February 7, 1914 



HORTICULTURE 



207 



UNITED REFRIGERATORS 



Sell Flowers and keep tlieni in 

 best condition. All Hizes Di^splay 



Ciises. Coolers, vir. Ask lor 

 Catalog X4. 



UNITED REFRIGERATOR & ICE 

 MACHINE CO., Kenosha, Wis. 



Flower Market Reports 



{Ccrrtinutd frotn page Joj^) 



The average receipts 

 CINCINNATI of blooms has in- 

 creased somewhat. 

 while demand seems to fall off, and 

 prices have begun to shrink. If the 

 warm weather keeps up there will 

 probably be an influx of stock that 

 will be greater than the market vb.\\ 

 utilize. Rose receipts have increased 

 slightly, but are not as yet sufficient 

 for requirements. American Beauties 

 while good are very slew in coming 

 Into another crop. The offerings of 

 carnations are large and only those 

 of quality are being utilized. The call 

 for violets, double ones in particular. 

 has fallen off so considerably that 

 buyers almost dictate the prices. The 

 supply of single ones has increased. 

 Sweet peas are in fair supply and 

 continue to be good property for the 

 wholesaler. Orchids and lily of the 

 valley are also in good supply, but 

 enjoy only a fair call. A limited num- 

 ber of marguerites come into the 

 wholesale houses. There are plenty 

 of lilies and all are of a very high 

 quality. Paper white and yellow 

 narcissus are glutted but the supply 

 of each is not so large but that a 

 strong demand for them would easily 

 clean them up nicely. Freesia sells 

 well. 



The market has been 

 NEW YORK quite bare of roses 

 during the past week, 

 but there has been an abundance of all 

 other flower stock and should the 

 warm, bright weather continue it will 

 not be long before there will be roses 

 in abundance as well as everything 

 else. Wholesalers are looking for a 

 big influx of roses and carnations be- 

 fore long. Daffodils, mainly single 

 trumpet are coming in lieavily. Lily 

 of the valley is again in good supply 

 and extra fine quality. There is a 

 moderate supply of tulips; plenty of 

 good lilies, which have gone down a 

 little in price, jind a large overstock 

 of freesias of quality ranging from 

 very fine to very slovenly. Few violets 

 are yet in evidence. Wallflowers, 

 mignonette, calendulas and small flow- 

 ers in variety are in siifficicnt (luan- 

 tlty. Primula malacoides is being 

 grown considerably for cut flower pur- 

 poses, but is not as attractive in cut 

 state as on the plant. There are 

 plenty of cattleyas' and other orchids 

 such as laelias, dendrobiums and 

 splendid oncidium spikes. Trade in 

 general is on the quiet side and on 

 some mornings drags discouragingly. 



B. S. SUNN, JR. 

 \i I O LET 3 



CARNATIONS, ROSES 



55 and 57 W. 26th St., New York 



Shipping Orders Carefully Filled 



EDWARD REID 



WHOLESALE FLORIST 



1619-21 Ranstud St., PbiUdelphia, P«. 



CHOICE BEAUTIES, ORCHIDS, VALLEY, ROSES 

 and all Seasonable Varieties of Cut Flowers 



William F. Kasting Co. 



\A/Holeseil. 



383-387 ELLICOTT ST. 



>ris-t8 



BUFFALO, N. Y. 



NEW YORK QUOTATIONS PER 100. To Dealers Only 



Last Half of Week 



ending Ian. 31 



1914 



Cattleyas- 



Lilies. Longiflorum 



Call as - 



Lily of the Valley 



Paper Whites, Roman Hyacinths 



Freesias 



Daffodils 



Tulips . 



Violets . . 



Mignonette - 



Daises- 



Sweet Peas (per loo bunches) 



Gardenias 



Adiantum 



Smilax 



Asparagus Plumosus, strings (per loo) 



& Spren (loo bunches). 



lO.OO 



6 DO 

 I2.00 

 I. GO 

 I.OO 

 I.OO 

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 2.00 



2.00 



6.00 

 6.00 

 .50 

 8.00 

 15.00 

 10.00 



40.00 

 10.00 

 15.00 

 4.00 

 2.00 

 3.00 



5-00 



4.00 



.60 



6.00 



2. 00 



12.00 

 16.00 



■75 

 12.00 

 35-0O 

 20.00 



First Half of Weak 



beginning Feb. 2 



1914 



10.00 

 6.00 

 10.00 



I.OO 

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2.00 



■50 



2.00 

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 4.00 

 6.00 

 .50 

 8.00 

 20.00 



zo.oo 



40.00 

 10.00 

 12.00 



300 



7.00 



3.00 



3.00 



4.00 



.60 



6.00 

 2.00 

 12.00 

 16.00 

 •75 

 12.00 

 50.00 

 50.00 



A vast cliange 

 PHILADELPHIA lias come over 



the face of 

 tilings since our last report. The 

 bright weather and the longer days 

 have increased supplies of nearly all 

 kinds of flowers. Meantime there has 

 been no corresponding increase in busi- 

 ness, so that prices generally have 

 shown a tendency to recede — although 

 this is not very marl^ed as yet. All 

 roses except American Beauty are 

 more plentiful but not so much so as 

 the carnations. The latter are in very 

 much larger supply. But even Beauty 

 are expected to get a move on by the 

 end of the week. Gardenias are about 

 as usual. Orchids rather too many, 

 with demand light. There is a large 

 supply of violets— more than can be 

 used to advantage. Sweet peas have 

 come with a rush; splendid quality; 

 prices very much lower except on the 

 "orchid-flowering" sorts which are still 

 behind the demand. Mignonette easier. 

 Any amount of daffodils, freesia, tulips 

 and other bulbous stock. Acacia 

 pubescens and myosotis may be had if 

 one orders a day ahead. 



The market has not 

 ST. LOUIS been at all satisfac- 

 tory the past week. 

 The retailers had their troubles with 

 it early in the week and the whole- 

 salers the latter part. Stock was quite 

 scarce at first in all lines and grades. 

 All of a sudden it became plentiful and 

 the retail business dull. The big snow 

 storm on Thursday and Friday also 

 had a bad effect. Prices have lowered 

 somewhat except on roses. These are 

 still somewhat scarce and a big crop is 

 looked for soon. Carnations are down 

 in value and there are plenty of them 

 in all varieties. Violets and peas are 

 now coming in quite heavy. Bulb 

 stock is looking up better than last 

 week. More of it coming in and qual- 

 ity excellent. 



POSTMASTER KASTING. 



Wni. P. Kasting, the new postmaster 

 at Buffalo N. Y., formally received the 

 keys at the Federal building on Sat- 

 urday last. With his office so con- 

 gested with flowers and friends that 

 there was barely room left in which 

 to move, the popular new incumbent 

 assumed his position shortly after 

 noon. The outgoing postmaster was 

 not there to greet him, leaving that 

 formality to his deputy, but Howard 

 H. Baker, the last Democrat to hold 

 the office, was present together with 

 scores of personal friends and fellow 

 florists. 



At noon every inch of space around 

 the walls of the expansive office was 

 covered with floral offerings and as a 

 matter of fact it was almost like a 

 flower show. A few remarks by Mr. 

 Kasting in which he said "I see among 

 you many business men and I take the 

 opportunity to say that it is my fixed 

 purpose to so conduct the administra- 

 tion of this office as to merit the ap- 

 proval of business men and reflect 

 credit upon our government. A ban- 

 quet was tendered him by friends at 

 the Orpheus Hall in the evening. 



NEW BOSTON FLOWER MARKET. 



Tlie Boston Co-operative Flower Mar- 

 ket, now located on Park street, has 

 leased for eight and one-half years, 

 the street floor and basement at 256- 

 2.58-2(;0 Devonshire street facing Win- 

 thiop Sq., and will remove on March 1. 

 The two floors comprise an area of 

 13,000 sq. ft. McAlpine and Budlong 

 who have had headquarters elsewhere 

 will come in to the new market, the 

 former taking 1800 sq. ft., and the lat- 

 ter 800. This move brings both mar- 

 kets and all the wholesale commission 

 houses together In Winthrop square. 



McCallum Co., of 421 High avenue, 

 Cleveland. Ohio, have bought out The 

 Cleveland Plant & Flower Co., and 

 have taken over their growers. 



