September 4. 191" 



HOETICULTURE 



325 



Get Some Tritomas or Red Hot Pokers for Your Window 

 They Are Attractive and Would Sell . . Per 100, $3.00 



GREENS OF ALL KINDS 



Dagger Ferns Per 1000 $1.50 



Fancy Ferns •' " 2.00 



Leucothoe, Green " " 7.50 



Galax, green and bronze Per case 10,000 7.50 



Cut Hemlock Per bundle $2.50 



Green Sheet Moss " bag 3.50 



Green Lump Moss " barrel 1.50 



Sphagnum Moss, 10-bbl. bale burlapped . Per bale .4.00 



PHILADELPHIA 

 1608-1620 Ludlow St. 



CLOSED MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 6th. AT NOON 



»E IM IMOOK- IVI E: E M AIM 



The Wholi sale Floriita of Philcdelp) ia 

 NEW YORK BALTIMORE 



117 W. 28th St. Franklin and St. Paul Stt. 



WASHINGTON 

 1216 H St., N. W. 



Flower Market Reports WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS 



TRADE PRICES - Per 100 



TO DEALERS ONLY 



Colder weather than usu- 

 BOSTON al at this season has re- 

 tarded crops in some 

 lines and to that extent reduced the 

 daily oversupply which lias encum- 

 bered the wholesale markets for the 

 past month or more. Roses are dis- 

 tinctly benefited in consequence and 

 there are none too many on some days. 

 The outdoor product, such as gladioli, 

 asters, gypsophila, etc., etc., is still in 

 somewhat obtrusive evidence on the 

 sales counters. Asters are much bet- 

 ter than they were, some of the long- 

 stemned branching stock being very 

 handsome. Gladioli are tine also but 

 their abundance makes them almost 

 an eyesore and it is not easy to ad- 

 mire anything whicli persists in ac- 

 cumulating until it is in everybody's 

 way. Some of the growers have evi- 

 dently overdone the gladiolus business 

 and spoiled the game not only for 

 themselves but everybody else. Lily 

 of the valley is good property just 

 now. Lilies are having a fair market. 

 Of cattleyas there are very few in evi- 

 dence. Seaside and mountain shipping 

 trade is dwindling and should the cool 

 weather continue, it will soon come 

 to its finish. 



Very i ool weallier pre- 

 CHICAGO vailed the past week. In 

 consequence there was a 

 marked lessening of stock in every 

 line. Beauties are active, the select 

 long ones bringing $3.00 per dozen. 

 The rose market in general is good for 

 this season of the year, and tho qual- 

 ity was never better. Some especially 

 fine Killarney Brilliant is offered; 

 these run in all lengths up to :!ii Incli 

 stems. Russell continues fine and so 

 does Ophelia and Sunburst. Pink and 

 white Killarney show a marked Im- 

 provement. In the red varieties, Hoos- 

 ier Beauty and .\Iilady are tho best. 

 Richmond also may be had of very 

 good quality. Bulgaria, which for a 

 number of years has been one of our 

 very best sellers, in summer, is in very 

 little demand this season, Ophelia ap- 

 parently has taken its place to a con- 

 siderable extent. Carnations continue 

 scarce and short in stem. The mar- 

 ket in asters is quite active. Some 

 very fine stock is offered. The i;lut in 

 gladioli for the present, at least, 

 seems to he over although tliere Is 

 plenty for all demands, but prices have 

 advanced somewhat, particularly on 

 the lietter grades. Chrysaniliemums 



Roiel I 



Am. Beauty, Special 



" ** Fancy and Extra 



No. I.... ! 



Russell, Hadley I 



Killarney, Kichmond, Hillingdon, Ward, Kxtra [ 



" '* " " Ordinary,... 



Arcnburg; Radiance, Taft, Key, Extra 



" " *' " Ordinary | 



Ophelia, Mock, Sunburst, Extra 1 



" " " Ordinary' \ 



Camationa, Fancy 



** Ordinary 



Cattleyu 



Dendrobium formotun 



Lilies, Lonffiflorum 



Rubnim 



Lily of the Valley 



Daiaiea 



Violeti 



Snapdrason 



Gladioli 



A«tera 



Chrysanthemums 



Sweet Peas 



Gardenias 



Adiantum 



Smilax 



AsiMrasus Plumosus, Strings (loo) 



** ** & Spren. (loo Bchs,) , 



BOSTON 



Sept. a 



ST. LOUIS 



Aug. 30 



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30.00 

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PHILA. 



Aug. 23 



15.00 

 10.00 

 3.00 

 4.00 

 2.C0 

 5.00 

 2.00 

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 50.00 



are increasing; besides Golden Glow 

 we now have Smith's Advance in white 

 Lilies are quite plentiful and move 

 rather slow. Lily of the valley is still 

 very scarce, the wholesale houses find- 

 ing it difficult to fill orders at times. 

 Dahlias are more plentiful but this 

 market has never taken much of a 

 fancy to this flower. In miscellaneous 

 garden stuff there is gaillardia, candy- 

 tuft, cornflowers, coreopsis, daisies, etc. 

 Demand for green goods is fairly ac- 

 tive. 



The arrival of Sep- 

 NEW YORK tember finds the flow- 

 er market in normal 

 condition as to supply, but still a little 

 behind hand as to demand. New roses 

 are gradually improving in quality and 

 the outlook seems good for an unpre- 

 cedented variety and perfection of 

 roses for the coming season. Lilies 

 are selling fairly well, for a change. 

 Gladioli are still plentiful. Asters sell 

 very well, the later varieties coming 

 in very fine. Carnations are not yet 

 In evidence. A good many dahlias are 

 seen and they are good. .\ few clirys- 

 anthemums have made their appear- 

 ance, as a sort of reminder that fall is 

 approaching and the next symptom due 

 to develop will be the irrepressible 

 annual scout from "up-the-Hudson" 

 with the first bunch of violets. Little 

 activity is apparent as yet in the 

 wholesale district and th(^ amount of 

 business done after 10.30 A. .M. is very 

 small. 



Stock cleaned up 

 PHILADELPHIA pretty well last 

 week except on 

 the poorer grades of asters. It was 

 hard to move the latter at any price 

 and many of them remained unsold at 

 the end of the week. Gladioli are sell- 

 ing better and the supply is consider- 

 ably shorter. The demand is particu- 

 larly good for America, this one being 

 especially fine at present. Cattleyas 

 are still scarce and there are not 

 many other orchids arriving — the On- 

 cidium varicosum being the most con- 

 spicuous. Roses continue to improve 

 in quality, the leaders at present being 

 Russells, Sunbursts and Beauties. The 

 latter hung fire early in the week but 

 recovered later. Sweet peas are best 

 from northern points and are as good 

 as could be expected, but the demand 

 is only so-so. What few carnations 

 arriving are mostly from field-grown. 

 .No new indoor as yet. Golden Glow 

 chrysanthemums are to be seen around, 

 also some dahlias, but it Is too early 

 for these yet. They will go better af- 

 ter the middle of September. Same 

 may be said of tritomas. Lots of the 

 latter to be seen but they meet with 

 little attention. Much outdoor stock 

 is still coming in — except what they 

 call "small stuff" — achlllea, feverfew 

 landytuft, etc. 



(Conttnufif OH fngt 32J ) 



