July 17. 1915 



HORTICULTUEE 



83 



Flower Market Reports 



(Continued from page Si) 



candytuft, achillea, etc. The market 

 for greens such as asparagus and 

 smilax is at low ebb. There is far too 

 much of it for the demand. 



Trade dropped 

 SAN FRANCISCO off somewhat 

 during the 

 Fourth of .Tuly holidays, particularly 

 in the more refined work for fancy 

 bouquets, on account of the many city 

 residents spending the week-end out 

 of town or at the Exposition, and busi- 

 ness continued quiet most of the week. 

 All flowers arrived in abundance mak- 

 ing it very difflcult to clean up sup- 

 plies. A large over-supply of carna- 

 tions was the most notable feature, 

 and the consequent low prices had a 

 demoralizing effect upon other staple 

 lines. Mucli of the surplus was taken 

 by street venders at extremely low 

 prices wliich enabled them to make 

 such attractive offers that it undoubt- 

 edly took considerable business from 

 the florists. However, this situation 

 will not last much longer as growers 

 are beginning to pull up some of their 

 carnation plants and the supply will 

 shortly be much curtailed. Sweet 

 peas are plentiful and cheap. The of- 

 ferings of gladioli show better average 

 quality, and the really fine stock de- 

 mands high prices. Some extra fine 

 specimens of Geisha dahlias are com- 

 ing in from JIarin County, but the sup- 

 ply is limited and Delice continues as 

 the principal feature in the dahlia 

 market, the latter variety being of- 

 fered in ample quantity and of fine 

 quality as well. There are plenty of 

 hydrangeas, both cut and potted, but 

 their movement is rather slow, owing 

 to the surplus of cheaper flowers. 

 Shasta daisies figure largely in the 

 daily offerings. Asters have not ap- 

 peared as yet. In roses there is jilenty 

 of good stock. Long-stemmed .\meri- 

 can Beauties clean up readily. Kil- 

 larney shows the effect of tlie hot 

 weather more than some of the other 

 varieties and is less popular. Russell, 

 Ophelia and Irish Elegance are offered 

 freely, but Cecile Brtinner is a little 

 less plentiful. Hanging baskets for 

 porches have sold well. 



The wholesale market 

 ST. LOUIS is in a most deplor- 

 able condition. All the 

 wholesale commission men are crowd- 

 ed up with all kinds of seasonable 

 stock and the demand is so little that 

 not half of the daily shipments can 

 be disposed of. Correct price (|uota- 

 tions are not possible. Great (pianti- 

 ties of roses and carnations are com- 

 ing in, of which only the first grades 

 bring anything like a price and many 

 in the other grades go for almost noth- 

 ing. The many thousands of gladioli 

 spikes that come from Kirkwuod each 

 morning find hard sailing these dull 

 days. Asters sell better than any 

 other flowers now. 



There seems to be 

 WASHINGTON no let up at all in 



the amount of 

 stock that is coming into the local 

 market. This is particularly true of 

 roses. Demand is limited to the re- 



PATRICK WELCH, WHOLESALE FLORIST 



262 DEVONSHIRE STREET, BOSTON, MASS. 



TELEPHONE MAIN 2698 

 American Beauties, Orcliids, %'aiiey. Carnations. All the noTeltles In tlie Cot Flower 

 Marltet furnished on siiort notice. Prices quoted on application. No retail orders 

 accepteii. Flowers shipped out of Boston on early trains. 



STORE OPEN FOR BUSINESS AT 6 A. M. 



NEW YORK QUOTATIONS PER 100. To Dealers Only 



MISCELLANEOUS 



Cattleyas ■ • 



Lilies. Lonsiflorum • 



Rubrum 



LUyof theVaUey... 



Daises 



Stocks 



Snapdragon* ••■■ 



Gladioli 



Peonies 



Sweet Peas 



Com Flower 



Gardenias 



Adiantum 



Smilax 



Asparagiu Plumosus, strings (per loo) . 



Last Half of Week 



ending July 10 



1915 



First Half of Week 



beginning July 12 



1915 



8.00 



.50 



6.00 



15.00 



& Spren (100 bunches] { xo.oo 



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quirements of a small amount of fu- 

 neral work which comes spasmodically 

 here and there, and if some of the 

 shippers get even a small fraction of 

 that which the.v expect in the way of 

 returns they will be doing exceedingly 

 well. Washington is more of a winter 

 resort and the summer business can- 

 not very well be l)oosted as was evi- 

 denced by the results obtained from 

 several sales during the past few days 

 whereby the advertisers failed to do 

 enough business to pay for the space 

 they used In the dally papers. The 

 carnation season is pretty nearly 

 over. There are some few coming 

 from the north, but these reach here 

 in very poor condition and it is a 

 waste of time and money to fool with 

 them. This is an unusual season 

 with respect to dahlias, for owing to 

 the cool weather these flowers were 

 blooming in June, something never 

 before known even to the oldest in- 

 habitants, and they are now very 

 plentiful. They are meeting with a 

 fair sale, replacing to a large extent 

 many of the otiier flowers which have 

 been on the market - throughout the 

 year. Some exceptionally fine Amer- 

 ica gladioli are to be had but on ac- 

 count of the immense quantities flood- 

 ing the market and the lack of a 

 heavy demand the price is exception- 

 ally low. Gardenias are Still excel- 

 lent. There is but a limited sale on 

 orchids and American Beauty roses 

 move slowly. All high priced stock Is 

 tabooed. 



DURING RECESS. 

 New York Florists' Club Outing. 

 The Fifteenth Annual Outing of the 

 New York Florists' Club was enjoyed 

 by about 250 of the members and their 

 families and friends, on Wednesday, 

 July 14. at Witzel's Point View Grove, 

 College Point. It was a very pleasant 

 affair, with fine weather conditions 

 and altogether a great improvement 

 over last year's trip to Glen Island. 

 There were no accidents or untoward 

 incidents to mar the perfect enjoy- 

 ment of the occasion by all who par- 

 ticipated. The attendance would un- 

 doubtedly have been larger had it not 

 been for the pilgrimage to Newport. 

 R. I., by many of the more active mem- 

 bers of the club. The program of 

 sports was well carried out and the 

 prizes for the different athletic events 

 were numerously competed for. 



VISITORS' REGISTER. 

 Berlin, Md. — J. K. M. L. Farquhar, 

 Boston. 



Cincinnati — Mrs. Shull, Roanoke, 

 Va.: Mrs. Gelach, Piqua, Ohio; Mr. 

 Thomas. Indianapolis, Ind. 



San Francisco — Louis Nash, park 

 commissioner, St. Paul, Minn.: Mr. 

 and Jlrs. Frank Oechslin, Chicago, 111. 



Washington, D. C— Sidney H. Bay- 

 ersdorfer. of H. Bayei-sdorfer & Co., 

 Philadelphia, Pa.; E. P. Scholtz, Char- 

 lotte, N. C; Richard Vincent. Jr.. 

 White Marsh, Md. 



NEW CORPORATIONS. 



Boston. Mass. — Hoffman. Inc. In- 

 corporators, Sidney Hoffman. James 

 D. McQuaid. Capital $10.ooo. 



Louisville. Ky.— Jacob Schulz Com- 

 pany, florists, capital stock, $12,000. 

 Incorporators. Geo. E. and Anna 

 Schulz. Mary Sheedy, C. M. Quirey. 

 Karl Rabe and F. J. Kettig. 



Boston — W. O. Roy, Montreal, Can- 

 ada; H. A. Naldrett. representing Kel- 

 way & Son, Langport. Eng.; Mr. An- 

 derson, representing A. L. Randall, 

 Chicago; Chas. B. Weathered, New 

 York; Mr. Newell of Newell & I'stler. 

 Apopka, Fla. 



Rochester, N. ■/.— Home Planters' 

 Supply Co.. Inc. Horticultural produce 

 and supplies. Capital $:j5,000. Incor- 

 porators, .\I. E. Fricker. F. L. Pearce, 

 R. D. Luetchford. all of Rochester. 



Philadelphia — Mr. Haynian. Hay- 

 man Greenhouses, Clarksburg. W. Va.; 

 John K. M. L. Farquhar, Boston. 

 .Mass.; John Van Lecuwon, Dedham, 

 Mass.; Mr. McDonald, representing 

 Hastings & Co., Atlanta, Ga.; Mr. 

 Fowler, representing J. Van Lindley 

 Nursery Co.. Greensboro. N. C; Robt. 

 H. Greenlaw, New England repre- 

 sentative of Pennock-Meehan Co. 



