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CUT FLOWER MARKET REPORTS 



The market show.s a mucU 

 BOSTON better tone. Asters, which 

 have been overrunning 

 ■everj-thing else for a month past have 

 been injured by the inclement weather 

 and a chance is thus left open for 

 other things. American Beauty roses 

 are selling satisfactorily. Teas are 

 improving in quality. Lily of the 

 valley has moved up a peg in value 

 this week. 



Genuine summer weather 

 BUFFALO still was had the pre- 

 vious week and trade 

 very quiet. Roses of short quality 

 were overflowing and values were 

 small: plenty of other stock to be 

 seen. Gladioli and asters have not 

 been so plentiful and moved fairly 

 well; an over supply of greens at 

 present. 



Trade is improving 

 COLUMBUS very fast; in fact, some 



days the past week, es- 

 pecially last Saturday, were very busy. 

 Stock has also improved a great deal. 

 Asters are all but gone, and no one is 

 sorry, as they have on the average not 

 been of very good quality this year. 

 The first chrysanthemums were on 

 sale here last Saturday — some especial- 

 ly good blooms of .Monrovia, which is 

 'Certainly a grand commercial yellow 

 for first early sales and, if well grown, 

 leaves little to be desired in its class. 

 Many outdoor flowers have been used 

 in floral work, but from now on roses 

 and carnations will constitute the bulk 

 of the material used; this will help the 

 total volume of sales very much, as 

 customers will always pay more for 

 greenhouse stock. 



Business conditions 

 LOUISVILLE last week were very 



good, as was the sup- 

 ply of stock. Carnations are good in 

 quality and fair in supply. The de- 

 mand is up to e.xpectations. Roses are 

 very good in quality and demand, and 

 the supply is very good. Good asters 

 are scarce, and there is little call for 

 them. Lilies and all other stock can 

 be had in good quantities witli a satis- 

 factory demand. 



The cool weather has 

 NEW YORK checked production 



raateriall.v and re- 

 lieved the market of much of the daily 

 btirden which had lieen imposed upon 

 it in the way of ill-timed material for 

 which no sale could be found. Ameri- 

 can Beauty roses are very plentiful this 

 week, many of them being of e.xcel 

 lent quality for the season. As yet. 

 however, the smaller roses such as 

 Bridesmaid. Liberty, Golden Gate and 

 Chatenay show but slight improvement 



in quality being diminutive in flower, 

 weak in stem, dull in color and rich 

 in mildew. Asters are gradually 

 shrinking and chrysanthemums begin 

 to take possession of the field. Lily 

 of the valley and cattleyas hold the 

 lead in choice material. 



PHILADELPHIA NOTES. 



Peter Samuel Dooner, the best- 

 known hotel man in Philadelphia to 

 the horticultural trade, died on the 

 2.jrd inst. This announcement will 

 carry a weight of sorrow to many of 

 our readers. He amassed a fortune, 

 yet left behind him a fragrant memory 

 of squareness. Very few fortunes can 

 have that seal attached. Latterly his 

 house came to be called "the seedmen's 

 club," as so many of the craft came to 

 make it their temporary headquarters. 

 But that had its inception twenty 

 years ago. No humorist ever got the 

 better of Peter Dooner in a repartee. 

 If one tried irony or satire, he was 

 there: if one felt like being, liberal, no 

 one could beat Peter in generosity. 

 We have all lost a good friend. The 

 business will be continued by his three 

 sons. Edward, Frank and William. 



The Leo Niessen Co. have been ap- 

 pointed sole agents for Philadelphia 

 and vicinity for Beavem's fadeless 

 sheet moss. This material is a re- 

 markable improvement as to its bright 

 green color and long keeping quality, 

 and is also very economical, being thin 

 cut enough to avoid waste both in 

 freight and covering surface. 



The Pennock Meehan Co. commence 

 operations Oct. 1, as already an- 

 nounced. All signs point to a very 

 successful outcome for the new firm — 

 more growers, more customers, better 

 service, improvement all along the 

 line. They aim to set the pace and 

 make everybody hustle not only in 

 Philadelphia, but all over the country. 

 The potentiality is there and nothing 

 can stop them. Bon voyage! 



George C, Watson is busy sending 

 out his new season's samples from the 

 I^uropean growers of fancy grasses, 

 Messrs. Barenbrug, Burgess & Co. are 

 well equipped this year to cater to the 

 varying needs of the public in North 

 -America. The Zurich test as to ger- 

 mination and purity has been made 

 the basis for quotations, and all stand- 

 ard requirements have been strictly 

 com))lied with. Trade ethics in the 

 way of competition in lower grades 

 have not been lost sight of. however, 

 and every seed house with a keen eye 

 l>oth to quality and price should get 

 in touch with these progressive people. 

 Mr. Watson is sole agent for the Tlnited 

 States and Canada and will be glad 

 to respond to any legitimate enquiry 

 for samples and prices. 



A meeting of the stockholders of the 

 Philadelphia Wholesale Flower Mar- 

 ket was held on the 2oth inst. for the 

 purpose of winding up the concern. 

 Chas. E. Meehan the majority stock- 

 holder, was the chief figure in the pro- 

 ceedings which ended satisfactorily to 

 all concerned 



PERSONAL. 



Philip F. Kessler was a passenger 

 on S. S. Barbarossa, reaching New- 

 York on the 19th. 



T. Mellstrom, representing Sander 

 & Sons of St. Albans, England, sailed 

 from Liverpool on September 22d in 

 S. S. Umbria for New York. 



John Cotting of Rhinebeck. N. Y., 

 and Rose Schautz were married on 

 September ti and after an extended 

 western trip will make their home in 

 Rhinebeck. 



Louis E. Herzber.g, foreman for .T. 

 B. Heiss, Dayton, Ohio, and Ida Ger- 

 lich. daughter of F. .\. Gerlich of 

 Mitchell park, were married on 

 September 17th. 



B. J. Connolly of Taunt(m, Mass., 

 has brought suit against that city for 

 injuries to his knee caused by stepping 

 on a defective plank covering a cul- 

 vert on Highland street. 



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