December 14, 1912 



HORTICULTURE 



835 



Flower Market Reports 



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are not so abundant as usual in De- 

 cember and the cut is not expected to 

 be very heavy for Christmas. Rich- 

 mond roses are being anxiously 

 watched as the holidays near, as their 

 great rivals, the red carnations, are 

 going to be very scarce and prices on 

 them will be so high that the demand 

 for red roses will be greater than 

 usual. Very tew, if any, chrysanthe- 

 mums will be left in another week and 

 there is a feeling of relief when the 

 big favorites are gone for another 

 year. Lily of the valley is said by the 

 largest growers to be in fine quality 

 and selling well. The continued scar- 

 city of carnations is greatly to be re- 

 gretted at this time and it is predicted 

 that the situation will be unchanged 

 for several weeks. Violets are now 

 coming regularly and of first quality. 

 A good supply of Killarneys, some 

 Brides and a few of the newer roses 

 will keep the market supplied for the 

 holidays. 



The warm, clear, 

 CINCINNATI bright weather has 



brought out a 

 heavy cut of flowers that could not be 

 utilized by the market. Many of the 

 blooms, too, were rather soft. There 

 was a drop in most prices and the 

 market proved to be easy on almost 

 every flower. Carnations, single vio- 

 lets and sweet peas alone cleaned up 

 in proper style and it is possible that 

 more of each might have been used. 

 This statement applies particularly to 

 sweet peas. Roses are in a large sup- 

 ply, the red and pink selling much 

 better than the white. Of this last 

 named Brides are moving the best. 

 The last of the chrysanthemums are 

 good and stems good, but they could 

 not very well be held on the stalks. 

 The varieties include mostly white 

 and yellow Chadwick, Jones and 

 . Nonin, double violets. Lily of the val- 

 ley and orchids move tolerably well. 

 Fair demand for giganteiim lilies and 

 callas. 



Another very busy week 

 DETROIT is behind us but this 

 coming week has no 

 elaborate work in sight. This gives 

 all a chance to look after the many 

 details which cannot be done when 

 the holiday rush is upon us and not 

 doing them means accumulating un- 

 toward difficulties and consequent loss 

 of business. A very serious holiday 

 question faces the local retailers 

 through scarcity of carnations. There 

 is no relief in sight from local growers 

 and out-of-town stock is either scarce 

 or of poor quality. Chrysanthemums, 

 of course, are gone: what there is, is 

 of very poor quality and not at all 

 reliable as to lasting quality. The 

 supply of pot plants for the holidays 

 seems to be very good. Ardisias, aza- 

 lea, cyclamen and poinsettia pans are 

 all plentiful and very fine. 



The dull conditions 

 NEW YORK reported last week 

 still continue in the 

 wholesale district, but fortunately 

 there is not a very heavy crop coming 

 in and chrysanthemums being now 

 few and far between no great accumul- 

 ation of anything is to be seen. Carna- 

 tions are really scarce and promise to 

 be so for some time to come. They, 

 as well as all the roses except Beauty, 

 show the invigorating effect of the re- 



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Lilies, Longlflorum 



Lily of the Valley 



Paper While Narcissus 



Stevia 



Violets 



Chrysanthemums, Fancy 



' ' Ordinary ■ 



Daises 



Sweet Peas 



Mignonette 



Gardenias 



Adiantum ■••• 



Smilax 



Asparagus Plumosus, strings (per loo) 



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cent unseasonably warm weather — the 

 roses opened wide and devoid of color, 

 the carnations closed up and bedrag- 

 gled. On Monday morning a little sur- 

 prise was sprung on the shippers in 

 the shape of a decided fall in the tem- 

 perature and consequently quite a lot 

 of stuff came to the wholesalers frozen 

 up. Bulb stock is beginning to assert 

 itself, there being paper white and 

 trumpet narcissi and Roman hyacinths 

 in addition to the regular staples. 

 There are plenty of violets and the 

 orchid supply is sufficient, Cattleya 

 TriauEe taking the lead. 



Cut flowers gen- 

 PHILADELPHIA erally were on 



the scarce side 

 last week. It there had been much 

 business it would have been impossi- 

 ble to fill orders at any price. Values 

 stiffened all along the line and while 

 they are still lower than they were 

 this time a year ago. on many things, 

 the prospects seem good at this writ- 

 ing tor a move up to last year's gen- 

 eral average for the holiday trade. We 

 see no disposition to boost prices un- 

 duly. The idea seems to be rather to 

 take care of regular customers at as 

 moderate a price as possible and let 

 the transients who only come to the 

 regular markets in times of famine, 

 take care of themselves. It has been 

 these transients who have always 

 come along only at holiday time who 

 have sent prices sky-high — which has 

 been bad for the general health of the 

 business — any way it is so looked at. 

 Now that the growers and their agents 

 the commission men have seen the dis- 

 astrous effects from bitter experience 

 in past years, they are showing their 

 wisdom in the policy of taking care of 

 their regular customers first. They 



may lose a few Immediate cents but 

 they will be in dollars in the long run. 

 So we look for no phenomenal prices 

 this Christmas. The transients will 

 get a polite cold shoulder: "Very 

 sorry; but we are quite sold up on 

 these"; and there will be no insane 

 jumps in prices. The plant men will 

 have their legitimate share of the mar- 

 ket, which they are thoroughly en- 

 titled to; but they won't quite have it 

 all to themselves as has happened a 

 few in history! 



Business during 

 WASHINGTON the past week was 



considerably b e t- 

 ter than it has been for some time. 

 The commencement of the society sea- 

 son is materially increasing the de- 

 mand for all cut flowers. The supply 

 of flrst-class carnations is insufficient 

 at the present time to meet all calls 

 and the same may be said of single 

 violets and yellow roses. Orchids are 

 over plentiful. Chrysanthemums are 

 practically at an end. Seen in the 

 market during the past week were 

 poinsettias, lupins, snapdragons and 

 sweet peas in all colors, and potted 

 poinsettias, azaleas, begonias, cycla- 

 men and other Christmas plants. 



The market the past 

 ST. LOUIS week was in good con- 

 dition and had plenty 

 of stock for the demand. 



Chrysanthemums are going fast and 

 very few good ones are coming in 

 now. Roses are selling better and the 

 demand is quite good for all varieties 

 and grades. Carnations, too, sell well 

 at good prices. Of the other flowers 

 that go to make up this market re- 

 ceipts are satisfactory. Violets are In 

 heavy demand and scarce. 



