September 4. U>15 



HORTICULTUEE 



327 



Flower Market Reports 



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Still there are 

 SAN FRANCISCO no complaints 



amous the local 

 florists about slow business. Everyone 

 seems to be busy and stock offerings 

 fill all requirements nicely with very 

 little surplus. A few violets made 

 their initial appearance the past week, 

 but the supply is very limited and the 

 offerings so far have been snapped up 

 so quickly that many of the shops 

 have not shown any as yet. Their ar- 

 rival is earlier this season than usual, 

 as has been the case with most other 

 varieties of flowers, the growers hav- 

 ing forced their plants on account of 

 the exposition. New crop carnations 

 are coming in quite freely, and the 

 quality is good except that stems are 

 still a little short. Sweet peas are 

 about off the market. The average 

 quality of chrysanthemums is rapidly 

 improvin.g and the offerings clean up 

 readily. Dahlias are holding their own 

 wonderfully well, both in quantity and 

 quality, while gladioli are scarce and 

 off quality. Much amaryllis is being 

 used, and there is a fair outlet for 

 zinnias. Asters are at their height 

 now. the quality is excellent and the 

 demand steady. A slight falling off in 

 supply is looked for in the next week 

 or two. Lilies are in good supply and 

 meet with a fair demand, rubrum be- 

 ing seen in greatest quantity, although 

 considerable auratum and tigrinum 

 are still to be seen at many shops. Lily 

 of the valley cleans up closely. The rose 

 market shows improvement, but the 

 quality on the whole is none too good, 

 the percentage of short stock running 

 rather high. Really fine offerings are 

 hardly sufficient for the demand, 

 which makes them clear readily at 

 satisfactory prices. Orchids are un- 

 usually fine but scarce. 



Our market is still in 

 ST. LOUIS an overcrowded condi- 

 tion. There has been 

 considerable demand for white flowers 

 all week, but outside of this call for 

 funeral work business has been dull 

 all summer. The cool weather has 

 made better quality. Roses are mostly 

 all short stems and plenty of them. 

 The few fancy long ones sell clean 

 daily. Carnations will be few until 

 the middle of the month. Gladioli 

 have shortened up greatly, also tube- 

 roses and asters. Dahlias and cosmos 

 are the flowers now to crowd up the 

 market. Lily of the valley has had a 

 big call all week, also lilies, both rub- 

 rums and longiflorums. A few chrys- 

 anthemums are in, with slow call as 

 yet. 



Unlike the more 

 WASHINGTON northern cities, 

 Washington is still 

 •without the early chrysanthemums this 

 year. It has been found that the early 

 varieties mature too quickly in this 

 climate and the results obtained from 

 them has in previous seasons proven 

 very unsatisfactory. Their loss is in 

 no wise felt, however, as the market 

 is still glutted with asters and the cool 



PATRICK WELCH, WHOLESALE FLORIST 



262 DEVONSHIRE STREET, BOSTON, MASS. 



THLEPIIONB M.ilX 2G98 

 .Viniricau litauties. Orchids, Vallry, Carnationa. All the novelties In the Cut Flower 

 .Market furiiislied on short notici'. Prices quotcil on nppUcatlon. No retail orders 

 accei»te<l. I'ioiveis Hhiiiped 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. Longiflorum 



Rubrum 



Lily of the VaUey 



Daises 



Snapdragon • 



Gladioli 



Asters 



Sweet Peas 



Com Flower 



Gardenias 



Adiantum ■ • • 



Smilax 



Asparagus Plumosus. stnngs (per loo) 



" " & Spren (loo bunches) . 



First Half of Week 



beginning Aug. 30 



1915 



I2.00 



■5° 



4.00 



15.00 

 10.00 



23.00 



•75 



8.00 



30.00 



20.00 



25.00 

 3.00 

 1. 00 



2.00 



•50 

 ■25 



12.00 

 .50 

 4.00 

 15.00 

 10.00 



75.00 

 6.00 

 2.00 

 4.00 

 •50 

 1.00 

 X.OO 



1.00 



• '5 



•25 



25.00 



•75 



8.00 



30.00 



ao.oo 



weather promises to bring in a large 

 supply of dahlias at an early date. The 

 supply of gladioli has decreased and 

 the ratio of .sale has correspondingly 

 increased. There are plenty of longi- 

 florum lilies. None of the florists are 

 placing orders for orchids in more 

 than half-dozen lots and it is extremely 

 difiicult to get more than that amount 

 at any one time. Rubrum lilies w-3re 

 sent in last week and have met v.ith 

 f airly ready sale. The situation with 

 respect to roses remains as previously 

 reported. The sale of white roses was 

 made better last week by reason of an 

 increased number of wedding decora- 

 tions. This added business produced 

 the first shortage of lily of the valley 

 since early in June. It is reported by 

 the exchanges that shippers have cut 

 their consignments in half of late, 

 probably with a view to stretching out 

 the pips which they now have on hand. 

 This is giving to the growers a much 

 better average return from their con- 

 signments and assures a continued and 

 even supply. American Beauty roses 

 are n.eeting with slightly better sale. 



WASHINGTON. 



During the past week the interior of 

 the Leo Xiessen Co.'s store has been 

 repainted and now presents a very at- 

 tractive appearance. 



The Civil Service Commission has 

 just announced that an examination 

 will be held on September 28 to secure 

 eligibles for positions as quarantine 

 inspectors in the office of the Federal 

 Horticultural Board. These positions 

 carry an annual salary of $2,400. Fur- 

 ther information can be obtained by 

 writing to the Commission. 



A window display contest, open to 

 merchants in all lines of business in 

 Washington, will be held by the Retail 

 Merchants' .-Association on September 

 27, on which date the fiftieth annual 

 encampment of the Grand Army of the 

 Republic w-ill commence. Prizes 

 amounting to $50 are offered. All win- 

 dows will be darkened during the day. 

 At eight o'clock in the evening a signal 

 will be given and all curtains will be 

 raised and windows illuminated dis- 

 playing their contents. A number of 

 florists are contemplating entering in- 



to the contest, honorable mention 

 therein meaning considerable to them 

 by way of advertising. 



Louis L. Bowdler has brought suit in 

 the Supreme Court against Annie E. 

 Murphy, the former owner of the prop- 

 erty occupied by him as a retail flower 

 store, to recover damages of $20,000 

 for breach of contract. He alleges 

 that a clause in the lease provided that 

 it should not be sold during his ten- 

 ancy without giving him the privilege 

 of making the purchase at a price 

 equal to that offered by any other per- 

 son. He states that the building was 

 sold for $75,000, whereas it was worth 

 $95,000 to him, without the notice of 

 sale provided for. He further sues for 

 $L0OO covering inconvenience caused 

 by the closing of a hallway to which 

 he was to have had full use. 



It is stated in Washington that Great 

 Britain has so modified the provisions 

 of her Order in Council of March 11, 

 which practically closed the seas to all 

 commerce in German, Austro-Hungari- 

 an and Belgian goods, whereby mer- 

 chandise produced in those countries 

 and bought and paid for by American 

 importers prior to Marcli 1. or deliv- 

 ered f. o. b. in neutral countries prior 

 to March 15, will be granted permits 

 guaranteeing safe conduct across the 

 ocean. This will probably mean that 

 ■\merican importers of ornamental 

 plants will be able to secure their 

 Christmas supplies in ample time. It 

 is declared that there is already in the 

 hands of the Trade Advisers a vast 

 volume of evidence which will be 

 placed before the proper British au- 

 thorities immediately upon the con- 

 firmation of the report that England 

 has granted these concessions. 



KANSAS CITY. 



Samuel Murray had as guests last 

 Sundav president P. Welch and Mrs. 

 Welch and friend of Boston, on their 

 way home from California. The party 

 arrived several hours late, thus cur- 

 tailing somewhat the hospitalities pre- 

 pared for them, but they were in good 

 hands and were given an opportunity 

 to nee some of the attractions of Kan- 

 sas City under most congenial circum- 

 stances and company. 



