September 21, 1912 



HORTICULTURE 



421 



Flower Market Reports 



This market is very well 



BOSTON supplied with roses, such 

 as they are. The quality 

 is improving from day to day and 

 every new variety that has had any 

 kind of a send-off of late is in evi- 

 dence. Asters have fallen off in quan- 

 tity as well as quality, but chrysanthe- 

 mums are showing up here and there 

 and will soon displace them. Carna- 

 tions are not good yet, but they are 

 more plentiful and will be a factor 

 soon. Gladioli are still abundant, the 

 light tints far out-selling the bright 

 colored varieties. Lily of the valley 

 was never better. Gardenias are be- 

 ginning to assert themselves and cat- 

 tleyas have got nicely over the recent 

 scarcity. The outlook is all good for 

 supply in every line and general trade 

 is gradually brightening up. 



A better tone prevailed 



BUFFALO the past week in the 

 flower market and trade 

 was more satisfactory. The heavy 

 supply of asters and gladioli, also 

 roses, of a few days previous, has 

 shortened up considerably and more 

 satisfactory prices are obtained. Flo- 

 ral work helped to consume a good 

 portion of stock and a few weddings 

 were noticeable as white roses were 

 in demand, together with lily of the 

 valley and chrysanthemums. Beauties 

 had a better call and Jardine, Mary- 

 land, Killarney and Sunburst are com- 

 ing on better each day. Some good 

 Bonsilene and Perles are to be had. 

 There has been a fairly good demand 

 for lilies, also greens, southern smilax 

 and adiantum. 



The faint signs of an 



CHICAGO awakening to active 

 trade seen last week 

 have developed into an assured fact 

 and so rapidly has the change come 

 about that it is hard to believe that 

 such a transformation could come in 

 so short a time. The principal cause 

 is a shortage of stock where so lately 

 there was a profusion. The thousands 

 of asters are of the past, the few re- 

 maining ones being very welcome. 

 Their companion of many weeks, the 

 gladiolus, is about through with many 

 shippers. Carnations are coming to 

 the front but so short are the stems 

 that they cut no figure in sprays or 

 alone, so the demand is thrown to 

 roses which are not as yet equal to it. 

 Lily of the valley is scarce. The first 

 dahlias and tritomas made their ap- 

 pearance this week and met a good re- 

 ception. Ferns are rapidly going in- 

 to cold storage and the quality is good. 

 A few chrysanthemums are cut daily. 

 Cooler weather and 



CINCINNATI better business both 

 came at the same 

 time. An overloaded market during 

 the hot days of the early part of the 

 month has given way to one in which 

 in most flowers the demand easily 

 takes up all that arrives. The Jewish 

 holidays have contributed their share 

 to the general demand, especially for 

 the fancy stock. The New York as- 

 ters that arrived the early part of this 

 week and last week stood the shipping 

 well, and outside of a few that were 

 poory packed and thus bruised they 

 were in excellent condition. Some 

 pretty fair gladioli, too, are still of- 

 fered and they are finding a good mar- 

 ket. Among other outside flowers that 

 are being used are cosmos and dahlias. 



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WHITE WONDER 9.00 85.00 



AEMA WARD 8.00 70.00 



GLORIOSA 9.00 8.5.00 



MRS. C. W. W.ARD 8.00 70.00 



ENCHANTRESS 7.50 60.00 



ROSE-PINK ENCHANT- 

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PRINCESS CHARMING.. 10.00 



DOROTHY GORDON 7.50 60.00 



WINONA 7.50 60.00 



BROOKLYN 12.00 100.00 



QUEEN 6.00 50.00 



BOSTON MARKET 6.00 50.00 



HEADQUARTERS FOR GREENS 



WILD SMIL.4X, .$6.00 per case. 



GREEN GALAX, $1.50 per 1000; $7.50 per 10,000. 



BRONZE GALAX, $1..50 per 1000; .$8.50 per 10,000. 



LELCOTHOE SPRAYS (green), $1.00 per 100; .$9.50 per 1,000. 



GREEN SHEET MOSS, ten bbl. bales, nicely burlapped, each. 



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CARNATIONS 



MISCELLANEOUS 



Cattley as 



Lilies, Longiflorum 



" Speciosum 



Lily of the Valley 



Gladioli 



Asters 



Daises . ■ 



Sweet Peas 



Gardenias 



Adiantum 



Smilax 



Asparagus Plumous, Strings (loo) 

 " *' & Spren. (loo bchs.) 



CINCINNATI 



Stptt-nilier 17 

 15.00 to 25.00 

 10.00 to 15.00 



6.00 to 10.00 



3.00 to 6.00 



2.00 to 



2.00 to 



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2.00 to 



6.00 

 6.00 

 4.00 

 6.00 



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 ■50 



1.50 



10.00 

 4.00 



10.00 

 40.00 

 25.00 



3.00 

 2.00 



1. 00 

 12.50 

 50.00 



35-00 



DBTROIT 



September 17 



BUFFALO 



September 17 



20.00 to 25.00 15.00 to 20.00 



15.00 to 20.00 10.00 to 15.00 



10.00 to 15.00 6.00 to 10.00 



5.00 to 10.00 



3.00 to 7.00 



3.00 to 7.00 



3.00 to 

 t.oo to 



12.50 

 3.00 

 3.00 

 3.00 

 .50 



7.00 

 1.50 



15.00 

 4.00 

 4.00 

 4.00 

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I PITTSBURGH 



I September 17 

 20.00 to 25.00 

 12.50 to 15.00 

 6.00 to 8.00 

 2.00 to 3.00 

 3.00 to 8.00 

 to 



2.00 to 

 3.00 to 



40.00 



8.00 



3.00 



3.00 



2.00 



.50 



20.00 to 

 20.00 to 



1.50 



15.00 

 30.00 

 30.00 



6.00 

 5.00 



50.00 

 10.00 

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1.50 



■25 

 ■50 



40.00 

 25.00 



1.50 



15.00 

 50.00 

 50.00 



to 



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2.00 

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30.00 



15.00 



60.00 

 10.00 

 4.00 

 4.00 

 S-oo 

 3.00 



1-25 



15.00 

 50.00 



35.00- 



Roses are now selling better than they 

 were. AH varieties and all sizes are 

 taken up. 



A great relief for all 



DETROIT was the increased de- 

 mand for goods which 

 occurred last week. Those fortunate 

 to have the order for balls and 

 luncheons of the American Bankers' 

 Association felt as if they were in the 

 middle of the big season. Good stock 

 suitable for such work was really 

 scarce, while less-valued flowers — 

 most of all asters and short carna- 

 tions — glutted the market beyond re- 

 demption. 



The market the last 



ST. LOUIS week looked up some- 

 what. The weather was 

 cooler and the storemen bought heav- 



ier than usual. There is some good 



stock of all kinds coming in now and 

 at prices that are reasonable in all 

 grades. Killarney is the best rose 

 coming in now. Good asters are to be 

 had in all colors. Carnations are slow 

 coming as to grade but there is plenty 

 of common short stock to be had. 

 Gladioli holding out well. Lily of the 

 valley and lilies make up the rest of 

 the cut stock. 



(Continued on page 423) 



N. F. McCarthy of Boston has now 

 returned from the Isles of Shoals 

 where he went to recuperate after a 

 serious operation in the hospital and 

 looks in fine fettle for the opening 

 season's strain. 



