Spptember 22, 1906 



HORTICULTURE 



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CUT FLOWER MARKET REPORTS 



It would be difficult to 

 BOSTON fully express in words 



the extreme languor pre- 

 vailing in the cut flower trade this 

 week. The demand is the lightest in 

 many weeks and there is little pros- 

 pect of improvement until m\uh cooler 

 weather with shorter crops and better 

 quality appears. There are very few 

 presentable roses yet. A few Ameri- 

 can Beauty of good grade sell pretty 

 well because they are so few. Of the 

 smaller varieties there are large quan- 

 tities of low grade blooms from young 

 plants, useless in the present state of 

 the market. Carnations are few but 

 they are not needed in the prevailing 

 abundance of asters. Lily of the val- 

 ley has the distinction of being the 

 only thing enjoying a good demand. 



Business is gradually 

 CINCINNATI improving in the cut 



flower market and 

 very little if any first-class stock is 

 going to waste. The majority of roses 

 are too short-stemmed to be of much 

 use. Some nice Beauties are coming 

 in which ilnd a ready sale at a fair 

 figure. Carnations are not improving 

 very fast and the demand is not great 

 for such as are offered. Home-grown 

 asters are about done for but the 

 northern ones, are good and are being 

 shipped in by 'the thousands. Lily of 

 the valley is fine and is now a per- 

 manent flower on the market. A few 

 lilies can be seen here and there but 

 they do not amount to much. Gladioli 

 and tuberoses are about played out 

 for this season. Green goods are not 

 any too plentiful especially smilax. 



t.,ast week showed 

 COLUMBUS especially good busi- 

 ness with all of us; as 

 the unveiling of the McKinley memo- 

 rial monument brought to the city 

 many distinguished men and women, 

 —and the elaborate entertainments 

 that were given by society for these 

 visitors meant a very large volume 

 of decorative orders for our florists. It 

 is the custom here on gala days, for 

 the multitude to buy flowers for the 

 buttonhole; and naturally this week 

 iWcKinley carnations were in large de- 

 mand for this purpose, — Lawson car- 

 nations were used in most eases. 



Trade during Sep- 

 INDIANAPOLIS tember has shown 



a marked increase 

 over the previous month. Conditions 

 of stock denote neither an influx nor 

 scarcity in any class except carnations, 

 which are yet short stemmed and 

 small. American Beauty is improv- 

 ing, and good tea roses are to be had 

 with little diflSculty. Asters, dahlias 

 and gladioli are in fairly good supply. 



The outlook for trade this fall is ex- 

 ceedingly encouraging. 



Throughout the western trade terri- 

 tory adjacent to this city comes as- 

 surance of big crops. Growers are 

 making preparations for an increased 

 plant trade. Each year makes a new 

 record in sales in this department. A 

 visit to the growers readily impresses 

 one with the extensive variety of this 

 stock. 



A day or two of acti- 

 NEW YORK vity raised the spirits 

 of the growers and 

 dealers at the beginning of the week 

 but it did not last long and with the 

 return of warm weather things lapsed 

 back into profound dullness. Im- 

 mense overstocks of asters and smiill 

 roses were received and could not be 

 disposed of. A bright ray of hope is 

 seen in the Jewish holidays with 

 which the week will close, however, 

 and it is hoped that this will go a long 

 way toward disposing of the suriilur- 



that has accumulated. The quality of 

 American Beauty roses, carnations 

 and some other things shows a marked 

 improvement. Here and there arc 

 i.fen chrysanthemums of the early 

 varieties. 



Six days ago the 

 SAN FRANCISCO eleven days 



street car men's 

 strike was declared off and within an 

 hour the cars were a.gain running and 

 florists and nearby growers who use 

 the trolley transportation in their 

 business are greatly pleased with the 

 turn in affairs. On the whole trade 

 has been very satisfactory this week. 

 Roses and carnations are quite scarce 

 and advance prices did not curtail 

 sales. Lilium album and nibrum are 

 not quite so plentiful and there have 

 been customers a-plenty this week for 

 the abbreviated supply. All the show 

 windows have been extra blooming 

 beauties this week, with cold storage 

 longiflorums in several of their dis- 

 plays. Other seasonal)le blooms, and 

 smilax, adiantum and other greens are 

 in good supply. 



We Have It. 



The Hit of the Convention. 



BEAVEN'S FADELESS SHEET iVIOSS 



From Hortipulture. Sept. S, 1906. 



AmoiiK the iispfiil spciioltlos shown at the nayton exhililtlon notli- 

 Ins was Inspected with more Interest than E. A. Boavpn's "Fadplpss" 

 sheet moss. The polorliiK of tills moss is. of course, artilielal. hut .sn 

 vxaet is the imitalhm of tlie natural moss shades that II has ever.v ap- 

 pearaiiee of having been freshl.r eolleetert from the woods. Tlie many 

 uses to whieh this material ean he pul In de<'orative plant and Hower 

 work will at once suggest themselves to the Initiated and we predict 

 a phenomenal demand for the "Fadeless." 



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