August 17, 1912 



irORTI CULTURE 



235 



Flower Market Reports 



^Conti7iiied jrotn /</^'/ 2^f) 



near so many. Asters are a big glut 

 at all the markets. Klllarney roses, 

 too. are many but White Killarneys 

 are short in supply. Carnations, field- 

 cut, are the only good ones that come 

 in now. Hydrangeas, cosmos and 

 tuberoses don't sell well at any price. 

 Lily of the valley and lilies hold their 

 own in price. 



Business this week 

 NEW YORK can be put down as 

 absolutely stagnant. 

 The influ.x of stock such as asters, 

 lilies and gladioli has been great. There 

 has been an abundance of roses in the 

 last two days — certainly on the small 

 side — but Marylands, Wards, Tatts, 

 Kiilarnies and some Beauties which 

 in better times would be thought no 

 little of. were practically unsalable 

 as a paying proposition. Yes, this 

 market can do with a few convention 

 weeks now and we are settled down 

 to the dead season in real earnest. 



PROPOSED PUBLICITY CAMPAIGN 

 FOR FLOWERS. 



The committee appointed by the New- 

 York Florists' Club to appear before 

 the convention of the S. A. F. & O. H. 

 at Chicago to obtain the endorsement 

 of this movement by the society and 

 its assistance in starting the cam- 

 paign, has received the support of the 

 florist clubs of several of our leading 

 cities, which clubs have appointed com- 

 mittees to act with the New York 

 committee at the convention. The 

 New York committee will, at the con- 

 vention, present a resolution asking 

 for the appointment of a general stand- 

 ing committee to conduct the cam- 

 paign, its membership to embrace one 

 delegate from each florist club organ- 

 izing a publicity committee before Oc- 

 tober 1 of each year, such general 

 committee to direct the work of the 

 local committees, which latter are to 

 conduct the campaign within their re- 

 spective districts. The S. A. F. com- 

 mittee would be expected to go into 

 session annually at the society's con- 

 ventions, receive the reports of the lo- 

 cal committees, review the work as a 

 whole and formulate plans for the con- 

 tinuance and extension of the cam- 

 paign. The New York committee has 

 devoted much time to consideration of 

 the project and v^fays and means to 

 put it into operation, and it is hoped 

 that the campaign will be started at 

 the Chicago convention. 



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MISCELLANEOUS 



Cattleyas. 



Dendrublum for mosum 



Lilies, Long if lo rum 



Speclosum 



Lily of the Va ley 



Asters 



Giadi.^U 



Daises 



Sweet Peas (per loo bunches) 



Garden as 



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Smilax 



Asparagus Plumosus, strings 



** &. Spren (loo bunches) . 



PROVIDENCE NOTES. 



S. Kinder & Bro. of Bristol have 

 nearly completed remodeling two 

 houses. Both houses will probably be 

 completed in a couple of weeks. 



Charles Furge of Fall River has been 

 appointed engineer at Oak Grove Cem- 

 etery in that city, by the Board of 

 Park Commissioners. He will succeed 

 Dennis Sullivan. 



Miss Florence A. Willard of Edge- 

 wood is making extensive alterations 

 in her large house on Massachusetts 

 avenue and this fall she will devote 

 her forces to producing a higher grade 

 of flowers. The front of the house 

 has been rebuilt with cement pillars 

 and walls and it will be adapted for 

 ferns, orchids, lilies and gardenias ex- 

 clusively. 



A. H. Johnson of Shaw avenue, 

 Edgewood, is building a new house, 

 20 by lOf). for sweet peas. The King 

 Construction Company has the con- 

 tract. There is a tendency among sev- 

 eral of the florists to increase their 

 stock of peas this summer and the 

 supply the coming season will undoubt- 

 edly be larger than heretofore. Last 

 winter good peas were very scarce and 

 some of the growers plan to profit by 

 the experience. 



The Central Falls City Council has 

 passed a resolution recommending the 

 purchase of the Fairbanks estate ad- 

 joining .Jenks Park in that city to 

 be used for park purposes. The Coun- 

 cil committee on parks recommended 

 that a s\im of $3000 be set aside tor 

 the purchase of the property and the 

 matter was referred to the Council 

 committee on finance. This commit- 

 tee has held up the acquisition of the 

 property by its reluctance in not re- 

 porting the measure back for final pas- 

 sage. There is a unanimous opinion 

 that the acquirement of the property 

 would make a valuable addition to 

 the park. 



CINCINNATI NOTES. 



Avondale Floral Co. are rebuilding 

 their conservatory. 



Peter Weiland cut his first Golden 

 Glow chrysanthemum last week. 



Miss Jennie Adrian recently re- 

 turned from an extended trip east. 



Miss Mae Carroll is calling on her 

 trade in the lower part of Kentucky 

 this week. 



An unknown and not a bit welcome 

 personage appropriated Wm. Gardners 

 horse to his own use for several hours 

 on Thursday evening of last week. It 

 was found by an officer early the next 

 morning on the outskirts of New 

 Castle. 



Cincinnati will send to Chicago on 

 next Monday the largest delegation 

 that has ever left this city for a S. A. 

 F. convention. The bowling team will 

 include C. E. Critchell, A. C. Heckman, 

 Jr., Ed. Schumann, Al Horning and 

 Ray Murphy. 



Visitors: L. B. Brague, Hinsdale, 

 Mass., and Martin Reukauf, Philadel- 

 phia, 



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