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HORTICITLTURE 



December 21, 1912 



Flower Market Reports 



CHICAGO NOTES. 



(Continued from pa^e Sjg ) 



Usually the week 

 PHILADELPHIA before the holi- 

 days is not look- 

 ed forward to with much anticipation 

 of brisk business. Last week proved 

 an exception to the general rule. The 

 demand was active all along the line 

 and prices advanced considerably on 

 many items. This was especially true 

 of carnations. These were easily the 

 feature of the market and were quite 

 scarce in the face of a brisk demand. 

 Consequently the divine flower was 

 much more in the limelight for the 

 time than the queen of flowers — some- 

 thing which does not often happen. 

 But if there's a lack in quantity noth- 

 ing of that can be said of the quality 

 which is very good. In addition to 

 the regular leaders Mrs. Ward and 

 Pink Delight, the list has been further 

 supplemented by some extra choice 

 White Wondar and Gloriosa. In the 

 advance bookings for Christmas week, 

 Beacon is the leader and is being en- 

 gaged freely even at the stiff figures 

 asked. American Beauty and other 

 roses are plentiful and good but the 

 demand has been draggy compared 

 with other things except perhaps on 

 White Killarneys which are a little 

 scarce and move on sight. Good cat- 

 tleyas are in short supply: plenty of 

 cypripediums. Also a fair assortment 

 of the lesser known orchids.. There Is 

 a fair supply of the cut poinsettia of 

 the usual excellent quality. The de- 

 mand seems to have fallen off a lit- 

 tle of late years on this item, the 

 buyers leaning more and more to the 

 potted plants in this grand Christmas 

 specialty. Holly and other Christmas 

 greens and reds moving now with a 

 rush; regular land-office scramble. 



The market the last 

 ST. LOUIS week had plenty of 

 everything but the de- 

 mand was not satisfactory to the com- 

 mission men, and during the dull 

 days the prices lowered somewhat. 

 This is always the case just before the 

 holidays. The elegant weather of late 

 has had a good effect on stock in cut 

 flowers and plants which, if it con- 

 tinues, will make stock of all kinds 

 good and plentiful for Christmas, and 

 prices reasonable. Roses have been 

 somewhat off color of late, especially 

 Killarney. Carnations are coming 

 along fine. The local growers say 

 that violets, Roman hyacinths, paper 

 whites, lily of the valley, lilies and 

 poinsettias will be quite plentiful up to 

 Christmas, and a good holiday trade 

 is assured. 



NEWS NOTES. 



Washington, D. C. — George Schaffer 

 has leased the new store opposite to 

 the one in which he is now located 

 and may be expected to take posses- 

 sion shortly after the holidays. 



Elmer C. Mayberry, of the firm 

 of Mayberry & Hoover, accidentally 

 shot himself, tearing off a portion 

 of the large toe on the left foot, 

 while hunting near Upper Marl- 

 boro, Md., Thursday afternoon, Dec. 

 12, and on Saturday last underwent 

 an operation for the amputation of the 

 big toe of his left foot at George 

 Washington University Hospital. 



Jesse King, of Mt. Airy, Md., was a 

 visitor last week. 



Prank Oechslin had all his plants on 

 the order list before Christmas week 

 including all the usual blooming 

 plants, azaleas, poinsettias, cyclamen, 

 begonias, etc., as well as decorative 

 stock. 



Many new styles of baskets and new 

 ways of filling them were brought out 

 by Tom MacAUister of A. Lange's. 

 One, noticed in particular, was a pitch- 

 er plant which is a novelty in Christ- 

 mas plants here. 



A. Lange has secured an extra room 

 for his Christmas stock on the second 

 floor, where plenty of tables afford 

 good opportunity for handling plants. 

 Some beautiful eastern plant stock for 

 filling baskets arrived in perfect con- 

 dition. 



Phil Eichling had a new idea in a 

 window novelty which took well with 

 the patrons of Harry Rowe's store. He 

 used large Japanese pine cones, with 

 bits of moss inserted between the parts 

 of the cone and then inserted statice 

 in delicate shades suspending the cone 

 with narrow ribbon. 



Ardesias are not quite so much in 

 evidence this year as formerly but 

 those seen are well-berried. It is hard 

 to evolve new ideas in plant decora- 

 tions, but nevertheless the festooning 

 of the stately little arauearias witli 

 ribbon is being overdone. 



A. L, Vaughan & Co., secured a ship- 

 ment of California or desert holly for 

 the holiday trade. This comes so 

 heavily berried' that express is a big 

 item, but it certainly is very attrac- 

 tive. The clusters resemble mountain 

 ash more than holly, though the leaf 

 is different. It sold for $35 per 100 lbs. 



It is remarkable how red ruscus has 

 leaped into favor. Last year it was no 

 longer a novelty but a few pounds 

 were enough for any firm. This year 

 it is queen of the market. Every- 

 where it is the standby of the window 

 trimmer whether florist or in a de- 

 partment store and it is made up into 

 wreaths, fashioned into bouquets and 

 used in homes, churches and cemeter- 

 ies. This will have some effect, no 

 doubt, on the total sales of cut flowers 

 but the florists have led the way in the 

 general use of the ruscus and offer it 

 in very attractive colors. It is a sea- 

 son of artificial decoration everywhere 

 and some of the larger department 

 stores are using none of the live goods 

 this year for the first time. Some of 

 the florists have their windows so 

 beautifully decorated without any cut 

 flowers that it is rather too suggestive 

 of the possibility of a Christmas with- 

 out flowers. 



For several years Wm. J. Smyth, 

 who has one of the finest retail stores 

 in Chicago, has had an annual mishap 

 either to himself or the store and 

 more often it came at the holiday sea- 

 son. Twice has an automobile crashed 

 through the immense windows at 31st 

 and Michigan avenue just when the 

 Christmas plants and flowers filled 

 them and once a wind storm blew one 

 of them in. Just at Easter two years 

 ago Mr. Smyth met with a serious ac- 

 cident which kept him from business 

 several months. This year is not with- 

 out its record and Mr. Smyth is in St. 

 Luke's hospital with a fractured hip, 

 caused by falling on a slippery board 

 in his garage, Friday, Dec. 13. At this 

 writing he is doing well and the store 



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HELP WANTED 



STOREMAN, able to take charge and 

 make up. Must bave references as to hon- 

 e.sty and sobriety, Stead,v job. Address, 

 stating wages expected, etc, H, W., care 

 HORTICULTURE, 



SITUATIONS WANTED 



WANTED TO REPRESENT 



\ first-class nursery firm in New England 

 states by an energetic, middle-aged man; 

 life-long experience in different branches 

 of horticulture: willing to fill up time in 

 any department. None hut a good posi- 

 tion considered. Address A. B., HORTI- 

 CULTURE^ 



POSITION WANTED as Superintendent 

 or Caretaker of private estate by experi- 

 enced man who understands gardens and 

 garden-making, farming stock, road-mak- 

 ing, draining and grading, moving of 

 large trees and shrubbery, concrete con- 

 struction and installation of sanitary sew- 

 age disposal and management of men. 

 Address P, O. Box 484, Stamford, Conn. 



SITUATION WANTED by young man 

 well trained in bedding plant and general 

 retail florist business. Is good designer. 

 Aged 2.3. Not married. Prefers New Eng- 

 land territory. E. W., care HORTICUL- 

 TURE. 



WANTED, by gardener or general su- 

 perintendent, position on private estate. 

 Experienced in all branches; good refer- 

 ences. Eight years in last position. Wm. 

 D. Nlckerson, 105 Harvard St., BTOOkllne, 

 Mass. 



FOR SALE 



FOR SALE — Fresh from factory, new; 

 10 X 12, 16 lis, 16 X 24, double thick. A 

 and B qualities. Market dropped. Now 1* 

 the time to buv and save money, Parshel- 

 sky Bros,, Inc., 215-217 Havemeyer St., 

 Brooklyn. N. Y. 



force declare they have become so 

 used to holiday happenings that there 

 will be no less attractions to offer for 

 the holiday and each man will do his 

 best to make the business a record 

 breaker. 



Visitors — F. W. Hackenkamp, Jr., 

 Quincy, 111.; Paul O. Beyer, South 

 Bend, Ind.; H, Holz, Hammond, Ind.; 

 Mr, Young, of C, Young & Sons Co., 

 St, Louis, Mo, 



STATEMENT OF OWNERSHIP, 

 MANAGEMENT, ETC., OF HOR- 

 TICULTURE. 

 As Required by the Act of Congress, 

 August 24th, 1912. 



Publisher— Horticulture Publishing Co., 

 Poston. Editor and Business Manager — 

 Wm. .1. SIcw.-irt. List of stockholders 

 holding one per cent, or more of total 

 .iinount of sti'ck— W, W. Castle. N. F. Per- 

 kins, Wm. .T. Ste\yart, .1. K. M. L. Farqu- 

 har, P, Welch, David Welch, of Boston. 

 Mass.; Estate of P. R. Mathison, Wal- 

 tham, Mass. ; .T, H. Morton, Mattapan, 

 Mass.; Thos. Young, Jr„ W. I^, Sheridan, 

 F, H. Traendlv, Chas, Schenck, John I. 

 Kavnor. Now York City; W, F. Kasting, 

 Buffalo, N. Y.; A. S. Burns, Elmhurst, N. 

 Y.: H. II. Battles, S. S. Pennoek, Philadel- 

 phia, Pa.; .Tohn Burton. Chestnut Hill, 

 Philadelphia, Pa.; Estate of Carl .Turgens, 

 Newport, R. I. : Philip Breitmeyer, De- 

 troit, Mich.: Fred Lautenschlager, Chica- 

 go. 111. Bondholders, mortgagees and other 

 security holders — none. Borrowed money 

 — none Notes — none. 



Sworn to aud subscribed lietore Notary 

 Public by WM, J, STEWART, 



Business Manager. 



Boston, Dec. 17, 1912. 



