July 20. 191:J 



HOETICULTURE 



95 



BUY 



BOSTON 

 FLOWERS 



N. F. McCarthy & co., 



112 Arch St. ,31 Otis St. 



B-OSTON'S BEST 

 HOUSE 



WELCH BROS. CO. 



I AMERICAN BEAUTY, KILLAR^EY. RICHMOND, MARYLAND AND ALL THE 



i SUPERIOR R J ES, LILY OF THE VALLEY, CARNATIONS, ORCHIDi 



BEST PRODUCED 



I 226 Devonshire Street, Boston, Mass. 



William F. Kasting Co. 



\A/^Holesal< 



383-387 ELLICOTT ST. 



loris'ts 



BUFFALO, N. Y. 



Flower Market Reports NEW YORK QUOTATIONS PER 100. To Dealers Only 



t^C*nttnueet from fiagv g-l) 



be tempted to say that the people are 

 so discouragingly healthy they refuse 

 to die to give life to the florist busi- 

 ness. Under such distressing circum- 

 stances it would appear to be the best 

 thing for all of them to turn the key 

 in the door and stay home. Longi- 

 florum lilies are very good and very 

 plentiful. Outside gladioli are now 

 very much in evidence. Too many 

 reds and too many muddy colors and 

 poorly done. Why do growers waste 

 their space and time on anything but 

 the best? Local Beauty roses are 

 about done. Another week will finish 

 them. There are good Maryland. As- 

 ters are in evidence and good but not 

 so many as might have been expected. 

 Carnations are getting scarce and of 

 course the quality has kept pace in 

 retrogression. This market report will 

 be the death of me yet. Wish the edi- 

 tor would cut the feature out for a few 

 months. It is martyrdom to a cheer- 

 ful spirit to wallow in weeps. Couldn't 

 we forget it for a while and nobody 

 be the worse? 



There has been a dis- 

 NEW YORK tinct falling off in the 

 Quality of stocks this 

 week, roses especially being of a mis- 

 erable description — with the exception 

 of Marylands which have just passed 

 muster. Large quantities of Lilies 

 have been dumped while lily of the 

 valley and gladioli have been well 

 able to keep up with the weak demand. 

 The recent rains have done a power 

 of good to outdoor stuff and asters are 

 now coming in with a rush. 



W a s h i n gtori on 

 WASHINGTON Sunday night last 



was visited by one 

 of the worst storms in years. About 

 21/2 inches of rainfall was recorded al- 

 though in some of the low places the 

 water accumulated to a depth of five 

 feet. Much damage was done to the 

 outdoor stock and many of the houses 

 will require minor repairs as a result 

 of the storm. Flowers of all kinds are 

 plentiful but the quality is poor and 

 the demand is still worse. The local 

 temperature has been upward of 93° 

 for the past ten days which is not con- 

 ducive to large sales of cut flowers. 

 Funeral work, however, has kept the 

 stores quite busy. 



Of late on some days 

 ST. LOUIS the demand is quite 



heavy and others very 

 slow and fluctuations in prices are al- 

 most daily. Taking the quality of the 

 stock into consideration it's not worth 

 much and especially so with roses and 



MISCELLANEOUS 



Cattleyas 



Dendrobium formosum 



Lilies, LoDgiflorum 



•* Speciosum 



Lily of the Valley 



Asters .. 



Gladioli 



Soapdrag^on 



Daises 



Sweet Peas (per loo bunches) 



Gardenias 



Adlaotum 



Smllax 



Asparag^us Plumosus, strings 



" *' & Spren. (loobunchs). 



Last Half of Week 



ending July 13 



1912 



12.00 



90.00 

 1. 00 



1. 00 



3.00 

 1.00 

 .50 



x.oo 



IO.IX> 



.50 



6.00 



to 35.0c 



First Half of Week 



beginning July 15 



1912 



15.00 



20.00 



I.oo 



x.oo 



1.00 



■so 



3.00 



I.oo 



.50 



1.00 



10.00 



•so 



6.00 



35^oo 



•S.oo 



3.00 



3.00 



3.00 



I. DO 

 6.00 

 3.00 

 I.OO 



3.00 



25.09 



•75 



8.00 



40.00 



16.00 



carnations. The great lot of sweet 

 peas that come in now must be sold 

 the same day and the price is put at 

 $1..50 per 1,000 in order to clean up. 

 Gladioli are lower but extra stock of 

 America runs $6 to $8 per 100. Great 

 quantities of asters and single tube- 

 rose stalks are soon expected to swell 

 the market. We have had enough 

 good rain lately to put all out-door 

 stock in splendid condition. 



NEW YORK NOTES. 



W. A, Hanft, late of Young & Nu- 

 gent, is now in business for himself at 

 54 W. 2Sth St. 



George G. Stumpp, of Barclay St., 

 is now at the Catskills with family for 

 a month's relaxation. 



John Krai, of Moore, Hentz & Nash, 

 is on three weeks' vacation, motor 

 boating around Port Chester, N. Y. 



The store of N. J. Hills was com- 

 pletely burned out on Thursday night, 

 last. He was not insured, but as he 

 says it might have happened at a more 

 inconvenient time. The store will be 

 in working order again next week. 



George Scott, manager for the John 

 Scott greenhouses of Brooklyn, re- 

 ports a better than average season 

 and is about cleared out. Stocks com- 

 ing on for fall look promising — espe- 

 cially fine are Pandanus Veitchii and 

 the Dracaenas. J. H. Fraser, who left 

 after several years with this firm, is 

 back again, and takes up the position 

 of foreman. 



Philadelphia visitors: Paul Lindley, 

 Greensboro. N. C; H. L. Holmes. Har- 

 risburg. Pa.; W. F. Gude, Ernest Gude, 

 Grenville Gude, Washington, D. C.; 

 Phil Breitmeyer, Detroit, Mich. 



M. Rice & Co. tell us they are re- 

 ceiving on almost every incoming 

 steamer, new and classy novelties, and 

 that the trade can look forward to see- 

 ing the greatest line of goods ever 

 shown by this enterprising house. 

 They have an absolutely new adjusta- 

 ble waterproof ribbon and shields that 

 all florists will be interested in. 



THE Florists' Supply 

 House of America 



H. BAYERSDORFER & CO. 



1129 Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa. 



CHINESE PRIMROSES 



VERY BKST STR.\IN. Z>/^ in. pots, $3.00 

 per 100: .$35.00 per 1000 1 500 at 1000 rates 



.\!SP.iK.4GlS PI,rMOSl>i for planting 

 out. Extra lieavj-, 3 in., $0.00 per 100 ; $35.00 

 per 1000. 



Cmk nnt/i Or,r\^,- 



FRANK OECHSLIN 



CHICAGO, ILL. 



4911 W. ()uincy St., 



Clinton, Mass. — Edward W. Breed, 

 who recently sold his florist business, 

 is now devoting his attention to the 

 landscape and nursery departments in 

 which he has been engaged for sev- 

 eral yeais, with offices in Worcester 

 and Clinton, Mass.. and a nursery at 

 Lancaster. A. P. Meredith, the pur- 

 chaser of the florist department re- 

 tains former employees of Mr. Breed 

 and with his son the new firm of A. 

 P. Meredith & Son starts out under 

 favorable auspices. 



MICHIGAN CUT FLOWER 

 EXCHANGE, Inc. 



WHOLESAU COMMISSION FLOiUSTS 



Cooslgnmeats Solicited 

 Hardy Fcatcy Fetn Oar Speciafty 



38-m BROIIOWAY. DETRatT, IVBffl 



WILLIAM H. KUEBLER 



Brooklyn'5 Foremost and Best 



WHOLESALE COMMISSION HOUSE 



A First Cla» Market for all CUT FLOWERS 



28 Willoughby St.. Brooklyn. N. Y, 



Tel. 4S91 Main 



