June 12, 1915 



HORTICULTURE 



795 



Flower Market Reports 



(Continued from page 7Q3) 



SAN FRANCISCO business was 

 well up to ex- 

 pectations locally. Supplies were 

 plentiful ; both wholesale and retail 

 stocks cleaned up closely and a grati- 

 fying feature is the fact that business 

 for June is opening up nicely, gradua- 

 tion exercises, weddings and the large 

 number of special affairs at the Expo- 

 sition having created sufficient extra 

 demand to offset the usual post-holi- 

 day dullness. The trade considers 

 prospects better than usual for sum- 

 mer business on account of so many 

 eastern visitors coming to the Exposi- 

 tion and many families who spend the 

 vacation out of town ordinarily stay- 

 ing home this year. Stock is plenti- 

 ful this week. Sweet peas are in am- 

 ple supply; the quality is the best so 

 far this season and the demand is ex- 

 cellent. Lavender is very ixipular and 

 white and pink both have a good call. 

 Graduation exercises are taking a good 

 many carnations, white ones in partic- 

 ular. Dahlias are coming in more 

 freely, and a larger variety of gladioli 

 is appearing. Offerings of America 

 are being readily absorbed and Pan- 

 ama is in good demand. There is lit- 

 tle change in the rose situation, the 

 demand being satisfactory and all 

 kinds plentiful with the exception of 

 long-stem American Beauties. The 

 latter have been rather scarce for 

 some time and large Exposition deco- 

 rations the past week practically 

 drained the market. Mrs. Aaron 

 Ward is cleaning up nicely, and Sun- 

 burst, while not quite so popular, is 

 in good demand also. Hadley has a 

 good call and Ophelia seems to be re- 

 placing Taft to a considerable extent. 

 Mrs. Chas. Russell cleans up each day, 

 and Cecile Brunner continues in 

 favor. 



The local wholesale 

 ST. LOUIS market was in an over- 

 crowded condition all 

 of last week demand not being suffi- 

 cient to consume half of the receipts. 

 Prices on select stock are extremely 

 low. Roses and carnations are hard 

 to move. Lilies and sweet peas are 

 still coming in heavy. Peonies, can- 

 didum lilies, cape jasmine, and other 

 outdoor stock are in large abundance. 

 The present week 

 WASHINGTON opened up with 

 the first real signs 

 of warm weather and under its in- 

 fluence roses and carnations lost some 

 of that quality which had previously 

 brought tor them a very ready sale. 

 The cool and rainy days of the past 

 five or six weeks have kept all flowers 

 up to a good standard and in addition 

 created a better demand for green- 

 house stock because of the bad effect 

 upon outdoor flowers. It is said that 

 rambler roses are about two weeks late 

 and the same delay is noticed with re- 

 spect to other flowers. A heavy de- 

 mand was noticed last week for all 

 high-grade flowers, including Ameri- 

 can Beauty roses, cattleyas, lily of the 

 valley, good carnations and peonies, 

 brought about by the many festivities 

 in local society circles, and seminary 

 and school exercises, while the ship- 



PATRICK WELCH, WHOLESALE FLORIST 



262 DEVONSHIRE STREET, BOSTON, MASS. 



TELEPHONE MAIN 2C98 

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

 Marliet furiiislied on short notice. Prices qnoted on application. 

 accei»teil. Flowers slnpped out of Boston on early trains. 



STORE OPEN FOR BUSINESS AT 6 A.M. 



No retail orders 



NEW YORK QUOTATIONS PER 100. To Dealers Only 



MISCELLANEOUS 



Cattleyas 



Lilies, Longiflorum • 



" Rubrum 



Lily of the Valley- 



Daises 



Stocks 



Snapdragon 



Gladioli 



Calendulas 



Sweet Peas 



Com Flower 



Gardenias 



Adiantum 



Smilax 



Asparagus Plumosus, strings (per loo) 



'• " & Snren ( IOC bunches). 



Last Half of Week 



ending Jnne 5 



1915 



lO.OO 



3.00 



2.CX3 

 2.00 



2.00 

 1.00 

 1. 00 

 2.00 

 1. 00 

 • = 5 



2.00 



15.00 

 15.00 



xo.oo 



First Half of Week 



beginning June 7 



1915 



35.00 

 4.00 



4.00 

 4.00 

 1. 00 

 3.00 

 3.00 



2.00 

 4.00 



2.00 

 1. 00 

 1.00 

 20.00 



•75 

 20.00 

 35.00 

 20.00 



ping business was very good. Orders 

 were received from all parts of the 

 south and from Richmond there came 

 much business incident to the encamp- 

 ment in that city of the veterans of 

 the confederate army. Fair prices pre- 

 vailed and there was less waste last 

 week than for some time. 



VISITORS' REGISTER. 



Newport, R. I.— W. A. Manda, South 

 Orange, N. J. 



Philadelphia— W. A. Manda, South 

 Orange, N. J. 



NEW CORPORATIONS. 



Sheboygan, Wis. — John H. Allan 

 Seed Co.. increasing capital stock 

 from $180,000. to $210,000. 



New Bedford, Mass.— L. D. Bryant, 

 representing A. H. Hews & Co., 

 pottery. North Cambridge, Mass. 



Melrose, Mass. — E. A. Ormsby & 

 Sons, manufacturers of ventilating ap- 

 paratus. Capitol stock $50,000. 



San Francisco — P. C. Deming. presi- 

 dent park commission, Minneapolis. 

 Minn.: Carl Ferris. San Diego, Cal. 



Dansville, N. Y, — Dansville Five and 

 Ten Cent Nurseries, nursery trees and 

 stock; F. S., A. E. and W. J. Maloney, 

 Dansville. 



Boston — J. J. Karins. representing 

 H. A. Dreer, Phila.: H. F. Littlefield, 

 Worcester, Mass.; E. J. Harmon. Port- 

 land. Me.; J. C. Hoffman, Publishers 

 Adjusting Association, Kansas City 

 Mo. 



Minneapolis, Minn. — Puritan Plant 

 & Seed Co., Plymouth building, capi- 

 tal stock $2.5.000. Incorporators: Guy 

 C. Hawkins, Irving J. Clark and Jesse 

 \V. Hawkins. 



PHILADELPHIA NOTES. 



The Florists' Club will hold their 

 annual picnic on the 21st at Schutzen 

 Park. 



Pittsburgh— C. Spaanderman. repre- 

 senting Ant. Roozen & Son, Overveen, 

 Holland; Peter Broer (formerly mem- 

 ber of C. Frets & Sons). Hugo T. 

 Hooftman's Juliana Nurseries, Bos- 

 koop, Holland: S. S. Skidelsky. Phila- 

 delphia. 



Howard .M. Earl of W. Atlee Burpee 

 & Co.. starts on his annual crop in- 

 spection tour to the Pacific Coast and 

 points in between, going and coming, 

 on the 12th. 



BUSINESS TROUBLES. 



Spokane, Wash.— Pasquale Garguilo. 

 florist; assets $1,630, liabilities $4,096. 



Tlio employees of the Leo Niessen 

 Co., had a pleasant outing at Ham- 

 montnn. N. J., on the Bth as the quests 

 of J. Murray Bassett. Those who at- 

 tended were all loud in praises of 

 Mr. Bassett who gave them a splendid 

 time. 



Fred J. Michell was a prominent 

 nrize winner at the Ridley Park flower 

 show last week. Narberth and Nor- 

 V. nod also I'lui fine shows — as well as 

 other suliurlian communities too num- 

 erous to mention. That's the way to 

 boost horticulture. 



Natural Green Sheet Moss . . . $|,T5 

 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 yenrs' experience. First year 

 on our own. Watch us grow. 



1617 Ranstead Street, PHILADELPHIA 



Telephones 

 Keystone— Race 27 Bell— Spruce 811« 



