there 

 •was a hot spell and the market was 

 overloaded. The demand was mostly 

 for the light colors, but even reds were 

 scarce, as the supply did not equal the 

 small demand for these. Carnations 

 were in extra good demand and prices 

 were better than expected, good stock 

 bringing from $3.00 to $6.00. The de- 

 mand for roses was not so brisk, but 

 still they sold fairly well. The weather 

 was ideal for shipping and the usual 

 aftermath of "kicks" from the retailers 

 were absent — "glory be" — say the com- 

 mission men. 



Owing to prevailini; 

 PITTSBURGH weather . onditions. 



Memorial Day was 

 a keen disappointment to the more op 



PATRICK WELCH, WHOLESALE FLORIST 



262 DEVONSHIRE STREET, BOSTON, MASS. 



TKLEPIIONE MAIN 2698 

 .Vmorican Beauties, Orchids, Valley, Carnations. All the novelties in the Cnt Flower 

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

 accepted. FJo^vers shipped out of Boston on early trains. 



STORE OPEN FOR BUSINESS AT 6 A.M. 



NEW YORK QUOTATIONS PER 100. To Dealers Only 



MISCELLANEOUS 



Cattleyas 



Lilie«, Looffiflorum • 



Rubrum 



Lily of the Valley . . ■ 



Daises 



Stacks 



Snapdragon 



In 



Ust Half of Week 



ending May 29 



1915 



First Half of Week 



beginning May 31 



1915 



Gladioli ' 



Calenduleis ■ •■• 

 Sweet Peas- • • 

 Com Flower- •• 



Gardenias 



Adiantum 



Smilax ■ • ■ ■ 



Asparagus Plumosus, strings (per loo) . 



z.oo 

 1. 00 



I.CX> 



2.00 



.50 to 



50 



15.00 

 15.00 



& So^'en (100 bunches) | lo.oo 



5.00 

 3.CX) 

 2.00 

 4.00 

 3.00 

 1.50 

 1. 00 



20.00 



•75 

 20.00 

 35.00 

 20.00 



10.00 

 6.00 

 2.00 

 3.00 



2.00 

 1. 00 

 t.oo 

 2.00 

 2.00 



.50 



2.00 



■5° 

 15.00 

 15.00 

 10.00 



to 35.00 

 to 8.00 



4.00 



4.00 

 1,00 

 3.00 



3.00 



2.00 



4.00 

 3.00 

 1.50 



1. 00 

 20.00 



•75 

 20.00 

 35.00 

 ao.oo 



timistic wholesale florists, whose an- 

 ticipations had seemingly risen with 

 the temperature of some weeks ago. 

 However, the unusually heavy frost 

 early last week was followed by cold, 

 drizzly weather; then on Saturday a 

 steady downpour as if the floodgates 

 of Heaven itself were opened, and Sun- 

 day again intermittent downpours. As 

 a result, peonies whi( h had promised 

 much ten days or so before were prai- 

 tically "a dead failure." Carnations put 

 their best foot foremost, figuratively 

 speaking, and filling the breach to a 

 certain extent sold at advanced prices. 

 The weather for the occasion proper 

 was ideal, although of course, too late 

 to change the planting conditions, 

 which otherwise would have been ex- 

 ceptionally favorable. Notwithstand- 

 ing, all the disadvantages, there were 

 retailers here and there who reported 

 their sales in cut blooms as being 

 ahead of last year 



All seasonables 

 SAN FRANCISCO were in ample 

 supply for Me- 

 morial Day. There was some uneasi- 

 ness about the middle of the month 

 that outdoor stock would be scarce on 

 account of repeated set-backs from un- 

 timely storms, but the three or four 

 days of hot weather the forepart of the 

 week solved the threatened difficulty 

 by bringing in quantities of everything 

 of a popular nature iised for decorative 

 purposes. An unusually active ship- 

 ping demand helped to a close clean-up 

 of some varieties which move slowly 

 locally, particularly callas and the 

 cheaper outdoor flowers, and at the 

 same time took much desirable stock, 

 thus leaving no chance of a surplus in 

 any lines. Lilinni giganteum are mov- 

 ing readily. Sweet peas and carna- 

 tions are both in better supply and 

 their movement is much more satis- 

 factory with improved qviality. Prices 

 are rather high. Snapdragons are 

 abundant with demand up to normal. 

 Peonies are being readily absorbed, 

 and mdro could have been used some 

 days the past week. Roses, as one of 

 the mainstays for Memorial Day. have 

 had a big call, but there has been 

 plenty stock to supply all local de- 

 mands- even after heavy out-of-town 

 shipments. Every kind can be had as 



well as every grade of each kind. A 

 good many potted rambler roses are 

 still being used in decorative work. 



Business for Decora- 

 ST. LOUIS tion Day brought quite 



a large volume of trade 

 for three days. Wholesale markets 

 had plenty of stock at all times and 

 prices this year were not so high as 

 usual for a holiday. Roses and carna- 

 tions were many in all varieties. 

 Peonies, cape jasimine buds and 

 gladioli had a big call all week. Sweet 

 peas held up well in demand. There 

 was also quite a lot of outdoor stock 

 that came in on Monday for the clean- 

 up trade. Reports indicate that this 

 year Decoration Day business was 

 somewhat better than last year. 



The retailers, 

 WASHINGTON wholesalers and ex- 



changemen of this 

 city are exceptionally well pleased 

 with the three days of Memorial Day 

 business. The cold weather served to 

 shorten the supply of flowers, yet 

 there was plenty for all at slightly ad- 

 vanced prices in some lines. Peonies, 

 roses and carnations were sold up 

 well. The wholesalers cleaned up 

 their stocks early in the game and at 

 good prices. A comparison of prices 

 of this year and those of 1914 show 

 that where it was possible to obtain 

 peonies last year at the rate, of two 

 dozen tor 25 cents, this week the stock 

 sold at from $1 to $2.50 per dozen and 



Natural Green Sheet Moss ... $1,75 

 Dyed Green Sheet Moss 3.00 



Delivered by Express 



Huckleberry Foliage $2.00 Per Case. 



KNUD NIELSEN 



Evergreen, Ala. 



STUART H. MILLER 



WHOLESALE FLORIST 



Nearly 14 years' eiperlenr^. First yaar 

 on our own. Watch us grow. 



1617 Ranstead Street, PHILADELPHIA 



Telephones 

 Keystone — Race 27 Bell — Spruce 811* 



