June 19, 1915 



HORTICULTUEE 



827 



Flower Market Reports 



(Continued from page Ssj) 



nothing. There Is no such thing as 

 a stated market value on floral prod- 

 uct of any kind. An Idea of the condi- 

 tion as it exists at present is readily 

 gained when one sees on every ijlock 

 on Sixth avenue, from 14th to 33rd 

 street push carts with pails of big 

 peonies selling at Ic. each. It is use- 

 less to attempt to go into detail re- 

 garding the various standard flowers 

 in the market. All are in the same pre- 

 dicament. 



The market con- 

 PHILADELPHIA ditions here the 

 past week are 

 tersely summed up in the words of a 

 prominent wholesaler: "Too much 

 stock for all the business there was." 

 Business is rather slow, and the fine 

 weather has brought in largely in- 

 creased supplies, causing a good deal 

 of a glut. Prices have been hard to 

 hold, and at end of last week much 

 went unsold, there being no takers at 

 any price on many things. Qualities 

 continue very good for this time of 

 year. Northern-grown Beauties are 

 arriving in excellent shape. The lily 

 crop is still redundant, and now come 

 along the candidums to help make 

 things still worse. Carnations verv 

 glutty. 



The recent warm 

 PITTSBURGH weather and copi- 

 ous rains following 

 the unusually long cold spring weath- 

 er has forced vegetation and blooms 

 of all description, and flowers are lit- 

 erally pouring in from every direction. 

 Unfortunately, however, as the prod- 

 uct increases, the business demands 

 decrease with prices in proportion. 

 Peonies and iris are the acme of per- 

 fection, and, considering the lateness 

 of their season, carnations and roses 

 are exceptionally of good quality. For 

 the past ten days one Northside re- 

 tailer has been advertising roses at 

 fifteen cents per dozen, many out-of- 

 town people taking advantage of the 

 "ad" for "hothouse flowers," and one 

 large department store lias been dis- 

 posing of its stock at "a penny" apiece. 



Owing to the 

 SAN FRANCISCO warm weather 



flowers have 

 been more plentiful the past week, 

 •which has had a tendency to weaken 

 the market despite the fact that the 

 demand is well up to normal. White 

 hydrangeas are in good supply with a 

 fair movement. Dahlias are increas- 

 ing in quantity, but the quality so far 

 is not of the best, and they do not 

 move readily for that reason. .\ lim- 

 ited amount of phlox is appearing and 

 is being readily absorbed. Sweet peas 

 are at their best, but the supply is a 

 little greater than the demand. The 

 same is true of carnations. Marigolds, 

 stocks, cornflowers and other summer 

 annuals are abundant. Roses continue 

 on about the same basis. Stocks are 

 heavy and only the best offerings 

 clean-up closely. Some nice late 

 peonies are offered at prices a shade 

 lower than last year's quotations. 



The market is in such 

 ST. LOUIS a condition that the 



commission men can 

 not dispose of the daily consignments 

 as the demand is very slow and ship- 



PATRICK WELCH, WHOLESALE FLORIST 



262 DEVONSHIRE STREET, BOSTON, MASS. 



TELEPHONE M.MN 2698 

 American Beauties, Orchids, Valley, Carnations. All the novelties In the Cut Flower 

 Marlcet fumishefl on short notice. Prices quoted on application, 

 accepted. Flowers sltipped 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 



Cattleyaa - ■ 



Lilies, Lonsiflorum • 



Rubrum 



Lily of the VaUey 



Daiaes 



Stocks 



Snapdragon • 



Iris 



Gladioli 



Peonies 



Sweet Peas 



Com Flower 



Gardenias 



Adiantuni 



Snsilax 



Asparagus Plumosus, stnngs (per loo) 



'* ** & Spren (loo bunches) 



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ments large with prices very low and 

 quotations on large lots would not 

 look well on paper. There are a lot 

 of extra good roses coming lu. Kil- 

 larneys comprise the bulk of the rose 

 stock. Carnations are extremely plen- 

 tiful. Enchantress are in the big ma- 

 jority. 



Weather c o n d i- 

 WASHINGTON tious have under- 

 gone a marked 

 change during the past few days and 

 Washington is sweltering in a midsum- 

 mer heat. This has had a serious ef- 

 fect upon roses and carnations. The 

 outdoor sweet peas are making their 

 appearance in increased number and 

 are very good. The demand for Ameri- 

 can Beauty roses last week was very 

 good and orders literally poured in 

 from southern points. The demand for 

 good white roses is keeping up re- 

 markably well. The market on these 

 cleans up well daily. There has been 

 a very good demand for cattleyas and 

 these sell as soon as received. Some 

 good miltonias are to be had but there 

 is no call for these. Dorothy Perkins 

 roses are an addition to the local mar- 

 ket. Business during the past week or 

 ten days has been good. With the so- 

 ciety folks closing up their houses a 

 let-up is expected in the rush although 

 the dull season will be later in coming 

 this year than last. 



BUSINESS TROUBLES. 



San Diego, Cal. — Thomas Cash, nurs- 

 eryman, assets, $9,391.03, liabilities. 

 $16,401.14. 



Salem. O.— V. A. Cowgill. voluntary 

 petition in bankruptcy, assets, $17,275; 

 liabilities, $15,816.34. 



PERSONAL. 



Sidney Hoffmann of Brookline, a 

 florist with establishments at 59-61 

 Massachusetts avenue, Boston, and 581 

 Mt. Auburn street, Cambridge, has 

 filed a voluntary petition in bank- 

 ruptcy In the United States district 

 court. The liabilities amount to $67.- 

 727.03. and consist of $63,891.74 in un- 

 secured debts. $3410 in secured debts. 

 $285.29 for wages, and $140 for taxes. 

 The assets amount to $14,040, and con- 

 sist chiefly of stock in trade valued at 

 $6500, and debts due amounting to 

 $7,000. There are three secured and 

 more than 200 unsecured creditors. 

 The latter include W. H. Elliott, 

 Brighton, $6715.68; John C. Gray, Bos- 

 ton, $4375; Mrs. S. Goldberg, $10,300; 

 .Jean Newcomb, New York, $4,000; 

 Thomas Roland, Nahant, $1,375; B. H. 

 Tracy, Wenham. $1287. and the Waban 

 Rose Conservatories, Boston, $6,927.71. 



When writing to advertisers kuiply 

 mention HORTICULTURE. 



Frederick Listen, formerly at 1712 

 Race street, Philadelphia, is now lo- 

 cated at Metcalf Farm, Erie, Pa. 



William Gibson has moved from 

 Clarksburg, W. Va. and taken a posi- 

 tion in the flower store of the Idle 

 Hour Nurseries, Macon, Ga. 



Charles F. Edgar has given up his 

 store in West Philadelphia, Pa., and 

 is now located at Atlantic City, N. .1.. 

 with the Edwards Flower Shop. 



Chas. Beekman, Jr., of Elmhurst, N. 

 Y., and Miss Minnie Speyer of Stein- 

 way. N. Y.. were married June 16th. 

 Their honeymoon will be spent in 

 Massachusetts. 



Natural Green Sheet Moss ... $|,75 

 Dyed Green Sheet Moss 3i00 



Delivered by Express 



Huckleberry Foliage $2.00 Per Case. 



KNUD NIELSEN 



Evergreen, Ala. 



STUART H. MILLER 



WHOLESALE FLORIST 



Nearly 14 years' experience. First year 

 on our own. Watch ua grow. 



1617 Ranstead Street, PHILADELPHIA 



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