December 9, 1916 



HORTICULTURE 



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PATRICK WELCH 



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262 Devonshire St., BOSTON, MASS. | 



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Flower Market Reports 



A very strong market 

 BOSTON followed upon the 



Thanksgiving Uay clean- 

 up and stiff prices were the rule until 

 Tuesday when values began to sag. 

 consequent upon the salubrious weath- 

 er and increased receipts on all lines. 

 Roses are of excellent quality and 

 there is a good market at top quota- 

 tions for all that are presented. Car- 

 nations hold up to the high limit of 

 value also, and chrysanthemums, such 

 as they are in the closing days of their 

 career find ready sale at excellent fig- 

 ures. They are mostly Bonnaffon. 

 Lily of the valley seem to be securely 

 fixed now in the $8.00 a hundred notch. 

 Violets have been gratify ingly active, 

 and the trade is anticipating a still 

 greater volume of business from this 

 source. Stevia is rather plentiful and 

 not very brisk. Repeated calls for 

 poinsettias have been noticed this 

 week but were only filled in a minor- 

 ity of cases. Asparagus is about the 

 only plentiful thing around and both 

 varieties have been sold heavily all 

 the week. 



CHICAGO 



Thanksgivinj 



The past week has been 



a very satisfactory one 



in the market. The 



trade was unusually 



average fcr the month's sales than 

 had seemed possible. The sales of 

 chrysanthemums were vary gratifying 

 and the proportion of the big ones left 

 over was small. The pompons, espec- 

 ially those of the newer types, were 

 much in demand and the stock of 

 these is stiil excellent at this writing. 

 It is a question how many will be left 

 for the holidays should the warm 

 weather contmiie, \v5iich at iiresenl 

 closely resembles, or perhaps is. In- 

 dian summer. Carnations continue to 

 sell for a lower fi,gure than last year. 

 Roses are sufficient for the demand 

 and the stock runs well as to quality. 

 Some fancy sweet peas are appearing 

 and are very welcome. Extra fine 

 smilax in eight feet strings is seen in 

 some places. Lily of the valley is 



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scarce and that condition is now ac- 

 cepted as mevitable. Lilies are in ex- 

 cess of the demand, but are moving 

 better than earlier in the season. 



Since Thanksgiving, 

 CINCINNATI business has been 

 good. The supply in 

 the market is large but not as large 

 as it was. while the demand is much 

 stronger than that preceding Thanks- 

 giving. Thanksgiving business was 

 good in spite of the fact that prices 

 were much lower than in other years. 

 Roses, carnations and lilies are plenti- 

 ful. Chrysanthemums are still in a 

 fair supply. Violets, sweet peas, lily 

 of the valley, stevia and orchids all 

 find a good market. Callas have a 

 fair call. 



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