August. 21, 1915 



HORTICULTURE 



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<'HAS. MrCAl LEV. Vice-Prc^. * Treas. 



(;K«). WEIEAN'I). SM-retary 



I'Al I. K. KI.lN'tiSI'OKN. ManaKir 



Antomatir 4:<-5'il 



The Chicago Flower Growers Association 



^ CdbokeaU Growers of Cut flowers and piante ^ 

 176 N. Michigan Ave. . - - - CHICAGO, ILL. 



Flower Market Reports 



( Continued from page <>'(?> 



reasonable. These liiul favor with the 

 retailers for design work and variou.s 

 decorative uses, as they keep and ship 

 better than most flowers at this sea- 

 son, when nearly everything is lack- 

 ing in substance and virility. 



Business c o n- 

 SAN FRANCISCO tinues are above 

 the average 

 here for this time of the year, owing 

 to the" increased counter trade caused 

 by the large number of visitors in 

 town for the exposition and the large 

 amount of decorative work connected 

 with the many conventions and ex- 

 position festivities. Stock is still 

 plentiful. Asters are offered in all 

 colors and quantities of them are being 

 sold. The supply of chrysanthemums 

 is increasing rapidly, but the offerings 

 find a ready market at firm prices. 

 Gladioli are offered quite freely and 

 the fine stock moves readily. While 

 dahlias are on the decline, some ex- 

 cellent specimens are still to be seen 

 which demand a good price. Carna- 

 tions are exceedingly scarce, and the 

 quality is so poor on the average that 

 they demand little attention. The 

 light offerings of sweet peas show poor 

 quality also, .\maryllis is appearing 

 abundantly, and some zinnias are 

 being brought in. There is little 

 change in the rose situation. Stock is 

 not over-plentiful, and the quality of 

 some varieties is hardly up to stand- 

 ard. Russell and Hadley show some 

 improvement. Wonderful tiger lilies 

 are to be seen everywhere, and the 

 offerings of rubrum and auratum show 

 excellent quality also. A good many 

 double sunflowers are being used. 



The wholesale market 

 ST. LOUIS is in the same old rut 



as for the last few 

 weeks. Everything is plentiful and 

 prices at their lowest. Business con- 

 ditions in general are bad and, of 

 course, the florists have to suffer their 

 share. As to stock at the wholesale 

 market we can only say that every- 

 thing in season is plentiful. Roses 

 and asters are more than the trade 

 can handle and most any price will 

 buy them in big lots. Gladioli were 

 about to go up in price a little when 

 along came outside consignments. 

 Lily of the valley, lilies, tuberose 

 stalks and carnations field urnwn are 

 plentiful. 



There has been 

 WASHINGTON no improvement in 

 trade here during 

 the past ten days. Very little of the 

 stock coming in can be moved at any 

 price. Enormous quantities of asters 

 are being sent in. only to be eventu- 

 ally carted away as refuse. The sup- 

 ply of gladioli has decreased to some 

 extent, but the demand has fallen off 



PATRICK WELCH, WHOLESALE FLORIST 



262 DEVONSHIRE STREET, BOSTON, MASS. 



TELEPHONE MAIN TC98 

 lUnerlcao Bcantiea, Orchids, Valley, Cornationa. All tbe noveltlea In the Cut Flower 

 Market furnished on short notice. Prices quoted on application. No retail order* 

 accepted. Flowers shipped out of Boston on early trains. 



STORE OPEN FOR BUSINESS AT 6 A. M. 



NEW YORK QUOTATIONS PER 100. 



MISCELLANEOUS 



c«nl«7u • • 



Liliea, Lonaiflorum 



*' Rubrum 



LUy of the V*Uey 



Daisea 



Snapdragon • 



GladioU 



Asters 



Swe«tPoas 



Com Flower 



Gardenias 



Adiaatum 



Snulax 



A^»arAffus Plumosus. stnogs (per loo) 



** " & Sp^en (loo bunches). 



in proportion. Lilies continue very 

 abundant. Carnations are few and 

 very poor. Cattleyas and other or- 

 chids are scarce and it is hard to get 

 these at a price. Some few good 

 dahlias are to be had. but on the whole 

 the heat has badly affected this flower 

 and has put all the life into foliage. 

 Among the roses are some very good 

 Hoosier Beauty. This flower is find- 

 ing great favor with some of the re- 

 tailers and the sale has been boosted 

 to finite an extent. On the whole 

 roses are very good for this time of 

 the year, but with a sluggish market. 

 American Beauty from tlie North are 

 very good. Snapdragon and water 

 lilies are seen in the stores. 



ROCHESTER'S BIG FLOWER SHOW. 



The attractive proposition made by 

 the raanaiienient of the Uochester, N. 

 Y.. Exposition Flower Show has in- 

 vited the attention of the best known 

 growers in the country, as had been 

 expected. With no charge for space 

 and the promise of adequate service, 

 and a daily average attendance of over 

 2(1,(10(1, it would have been surprising 

 if the big growers had not responded 

 to the invitation to send exhibits to 

 the Rochester Show. August 30 to 

 September 11 are the dates. The man- 

 agement of the Rochester Kxposition 

 declares that the Flower Show is to 

 l)e an annual event. The Exposition 

 itself is on a i)ernianent basis. It is 

 held at the City's own exposition park, 

 and is now in its eighth year. The 

 park has ten large fireproof buildings, 

 and (me of the best has been assigned 

 to the Flower Show. A committee of 

 the Rochester Florists' Association Is 

 co-operating with the management an.l 

 hopes to make the Rochester Show a 



meeting place for florist and grower, 

 seedsman and importer. They believe 

 that tlK're is need for such an exhibi- 

 tion, as it will give the llorists a 

 chance to see, without traveling the 

 country over, what the growers have to 

 offer in new and standard varieties 

 of plants and flowers. That the plan 

 has every promise of success is evi- 

 denied by the permanency of the Ex- 

 position itself, which is practically 

 under municipal auspices. 



A personal invitation has been sent 

 to every florist in New York state, as 

 well as in some adjoining states, iu- 

 forming them of the names of the ex- 

 hibitors and suggesting that they com- 

 bine business w-ith pleasure' by arrang- 

 ing to spend an early fall vacation in 

 the Flower City and, at the same time, 

 see what the growers have to ofl'er. 



Following is a list of the exhibitors 

 already entered: J. K. Alexander, 

 ICasl Bridgewater, Mass.; C. Betscher, 

 Canal Dover, 0.; John Lewis Childs, 

 Flowerfield, L. 1.: Wilbur A. Christy, 

 Warren, C; Henry A. Dreer, Inc., 

 Philadelphia: R. &. .7. Farquhar & Co., 

 Boston; .-V. K. Kunderd, Goshen, Ind.; 

 Burt OIney Greenhouses, .•\lbion, N. 

 Y.; .\. N. I'ierson. Inc.. Cromwell. Cl.; 

 F. U. Pierson. Tarrytown, N. Y.; Geo. 

 L. Stillraaii, Westerly, R. 1.; N. Harold 

 Cotlam & Son, Wappinger Falls, N. Y. 

 and the following Rochester houses; 

 Kilward Brockman, George B. Hart. W. 

 T. Logan. Henry P. Neun, Salter Bros., 

 F. Srhlegel & Sons, .Jacob Thomann & 

 Sons, .lames VIck's Sons, H. E. Wil- 

 son, Geo. T. Boucher and J. B. Keller's 

 Sons Co. 



New York, N, Y. — Lecakes will move 

 September 1st Into the store formerly 

 occupied by .1. K. Allen. Kifi W. J8t1i 

 street. 



