October 23, 1915 



H RTI C U L T U E E 



551 



Flower Market Reports 



(Continued front pagr >jq 



cases difficulty has been experienced 

 in filling orders satisfactorily. How- 

 ever, crops are promising well and this 

 situation may not last many days. A 

 slight drop in quotations is imminent. 

 They are considerably higher now all 

 along the line than they were at this 

 date one year ago. 



This week witnessed 

 PITTSBURGH to any extent the 

 first falling of the 

 sear and yellow leaf. Owing to the ex- 

 ceptionally cool rainy summer and the 

 light character of the autumn frosts, 

 foliage until this time has seemed 

 more like that of early July. Business 

 is fair l)ut there is a shortage of stock. 

 There are still a few dahlias left, the 

 fancy varieties being the finest ever 

 seen in this section. Carnations are 

 not in full crop, but coming in as well 

 as to be expected so early in the sea- 

 fion. 



Flowers have 

 SAN FRANCISCO been more plen- 

 tiful the past 

 week and business was a little quieter 

 than it had been for some time, with 

 the result that stocks did not clean up 

 so closely from day to day. Chrysan- 

 themums are the principal feature. 

 They are at their height and excellent. 

 and the enormous quantities of them 

 being used is felt in some of the other 

 lines. At the same time roses are more 

 plentiful and better; carnations show 

 good quality, and violets are arriving 

 in ample supply. There are plenty of 

 most seasonable roses with the excep- 

 tion of Beauties and Cecile Bruner. 

 more of which could be used if avail- 

 able. Maryland. Killarney and Rich- 

 mond show good quality, but they do 

 not seem to move as readily as Hadley. 

 Ward, Ophelia, Russell and other 

 newer varieties. Shipping is better 

 than usual foi this time of the year, 

 this part of the business being helped 

 greatly by the improved refrigerator 

 car service. A good many dahlias and 

 gladioli- continue to arrive, but they 

 have lost some of their popularity in 

 face of the conu>etition with chrysan- 

 themums. There is no longer a cry of 

 orchid shortage. Cattleya labiata and 

 Mossiae are offered in abundance. 



Business has greatly 

 ST. LOUIS improved and so has 



the stock. There has 

 been no glut of any one flower, so we 

 can say supply is equal to demand. 

 Prices are a little stiff at present and 

 especially on early chrysanthemums, 

 but the trade wants them and pays the 

 price. These arc not as yet in an over 

 supply and will not be for some time 

 yet. 



I.ocal dealers gen- 

 WASHINGTON erally report busi- 

 ness as more favor- 

 able and at the wholesale houses the 

 verdict is "good." The variable weath- 

 er, is not conducive to the production 

 of good flowers and during the past 

 ten days florists have often had to be 

 content with what they could get. This 

 has been particularly true of carna- 

 tions which are not yet very plentiful. 

 Lily of the valley is often hard to ob- 

 tain for in this there is a real Short- 

 age. The shortage has caused an in- 



PATRICK WELCH, WHOLESALE FLORIST 



262 DEVONSHIRE STREET, BOSTON, MASS. 



TKI.KrilONK M.\IN 2G98 

 .Vinerlcan BeantieB, Orchids, Valle.v, Carnations. All the novelties In the Cut Flower 

 Market furul»<lie<l on short notice, rrices quoted on application. No retail orders 

 accepted. Flowers shipped out of Boston on early trains. 



STORE OPEN FOR BUSINESS AT 6 A.M. 



SEW YO RK QUOTATIONS PER 100 



MISCELLANEOUS 



To Dealers Only 



Catdaya»* • 



Dendrobrum f ormoaum 



LUie*, Lonffiflorum 



" Rubnun 



Lily of the Valley 



Daises 



Violete 



SnapdrasoD - ■ ■ • 



Chrysanthemums 



Sweet Peas 



Com Flower 



Gardenias 



Adiantum 



Sosilax ■ . . • 



Asparaffus Plumosus. stnogs (per loo) 



" " Sc Spren (too bunches) . 



Last Katf o1 Week 



ending Oct. 16 



1915 



15.00 



20.00 



4.00 



1. 00 



3.00 



.40 

 3.00 

 4.00 



.50 to 



8.00 



30.00 

 15.00 



30.00 

 25.00 



8.00 

 4.00 



5.00 

 .50 

 .50 



3.00 



20.00 



•as 

 25.00 



•75 

 10.00 

 40.00 

 20.00 



FIrjt Half of Weit 



lii{iiioiiigOct. IB 



1915 



X5.00 



ao.oo 

 4.00 

 1.00 

 3.00 



.35 

 2.00 

 4.00 



•SO 

 8.00 

 35.00 

 15.00 



35.00 



35.00 



6.00 



3.00 



3.00 



•SO 



.50 



3.00 



35.00 



25.00 



•7S 

 10.00 

 50.00 

 35.00 



crease in price and tlie best is now 

 bringing $5 per luindred. Tlie late com- 

 ing of tlie clirysantliemums lias caused 

 a sliortage of lilies. While the former 

 are in bloom it is the practice of the 

 growers of lilies to either discontinue 

 or curtail their supply. The call con- 

 tinued much later this year than usual 

 and the stoclcs were soon nearly ex- 

 hausted. Calendulas made their ap- 

 pearance last week. The cattleya glut 

 is over and those fiowers tliat are le- 

 ing received meet witli a more ready 

 sale now that the social season has 

 opened. Roses are more plentiful and 

 in oetter quality. American lieautv 

 roses show a marked improvement. 



DURING RECESS. 

 On Friday evening, October 22, tlie 

 R. and J. Farquhar Co. Nursery em- 

 ployees hold a social and dance at 

 Memorial Hall, Dedham, Mass., from 

 eight until twelve o'clock. The com- 

 mittee consists of Messrs. W. E. Gor- 

 don, R. Laurie, P. Fordom, R. G. 

 Walsh, J. H. Scanlan. .1. D. Cody, H. 

 W. Steele and .1. Traquair. 



The Boston Florists' Bowling 

 League scores on Thursday evening, 

 Oct. 14, were as follows: 



Flower Market, 12:S" vs. Carboiie, 121" 



Flower Exohango, 12.S2 vs. Robinson, 121:! 



ZInn, 12:t-> vs. M. & M. llOfl 



Piinsles, 121S vs. (;alvlii, lliMI 



Neil Ciisey lilgli man wltli 2SS. 



STANDI .NO TO D.\TE. 



Won Lost 



I'lower Marliet f. 2 



<;alvin (i 2 



I'arbone 5 ;i 



I'angles r> 3 



Flower Exchange 4 4 



/.Inn 4 4 



Itoblnson 1 7 



M. & M 1 7 



BUSINESS TROUBLES. 



New York City.- A petition in bank- 

 rupt, y has been filed against Julius O. 

 and .1. Frederick llanft. composing the 

 firm of Man ft Brothers, florists, at 684 

 Madison avenue, by these creditors: 

 Nev.' York Cut Flower Company, ?2,00it, 

 and Joseph J. Levy, $447. The busi- 

 ness is one of the oldest in the city, 

 liavlng been established in 18.50. and 

 the present partners succeeded to it 

 in 1893. They catered to a society 

 trade. Assets are estimated at $:!,00(). 



VISITORS' REGISTER. 



Pittsburgh, Pa. — J. Smith, represent- 

 ing W. J. Boas, Phila. 



BiilTalo — E. J. Fancourt. re|)resent- 

 ing S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co.. Phila- 

 delphia. 



New Y o r k — Joseph Koppelman. 

 Providence, R. I.: L. J. Renter, West- 

 erly, R. I. 



Cincinnati — J. N. Crismore, Chicago, 

 111.; J. P. Keller, Lexington, Ky.; J. 

 T. Nicks. Cleveland, Ohio; Mr. and 

 Mrs. C. E. Ruch, Richmond, Ind. 



Boston — Stephen Green, represent- 

 ing H. Bayersdorfer & Co., Phila., Pa.: 

 Robert Shoch. representing M. Rice 

 Co., Phila.; L. C. Vinson, on publicity 

 work for the Cleveland Flower Show. 



Philadelphia — John Walker and 

 wife. Youngstown, 0.; Arthur E. Hol- 

 land, representing R. & J. Farquhar & 

 Co., Boston, Mass.; George W. Smith, 

 mgr. Cleveland Florists' Exchange, 

 Cleveland, O. ; Geo. Asmus, Chicago; 

 P. Welch, Boston; John Young, New 

 York, N. Y.; W. F. Kasting. Buffalo, 

 N. Y. 



Washington — Henry Eichholz. 

 Waynesboro. Pa.; T. A. Bell, of Ham- 

 lick & Co.. Phila.: C. W. Ward, Eure- 

 ka. Cal.; P. Craig, Phila.; S. H. Bayeis- 

 dorfer, Phila.; Joseph 1. Adler, Chi- 

 cago, 111.; Charles E. Meehan, Phila.; 

 Charles D. Ball, Holmesburg, Pa.; Jo- 

 seph Goudy, representing H. A. Dreer. 

 Phila. 



Chicago — E, S. Thompson of the Cen- 

 tral Seed & Bull) Co., Benton Harbor, 

 Mich.; D. Commondrus of the Golden 

 Rule Flower Department, St. Paul, 

 Minn.; Martin Reukauf, representing 

 H. Bayersdorfer & Co., Phila.: Geo. 

 Pandell. Fort Wayne, Ind.: E. G. Hill 

 Richmond. Ind.; C. P. Brunner, 

 Springfield. 0.; Walter Gray, Hamil- 

 ton, O. : Fred Rupp. Lawrenceburg, 

 Ind.; Frank Smith of Smith & Fetters, 

 Cleveland, O.: J. J. Karlna, represent- 

 ing H. A. Dreer, Phila.; Thomas 

 Knight, New York City, 



Natural Green Sheet Moss 

 Dyed Green Sheet Moss. 



Delivered by Ejcpre** 



$1.7$ 

 1.00 



Southern Wild SmIlax 



KNUD NIfLLSEN 



Ev*r(re«n, Ala. 



