November 6, 1915 



H'ORT I CULTURE 



615 



Flower Market Reports 



(ContiHUid froni f'age .!>/_, 



fragrant. Sweet JMarie is especially 

 notable in that connection. They say 

 the ladies like a bunch of these for 

 corsage wear as well as they do a 

 bunch of cattleyas. Gardenias contin- 

 ue scarce. They say they dropped 

 their buds in September, which ac- 

 counts for the scarcity. We fancy 

 there's another reason — too many 

 grown in recent years and the result 

 was "a lemon." Now the pendulum 

 has swung to the other extreme. The 

 best of the chrysanthemums now ar- 

 riving are Razer, Enguehart. McNeice 

 and Chieftain; a few good Bonnaffon 

 also which is unusually early for that 

 fine variety. There is an orange yel- 

 low one called Strafford that is in great 

 vogue. It is only medium size but a 

 great handler and keeper. Calendula 

 and mignonette are among the new 

 minor items that have made their ad- 

 vent; also a few cypripediums. Or- 

 chids generally are not so redundant 

 as they were and better prices are be- 

 ing realized. 



The bright sunny 



PITTSBURGH days are produclns 

 quantities of flow- 

 ers of practically all kinds, the market 

 value still remaining about the same 

 for all. However, the legitimate trade 

 is feeling the effect of the market gar- 

 deners, who are disposing of their 

 chrysanthemums and other blooms at 

 less than the wholesale prices. There 

 are plenty of home-grown lilies and 

 roses and fine fancy dahlias continue 

 to come in from the New Jersey pro- 

 ducers. Hallowe'en was never as gen- 

 erally and elaborately observed as this 

 year, and consequently brought large 

 compensation to the dispensers of 

 Southern smilax. and artificial autumn 

 leaves. 



The continua- 



SAN FRANCISCO tion of s u m- 

 m e r y weather 

 is held responsible for the increased 

 supplies of flowers which have been 

 arriving the past week, also for the 

 slight falling off in retail business. 

 Everybody who can possibly do so is 

 off for the exposition now that the 

 close is drawing near and rain can be 

 expected any day. The abundance of 

 chrysanthemums overshadows every- 

 thing else in the market and they have 

 not been cleaning up so well the last 

 few days as they did previously, al- 

 though the quality is fully as good as 

 earlier in the season, and new varie- 

 ties continue to arrive. The only 

 ground for complaint is the oversup- 

 ply. Quantities are now being shipped 

 and effort is being made to stimulate 

 this demand in order to relieve the 

 local market. Pompons are still of- 

 fered freely, both cut and potted. As 

 other potted plants are rather scarce, 

 these are meeting with considerable 

 popularity. Dahlias are holding out 

 remarkably well, and for this late In 

 the year show very good quality. 

 There is no longer a cry of shortage of 

 roses, with the exception possibly of 

 Cecile Bruner, which has a big call 

 both locally and for shipping. A good 

 many violets are being shi|iped also. 

 There are plenty orchids for all re- 

 quirements, and the demand is fairly 

 good. A few callas made their appear- 



PATRICK WELCH, WHOLESALE FLORIST 



262 DEVONSHIRE STREET, BOSTON, MASS. 



TELEPHONE MAIN 2008 

 American Beauties, Orrlilds, Valley, CarnatioDii. All the novelties In the Cot Flower 

 Market furiiisbed on Hliort notice. Prices quoted on application. No retail order* 

 accepted. Plowers sliipped out of Boston on early trains. 



STORE OPEN FOR BUSINESS AT 6 A. M. 



J«EW YORK QUOTATIO NS PER 100 



MISCELLANEOUS 



Cattleya»* 



Dendrobrum formosum 



Lilies, LoDffiflorum 



Rubrum 



Lily of the VaUey 



Daiies 



VioletB 



Snap<lr»goii • 



Chrysanthemums 



Sweet Peas 



Com Flower 



Gardenias 



Adiantum 



Smilax • 



Aapara«ua Plumoeiu, stnngs (per loo) 



" '* & Spreo (loo bunches). 



What Have You to Offer for Coming Season ? 



I have an unlimited marltet for any variety of flowers, in any iiuantily. Prompt re- 

 turns of sales on consigned goods. Ready casli when due. A clean record of twenty- 

 eight years in the Cut Flower Commission Business. 



Write for information or call and talli it over. 



118 AVest 28th Stree* 



Telephone 

 107 £i4>4'6SMad. Sq. 



J. K. ALLEN 



NE'W YOR.K 



ance the past week, but the quantity 

 was too limited for them to be mucli 

 of a feature. 



The commission men 

 ST. LOUIS say the market was all 

 that could be expected 

 the last week, but are looking for a 

 greatly increased supply this week 

 owing to the very warm weather which 

 is bringing out the stuff in big lots. 

 The increased supply of chrysanthe- 

 mums has caused the downfall of 

 roses and carnations and the market 

 is crowded up with these. Other flow- 

 ers are all in plenty and trade is very 

 light. 



The glut of chrys- 



WASHINGTON anthemums which 

 now prevails has 

 worked havoc with the flower market 

 generally and all other stock Is in 

 over supply. There are fewer local 

 roses coming in, but there are more 

 than enough roses to fill all demands. 

 Lily of the valley and longiflorum 

 lilies are no longer reported as scarce. 

 The warm weather has prevented a 

 ready movement of single violets, 

 which are now coming in fine shape, 



as well as of the doubles which made 

 their appearance last week. Sweet 

 peas are again to he had and there is 

 a small offering of yellow daisies. 

 Orchids are no longer in oversupply 

 and sold well during the week. Up to 

 this time tlie frost has not been severe 

 enough to clear the market of out- 

 door flowers and these are quite a fac- 

 tor in the day's business. Plenty of 

 carnations are now to be had. Amer- 

 ican Beauty roses are selling better. 

 Some very fine snapdragon was of- 

 fered during the week. 



RCED ®L KELLER 



122 West 25tli St.. New Yorlt 



Florists' Supplies 



A\ I' iniinnrHrtnrr nil (Mir 



iital Disigns, Baskets, Win Wark &Noveltiis 



;i till ;irr il(':iliTS III 



Decorative (tlaNHwnre. (i rowers anti 



FlorlHtH* R«iulHlr«'H 



Natural Green Sheet Moss ... $1,7 5 

 Dyed Green Sheet Moss 3.00 



Delivered by &xpre*« 



Southern Wild Smilax 



HjNUD NIELSEN 



Ev«rcr««n, Ala. 



BELGIAN ENTERPRISE. 

 McHutchison k Co. received from 

 Belgium last week 458 packages of 

 azaleas, etc., per steamers Ryndam 

 and Oosterdyk. This week they re- 

 ceived 666 packages more per S. S. 

 .Martensdyk and Rotterdam. This list 

 excludes shipments of Holland origin. 

 Considering the position of the Bel- 

 gian growers, the difficulties of getting 

 permits to ship — first from the British 

 and then from the German authori- 

 ties, the problem of getting transpor- 

 tation, etc., the Belgian growers cer- 

 tainly deserve great credit for their 

 energy and resourcefulness. 



Philadelphia — There are said to be 

 twenty two applicants for the position 

 of landscape .sardener for Fairmount 

 Park to succeed the late Oglesby Paul. 

 Most of them are high-class men and 

 eminently fitted to fill the position. 

 Consequently it will jirobably turn on 

 a matter of either lamily or political 

 influence or both, so that merit need 

 not feel bad if it does not happen to 

 have enough of these two important 

 ingredients to land on top. Merit may 

 perhaps not have been clever enough 

 to choo.'-e its own grandfather. 



