July 21, 190C 



HORTICULTURE 



63 



Cut Flower Market Reports 



Another dull week, nuieh 

 BOSTON less doing than last week 



although that was re- 

 garded as the low mark for the season. 

 lyuekily the supply has been shrinking 

 about as much as the demand and 

 there is not mueh confusion, the 

 surplus being light. Vacations are in 

 order, most establishments running 

 under a diminished force. Pleasant 

 anticipations for next week's club 

 picnic are in the air 



Business in the cut- 

 BUFFALO flower line has been quiet 



the past week. Beauties 

 and select roses, white carnations and 

 peas were in good demand: the sams 

 may be said of Japanese li.y and 

 longifloruni; the market was cleaned 

 up on this line. Carnations are small ; 

 Enchantress and Flora Hill take lead 

 in size. Prices held firm the end of 

 week and much belter values were 

 had. Green goods in fair supply: de- 

 mand normal. 



The usual summer dc- 

 CHICAGO pression is now on and 



business is practically 

 at a standstill. Stock has fallen off a 

 good deal in color and quality, carna- 

 tions having suffered most on account 

 of the uneven weather we have had 

 of late. Roses are fair, considering, 

 but could be better. Beauties are doing 

 their best to hold their own. Outdoor 

 stock is poor. 



Thus far business ha:; 

 CINCINNATI been very good for thr> 

 month of July. ^Ve 

 have a dull day now and then, hut 

 the usual summer dullness is not yet 

 wilh us by any means. Sonrie days it 

 is next to impos'^ible to get enough 

 stock to go around. Some nice longi- 

 flomm lilies are now coming in which 

 are quite welcome and find a ready 

 sale. Gladioli are more plentiful, and 

 selling fairly well. Tuberoses and 

 asters are beginning to arrive in 

 limited quantities, but it will not be 

 long before there is an abundance of 

 out-door stock. Lily of the valley is 

 now out of the market. Roses and 

 carnations are poor, but are not so 

 badly missed as they were a few weeks 

 ago. Outside of fern fronds there is 

 but little demand for green goods. 



Another very quiet 

 COLUMBUS week of summer trade. 



There is little or no 

 good material to be had and all stock 

 moves very slow, funeral work alone 

 bringing good prices. Everybody is 

 talking the Dayton convention. Lots 

 are going from here. 



Business conditions 

 LOUISVILLE last week were rather 



slow, with stock in 

 general in great stipply. Carnations 

 are short in stem and roses are only 

 fair in quality but the quantity and 

 demand of both wero satisfactory. 

 Daisies, sweet peas, lilies, and other 

 seasonable stock are in fair supply, 

 but did not move rapidly. 



Very little trading is 

 NEW YORK in evidence these mid- 

 summer days. The 

 receipts in the wholesale marts are 

 very light, but they are sufficient in 

 all lines for any call that is liable to 

 arlBu, Carnot and Kaiserln roses are 



having their innings, but although of 

 excellent quality, sales are in small 

 lots and infrequent at best. 



The general verdict is if 



PHI LA- stock were a little bet- 



DELPHIA ter more business could 



be done. Supplies are 

 meager and quality generally is on a 

 par. Kaiserins are good and are 

 eagerly taken. There are a few good 

 Beauties coming in from a distance, 

 and bringing very satisfactory prices. 

 Lily of the valley is in good demand 

 and from all accounts there is scarcely 

 enough to go around. Carnations are 

 very poor. The old stand-bys are 

 sending in their last cut this week. 

 Asters ought to be here in good shape 

 by now; but on account of the un- 

 favorable season they are short- 

 stemmed and small so far. Sweet peas 

 are also on the toboggan. A few 

 straggly orchids chime in on a very 

 minor key. Summer lilies, such as 

 auraturas and speciosums, are a pleas- 

 ing variation and are bringing good 

 prices. No dahlias to speak of yet. 

 However, taking it all in all. the mar- 

 ket compares favorably with other 

 seasons. Funerals and weddings are 

 always with us; also an occasional 

 festive tourist. 



Quite a spell of weath- 



SAN er now well along in 



FRANCISCO its second week is 



causing all sexes of 

 people to wear shirtwaists, and has 

 disfigured the roses with a mildewed 

 effect that makes most any old price 

 good enough for them. But the pick 

 from this stock has been all sufficient 

 to meet the present limited demand 

 made on florists. Carnations seem to 

 be blighted but slightly and there are 

 plenty of perfect ones in the great 

 abundance the growers unload at the 

 comparatively few stores yet re-estab- 

 lished. There is good improvement in 

 quality of sweet peas. 



PROCEEDS OF THE DAYTON 

 SOUVENIR BOOK. 



It is true that 1 have taken charge 

 of this book individually, because the 

 club, through its president, did not 

 wish to accept the responsibility. Mr. 

 Shaw, through an assistant, is aiding 

 me on the advertising, as I believe he 

 has done on several souvenir books, 

 for which he will receive an ordinary 

 commission, but the net proceeds of 

 the publication will be expended for 

 such features of the Dayton meeting 

 as will be approved of by the executive 

 committee of the S. A. F. and the Day- 

 ton Florists' Club. 



I trust that the Souvenir Book will 

 be supported, for, w'hile I am not 

 printing it for profit, I would not en- 

 joy doing the work and losing money 

 besides. H. M. ALTICK. 



Vice-Pres., S. A. F. & O. H. 



The City Improvement Society of 

 Newburyport, Mass. held a flower 

 show on July 6th to secure funds to 

 purchase shrubs and plants for the 

 grounds of the high school. It was 

 the first exhibition of the kind for 

 half a century and was eminently suc- 

 cessful, 



During Recess 



•Mc'sl .111(1 yniitlifii: .liility, 

 l.liiips and Craiik.s anil Wanton Wiles. 

 .Noils anil I'l'i-ks anil wn-athpil Smiles, 

 S|iort I hat wriiiklcil Carp dcridos, 

 .\nil I.anglitiT holilinK liotli bis siiles.' 



COLUMBUS FLORISTS' CLUB. 

 OUTING. 



Last Thursday the annual outing of 

 our club took place at Buckeye Lake, 

 and proved most successful. Our 

 entertainment committee, Messrs. 

 McKellar, Curry, Bauman, Metzmaier, 

 and Reichart, arranged every detail in 

 the most thorough manner, and from 

 the time we took the special electric 

 cars in the early morning until our 

 return in the late evening there was 

 not a hitch. It was a regtilar old- 

 fa.shioned basket picnic. There was 

 good, wholesome entertainment for all. 

 The prizes were awarded as follows: 

 Sack race, 1. D. Seibert first, A. M. 

 Hills second: boys' race, Herman 

 Quecke first; girls' race, Celia Des- 

 treicher first; ladies' race, Mrs. Gal- 

 breth first. Miss Hoyeler second. The 

 star feature of the day was the three- 

 legged race, in which Depray and 

 Stephens were first with Hills and 

 Bauman close seconds. Music, base- 

 ball, fishing and boating filled in a 

 full day of sport every minute. About 

 twice as many went as expected, al- 

 most a full hundred being present. It 

 was a great outing. 



PHILADELPHIA DIVERSIONS. 



The Gun Club has been having a 

 stirring time the past week entertain- 

 ing visiting shooters from all over the 

 State at its grounds at Wissinoming. 

 They have been the headquarters for 

 the Eastern Association's annual meet- 

 ing from Tuesday until Saturday. 

 Captain Anderson and his able as- 

 sistants worked like Trojans to make 

 things agreeable. 



Jno Gardner and Neil Gardner cele- 

 brated their joint birthdays July 14th 

 with a cricket match and lawn fete. 

 The programme commenced at 2.30 

 P. M., and ended at five minutes past 

 the midnight hour. Scores of friends 

 were present. 



It looks as though the Philadelphia 

 bowling team for Dayton will be rather 

 weak this year. Neither Moss, nor 

 Polites. nor Yates succeeded in qual- 

 ifying in the preliminaries. But there 

 will be a team, and the committee wish 

 it understood that they will be bona 

 fide members of the club only and no 

 ringers or dark horses. 



GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS' 

 -CLUB OF BOSTON. 



The club picnic will be at Wausha- 

 kum Grove. South Framingham. July 

 2.5th. Special Boston and Worcester 

 cars leave Park square, Boston, at 

 S.30 sharp, and a special car leaves 

 Chestnut Hill at 9 o'clock. The grove 

 is one mile from South Framingham. 

 The Milford cars pass the grove. Spe- 

 cial cars leave South Framingham at 

 6.:j0 p. M. for Boston. Refreshments 

 can be purchased on the grounds; 

 boating and fishing; 25 events on the 

 program; games and sports for all 

 ages. Games commence at 10 o'clock. 

 Prizes to the value of $200 will be dis- 

 tributed. 



Committee: F. E. Palmer, chairman; 

 p. Miller, D. Lumsden, J, W. Duncan, 

 B. Hatch, William Sim, 



