October 9, 1915 



HOETICULTURE 



487 



Flower Market Reports 



(Continued from page vSi") 



these are being moved daily. The 

 early yellow and white chrysanthe- 

 mums are more plentiful and have 

 been supplemented by a good pink va- 

 riety, Uiiaka. the past few days. Or- 

 chids plentiful and draggy. Gardenias 

 scarce — in fact the old-timers say they 

 have never seen them so scarce at 

 this time of year as they are now. 



The demand for 

 SAN FRANCISCO flowers seemed 

 to drop off a 

 little here the past week without any 

 apparent cause, unless it was a natural 

 lull after the several weeks of activity 

 in connection with special events of 

 one kind and another, which took a 

 good many flowers. Even with the 

 slight falling off in demand there was 

 no surplus of stock, however, as 

 several varieties of flowers which have 

 been very plentiful are going off crop, 

 without enough new stock as yet to 

 take their places. Asters are about 

 out, dahlias are beginning to wane, 

 and gladioli are getting rather scarce. 

 The latter are in excellent demand 

 and fine stock brings high prices. 

 Violets go the rounds a little better 

 now, but the quality is still not up to 

 standard, a little rain and cool weather 

 being needed to bring them to their 

 best. A few are being shipped and a 

 good many are being taken by the 

 street venders. Chrysanthemums aro 

 coming in freely and good stock finds 

 a ready outlet. Three or four varie- 

 ties of pink are in ample supply with 

 a very good demand, and there is 

 plenty of yellow, but more white could 

 be sold if available. The small out- 

 door Chinese chrysanthemums are 

 quite popular. Roses are getting bet- 

 ter every day, but there is still room 

 for improvement in both quantity and 

 quality. In view of the very light 

 supply, everything sells and prices are 

 well maintained. Orchids continue 

 very scarce which helps to clean up 

 gardenias very readily although the 

 latter are in better supply. More good 

 carnations could be sold. There is a 

 good supply of greens, balanced by a 

 good demand. 



Stock of all kinds is 

 ST. LOUIS not in so great abun- 

 dance as it has been 

 and the demand has been much better 

 of late and prices have stiffened some. 

 A great crop of chrysanthemums is 

 looked for from local growers this 

 season and already the consignments 

 are quite heavy. The best roses 

 have gone up a few cents, but the 

 ordinary are still low. Carnations too 

 slow, good blooms, but the most of 

 them are short stems. Violets are 

 looking better, the cooler weatlier has 

 toned them up in color. There is 

 still plenty of cosmos, gladioli, tube- 

 roses, asters and dahlias coming from 

 our local growers and seem to have a 

 fairly good demand. 



The cool weather 

 WASHINGTON has brought a 

 marked improve- 

 ment to the cut flower market. There 

 are a sufficient number of white roses 

 to go the rounds, this is only made pos- 

 sible by the influx of white asters from 

 the north. Local asters and gladioli 



PATRICK WELCH, WHOLESALE FLORIST 



262 DEVONSHIRE STREET, BOSTON, MASS. 



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 ^Unerlcan Beantles, Orchids, Valley, Carnatlona. All the novelties In the Cnt Flower 

 Market rurnlsliei) on short notice. Prices quoted on application. No retail orders 

 accepted. Flowers shipped out of Koston «n etirly trains. 



STORE OPEN FOR BUSINESS AT 6 A. M. 



NEW YORK QUOTATIONS PER 100. To DealereOnly^ 



MISCELLANEOUS 



Cattleyas 



Dendrobium formosum 

 Lilie*. LoDfriflorum 



" Rubnun 

 Uly of the Valley 

 Daisea 

 Vtoleta 

 Snapdragon 

 Gladioli 

 Astera 



Chrysanthemums 

 Sweet Peas 

 Com Flower 

 Gardenias 

 Adiantum 



Smilax 



Aaparaarua Plumosus. stnngs (per lOo) 



" *' & Spren (loo bunches) 



Last Half of Week 



ending Oct. 2 



1915 



First Half of Wiifc 



betianiis Oct. 4j 



1915 



THE VINCENT DAHLIA SHOW. 



View showing the arrangement o£ Dahlias at the annual exhibition in White M:irsh, 



Md., last week. 



are off the market. Carnations are 

 bringing |2 per hundred with a slight- 

 ly higher ])rice for selects. Of dahlias 

 some excellent stock is now finding its 

 way into the market and is meeting 

 with a good demand at moderate 

 prices. Cattleya labiata and spray 

 orchids are very plentiful and there 

 has been a slump in their movement 

 causing a drop in the price. Chrysan- 

 themums have improved wonderfully 

 and are now moving nicely. American 

 Beauty roses are good. 



PERSONAL. 

 David Crawford, formerly gardener 

 for J. W. Pybus, Pittsfleld, Mass., has 

 accepted a position with James Fraser, 

 Morristown, N. J. 



S. J. Renter of Westerly. R. I., was 

 remembered by the good wishes of 

 many friends on Thursday, October 7. 

 whicli was his sixty-fourth birthday 

 anniversary. Mr. Renter's health has 

 improved much this summer and we 

 hope he may see many more returns 

 of the day. 



DURING RECESS. 

 Boston — The bowling enthusiasts of 

 this neighborhood have got together in 

 promising shape and have organized a 

 florists' bowling league. There are 

 eight teams of five men each, and they 

 started business on Thursday evening. 

 Oct. 7, in the following order, at the 

 Boston alleys on Arch street and will 

 continue the series every Thursday 

 evening throughout the season.: 



Teams. 



Carbone vs. Florists' Exchange. 

 Flower Market vs. Robinson. 

 Zinn vs. Galvin. 

 Comley & Rosenthal vs. Wax. 



The tickets are out for the annual 

 social and dance of Farquhar's Nur- 

 sery Employees, which will take place 

 in Memorial Hall, Dedham, Mass., Fri- 

 day evening, October 22. 



Greensboro, N. C— S. N. Griffith, 

 formerly of the Greensboro Floral Co., 

 is now associated with the Jennings- 

 Floral Co., McAdoo Hotel building. 



