January 25, 1919 



HORTICULTURE 



91 



Flower Market Reports WHOLBSALB FLOWERMMARKm 



TRADE PRICES -Par 100 



TO DEALERS ONLY 



There is hardly any 

 BOSTON noticeable change in the 



market conditions for 

 the past week. Stock still continues 

 scarce in some of the items listed 

 while the demand is more than enough 

 to clean up almost daily. Carnations 

 are being received in greater quan- 

 tity but not enough to affect quota- 

 tions. Roses are of excellent quality 

 even the shorts showing up well. 

 Paper white narcissus and snapdragon 

 clean up almost as rapidly as ship- 

 ments are received. The shortage of 

 lilies is the most disturbing feature 

 and many orders are received which 

 are impossible to fill. Violets have 

 increased in volume and move slowly. 

 The business situation is good, how- 

 ever, and wholesalers as a rule are ap- 

 parently satisfied. 



January so far has been 

 CHICAGO noted for high tempera- 

 ture with the exception 

 of a very few days. At this writ- 

 ing the thermometer registers in the 

 fifties by day and is above freezing 

 all night, a condition which is bound 

 to influence the production of stock. 

 There are more carnations coming 

 into the market but the out of town 

 trade calls for so many that some 

 houses are still cutting down their or- 

 ders for these flowers. Roses are none 

 too many to go round. Violets are 

 feeling the effect of the warm winter 

 and orchids are more plentiful than 

 earlier in the season. There is a good 

 demand for all kinds of stock, includ- 

 ing freesia, lilies, calendulas, snap- 

 dragon, etc. Green is much in de- 

 mand and the supply is none too large. 



Business continues 

 CLEVELAND brisk with supply 



about equal to de- 

 mand. Liberal quantities of carna- 

 tions reached the market, but, al- 

 though the demand would not absorb 

 them at the beginning, they cleaned 

 up at the close of business Saturday. 

 Roses are still rather light, there not 

 being sufficient to meet the call. Such 

 leading sorts as Ophelia, Shawyer, 

 Russell and Ward appear to be tem- 

 porarily off crop. Paper whites and 

 freesias are abundant. Sweet peas 

 are coming in very slowly. Easter 

 lilies are again numbered among the 

 short items. A few tulips are coming 

 in, but not in sufficient quantities to 

 cut any figure. Such miscellaneous 

 stock as mignonette, calendulas, myo- 

 sotis and snapdragons may be had in 

 limited amounts. Violets are moving 

 slowly, which is somewhat attributa- 

 ble to their poor quality, caused by se- 



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Am, Beauty, Special 



" " Fancy and Extra 



" " No. i and culls 



Russell 



Hartley 



Euler, Mock 



Arenberg, Hcosier Beauty 



Ward, Hillingdon 



Killarney . Key. Taft 



Ophelia. Sunburst 



Carnations 



C.ttley as 



Lilies, Lc-n&iflonim 



Liliet. Speciosnm 



Lily of to . V .lie T 



Snapdragon 



Violet. 



Stevia 



C.lsmsVula 



SweetPeaa* 



Gardanta. 



Adiaatrum 



Smilaz ■ 



Asparacus Plu. * Spren. (icoBhs.) 



CINCINNATI 



Jan. ac 



CHICAGO 



Jan 13 



50.00 



30.00 



8.00 



15.00 



15.00 



15. ao 



10.00 



8.00 



8.00 



8.00 



4.00 



60.00 



11. Co 

 1.00 



400 

 1.50 



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ao.oo 

 35. 00 



73.00 

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 33.00 

 30.00 



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8.00 

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SO. CO 



8.00 



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1.50 



5.00 



a. 00 



1.30 



35.00 

 50.00 



sa.oo 

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 15.00 

 6.00 

 15.00 

 15.0a 

 8.00 

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 5.00 

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3. OO 

 73.00 

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6.00 



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3.00 



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 33.00 

 35.00 



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13. OO 

 30.00 

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10 4.00 

 to 100.00 

 to so. 00 

 to 



to 



10 



8.00 



20.00 



3.00 



3.00 



5.00 



3.00 

 50.00 



1.50 



35.00 



75.00 



BUFFALO 



Jan. ao 



60.00 

 35.00 

 5.0c 

 8.0c 

 i.oo 

 6. co 

 6.00 

 6.00 

 6.00 

 6.00 

 4-ao 



60.00 to 

 15.00 



8.00 



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 6.co to 

 1.00 to 

 to 



4.00 



3.00 

 30.00 

 1.35 



30.00 



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75.00 



50.00 

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 so.oc 

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 is .00 

 10.00 

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 15.00 



15.00 



7.0c 



75.00 



30.00 

 IO.OO 

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4.00 

 4.CO 

 3S.OO 

 2.50 

 95.00 

 50.00 



600 to 



6.00 to 



6.00 to 



4.00 to 



50.00 to 



•0.00 tc 



15.00 



15.00 

 15.00 



6.00 



60,00 

 35.0c 



40.00 to 60.00 



rious delays in transit. Local greens, 

 including adiantum, are pretty well 

 cut out. In retail circles trade was 

 largely sustained last week by funeral 

 work, among which were several cas- 

 ket covers of orchids. There were 

 also a number of wedding decorations. 

 The mild weather is serving to make 

 corsages more popular, a fact attested 

 to by the increased demand for small 

 roses and lily of the valley. 



Business is holding 

 CINCINNATI up enough to keep 

 the market cleared 

 of stock fairly well. The supply is 

 about the same as it was last week. 

 and the demand from out of town is 

 heavy. Roses are somewhat short and 

 sell readily. Carnations are cleaning 

 up from day to day, the supply having 

 shortened. A good cut of Easter lilies 

 is coming into the market and rubrun 

 and calla lilies are available. To the 

 list of bulbous offerings which up to 

 this time included paper white nar- 

 cissus and freesia, have been added 

 Dutch hyacinths and yellow narcissus. 

 Sweet peas are meeting with a big 

 demand. Snapdragon sells well. Other 

 offerings are stevia, single violets, lily 

 of the valley, orchids, forget-me-not. 

 wallflower, baby primrose and calen- 

 dula. 



The market has stiff- 

 NEW YORK ened up again after 



a brief space of weak- 

 ness in some things last week. The 

 rose supply is light throughout the 

 list and they clean up well, particu- 

 larly pink and white, and the princi- 

 pal call is for funeral work. Carna- 

 tions are maintaining their price re- 

 markably well. Paper whites are in 

 larger supply and sell moderately 

 well at present figures. Lilies, both 

 pink and white, are in fair demand, 

 accumulations occurring only once in 

 a while. Other bulbous stock is grad- 



ually increasing but so far there is no 

 difficulty disposing of it at good 

 prices. Some very fine iris has been 

 offered and taken at as high as $6.00 

 and $7.50 per dozen. Lily of the val- 

 ley is not plentiful and moves slowly. 

 Supply and demand are about equal 

 so far as cattleyas are concerned. 



Flowers have 



ROCHESTER, N. Y. become more 

 plentiful. 

 Roses are of good quality and include 

 some especially fine Ophelia and 

 Columbia. The sunshire has brought 

 on a quantity of freesias, paper white 

 narcissi, jonquils and roman hyacinths. 

 The supply of carnations has im- 

 proved. Callas and lilies are in fair 

 supply. Violets are not selling very 

 good and prices are lower. Greens 

 are all fairly plentiful with the excep- 

 tion of smilax which is off crop. 



Business continues to 



ST. LOUIS be fairly good and 



prices are holding 



well. Both carnations and roses are 



in good supply and violets and sweet 



peas have a steady demand. 



Business continues 



WASHINGTON good, with prices 

 showing little re- 

 duction. Funeral work is slackening 

 up with the decrease of influenza. 

 There are not enough flowers of any 

 variety to fill all orders. The dark 

 and rainy days of last week had their 

 effect on roses in particular, and 

 sweet pea buds dropped off in alarm- 

 ing numbers. Orchids have been 

 plentiful. There is litle demand for 

 lily of the valley because of its high 

 price. 



BUSINESS TROUBLES. 

 Chicago, III.— Irene Williams, trad- 

 ing as the Atlas Flower Shop, filed a 

 voluntary petition in bankruptcy Janu- 

 ary 9th. The liabilities are scheduled 

 as $8,282.40, assets $618. 



