August 3. 1912 



HOKTICULTURE 



159 



Flower Market Reports 



The market has never in the past 

 seen such an assortment of good stock 

 as this year. It can hardly be said, 

 however, that it realizes the prices it 

 should bring when quality is consid- 

 ered. The long choice asters find a 

 good sale while the short ones move 

 slowly. American Beauties sell well 

 and are proving good property. 



Marketable flowers are 

 DETROIT very scarce, sweet peas; 



and carnations are '. 

 about gone, and the orily good roses • 

 coming in are Fred Breitmeyer's short , 

 and medium Beauties and long La De- 

 troit. Gladioli are^ very poor at pres- 

 -entr OT" the lohgiffortrm- and laucifoiimn 

 lilies represent the only good flowers in 

 quantity. ' Asters are commencing to , 

 come in but they are very small yet. 



With the city pretty 

 NEW YORK well empty of society 

 there has been a great 

 falling oil in store trade, and business 

 has been and of course will be for 

 some time very slack; there is a 

 great drop in carnations both in qual- 

 ity and price. Asters are good with 

 more than enough to go around; glad- 

 ioli in plenty. Beauties very scarce, 

 but we have had a few fairly good 

 Tafts, Brides and 'Maids. Maidenhair 

 which has been veiy poor of late is 

 getting longer and firmer in stem. 

 Other stocks are not worth mention- 

 ing. 



Stocks shortened 

 PHILADELPHIA up all along the 



line last week 

 with the exception of asters and glad- 

 ioli. The latter were more plentiful but 

 not enough to hurt. In consequence the 

 marketmen wear a more cheerful smile 

 and say that it was a pretty good week 

 for mid-summer. Everything cleaned 

 up nicely and while no fancy prices 

 were obtained the general average re- 

 alized was very satisfactory, and better 

 than was expected at this date. Amer- 

 ican Beauty roses are scarce and not 

 very good. It will be a month yet be- 

 fore the new crop commences. Mrs. 

 Taft is very good at present. But 

 when all is said and done Maryland is 

 the summer rose, in pink, although 

 there are some pretty good pink Killar- 

 ney. White roses are scarce. In fact 

 white flowers of all kinds are rather on 

 the scarce side. Yes — even lily of the 

 valley I But the latter is due to care- 

 lessness on the part of the growers in 

 not paying closer attention to their 

 market; and not from causes beyond 

 their control. The gladiolus offerings 

 continue fine as to quality and asters 



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Cattleyas . 



Dendroblum formosum .... 



Lilies, Longlflorum 



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Lily of the Valley 



Asters 



Gladioli . 



Daises 



Sweet Peas (per loo bunches) 

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Asparagus Piumosus, strings . 



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are. steadily improving. The old carna- 

 tion crop is abont 'wound up. "Very; 

 good gardenias are available at reason- ; 

 able prices and these are very welcome ■ 

 jiaw_iriL_the_ preseat dfiarth of__gQQd 

 white flowers. Greens of all kinds are 

 pientiful with prices in favor of the 

 buyers. Th«re is a good demand for 

 ■surplus stocks of field-grown carnation 

 plants. The quality of these this year 

 is above the average — the late welcome 

 rains having come just in the nick of 

 time. 



The market here had 



ST. LOUIS a good week, some 

 days quite busy, but 

 the bulk of the stock sold is in light 

 colors, as the work is mostly for 

 funerals. The stock that is coming in 

 is suprisingly good as the weather has 

 been very hot of late. There are some 

 very good roses, especially Killarneys, 

 both pink and white. Asters are be- 

 ginning to come in more freely, but 

 not many of the fancy varieties from 

 local growers. Gladiolus spikes have 

 been a glut all week. Lily of the 

 valley is selling well. Sweet peas 

 have been too many for the demand, 

 and sell low. 



The amount of 



WASHINGTON business done and 

 the class of stock 

 that is coming into the local market 

 is about the same as is usual at this 

 period of each year. But little in 

 either direction can be expected. 

 Funeral work has been quite plentiful 

 for several weeks but there is little 

 doing along the other lines, although 

 George Cooke had a very nice order in 

 the way of decorations for the Gar- 

 lington wedding. The numerous rainy 

 days have caused a marked decrease 

 in street business and has had a ten- 

 dency to keep people away from the 

 markets and the stores. 



CINCINNATI PERSONALS. 



Miss Margaret Amstead at B. G. Gil- 



lett's, has returned from her vacation. 



Tom Bennett at the age of 70 wed- 



ded on iast Wednesday. He stale~Dver 

 to Newport to do so. 

 -Jos. Enneking, of MiiJt Jl^idolph^, 

 with his wife and family enjoyed a 

 week at Oldenburg, Ind. 



Eddie Schwarz is back in Cincin- 

 nati after three weeks spent at Atlan- 

 tic City and Philadelphia. 



Mr. and Mrs. Ray Murphy while 

 visiting relatives near Ironton, Ohio, 

 prolonged their stay an additional 

 week. 



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