August 31. 1912 



HORTICULTURE 



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There has been prac- 

 NEW YORK tically nothing doing 

 on the market this 

 week, except perhaps grumbling. The 

 supply of all stocks has been enor- 

 mous, for which there is no outlet. 

 Heavy rains have beeti experienced 

 around here during the last few days, 

 which must affect the supply of out- 

 door stocks. We are having the finest 

 of lilies. Asters continue good; dahl- 

 ias, too. and American Beauties finer 

 than have been seen for a long time. 

 Taft, Hillingdon and Sunburst are im- 

 proving in quality, and it is a pity one 

 cannot write the same of the price. 



Conditions ha\"e 

 ST. LOUIS changed but little since 

 last report. There is 

 plenty of stock of extra good quality, 

 and especially so in roses, the best 

 novelties being Killarney, Richmond 

 and Maryland. Gladioli and tuberoses 

 are coming in heavy with slow de- 

 mand. Asters have been a great glut 

 all during the month and the whole- 

 saler will take any old price in order 

 to dispose of them. Carnations are as 

 yet small and short stemmed but fair- 

 ly good flowers. Everything else plen- 

 tiful and cheap. 



Business here has 

 WASHINGTON been very quiet 

 during the month 

 of August and now that Congress has 

 adjourned little can be expected until 

 the coming cold weather. The funeral 

 of Mr. Thomas C. Noyes of the Wash- 

 ington Star, president of the Board of 

 Trade and owner of the local baseball 

 team, called for the supply of an ex- 

 ceptionally large number of funeral 

 designs. The bulk of this business 

 went to J. H. Small & Sons and Gude 

 Bros. 



Providence, R. I. — The market re- 

 mained quiet this week. There is a 

 plentiful supply of everything includ- 

 ing asters of excellent quality. 



The seventeenth annual flower show 

 of the Morris County Gardeners' and 

 Florists' Society will be held this year 

 on Oct. 31st and Nov. 1st, in Assem- 

 bly Hall. Madison, N. J. The prospects 

 for a big show were never brighter. 

 We will miss from our tables the ex- 

 hibits of Wm. Turner of Oceanic, who 

 rarely failed to help us make up the 

 show. Pure good fellowship was the 

 spirit which moved him to be with us, 

 and the same spirit we hope will bring 

 him to at least break bread with us 

 this year. 



MISCELLANEOUS 



Cattleyas 



Dendroblum for mosum 



Lilies, Longlflorum 



*' Speclosum 



Uly of the Vatley 



Asters ■ 



Gladioli 



Daises 



Sweel Peas (per loo bunches) 



Gardenias • 



Adiantum 



Smilax 



Asparagus Pluinosus, strings .... 



" ** & Spren (loo bunches) . 



Last Half of Week 



ending Aug. 24 



1912 



First Half of Week 



beginning Aug. 26 



1912 



35 -oo 



20.00 

 4.00 

 I. 00 



1. 00 

 .10 

 •50 



1.00 

 15.00 



6.00 



75.00 

 25.00 

 6.00 

 3.00 



3-O0 



t.50 



1.50 



1. 00 



2.00 



20.00 



■75 



8.00 



35 -oo 



16.00 



35 -OO 

 16.00 



Obituary, 



Melville A. Scovell. 

 Melville A. Scovell, for 27 years di- 

 rector of the Kentucky Experiment 

 Station, Lexington, Ky., died last week 

 of heart failure. 



Peter Erickson. 

 Following an operation for appendi- 

 citis. Peter Erickson, gardener, of 

 Berkeley, Cal., died at the hospital on 

 August 8tb. He was born in Sweden 

 67 years ago and had resided in Berke- 

 ley for about 15 years. Two children 

 survive him. 



Harry Dampier, 



On August 10, Harry Dampier, gar- 

 dener, of New Orleans, La., died sud- 

 denly at his home. He was a native 

 of Devonshire, England, and located 

 in New Orleans twenty years ago. He 

 was 57 years of age. His wife and 

 two daughters survive him. 



IDENTITY OF ROSE MRS. TAFT. 



Messrs. S. S. Pennock, George C. 

 Watson and I comjiared today some 

 blooms of Mrs. Taft with Antuine Re- 

 voire and Prince de Bulgarie. We were 

 unable to detect any difference be- 

 tween Mrs. Taft and Antoine Revoire 

 and believe them to be identical. 

 Prince de Bulgarie is quite distinct 

 from either. Later the same flowers 

 were shown to J. Otto Thilow, who 

 fully agreed with our decision. 



The plants of Revoire and Bulgarie 

 from which the sample flowers were 

 taken were obtained from Alexander 

 Dickson & Sons in 1904. 



ROBERT HUEY. 



Phila., Pa., Aug. 17, 1912. 



Queens N. Y. — The florist business 

 of John Gilkinson. HoUis avenue, has 

 been sold and Mr. Gilkinson has pur- 

 chased a farm in Millertown, N. Y. 



John M. Diedermann. 

 John M. Diedermann, formerly a 

 florist on Orleans street, Baltimore, 

 Md.. died at the home of his daugh- 

 ter in New York. He retired several 

 years ago and his son continued the 

 business. He is survived by his wife, 

 three sons and two daughters. 



Mrs. George Cruickshanks. 



Mrs. Cruickshanks, wife of George 

 Cruickshanks, of R. & J. Parquhar's 

 seed store, Boston, passed away on 

 Tuesday night. August 27th, leaving 

 an infant a few days old. Mr. and 

 Mrs. Cruickshanks had been married 

 about a year. The funeral took place 

 from their home in Roslindale, Mass., 

 on Friday, the 30th inst. 



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