March 15, 1919 



HORTICULTUHE 





Flower Market Reports 



Even though Lent is here 

 BOSTON and the market supplied 

 with an abundance of 

 flowers business holds up well. Roses 

 are exceptionally good and carnations 

 look stronger and brighter. Lily of 

 the valley is also improving while 

 lilies still remain somewhat scarce. 

 Violets move slowly but sweet peas 

 find a ready market. Bulbous stock 

 is still somewhat scarce but the 

 ■whole situation is healthy and the in- 

 creased supply is soon absorbed with- 

 out any tendency of a break in the 

 prevailing quotations. 



The amount of stock 

 CHICAGO coming into this market 

 is on the increase. Fa- 

 vorable weather is doing its part in 

 bringing out the roses and the coun- 

 ters are holding a tempting variety 

 this week, which includes everything 

 from the miniature rose to the fancy 

 American Beauty. There is a good 

 supply also of sweet peas and some 

 very choice ones are to be had, as well 

 as plenty of the more common varie- 

 ties. Calendulas are apparently as 

 popular as ever, the demand holding 

 steadr and quality good. Spring 

 flowers are much in evidence, with 

 daffodils, both local and from the 

 South, Roman hyacinths and tulips 

 making a tempting array. Some im- 

 mense callas are being cut now and 

 lilies are more plentiful also, the only 

 flowers that do not seem to be catch- 

 ing up with demand being carnations. 

 Business continues 

 CINCINNATI good. The supply of 

 stock is somewhat 

 short of actual requirements and 

 everything available is selling well. 

 Prices are good. Many more roses 

 than are coming into the market 

 could be used. Carnations clear read- 

 ily. Lilies sell well, while callas and 

 rubrums find a good market. Bulbous 

 stock sells well and includes tulips, 

 daffodils, hyacinths and freesia. Some 

 excellent orchids may be had. Other 

 offerings are snapdragons, forget-me- 

 not, baby primrose, wallflower and 

 calendula. Asparagus is somewhat 

 scarce. 



Increased shipments 

 NEW YORK of roses and other va- 

 rieties of flowers with 

 a falling off in demand makes a very 

 unsatisfactory condition. It is not 

 alone the lower prices that prevail 

 hut the difficulty of moving the stock. 

 The price of Beauties has eased up 

 with only a moderate movement in 

 them. The other staple varieties. 



The Chicago Flower Growers Association 

 WHOLESALE GROWERS of CUT FLOWERS and PLANTS 



L. D. Phone Randolph 631 182 N. Wabash Avenue, CHICAGO 



WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS - ^^^-/o^Saixrsonly 



Roses 



Am, Beauty, Special 



11 " Fancy and Extra 



*' *• No. i and culls 



Russell 



Hadley 



Euler, Mock 



Arenberg, Hoosier Beauty 



Ward, Hillingdon 



Ki llaruey, Key, Taft 



Ophelia. Sunburst 



Carnations 



Cattleyas 



Lilies, Longriflorum 



Lilies, Speciosum 



Callas.. 



Freesia • • ■ ■ 



Roman Hyacinths. 



3 tc via 



Marguerites 



Lily or the Valley 



Snapdragon 



Violet. 



Narcissus 



Calendula 



Sweet Peas 



Gardenias 



A.d i an turn 



Smilax 



\sparams Plu. A Spren. (iooBhs.) 



CINCINNATI 



Mar. 10 



CHICAGO 



Mar. 10 



60.00 



33.00 

 10.00 

 15.00 



15.00 

 15.00 

 10.00 

 8.00 

 8.00 

 8.00 

 6.00 



7500 



50.00 

 23.00 

 30.00 

 S5.00 

 35.00 

 20.00 

 15.00 

 15.00 

 33.00 

 8.00 

 2 5 .00 

 20. CO 



8.00 



1 2. CO 



1. 00 

 5.00 



4.00 

 1.00 



*.co 



35.00 



IC.OO 



13'CO 

 3.00 

 6.00 

 6.00 

 3.00 



1.50 

 23.00 

 50.00 



60.00 



40.00 



1 5.0c 



10.00 



15.00 



15.00 



6.00 



4.00 



4.00 



8 00 



3.00 



3*-oo 



18.00 



15 00 



3. CO 



4.00 



6.00 



12. OO 



■75 

 ,3.00 

 3.00 

 1.00 



50,00 



1.50 



so. 00 



50,00 



90.00 

 50.00 

 25.00 

 33.00 

 25.00 

 25.00 

 10.00 

 15.00 

 15 00 

 20. CO 

 6.00 

 50.00 



JO. 00 



8 00 



ao.oo 



1 00 



8 00 



6.00 



a. 00 



75 00 



2.00 



35.00 



75.00 



BUFFALO 



Mar. 10 



PITTSBURG 



Mar. 10 



60.00 

 25.00 

 5.0 



IO.OC 



8.00 



8. co 



8.00 



4.00 



6.00 



6.00 



3.00 



40.0c 



15.00 



6 00 



15.00 



9.00 



3.00 



t.oo 



8.00 

 8.10 

 1. 00 

 3.00 

 3.00 

 1. 00 

 13.00 

 1. 00 



75.oo 

 50.00 



20. CO 

 ao.oc 

 r a. 00 



I* .co 



15.00 



6.00 



13.00 



15.00 



5.0c 



60.00 



ao.oo 



10.00 



25.00 



5.00 



6. to 



po.oo 



10.00 

 ; 8.00 



13.0O 



to 

 to 



75.00 



60.00 

 20.00 

 3c .00 



10.00 to 30.00 



j 6 00 

 I 6.00 

 8.00 

 4.00 

 5c .00 

 15.00 



2.00 

 10.00 

 13.00 

 1.25 

 4.(0 

 6.00 

 a.'O 

 ao.oo 

 2.00 

 20.00 

 50.00 



12.00 to 

 3. co to 

 i. 00 tc 



15.00 

 15.00 

 25.00 

 6.00 

 60.00 

 30.00 



20.00 

 5.00 

 5.00 



3.00 

 6.00 

 8.00 



I OO 



5.00 



4.00 



••50 



2. CO 



25.00 

 20.00 to 60.00 



1. co to 

 , to 



6.0c 



■75 <° 

 4.00 to 



2. CO tO 



• 75 



to 



• 50 



Ophelia, Sunburst and the Killarneys, 

 are not going well. Hadley and Co- 

 lumbia are doing best of all. The call 

 for the lower grades of roses has 

 fallen off. Carnations keep up in 

 prices better than roses. Spring 

 flowers, good tulips, Golden Spurs and 

 Victorias have the preference with 

 buyers. Sweet peas are much too 

 plentiful for the demand, which is also 

 true of calendulas and daisies. Sales 

 are slow of longiflorum and calla lilies. 

 Cattleyas unless of prime quality are 

 little in favor. Prices of green stock, 

 asparagus and smilax, the supply of 

 which is not large, is steady. Taken 

 as a whole, the market is unsteady. 

 Lent and the 

 PHILADELPHIA high cost of liv- 

 ing had their ef- 

 fect in the overturn last week and 

 consequently on the prices. There 

 was surplus enough for the boys on 

 the streets to make a dollar, and they 

 took good advantage of it. It is many 

 a long day now since a poor school- 

 teacher or other salaried employee 

 could indulge in a posey of a week end. 

 Sweet peas and carnations take a 

 leading part in the week's offerings. 

 Short roses have also come within the 

 reach of the masses although there is 

 little difference yet among the long 

 stemmed aristocrats. Hlue iris are in 

 good supply and go readily at from 

 ten to twenty. Snapdragon is show- 

 ing up better. Some very fine long 



stem pink is now coming in. Very 

 choice delphinium, long, big and well 

 finished, have just commenced. These 

 are quickly picked up and do not get 

 beyond the high priced stores. 



The condition 

 ROCHESTER, N. Y. of the whole- 

 sale market is 

 very good. There is plenty of bulb- 

 ous stock, carnations are of good 

 quality and sell readily, and violets 

 are in better demand. Callas are 

 quite plentiful. The supply of roses 

 equals the demand. There is plenty 

 of miscellaneous stock for basket 

 work, with a good demand for hya- 

 cinths and other bulbous stock in 

 pots. 



The pre-Lenten period 

 ST. LOUIS ended last week with a 



lively demand. Roses 

 and carnations hold firm as to price 

 and quality. Violets and sweet peas 

 are cleaning up daily at good prices. 

 Bulbous stock has lessened up a little 

 in supply and there is a good demand 

 for greens of all kinds. 



The market is 

 WASHINGTON glutted with stock 



of all kinds, due 

 to the warm weather and the coming 

 of Lent. Sweet peas and violets glut 

 the market and are turned over to the 

 street vendors. Roses have dropped, 

 with an oversupply of white ones. Car- 

 nations are plentiful and cheap, aluo 

 bulbous stock, with daffodils alone 

 holding firm as to price. Demand for 

 callas is better. 



