May 17, 1919 



HORTICULTURE 



481 



Flower Market Reports _NBW YORK QUOTATIONS PER 100. JTo^ Dealers Only 



Growers are worrying a 

 BOSTON little about the prospect 



of warm weather for 

 some days before Memorial Day. Deal- 

 ers are too busy to worry about much 

 of anything. The outlook continues as 

 good as ever, with a scarcity in some 

 lines. Carnations are short, but those 

 coming in now are of good quality. 

 Selling at 8 and 10. There is a fair 

 crop of roses. As usual, two dealers 

 are bringing American Beauties from 

 New York. There is an abundance of 

 stock and feverfew. A few glads are 

 coming in, some very good spikes from 

 Providence being noted. Doubtless 

 the price of $2 a dozen being asked 

 will not long prevail. It is expected 

 that some lilacs will be offered before 

 Memorial Day. There seems to be no 

 other possible cheap flower and the de- 

 mand for lilacs is not what it used 

 to be. 



The weather was 

 PHILADELPHIA a bad feature in 



the Mothers' Day 

 week here. Up to Saturday things 

 looked very good but the severe storm 

 of that day put everything on the 

 blink and there was a good deal of 

 miscellaneous stock left unsold. Car- 

 nations cleaned up pretty well. The ■ 

 out-of-town demand for these was very 

 heavy. Roses were in big supply and 

 while trading was brisk all the week 

 the three or four extra shipments that 

 came in from all the growers on Sat- 

 urday in expectation of the extra de- 

 mand met with a very flat reception. 



The past week was an 

 CHICAGO eventful one for the 



trade here and the satis- 

 factory amount of business done by all 

 branches has set a record which will 

 be hard to reach in future years. The 

 early part of the week found demand 

 for stock to be good, the call contin- 

 uing to grow stronger as the week ad- 

 vanced and shipping began for what 

 has proved to many, to be the greatest 

 florists' day of the year, Mothers' Day 

 actually surpassed Easter this year in 

 volume of business done, both in the 

 wholesale and in the retail stores, the 

 end only coming when the market was 

 cleaned up. Some Saturday night 

 shipments came in and wholesale 

 stores opened on Sunday morning to 

 give the retailers the opportunity of 

 replenishing their stock for Sunday. 

 A shipment of peonies mostly Victoria 

 (white) came to Kennicott's from 

 Villa Ridge, 111., just in time for Moth- 



MISCELLANEOUS 



Lilies. Longiflorum 



Lilies. Specioaum 



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Lily of the Valley 



Snapdragon - 



Pansies 



Daffodils 



Oeleoduia 



Stocks 



Wallflowers 



Mignonette 



Sweet Peas 



Violets- : 



Marguerites 



Gardenias 



Adiantum 



Gladioli 



Asparagus Plumosus, & Spren (100 bunches) , 



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er's Day and were quickly picked up, 

 bringing from 6 to 12c. From Monday 

 on regular shipments are going into 

 cold storage. The supply of roses in- 

 cluded all the varieties in season, and 

 while the cuts were large, everything 

 sold, prices ranging all the way from 

 the shortstemmed ones at 6c to the 

 fancy stock at 50c, with American 

 Beauty in demand at prices as high as 

 the holder cared to ask. Carnations 

 were scarce and sold up to 20c. for 

 fancy. There was a pretty good sup- 

 ply of sweet peas that brought from 

 $1.50 to $3.00 per 100. Other stock in- 

 cluded lilies, callas, calendulas, cattle- 

 yas, daisies, pansies, lily of the valley, 

 etc. The Monday after found the mar- 

 ket bare and the incoming stock was 

 mostly used up by noon. 



Last week's business 

 CINCINNATI for Mothers' Day was 



excellent and cleaned 

 everything in the market. The retail- 

 ers, too, cleaned up. Prices in some 

 lines were extraordinarily high, even 

 for that day; but in most lines, while 

 they were stiff, still they were reason- 

 able. The demand from out of town 

 was very heavy. Roses are plentiful 

 and receipts in this line include many 

 excellent offerings. Carnations were 

 very short the early part of this 

 week but the latter part of the week 

 should bring in heavy supplies in this 

 line. Easter lilies are in a good sup- 

 ply. Rubrum lilies and callas may be 

 had. Sweet peas continue to be plenti- 

 ful. Peonies have made their appear- 

 ance for the season and in a short 

 time should be in a heavy supply. 

 Iris have been finding a fair market. 

 Gladioli are moving readily. Some ex- 

 cellent stocks are offered. Snapdragon 

 are in a heavy supply and are almost 

 glutting the market. Only a part of 

 those that come into the market can 

 be moved. The first Cape Jessamine 



of the season, from the South, came 

 into the wholesale houses last week. 

 Other offerings are calendula, pansies 

 and forget-me-not. 



The Roeog-nlied Standard Inaeetlelda. 

 A spray remedy for green, black, white flj, 

 tnrlpg and soft scale. 



Quart, Sl.OO; Halloa, St.SO. 



FUNCINE 



For mildew, rust and other blights affect- 

 ing- flowers, fruits and reg-etablee. 

 Qnart. ft .04; Gallon, *J.S». 



VERMINE 



For eel worma, angle worms and other 

 worms working In the soil. 



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 SOLI) BT DEALERS. 



Arnhine Manufacturing Co. 



MADISON. N. J. 



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