July 7, 190(; 



HORTICULTURE 



15 



Cut Flower Market Reports 



The" cut flower market is 

 BOSTON at its lowest point tor the 

 season. probably, this 

 weelv. There is nothing doing; even 

 the street fakirs have stopped buying 

 and the surplus over and above what 

 is sold legitimately — and that means 

 90 per cent, of the receipts — finds 

 absolutely no takers at any price. 

 This applies to practically every item 

 on the list and the price quotations 

 given this week really convey nothing 

 of value as to the state ot the market 

 at present. 



The past week's business 

 BUFFALO was not so flourishing in 

 the cut flower line 

 although satisfactory to all. Stock of 

 all kinds plentiful, especially roses, 

 carnations and peas; roses showing 

 the effect of the extreme hot weather. 

 Weddings and other social functions 

 are about over and vacations are in 

 order. At the time of mailing this 

 report (July 2) business is at a stand- 

 still and the market overloaded on 

 everything. Sweet peas at this date 

 are a glut, together with other stock. 



Business has dropped 

 CHICAGO down a little and a few 

 of the florists are pre- 

 paring for their vacations. Stock is 

 looking rather poor on account of the 

 rains of the past week. Carnations 

 are now at the bottom of the ladder. 

 Brides and Bridesmaids are stubbornly 

 holding out. Beauties have improved 

 a little. Lily of the valley is some 

 better and green stock is looking good. 



At last the splendid 

 COLUMBUS steady business we 



have all been having 

 ever since Easter, begins to slack. 

 Summer dullness has come. Apart 

 from sweet peas and carnations, of 

 which there is daily an enormous 

 supply, stock is in very good quality 

 for so late in the season. Counter 

 trade is falling off rapidly, but as 

 against this quite a few large wedding 

 decorations, and considerable funeral 

 work has very much relieved what 

 started out to be a very dull week. 

 Prices have settled to a summer basis. 

 Monday evenin.g, July 2, the Florists' 

 Club has a smoke talk. The weather 

 is very hot and we need rain badly. 



Business conditions the 

 LOUISVILLE past week were a little 



slow, and stoclc in gen- 

 eral is down to a pretty low quality. 

 Carnations and roses of fair grade have 

 met with a satisfactory demand. Sweet 

 peas are poor and go slowly. Lily of 

 the valley is seldom called for. The 

 usual summer stagnation is seen along 

 all lines. 



For the season of the 

 NEW YORK year there is a large 



quantity of stock com- 

 in.g into the market and little use for 

 it all. Much of it will not be sold at 

 all. Roses are abundant — too much 

 so. There never has been so many 

 American Beauties in this market as 

 during the latter part of June. 

 Bridesmaids and Brides are not 

 wanted. Kaiserin. Carnot and Killar- 

 ney fill the bill better. Shipments of 

 carnations are heavy and beyond a 

 few of the best there is no call for 

 them. The same may be said of peas. 

 Lilies are not yet in demand, neither 

 are cattleyas; the latter cannot be 



moved at any price at present. Out- 

 door stock comes in abundantly but is 

 not wanted. Lily of the valley is doing 

 as well if not better than anything 

 else. The market is practically over 

 by ten o'clock in the morning. The 

 wholesale houses will close at 4 P. M. 

 during July and August. 



All through the season 

 PHILA- the cut flower business in 

 DELPHIA this locality has been 

 lirosperous, and June 

 showed up equally well. Most of the 

 wholesale centres report a larger ag- 

 gregate than last year and seem sat- 

 isfied with results. The past week 

 compared very favorably — especially 

 in the early part, when quite a num- 

 ber of weddings and other social af- 

 fairs were on the tapis. Local Beauties, 

 Brides and Bridesmaids are indiilerent 

 as to quality, but there is some very 

 good stock of these coming from a dis- 

 tance. Kaiserin is the best among our 

 home-grown roses. Genevieve Lord 

 is our best pink carnation. Lily of 

 the valley is coming in a little more 

 freely and is in excellent demand. 

 Cattleyas plentiful and exceptionally 

 fine. 



The past weelc has been 

 SAN the best in a busi- 



FRANCISCO ness way the few re- 

 established florists 

 have had since the earthquake-fire 

 played havoc with them all. The 

 larger part of this better trade is what 

 they call the shipping factor of the 

 business, owing principall.v to the 

 school-closing season throughout the 

 state and Nevada. These re-estab- 

 lished tradesmen are wise ones, in that 

 they have been advertising in the city 

 publications that have a wide Pacific 

 Coast circulation, the returns proving 

 it a good investment. And into this 

 swim has come one more revived 

 florist. Luther M. Laren, proprietor of 

 The Rosarie, located at California and 

 Devisadero streets. Beauties, Brides 

 and Bridesmaids and Libertys, lily of 

 the valley, cattleyas, white iris and 

 sweet peas were of first quality and the 

 principal slock supplied. McLellen, the 

 Burlingame wholesale grower, re- 

 marked this weeic: "Business is pick- 

 ing up slowly and by the way the city 

 is rebuilding I think business will be 

 fairly good this coming fall." And 

 Siever & Boland said; "Since we have 

 advertised the opening of our store at 

 the nurseries things have begun to 

 look pretty favorable. We hope to re- 

 locate down town as soon as business 

 centers there once more, which will 

 be quite soon judging by progress al- 

 ready made." 



PERSONAL. 



Peter Duff, of Orange, N. J., sailed 

 on the Anchor Line steamer for Glas- 

 gow on June 30. 



C. D. Jarvis has been appointed as- 

 sistant horticulturist of the Experi- 

 ment Station at Storrs, Conn. E. E. 

 Bennett, whom he succeeds, is now lo- 

 cated at Fort Collins, Colo. 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS 

 AND ORNAMENTAL HORTI- 

 CULTURISTS. 

 Department of Plant Registration. 



Charles G. Roebling, Trenton, N. J., 

 su limits for registration Cattleya 

 Charles G. Roebling; a stray seed- 

 ling. Flower pure white, six inches 

 across with slight trace of yellow in 

 throat. Proliably rased from Cattleya 

 Harrisonae alba X Cattleya Mendelli 

 Bluntii, which parents it resembles 

 '■erv much. Bulbs are eighteen inches 

 long and two-leaved; quite strong 

 .crowing. Flowers are of good sub- 

 stance. 



Also Cattleya Kinkora. C. Mendelli 

 Morganii X Cattleya intermedia alba. 

 Flowers pure white, with richly colored 

 lip. Bulbs are two-leaved, slender, 

 about ten inches long. 



WM. J. STEWART, Secy. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



The Ottawa Horticuliural Society 

 held its annual rose show on Tuesday, 

 June 26. 



The Suffolk County Horticultural 

 Society and the Bay Shore Horticul- 

 tural Society of New York met recent- 

 ly to consider the union ot the two 

 organizations. All minor details were 

 settled harmoniously, but it was not 

 possible to decide upon a name, there- 

 fore for The present each society will 

 continue as heretofore. 



The Victoria Horticultural Society, 

 Victoria, B. C, held their first rose 

 show on June 22. Major C. T. Dupont's 

 exhibit of gloxinias and amaryllis, E. 

 B. Wallace's collection of hardy peren- 

 nials and Mrs. Croft's mantle decora- 

 tion were among the most striking fea- 

 tures. Some magnificent roses were 

 shown, but the list of prize winners 

 has not yet reached us. 



Among the prize winners were S. 

 Jackman, Percy Wollaston, Jr., John 

 Sherburn, J. P. Stewart, Miss Loewen, 

 Miss Glapham, J. A. Bland, Mrs. F. 

 Sylvester, Mrs. F. B. Pemberton, Mrs. 

 Burton, Mrs. Langworthy. 



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 the same. — P. A. J. 



PHILADELPHIA NOTES. 



Among our visitors this week were 

 Mrs. Joseph Wolf, Savannah, Ga., and 

 Mr. and Mrs. George B. Solomon of 

 Boston — the latter on their wedding 

 tour. 



The sympathy of the trade is ex- 

 tended to Mr. Robt. Buist on the loss 

 of his wife which occurred at their 

 Walnut street residence on the 2nd 

 inst., also to Mr. Howard M. Earle of 

 W. Atlee Burpee & Co., who lost a 

 near relative under tragic circum- 

 stances. 



The Florists' Club reception and ban- 

 quet to Mr. Hugh Dickson, of Belfast, 

 Ireland, took place at Dooner's Hotel 

 on Friday the 6th inst, and proved a 

 very enjoyable affair. 



Ernest Hemming .gave a very inter- 

 esting talk on the Japanese Iris at the 

 monthly meeting of the Florists' Club 

 last Tuesday. Edward Reid made a 

 lengthy report on the express griev- 

 ance matters and his committee was 

 made permanent. 



Harry Butler, florist, 310 West 117th 

 street, New York, was a victim of the 

 intense heat on June 30. 



