September 14, 1912 



HORTICULTURE 



389 



Flower Market Reports 



The close of last week 

 BOSTON and b e g i n n i n g of the 

 present week were fairly 

 satisfactory in a business way. but at 

 present writing things are more than 

 torpid — a condition to which the Jew- 

 ish holiday observance has contrib- 

 uted in part. There is a very heavy 

 over-production of asters and gladioli, 

 which are all right as to quality but 

 beyond that they are a dead weight. 

 Roses were doing fairly well, but the 

 effect of two days of unusually high 

 temperature and humidity has been 

 very detrimental to them, as it has 

 also been to the longiflorum lilies, 

 which are very fine in all respects, 

 except as to substance and keeping 

 qualities. American Beauty seems to 

 stand the strain somewhat better than 

 the other roses. There are some nice 

 gardenias coming in, but demand is 

 very limited. Carnations are more 

 abundant and fairly good for the sea- 

 son. 



Business for the past 

 BUFFALO two weeks has been 

 anything but good. The 

 market has been overcrowded on 

 everything along the line; in fact, an 

 outlet for the vast amount of stock 

 received dally cannot be located. The 

 heavy rains of ten days ago brought 

 on the asters and gladioli and a heavy 

 supply has continued. High prices are 

 out of the question, it being a matter 

 of "how much will you give?" Roses 

 are also in heavy supply, especially 

 short stems and a good portion have 

 stems no longer than three to four 

 inches, though there are some choice 

 stock seen such as Kaiserin, Carnot, 

 Sunburst, Maryland, Radiance and 

 Hillingdon. Lily of the valley has had 

 a little demand, also select white 

 roses. July weather is bad and stock 

 has suffered much, shipments of roses 

 arriving in full open condition. A 

 scattering of floral work has helped 

 things along and also a few weddings 

 are noticeable. 



The Chicago market has 

 CHICAGO been badly glutted with 

 a poor grade of flowers 

 while really good shipping stock has 

 been scarce. The greatest oversupply 

 has been in asters and gladoli and 

 while there are still far too many of- 

 fered the stock of asters is nearing the 

 end. When asters can be bought for 

 less than one dollar per hundred the 

 effect upon sales of other flowers is 

 bound to be felt. What the market 

 needs most of all is cooler weather and 

 then there would soon be enough good 

 flowers and a demand for them. The 

 few days of cool weather gave a sud- 

 den impetus to trade which was quick- 

 ly dispelled when the thermometer 

 rose again. 



This week's business 

 CINCINNATI bids fair to be a good 



one. We have had 

 three good days to start with and the 

 close certainly ought not to lag very 

 far behind the first half of the week. 

 The rose supply is good and adequate, 

 pink enjoying a somewhat better call 

 than white, of which the fancy only 

 have been selling quickly. The Rich- 

 mond cut is large. Beauties have 

 been a leading factor all summer and 

 are easily upholding their end. Of 

 carnations the principal variety of- 

 fered, to date, has been Enchantress. 

 A few white and red are also included 



A Magnificent Lot of Field Grown 



CARNATION PLANTS 



Our guilrnntee goes with every car- 

 antion plant we send out. thus in- 

 suring you the very l:)est of quality 

 and satisfaction. 



100 1000 



VICTORIA $7.00 $G0.OO 



fOMFOBT 8.00 7.5.00 



HARRY FENN 7.00 60.00 



UK.VfON S.OO 7.5.00 



ll.VKtOWARDEN 6.00 .50.00 



WHITE ENCHANTRESS. S.OO 75.00 

 WHITE PERFECTION... S.OO 75.00 



WHITE WONDER 9.00 85.00 



AEM.\ WARD 8.00 70.00 



GI.OBIOSA 10.00 90.00 



MR.S. C. W. WARD 8.00 75.00 



ENCH-VNTRESS 8.00 70.00 



ROSE-PINK ENCHANT- 

 RESS S.no 60.00 



PRINCESS CHARMING.. 10.00 



DOROTHY GORDON 8.00 60.00 



WINONA 7.50 60.00 



BROOKLYN 12.00 lOO.OO 



qi;een 6.00 50.00 



boston market 6.00 50.00 



HEADQUARTERS FOR GREENS 



GREEN GAL.\X, :«1..50 per 1000; $7,.50 per 10,000. 



BRONZE G.AEAX, $1..50 per 1000; SfS.50 per 10,000. 



I-Kl ( OTHOE SPRAYS (green), .$1.00 per 100; $9.50 per 1,000. 



(iREEN SHEET MOSS, $3.50 per bag. 



SPHAGNUJl MOSS, ten bbli bales, nicely burlapped, each .$4.00: 5 



bale lots, $3.75 each ; 10 bale lots, $3.50 each ; 



25 bale lots. $3.25 each. 



RIBBONS AND SUPPLIES. Many Lew patterns in exclusive Ribbons. 

 Write us for prices on these and on Supplies. 



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THE ^r^o-jfifxl OF PHILADELPHIA 



PHILADELPHIA 

 1608-1620 Ladlow St. 



NEW YORK 

 1 17 W. 28th St. 



WASHINGTON 

 1212 New York Ave. 



WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS — ^"^"^"""^^^-nEY.yi". 



ROSES 



Am. Beauty, Fancy and Special... 



" Extra 



No. I 



" " Lower Grades 



Killarney, Richmond 



My Maryland, Kaiserin, Carnot — 



Bride, 'Maid 



Taft, Hillingdon, Ward . 



CINCINNATI 



September lo 



TO DEALERS ONLY 



DETROIT 



August 27 



CARNATIONS . 



MISCELLANEOUS 



Cattleyas 



Lilies, Longiflorum 



" Speciosum 



Lily of the Valley 



Gladioli 



Asters 



Daises . 



Sweet Peas 



Gardenias 



Adiantum 



Smilax 



Asparagus Plumous, Strings (loo) 

 " " & Spren. (loo bchs.) 



15.00 to 25.00 



10.00 to 15.00 



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BUFFALO 



September lo 



15.00 to 20.00 



10.00 to 15.00 



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PITTSBURQH 



September lo 



20.00 to 25.00 



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in the shipments. New York asters 

 are a welcome addition to the supply. 

 The Comet varieties are not as popu- 

 lar as the others in the buyers' esti- 

 mation. White asters continue on the 

 short side and every good one that 

 comes in finds a ready sale. The glad- 

 iolus supply is decreasing rapidly and 

 receipts are Just about able to take 

 care of. the demand. More Easter 

 lilies might be used. Last Saturday 

 proved a very good day in the Flower 

 Market for both plants and flowers. 



Last week business had 

 DETROIT dropped out completely. 



but this week it was 

 much better and many bookings for 

 fall weddings make us feel that the 

 season of activity will soon be upon 

 us. To discuss stock and its value is 



a most precarious thing just now. 

 Roses are coming in by the thousands, 

 as are also gladioli and asters. During 

 this hot spell the roses arrive mostly 

 blown so that at the end there are 

 very few good ones to choose from. 

 Gladioli helps out some but they have 

 a great competitor in the form of lan- 

 cifolium lilies. Unlike the past two 

 or three seasons asters are very good 

 and even the best are greatly in ex- 

 cess to the demand. To add to the 

 retailer's troubles he finds every day 

 several autos to stop in front of his 

 Ktore and her ladyship bringing the 

 choice aster product of her country 

 place to him for sale. Of course her 

 la iyship is very much put out to be 

 ii'ld that there is no demand for them. 



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