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HORTICULTUEE 



January 3, 1914 



Flower Market Reports 



(Continued /lom page 23) 



Beauties that started the game at 

 |100 were being peddled in the street 

 later at 15c apiece. Having a fine 

 crop for Christmas is a splendid 

 thing, provided all the other fellows 

 don't have a fine crop also! Next to 

 high grade Beauties the worst suffer- 

 ers were probably white roses. Far 

 too many of these. The price situa- 

 tion being thus it was fortunate that 

 the volume of business held up as 

 well as it did. There was not much 

 but what found a market of some 

 kind or other. So there is always 

 something to be thankful for. The 

 weather was especially favorable to 

 the plant end of the business — stock 

 getting to its destination safely in all 

 cases, and orders being placed more 

 freely than if weather had been 

 severe. All the leading concerns re- 

 port a clean sell-out and no kicks. In 

 addition they did not suffer from any 

 slump in prices like the cut flower 

 growers. The greens market was 

 very good also and a large amount of 

 business was done. The scarcest item 

 was good well-berried holly. The 

 Christmas tree business has been 

 dwindling for several years back and 

 that condition was more pronounced 

 than ever this year. 



Summing it up as a whole it was a 

 splendid Christmas — immense volume 

 of business — and while cut flowers 

 brought less, what they did bring was 

 better distributed than usual. The 

 trade in general has every reason to 

 be thankful, all things considered. 



The snow storm on 

 ST. LOUIS Christmas morning 



hurt the local trade a 

 great deal as far as the cut flower 

 trade was concerned. The plant trade 

 was fully up to expectations and at 

 some of the places even more. Up to 

 Christmas Eve trade was rushing and 

 deliveries could be made without much 

 wrapping, and it looked as though all 

 records for Christmas business were 

 to be broken, but the cold snow storm 

 early Christmas morning killed that 

 pait of it. Plants of all kinds had a 

 great sale, with poinsettias in pans 

 as the leaders. These were quick sell- 



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ers with fancy red sashes. Of other 

 plants anything in bloom were good 

 sellers. The cut flower demand was 

 not so good as in former years and it 

 looks as though year after year the 

 plant trade for the holidays is getting 

 the advantage on account for the enor- 

 mously advanced prices charged for 

 cut flowers. For New Year's there is 

 not so much looked for in the plant 

 line and cut flowers will sell better, 

 prices being much cheaper. The mar- 

 ket at the present time has enough 

 for all demands — and with a little 

 bright weather the market will be 

 loaded with roses, carnations and bul- 

 bous stock. Violets are the one scarce 

 item. 



The Christmas 

 WASHINGTON business proved 

 very satisfactory, 

 especially as but little was expected. 

 Stock cleaned up well. It is said that 

 the sale of potted azaleas, begonias 

 and cyclamen exceeded that of last 

 year and prices were good. There 

 was somewhat of a scarcity of single 

 violets, while the doubles were very 

 plentiful. Those of the former that 

 were to be had were of very good 

 quality and were quickly bought up. 

 As in previous years, the dealers ran 

 short of red roses; the supply of red 

 carnations was short, 'but in view of 

 the prices asked they proved enough 

 to supply the limited demand. Or- 

 chids were in larger supply than they 

 have been and over 4.000 gardenias 

 were sent into the market by a local 

 grower. The call for American Beau- 

 ty roses was very heavy and these 

 cleaned up well. In view of the fact 

 that immortelles have increased so in 

 price, the marketmen offered red rus- 

 cus in their stead and with remarkably 

 good results. The business for the 

 year of 1913, taking it as a whole, was 

 just as satisfactory as the Christmas 

 trade. Looking forward to the next 

 twelve months, the prospects appear 

 good for a record-breaking period. 

 What is needed is a settling of condi- 

 tions, and now that Congress has dis- 

 posed of so many important matters 

 it is believed that the members and 

 their families will have more time for 

 entertaining and many belated affairs 

 will take place. 



Christmas business 

 MONTREAL proved to be as good 



if not better than pre- 

 ceding years, notwithstanding the 

 talk of a money stringency and the 

 falling oft of business generally the 

 two weeks previous. All classes of 

 stock cleaned up well and maintained 

 good prices to the end. The retailers 



with few exceptions report "The best 

 Christmas week ever." 



The Gardeners' Chronicle, of Lon- 

 don for Dec. 13th shows illustrations 

 of fourteen forms of Nephrolepis ex- 

 altata, eleven of which originated in 

 America. The accompanying notes in- 

 correctly state that the bi-pinnate 

 form named N. e. Piersonii is known 

 as the Boston Fern. Whatever may 

 be the case in England the writer is 

 mistaken as to the facts in this coun- 

 try where the original type has been 

 known as the Boston fern, since long 

 before Piersonii appeared, the latter 

 being known as the Pierson fern. 



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