December 1, 1906 



HORTICULTURE 



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CU'T FLOWER MARKET REPORTS ~ 



Thanksgiving Day biisi- 

 BOSTON ness has surpassed all 

 previous records. Chrys- 

 anthemums and carnations are enjoy- 

 ing an especially strung demand, lead- 

 ing the roses in this respect. Chrys- 

 anthemums have not. however, made 

 any advance in prices over those pre- 

 vailing last week. In roses. Bride and 

 Bridesmaid seem to have a little bet- 

 ter call than do the other varieties, 

 but there are enough of all to supply 

 every demand. The violet trade is ex- 

 cellent. White carnations lay be- 

 hind the colored varieties, as might 

 lie expected. 



Market conditions were 

 BUFFALO were much improved 

 over the previous week. 

 Flowers of all kinds were plentiful, 

 . especially ordinary roses, which were 

 I a drag. The latter part of week bet- 

 ter results were obtained all along the 

 line. Chrysanthemums of good qual- 

 ity .'^old well; also violets, narcissi. 

 Roman hyacinths, lily of the valley, 

 and stevia. Greens are in good sup- 

 ply, with demand normal. 



Conditions could not 

 COLUMBUS be more favorable for 

 a fine holiday business 

 for Thanksgiving. As regards stock 

 there will be plenty and good; and 

 with the one exception of carnations, 

 retail prices will show a reasonable 

 profit, and yet be attractive to the cus- 

 I tomer. One dollar a dozen is about 

 what over-the-counter trade are wil- 

 ling to pay for holiday carnations, but 

 fancy grades that will cost us up to 

 $0.00 cannot be sold at this. Chrys- 

 anthemums will remain about where 

 they have been. Roses will be plenty 

 and of especially fine quality. As the 

 demand for laurel wreathing and other 

 greens is not a heavy one here at 

 Thanksgiving, we have plenty at reg- 

 ular rates. The craft have made prep- 

 arations for a great business, and there 

 is no question about getting it. 



Warm, rainy days had a 

 DETROIT somewhat depressing ef- 

 fect on business, still 

 ' good stock is cleaned up well; only 

 the lower grades of chrysanthemums 

 move slowly. Beauties and carnations 

 are still very scarce. 



The past week has 

 INDIANAPOLIS been dull with the 

 exception of one or 

 two days which kept the retailers on 

 the jump. There are still plenty of 

 chrysanthemums, the large proportion 

 of which are of the better quality and 

 command good prices. The common 

 stock has decreased in quantity, and is 

 no longer a menace. Trade seems to 

 run almost entirely to chrysanthe- 

 mums. This season carnations are 

 much better and arc nearing the qual- 

 ity usually seen at this time of the 

 year. Enchantress is the best variety 

 on the market. Violets are still 

 scarce. Some of the growers who had 



e.xcflleni success with tliem last year 

 are cutting but few. That leaves us 

 at the mercy of the New York market, 

 which owing to distance is not alto- 

 gether satisfactory. Good American 

 Beauty and tea roses seem to be plen- 

 tiful enough [or all demands. Quite 

 a number of orchids are grown here 

 this season, which find ready sale. 

 There is plenty of green stock of all 

 kinds, including boxwood, the latter 

 receiving its full appreciation here. 



Business conditions 

 LOUISVILLE were very satisfac- 

 tory the previous 

 week. Chrysanthemums had a great 

 run, and are nearing their end. Car- 

 nations are of a good quality but are 

 hard to secure in quantities, and are 

 quickly taken. Roses are in adequate 

 supply, and have a fair demand. The 

 quality averages good. Violets and 

 lily of the valley as well as other stock 

 sell well, and can be had as needed. 



The warm weath- 

 PHILADELPHIA er of the early 



part of the week 

 had a bad effect on roses. Most of 

 them were off color and too plentiful. 

 But the market improved materially 

 latter part of week. Brides and 

 Beauties were the best sellers. Liber- 

 ties and Richmonds are now much im- 

 proved in qaulity — with longer stems 

 and larger flowers and are going much 

 better. Chrysanthemums are still 

 plentiful but the market seems able 

 to absorb all the good stock at satis- 

 factory prices. At this writing (Tues- 

 day) the indications are that there 

 will be enough to go around on 

 Thanksgiving Day. Carnations are 

 less plentiful. Some very fine White 

 Perfection are coming in from out of 

 town points. Good prices are being 

 realized for orchids although these 

 seem quite plentiful. There are fine 

 vandas, cypripediums, oncidiums. cat- 

 tleyas and dendrobiums coming in. In 

 violets there is now more local stock 

 arriving but the Hudson River ship- 

 ments are still necessary- Tlie latter 

 are fine quality. 



OBITUARY. 

 Joseph Bachler who, until ten years 

 ago, was a florist in Allegheny, Pa., 

 died at his home in that city Novem- 

 ber 19, at the age of 7S. 



Frank E. Hodgman, Louisville, Ky.. 

 died on November 19, aged 70. He was 

 a native of New Hampshire but has 

 been in the florist business in Louis- 

 ville for the past thirty years. .A 

 widow and step-son survive him. 



NEWS NOTES. 



Miss Knaus. who bought George 

 Ivcadley's store at Detroit recently, is 

 now fully installed. 



It is stated that nearly 8,000 school 

 .gardens exist in Austria, not including 

 the sister kingdom of Hungary. 



An elaborate Italian garden 40x150 

 feet is being constructed on the 

 grounds of Bayard Thayer at Lancas- 

 ter, Mass. 



A golfl medal has been given by the 

 Rhoile Island Horticultural Society to 

 .lohn A. Macrae for chrysanthemum 

 Ool len Dome. 



R. L. Goinsalvos of Waltham, Mass., 

 is having a salesroom handsomely 

 etiuipped on Chestnut street for his 

 .growing business. 



One of the buildings of the C. L. 

 Wairous nursery, S. 9th street, Des 

 Moines, Iowa, was destroyed by fire 

 November IG. Loss, $3,000. 



Chas. Connon has opened a retail 

 store in one of the big department 

 stores at Cth street and Washington 

 avenue, St. Louis, Mo. 



Wm C. Smith & Co. have bought 

 out the wholesale commission house 

 of Frank M. Ellis, 131G Pine street. 

 St. Louis, Mo., and will continue the 

 l)usiness. 



A housewarming given in the Forest 

 Park greenhouses, St. Louis, on the 

 completion of the two new houses, was 

 the occasion for the presentation of 

 gold watches to George Ostertag, gen- 

 eral superintendent and .lohn Ratch- 

 ford, keeper of the park. The presen- 

 tation speech was made by H. Vern- 

 heyem of O'Fallon Park. 



Piedmont Heights, a suburban sec- 

 tion of Oakland, on the east side of 

 San Francisco bay, is rapidly becom- 

 ing a swell residence location for San 

 Francisco business men. In the 

 center of this spot H. M. Sanborn has 

 had his large and famously fine 

 nursery for a quarter of a century, but 

 it will not be there many weeks more. 

 A big price has been paid for the 

 grounds by parties who want to build 

 homes there. Mr. Sanborn has bought 

 a tract of land nearer in the center 

 of Oakland, adjoining to the Cox Seed 

 Company's nursery, and will shortly 

 remove to this new site his nursery 

 stock and range of greenhouses. 



D. \V. Brainard of Thompsonville. 

 Conn., has added a spacious exhibition 

 room to his establishment, and remod- 

 elled and improved his office and sales 

 department 



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