;September 25, 1915 



HORTICULTURE 



423 



Flower Market Reports 



(Continued from page 42t) 



coming in, aside from chrysanthe- 

 mums, of which there is now consider- 

 able variety, yellow predominating. 

 Shipments to state points are increas- 

 ing rapidly. I)ut the heavy movement 

 will not start till next month. Rosts 

 show little improvement. The best of 

 the daily cut is spoken for in advance, 

 and everything cleans up early in the 

 day. The carnation market is still un- 

 satisfactory, with very little stock and 

 most of that poor. Good violets still 

 command high prices, and it will be 

 several weeks before much stock will 

 appear. Asters are scarce and poor, 

 and a week or so more will finish 

 them. There are still a good many sun- 

 flowers, marigolds, gypsophilas. scabi- 

 osas. etc.. but not so much as a few 

 weeks ago. A few soattered lots of 

 gladioli are still coming in. Dahlias 

 are offered in abundance, the average 

 quality good. Lilies, except cold stor- 

 age stock, are about gone. There is 

 all the amaryllis the market will ab- 

 sorb. The cut of gardenias is improv- 

 ing a little both in qualit.v and (juaii- 

 tity and finds a very good demand. 

 Orchids are extremely scarce: there is 

 practically nothing beyond an occa- 

 sional spray of phalaenopsis. though 

 a fine cut of cattleyas is expected with- 

 in a few weeks. Some very fine cycla- 

 men plants are coming on, but so far 

 no great number have been brought to 

 market. Greens are in strong demand. 

 There is ])lenty of Asparagus plumosus, 

 huckleberry is largely used, and some 

 fine varieties of eucalyptus are receiv- 

 ing attentifin. 



During the last week 

 ST. LOUIS this market was de- 

 moralized : there was 

 so much stock coming in and the de- 

 mand being so slow that the bulk of 

 the consignments were dumped or 

 sold at so low a price that it about 

 paid express charges to outside con- 

 signors. There is entirely too much 

 second-grade stock coming in. while 

 the extra fancy grades are very scarce 

 at present. 



A change in the 

 WASHINGTON temperature seems 



to bid well for an 

 increased business during this week. 

 Last week showed something of an 

 improvement with some few society 

 events calling for decorations. The 

 aster season is about over and the 

 continued hot weather has had its 

 effect upon dahlias. Chrysanthemums 

 are coming in increased quantities and 

 Golden Glow, with heavy heads and 

 fairly long stems, are being offered. 

 Gladioli are slowly leaving the market. 

 In carnations an improven-ent is note! 

 in the varieties now to be had and they 

 are very good considering the season. 

 Lily of the valley is selling better and 

 the sHi)ply has increased slightly. 

 Lilies are less jilentiful and falling oft 

 in demand. Orchids are again to be 

 had in small (luantities. 



Waltham. Mass. — Peirce Brothers do- 

 nated .'j.OOO roses last week to be sold 

 on Thursday afternoon and evening in 

 the lobbies of the theatres and other 

 public places for the benefit of the 

 G. A. R. encampment. 



PATRICK WELCH, WHOLESALE FLORIST 



262 DEVONSHIRE STREET, BOSTON, MASS. 



TEX,KPHONK M.\IN I6»8 

 ,Unerlcan Beantles, Orchids, Valley, Camationa. All the novelUe* In the Cat Flowv 

 Market funilftbed on short notice. Prices quoted on application. No retail ord«r« 

 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 



Last Half of Week 



ending Sept. 18 



191S 



First Half of Wiik 



beginning Sept. 20 



19ti 



C«ttleyas ■■ io.o« 



Dendrobhim formosum ** ' ao.o 



Lilies, Looffiflonim • 



Rubrum ■ 



Lily of the V&lley 



Daises 



VioleU 



Snapdragon 



Gladioli 



Asters 



Chrysanthemums 



Sweet Peas 



Com Flower 



Gardenias 



Adiantum - 



Smilax 



Asparagus Plumosus, stnngs (per loo) 



** '* & Sproi (loo bunches) • 



a. GO 

 i.oo 



2.00 



35.00 



25.00 



4.00 



2.00 



3.00 



0.00 

 •so 



15.00 

 XO.00 



12.C0 



•75 

 10.00 

 30.00 

 ao.oo 



10.00 



20.00 

 4. CO 

 2.00 

 2.00 



•50 



•50 



•50 



6.00 



5.00 



.50 



15.00 

 XO.00 



35.00 



25.00 



5.00 



3.00 



3.00 



•50 



1.00 

 3.00 

 1.00 

 8.00 



•»5 

 s6.oo 



•75 

 10.00 

 30.00 

 90.00 



OBITUARY. 



Mrs. Harry Krider. 



Mrs. Harry Krider, better known 

 perhaps to the New York trade under 

 her maiden name of Miss Smedley 

 died on September 10. of lieart failure. 

 As bookkeeper and cashier for J. K. 

 Allen for a number of years previous 

 to her marriage. Miss Smedley was de- 

 servedly popular with the trade be- 

 cause of her fidelity and agreeable per- 

 sonality. 



Mrs. Johanna Barth. 



Mrs. Johanna Barth. who for the 

 past fifty-two years had conducted a 

 flower shop at the entrance to the Mt. 

 Olivet Cemetery in Bloomfield, N. J., 

 died on September 11, at her home, 38 

 Division place, from a complication of 

 ailments. She was the widow of Mi- 

 chael Barth and was seventy-four years 

 old. Surviving her are four sons and 

 two daughters. 



Charles F. Hoffmeister. 

 Chas. F. Hoffmeister died at his 

 home on Se))tember IT, after an ill- 

 ness that lasted for some months. He 

 was in his .'iBth year. Mr. Hoffmeister 

 had been connected with the florist 

 business in Cincinnati. Ohio, for more 

 than a score of years. First he was 

 in the employ of his brother and sis- 

 ters in the Hoffmeister Floral Co., and 

 later had his own l)usiness in a retail 

 store and later had a greenhouse plant 

 of his own at Ft. Thomas. Ky. His 

 wife, a daughter. Miss Marie \. Hoff- 

 meister, and two sons. Chas H. and 

 Otto H. survive him. 



Alvin Burrows. 

 While swimming in the Eastern 

 Uranch. near the Anacostia Bridge. 

 Washington. D. C. last week. Alvin 

 Burrows. 20 years of age. of 1915 

 Clood Hope Road. Anacostia. lost his 

 life and nearly carried a companion. 

 .Vorman Padgett, with him. These two 

 and Clifton J. Smith all reside at the 

 Good Hope Road address. Burrows 

 was an employee of Fred H. Kramer, 

 Padgett was emijioyed at the Gude 

 Bros, greenhouses, while Smith works 

 at the steel plant. Burrows was seized 

 with cramps and Padgett went to his 



rescue but was borne down by the 

 drowning man. Smith soon arrived 

 where the two youths were fighting 

 for their lives and separating them 

 towed Padgett to safety and then went 

 back after Burrows but he could do 

 nothing and the body was found later 

 on at the foot of Eleventli street. Bur- 

 rows was very popular among the 

 younger employees of the various 

 Anacostia greenhouses and was held 

 in high esteem by his employers. 



F. W. Harvey. 



It is with great regret that we learn 

 of the sudden death, following an op- 

 eration, of Mr. F. W. Harvey, the 

 editor of our contemporary. The 

 Garden. Mr. Harvey had been suffer- 

 ing from an abscess on the brain, for 

 which he underwent an operation. He 

 was removed to the London Temper- 

 ance Hospital on the 23rd ult.. but 

 succumbed early in the morning of 

 the 31st. Early in life Mr. Harvey en- 

 gaged in the business of market 

 gardening, and later studied horticul- 

 ture at the County School of Horticul- 

 ture, Chelmsford, under Mr. C. Wakely. 

 He was afterwards a member of the 

 garden staff at Kew. w-here he re- 

 mained until 190.T, leaving to take up 

 the position of sub-editor of The 

 Gardener, under Mr. W. P. Wright, 

 who was at that time editor. Here he 

 stayed for about three years, and left 

 to take up a similar position on The 

 Garden, under the late E. T. Cook. He 

 made the best use of the experience 

 thus gained, and when, about four 

 years ago, Mr. Cook left for .\merica. 

 Mr. Harvey was able to take up the 

 position of editor thus vacated. Under 

 his editorship The Garden has more 

 than maintained its standard, and his 

 loss will be deeply felt by the staff, 

 with whom he worked in amity and 

 harmony. .Mthough his duties were 

 onerous. Mr. Harvey found time to In- 

 terest himself in matters connected 

 with horticulture. He was chairman 

 of the Sweet Pea Society in 191-1, a 

 member of the Floral Committee of 

 the R. H. S.. and a member of the 

 Co\incil of the National Rose Society. 

 Mr. Harvey leaves a widow and one 



son. - Thr I'liiril' nrrt' I'hioniilc. 



