July 31, 1915 



H R T I C U L T U E E 



147 



Flower Market Reports 



(Continued from page /;_>> 



Very little Im- 

 PHILADELPHIA p r o ve m e n t is 



noted over the 

 poor conditions reported in your pre- 

 vious issue. There is still a lar!;f' over- 

 supply, but the roses are easiiig up a 

 little and it looks as if the sladiolus 

 rrop would be past the worst by the 

 31st. The asters are of excellent qual- 

 ity and becoming a more important 

 factor in the market as the days roll 

 by. The cut is very large and more 

 than ample for all demands. Carna- 

 tions are getting scarcer and of course 

 the quality corresponds. Lily of the 

 valley and lilies are normal, both as 

 to supply and demand. Good delphini- 

 um is still a feature — mostly the Uella- 

 dona. Orchids have slacked up a little 

 in supply. The greens market is only 

 fair. 



Business for the 

 SAN FRANCISCO past week has 



been excellent 

 according to reports from both the 

 wholesale and retail florists. .Many 

 visitors are here to attend one or more 

 of the various conventions and gather- 

 ings in session at this time, while oth- 

 ers are attracted solely by the won- 

 ders of the Exposition. Jlany festivi- 

 ties are in order and the florists are 

 sharing in the benefits. There is much 

 call for decorative work, and counter 

 trade for cut flowers is very satisfac- 

 tory, much better in fact than ever 

 before for the month of July. Pros- 

 pects are good for August, also, as 

 that month holds the record for the 

 largest number of conventions daring 

 the Exposition period. Stock contin- 

 ues plentiful, but the surplus does not 

 amount to much. The carnation situ- 

 ation is much improved since the new 

 market system went into effect, as it 

 seems to be working out nicely. As- 

 ters show improvement both in quan- 

 tity and quality, but the offerings arc 

 still under standard and the prices are 

 rather low. Within two weeks, how- 

 ever, good quality is expected, as the 

 first arrivals are never so good here 

 as the flowers coming in a little later. 

 Sweet peas are still in ample supply. 

 and show fair quality. Some fine spec- 

 imens of gladioli are being shown, but 

 the supply of the best stock is limited. 

 Dahlias are plentiful with a heavy de- 

 mand. Both cut and potted hydran- 

 geas are moving well. Much coreop- 

 sis is being used, as well as large 

 quantities of godetias, scabiesas, 

 stocks, etc. Roses have cleaned up 

 closely the past week, especially Amer- 

 ican Beauties, which were in rather 

 light supply and much in demand. 

 Tiger lilies are arriving quite freely 

 and are readily absorbed. Gardenias 

 are still plentiful, but orchids have 

 been rather scarce for over a week. 



There is no great 

 ST. LOUIS amount of business in 

 the flower lini'. The 

 retailers are having their troubles 

 with dull business; the wholesalers 

 are having theirs in disposing of the 

 large amount of stock that comes in 

 daily. This is pronounced to be the 

 poorest summer the trade has liad for 

 many years back. Prices on everything 

 are cheap. All grades suffer alike, 

 but extra iiuality has the call and poor 

 stock is dumped as a rule. Second 

 and third grade roses and carnations 



PATRICK WELCH, WHOLESALE FLORIST 



262 DEVONSHIRE STREET, BOSTON, MASS. 



TELEPHONE M.\IN 2C98 

 American Beauties, Orcluds, Valley, CarnationB. All the Doveltles In the Cut Flower 

 Market funiihlied on short notice. Prices quoted on application. No retail orders 

 accepted. 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 



Cattleyaa 



Lilies. Longiflorum 



Rubrum ■ 



Lily of the Valley 



Daises 



Snapdragon 



Gladioli 



Asters 



Sweet Peas 



Com Flower 



Gardenias 



Adiantum 



Smilax 



Asparagus Plumosus. stnags (per loo) 



** " & Spren (xoo bunches) 



Ust Half of Week 



ending July 24 



1915 



Flr^t Half of Week 



beginning July 26 



1315 



10.00 



.50 



6.00 

 15.00 



20.00 



•75 

 12.00 

 35.00 

 20.00 



12.00 



1.00 



1.00 



.50 



• SO 

 .50 

 •SO 



•50 

 6.00 

 15.00 

 xo.oo 



35.00 



2.00 

 2.00 

 2.00 



•50 



x.oo 



x.oo 



1.00 



• xs 



•25 



25.00 

 •75 



X2.00 

 35.00 

 90.00 



are very plentiful, while select stock 

 is just the reverse. Gladioli, asters, 

 hydrangeas and a lot of other outdoor 

 truck is crowding up the market to 

 its capacity dally. 



BUSINESS TROUBLES. 



Johnson Seed Co., Philadelphia, Pa. 

 — Adjudged involuntary bankrupt, 

 July 19. Liabilities, $18,000; assets, 

 nominal, $28,000. 



VISITORS' REGISTER. 



Cleveland. O. — George Hampton, rep- 

 resenting J. Neidinger, Philadelphia. 



Newport, R. I.— P. Welch, J. K. Al. 

 L. Farquhar and W. J. Stewart. Bos- 

 ton. 



Boston— Dr. Geo. E. Stone, Amherst, 

 Mass.; James McGregor. Dublin, N. 

 H.; D. F. Roy, Marion. Mass. 



Chicago — Mrs. Ella Kaber of Kaber 

 Floral Co., La Porte, Ind.; M. J. Yopp, 

 Yopp Seed Co., Paducah, Ky.: Jos. W. 

 Heacbck. Wyncote, Pa.; Roger Peter- 

 son of J. A. Peterson & Sons, Cincin- 

 nati. O. 



St. Paul Minn.— St. Paul Floral Co., 

 Frank Gustatson, prop. Liabilities, 

 $4,099.53; assets, $2,692.42. 



Henry G. Martin, florist at 39 Gen- 

 esse street. Utica, N. Y., has filed 

 petition in bankruptcy in United 

 States court this city, placing his debts 

 at $2,614 and his assets at $1,098 con- 

 sisting of stock valued at $100; fix- 

 tures, $646 and $322, in accounts due 

 him by 100 Uticans. Among the flor- 

 ist trade creditors are Brant Bros., 

 $219 and S. A. Pinkstone $165, both of 

 Utica. 



Cincinnati — John A. Werncke, New 

 AUiany, Ind.; Fred Rupp, Lawrence- 

 berg, Inrt.; .Martin Weber, Brookville, 

 Ind.: Wm. Rogers and son, Dayton, 

 Ohio; -Mrs. Floyd .-Anderson and son 

 and Mrs. Geo. Lampert, Xcnia, Ohio; 

 Sydney Bayersdorfer. representing H. 

 Bayersdorfer & Co., Philadelphia, Pa. 



Philadelphia — J. Horace McFarland 

 and O. E. Beckley, Harrisburg, Pa.; 

 David Geddes, St. Louis. .Mo. (late of 

 Pittsburgh); Mrs. L. H. D. Moore, Lan- 

 caster, Pa.; Raymond V. Kester, Wil- 

 liamsport, Pa.; H. A. Naldrett, repre- 

 senting Kelway & Son. Langport. Eng- 

 land; J. W. Langenbach and Mr. Xew- 

 kirk, Albion, N. Y. 



J. Woodward Planning, a landscape 

 architect, of W'ilmington. .Mass.. filed 

 a voluntary petition in bankruptcy 

 admitting liabilities of $29,547.71. Of 

 this amount $20,000 is a secured claim 

 held by Joseph J. Bond of Reading. 

 There are more than 70 unsecured 

 claims aggregating $9,547.71. The 

 petitioner's assets amount to $42,150 

 and include encumbered real estate 

 valued at $37,150 and personal prop- 

 erty, covered by a bill of sale to Jo- 

 seph J. Bond, valued at $5,000. 



St. Louis — Julius Dillhoff, represent- 

 ing Schloss Bros., New York; Robt. 

 Newconib, representing Vaughan's 

 Seed Store, Chicago. Miss Paula 

 Hunkel and .Miss Cora Heiber, Mil- 

 waukee, Wis., stopped over here a 

 few days last week on their way home 

 from a Pacific Coast trip. .Miss Hun- 

 kel is a sister of H. V. Hunkel of 

 Holton & Hunkel. 



The annual Vincent Dahlia Sliow 

 will take place at White Marsh, .Md., 

 on Sept. 28 to October 2. 



Bridgewater, Mass. — Seventeen state- 

 ly shade trees, many of them over 100 

 years old. have been killed by gas leak- 

 ing through alleged faulty mains in 

 Bridgewater, and citizens, who say 

 many of tlie trees are priceless, have 

 brought claims against the Brockton 

 Gas Company, demanding in some 

 cases $1000 per tree. 



The gas company has signified its 

 willingness to remove the dead trees 

 and plant others in their place, be- 

 sides offering a substantial cash bonus, 

 but Tree Warden Robert McNelan 

 claims the trees to be worth much 

 more than what is offered. He asserts 

 that the loss of good healthy shade 

 trees on property decreases the valua- 

 tion at least 2i> per cent. 



