September 11, 1915 



HORTICULTURE 



359 



Flower Market Reports 



(Continued from f'age JS7 ) 



Very little 

 SAN FRANCISCO change has oc- 

 curred in the 

 stock offerings since our last report. 

 The supply of asters has dropped off 

 rather abruptly and the best offerings 

 are readily absorbed at higher prices. 

 Carnations show improvement, but the 

 stems of the new crop are still short. 

 Sweet peas are a negligible quantity, 

 the supply being limited and the qual- 

 ity poor. Dahlias continue to arrive 

 in ample supply. Minnie Berger, De- 

 lice, Geisha and Mrs. Kitwell are to be 

 seen everywhere and show excellent 

 quality. Lots of them are being sold 

 at fair prices. There is a drop in the 

 supply of gladioli, while amaryllis 

 floods the market. Lots of zinnias are 

 appearing, but they do not move so 

 well as many other kinds of flowers. 

 Chrysanthemums are beginning to 

 play an important part in the daily 

 business. The quality is improving 

 rapidly, and the supplies are now suf- 

 ficient for all requirements. There is 

 plenty of Golden Glow. October Frost 

 and Monrovia and other varieties are 

 beginning to arrive. So far the supply 

 has all been consumed in the local 

 market, but shipments will start about 

 the middle of the month. Violets are 

 improving, but they are still very soft 

 with little prospect of eastern ship- 

 ments starting much before the mid- 

 dle of October. A real scarcity of lily 

 of the valley was felt the past week. 

 Lilium speeiosum rubrum still appears 

 in great quantity and maintains its 

 popularity well. Roses show better 

 quality, but good stock is still rather 

 scarce. 



The daily market dur- 



ST. LOUIS ing the last week was 

 all that could be ex- 

 pected of it at this time of the year. 

 Business is reported poor in all parts 

 of the city by the retail florists. The 

 wholesale market is kept well supplied 

 with stock. Prices are low in all 

 grades. Roses are many. Carnations 

 are coming along fine and show marked 

 improvement, color, size and stems. 

 Lilies and lily of the valley sold well 

 all week. Asters are too many. Glad- 

 ioli and tuberoses are nearing their 

 end and dahlias, cosmos and chrysan- 

 themums are coming on. 



The general tone 

 WASHINGTON of business shows 



some little im- 

 provement over last week — in fact, bet- 

 ter this year than last. Many orders 

 for future dates have already been 

 placed and it is predicted that during 

 the coming season business will lie ex- 

 ceptionally good. There is still far 

 more stock to be had than the market 

 can possibly consume. Dahlias are mak- 

 ing their presence felt by reason of 

 the quantities in which they are re- 

 ceived, but it looks as though asters 

 were about on the wane and the ma- 

 jority of these flowers are IjoIow A1 

 quality. The dahlias themselves are 

 not of the best by reason of the earll- 

 ness of their season. Huge quantities 

 of all flowers daily go to the refuse 

 piles, even including roses which for 

 this season of the year are quite good. 

 American Beauty roses from the north 



PATRICK WELCH, WHOLESALE FLORIST 



262 DEVONSHIRE STREET, BOSTON, MASS. 



TKLKI'IIONB M.VIN J698 

 .Vinerlcan Beauties, OnliiiN. ViiUey, C'arnatlona. All the novelties li 

 Market funilftlied on sburi iiutit-e. l'rire« quoted on application, 

 accepted. Flowers shiiiped out of Bot>ton on t-urly trains. 



STORE OPEN FOR BUSINESS AT 6 A.M. 



1 the Cat Flower 

 No retail orders 



NEW YORK QUOTATIONS PER 100. To Dealers Only 



MISCELLANEOUS 



Cattleyaa 



Lilies, Lonffiflorum 



'* Rubrum 



Uly of the Valley 



Daises 



Snapdragon 



Gladioli 



Asters 



Sweet Peas 



Com Flower 



Gardenias 



Adiantum 



Smilax 



Asparaffua Plumosus, stnngs (per loo) 



" " & Spren (loo bunches). 



Ust Half ot Week 



ending Sept. 4 



1915 



First Half of Week 



beginning Sept. 6 



191S 



X2.00 



■50 



4.00 



15.00 



xo.oo 



8,00 



25.00 



3.00 



z.oo 

 2,00 



•50 

 •50 

 •25 



.10 

 12.00 



.50 

 4.00 



15.00 

 10.00 



30.00 



5.00 



2.00 



3.00 

 .50 



1.00 



2.QO 



1.00 



■15 



.25 



25.00 



■75 

 8.0a 

 30.00 

 ao.oo 



are quite in favor. Lily of the valley 

 are short in supply, yet there is no 

 lack. Carnations are again coming in 

 but with short stems and compara- 

 tively small flowers and no one seems 

 to want them. Early chrysanthemums 

 have made their appearance in small 

 quantities. 



VISITORS' REGISTER. 



Cleveland, O. — Michael Bloy, Detroit, 

 Mich. 



St. Louis, Mo.— J. Prost, city fores- 

 ter, Chicago. 



Colorado Springs, Colo.— Mr. and 

 Mrs. J. G. Hancock, Chicago. 



Boston — Carl Jurgens. Newport. R. 

 L; W. A. Manda. South Orange, N. J.; 

 P. R. Pierson, Tarrytown, N. Y.; A. E. 

 Thatcher, Bar Harbor, Me. 



Philadelphia — F. J. LeClair. repre- 

 senting Julius Roehrs Co., Rutherford, 

 N. J.; A. Langjahr, New York City; 

 James Brown, Coatesville, Pa.; W. J. 

 Stewart. Boston, .Mass.; Robert Pyle, 

 West Grove, Pa. 



Cincinnati — George Hampton. of 

 Jos. G. Neidinger Co.. Phila.; Milton 

 Alexander, representing Lion & Com- 

 pany, New York: S. Geller, Brooklyn. 

 N. Y.; Mrs. Wm. Gerlacli. Jr.. Piqua. 

 Ohio; W. C. Lawrence, Atlanta, Ga.; 

 J. G. Botkin. Urbana, Ohio; J. T. Hu- 

 degen, Aurora, Ind. 



Washington — William E. McKissick 

 and A. Niessen, Philadelphia; Robert 

 Schoch, representing M. Rice & Com- 

 pany, Philadelphia; A. J. Pykes, of the 

 Van l.indley Company. Greensboro. X. 

 C; Mrs. Pykes, and Charles Niemann, 

 of Vaughan's Seed Store. New York. 



BUSINESS TROUBLES. 

 The Santa Cruz Bulb and Plant Co., 

 Santa Cruz, Cal., is reported as being 

 embarrassed and its business is under 

 attachments from a number of cred- 

 itors. 



The Cowee gladiolus farm at Berlin, 

 N. Y., has been made use of for some 

 time past as a scenic setting for some 

 movie photo plays. No more beautiful 

 Betting cotild be Imagined for a rural 

 roman<e than the resplendent fields ot 

 blooming gladioli on the Cowee farm. 



COMING EVENTS. 



Shows. 



Boston, Sept. 11-12.— Dahlia and Fruit 

 E.\hililtion, Mass.Tchiisetts Horticultural 

 Suoit'ty. 



Providence, K. I., Sept. 16-lT.— September 

 Exhihition, Rhode Island Horticultural 

 .Sociel.v. Narragausctt Hotel, 



New Haven, Conn., Sept. 16-17.— Eighty- 

 third annual exhil)ition of the New Haven 

 Countv Horticultural Society to be held in 

 llarmonie Hall. W. C. Mcintosh, Sec., 925 

 Howard Ave., New Haven. 



Hartford, Conn., Sept. 23-23.- Annual 

 Dahlia exhibition of the Connecticut Hor- 

 ticultural Society, Unity Hall. Pratt St. 

 Alfred Dixon, Sec, Wethersfleld. 



I-ortland, Ore., Sept. 23-25.— Annual Show 

 of the Northwest National Dahlia Society. 



New Vork, N. Y., Sept. 24-2G. — American 

 Dahlia Society's first exhibition, Museum 

 of Natural History. 



Boston, Oct. 2-3.— October Show Massa- 

 chusetts Horticultural Society. 



Orange. N. J.. Oct. 4. — Tenth Annual 

 Dahlia, Fruit. Gladioli and Vegetable Show 

 of N. J. Floricultural Society. Geo. W. 

 Strange, Sec, W Jackson St. 



OvBter Bay. 1.,. I.. N. V.. Oct. 5-6.— Dahlia 

 Show of the Oyster Itay Hort. Society. 

 Chrysanlhemuiu Show. Nov. 2. Andrew R. 

 Kennedy, Westbury. L. I., secretary. 



Glen Cove. L. 1.. Oct. 7.— Dahlia Show of 

 Nassau Co. Hort. Soc Fall Show of Nas- 

 sau Co. Hort. Soc, Oct. 28 and 2!). 



Red Bank, N. J., Oct. 27-28.— Annual 

 Flower Show of the Monmouth County 

 Horticultural Society. H. A, Kettel, See., 

 I''air Haven, N. J. 



PouKhkeepsie, N. Y., Oct. 28-29.— Annual 

 flower show of Duchess County Horticul- 

 tural Society. N. Harold Cottam, Sec., 

 Wapplngers Falls. 



BoHton, Nov. 4. S, 6, 7.— Grand Autumn 

 Exhibition, Massachusetts Horticultural 

 society. 



New York, N. Y., Nov. 3, 4, 5.— Annual 

 Chrysanthemum Show of the American In- 

 stitute. Engineering Societies Building. 



.Morris Count.v, N. .1., Oct,. 28-20.- The 

 twentieth amiii.il flower show of the Gar- 

 deners and Fbirisis Society. Assemlily 

 Hall, Madison. .N. .1, lOilward Reagan, 

 secretary, Morrlstnwii, N, .T. 



Tarrytown, N. Y., Nov. 3-4-S.— Chrysan- 

 themum Show in the Music Hall, 



New York, N. Y.. Nov. 4-7.— Annual Au- 

 tumn exhibition of Hort. Soc. of New York, 

 Musi'um of Natural History. 



(lilcnKo. 111.. Nov. n-ll.— (Jrand Floral 

 I'.siival of the Chlcau" Florist's Club and 

 Horticultural Society of Chicago, to be 

 held in the C<dl8eum. 



Cleveland, O., Nov. 10-14.— Annual show 

 ami meeting »f Chrysanthemum Society of 

 America. In conjunction with the Cleve- 

 lanil Flower Show. Clias, W. Johnson, 

 Sec , 2220 Faimax Ave, Morgan I'ark, 111. 



Cleveland, O., Nov. 10-14. — Cleveland 

 Flower Show. The only show of national 

 scope in the Vnited Stales this fall. F. A. 

 Frieilley. Sec, 3.'i6 I-eader Ituilding. 



