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CUT FLOWER MARKET REPORTS 



The superfluity of asters 

 BOSTON of low degree which ob- 

 structed the market of 

 late is now a reminiscence and an op- 

 portunity is afforded for the better 

 grades, of which there are not too 

 many, and the carnations, particularly 

 the white sorts. Colored carnations 

 are more plentiful and sell slowly as 

 compared with the whites. The gen- 

 eral market has been improved by the 

 cooler weather and its effect is 

 especially seen in the tea roses which, 

 although still diminutive, are con- 

 siderably better in quality than they 

 were. There is a sharp call for good 

 lily of the valley; more or less poor 

 grades of this indispensible flower are 

 now in evidence. There is a good sup- 

 ply of American Beauty roses in mar- 

 ket with a very conservative demand. 

 Sweet peas are finished. They have 

 had an unusually disastrous season 

 and have been an almost total failure 

 with some growers 



A better report can be 

 BUFFALO made this week on the 

 market on account of 

 the cool weather the past Week. Roses 

 and other flowers are coming in bet- 

 ter condition and business has bright- 

 ened up considerable. Better demand 

 was had for roses, carnations, lily of 

 the vailev, etc., while asters and glad- 

 ioli moved very freely. Some very 

 choice stock in both lines is being had 

 daily and is selling well. There is a 

 good demand on speciosum and longi- 

 florum lilies. Srailax, adiantum and 

 other greens are in good supply; de- 

 mand normal. 



The long spell of in- 

 COLUMBUS tense heat has at last 

 broken, and the effect 

 of bearable weather on trade is very 

 manifest— it had been so terrificly hot 

 so long, that craft and customers alike 

 were getting worn out with it. There 

 has been the past week very large 

 quantities of asters and gladioli in 

 the market. Roses and carnations are 

 still of poor quality. Prices to cus- 

 tomers have changed very little. Trade 

 on the whole is very good for the 

 season. The seedsmen are busy with 

 their French and Bermuda bulbs 

 which are daily arriving. 



Business conditions 

 LOUISVILLE the previous week 

 averaged generally 

 satisfactory. Carnations have not Im- 

 proved materially but roses and asters 

 are of good quality and are in quantity 

 sufficient to meet all calls. Lilies are 



in fair supiilv. Other stock is plenti- 

 ful. 



There is a wonderful 

 NEWPORT improvement noticeable 

 in business during the 

 past few days. The cottagers seem 

 to have been for weeks storin.g 

 energy for a grand and final effort, 

 with the result that since the middle 

 of last week visible signs of gayety 

 were in evidence everywhere from the 

 Mill Corner to Prices Neck. The flor- 

 ists, at least a number of them, are 

 jubilant, and well they may be. They 

 used up more roses and other choice 

 flowers in the last five or six days than 

 they have had use for in a month be- 

 fore that time. Some growers of Kil- 

 larney rose must certainly think there 

 is something doing in Newport at 

 present. For fear of being thou.ght to 

 be given to exaggeration I refrain 

 from estimating the number of Kil- 

 larneys used by Messrs. Wadley & 

 Smythe at the Belmont entertainment 

 Saturday evening; suffice it to say that 

 they were used in larger numbers than 

 the oldest inhabitant can remember 

 seeing any other variety used. This 

 entertainment at Belcourt was a re- 

 markable affair; the dining hall was, 

 with the aid of greens and flowers, 

 transformed into what some were per- 

 suaded by their friends to believe 

 looked like the garden of the palace of 

 Versailles. However that may be, Mr 

 Smythe made it look very gorgeous in- 

 deed. The vines that grew gracefully 

 on the green painted trellis had 

 flowers of such varying colors and the 

 assistance of such luxuriant foliage 

 that even a palace was not too good 

 for It. Some of the choicest orange 

 trees from .Tulius Roehrs ornamented 

 one end of the building, and they did 

 their part in good shape, even if a few 

 Florida oranges had to be fastened to 

 them. There was a fountain in the 

 centre of the room with two recepta- 

 cles for plants; in one there were 

 water lilies; in the other, where ther^ 

 was no water, anthuriums were grow- 

 ing. There was a large and beautiful 

 centrepiece on each of the ten tables. 

 These were made of roses and alaman- 

 das, not mixed, each piece having but 

 one variety. Along the walls flower 

 beds -were made. I suppose, to resemble 

 those at the palace before mentioned. 

 These beds were planted artistically 

 by Mr. Roehrs, Jr 



Signs of returning 

 NEW YORK life are apparent in 

 and about the whole- 

 sale districts and a general freshening 

 up of walls, ice boxes and cash 

 drawers is in progress. The outlook 

 for the season seems promising and 

 no forebodings are heard. As to the 



stock coming in it is not superlative 

 cither in quant iiy or quality yet a 

 decided improvement is noted in roses 

 and carnations. Of the latter some ex- 

 cellent flowers for the season are 

 being received. Enchantress leading; 

 although the stems are pretty short as 

 yet, the flowers are good. Asters are 

 in bad shape as a rule, the weather 

 having been unfavorable; some are 

 coming in of very high quality, ap- 

 pearances indicating that their grow- 

 ers had given ihem needed protection 

 against exposure to the elements, and 

 these bring good prices while the 

 others are practically useless. 



Asters are still the 

 PHILADELPHIA feature of this 

 market, being 

 now in their prime, both as regards 

 quantity and quality. The wet weath- 

 er of the past week had a bad effect on 

 the finish of the blooms and top-notch 

 grades were insufficient for the brisk 

 demand. Dahlias are now arriving in 

 considerable volume and of very good 

 quality although rather short-stemmed 

 as yet. Roses are selling well, the de- 

 mand being best on white; of which 

 Kaiserin is still the leader. Beauties 

 are going well and are improving in 

 quality. At the end of the week the 

 demand was so .good that difliculty was 

 experienced in filling orders. Liberty 

 plentiful, but not high grade. No 

 Richmond. Gladioli shortening up 

 considerably. In orchids there are 

 moderate quantities of cattleyas, 

 phalaenopsis, and Dendrobium formo- 

 Kum which find ready takers at from 

 60 to 7.5 c^nts. Carnations more plen- 

 tiful and slightly improved as to qual- 

 ity. 



FADELESS MOSS. 

 Among the usetul specialties shown 

 at (he Dayton exhibition nothing was 

 inspected with more interest than E. 

 A. Beaven's "Fadeless" sheet moss. 

 The coloring of this moss is, of course, 

 artificial, hut so exact is the imitation 

 of the natural moss shades that it has 

 every appearance of having been 

 freshly collected from the woods. The 

 many uses to which this material can 

 be put in decorative plant and flower 

 work will at once suggest themselves 

 to the initiated and we predict a phe- 

 nomenal demand for the "Fadeless" 



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 Oct. 1st next. 



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 Yours truly, 

 C. W. BROWNE LL & CO. 

 Walden, N, Y. 



