February 28, 1914 



HORTICULTURE 



311 



--. WHOLESALE 



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ZonsitSnmentr^ 3o/ic/ted 



B. S. SUNN, JR. 

 V I O LET S 



CARNATIONS, ROSES 



S5 and 57 W. 26th St., New York 



Shipping Orden Carefully Filled 



Flower Market Reports 



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anything like a normal price. Of the 

 exceptional things snapdragons and 

 calendulas are making a fine record. 

 Quantities of cattleyas of inferior 

 quality are unloaded at unquotable 

 prices and find their outlet through 

 bargain sale advertisements in the 

 daily papers. For anything really fine 

 in the line of cattleyas quoted prices 

 are usually maintained. 



As was to be ex- 

 • PHILADELPHIA pected, the pre- 

 lenten week 

 proved to be a brisk and profitable one 

 for the flower business. All stock sold 

 well, the leaders probably being car- 

 nations which were in lively demand 

 and just a little ahead of supply — 

 which kept prices firm — with no bar- 

 gains for old "Iron-Face" the cold- 

 blooded waiting buyer. That gentle- 

 man's strong point is his ability to 

 hang around and wear out the oppo- 

 sition, and he wins out all right, too, 

 unless the market is very strong. Pink 

 roses sold well — also American Beau- 

 ties. The latter were in larger supply 

 but did not weaken in price here so 

 much as we hear they did in New 

 York, from which point some of our 

 buyers picked up some good stock at 

 considerably less than local quotations. 

 Prices on orchids hold firm and there 

 are enough to meet requirements. The 

 gardenia market continues rather 

 sluggish and pood stock can be had at 

 very reasonable fienres. There is no 

 improvement in the violet situation. 

 Lily of the valley remains normal both 

 as to supply and demand. Large quan- 

 tities of daffodils, both single and 

 double, are arriving and selling 

 moderately well although at rather 

 law prices. Roman hyacinths and 

 paper whites are scarce. The Easter 

 lily supply has increased with the ad- 

 vancing season and prices have 

 dropped a notch. 



There has been consid- 

 ST. LOUIS erable business for the 

 retailers during the 

 last week. Surpluses at the whole- 

 sale markets were well taken up and 

 this pleased the wholesalers greatly, 

 as stock was plentiful in all grades ex- 

 cept extra fancy roses, for which there 

 is always a good call. Prices are be- 

 low the last, quotations on almost 

 everything. All flowers are on crop 

 and quite a large amount of stock from 

 now on is expected. In greens the 

 market affords anything the trade de- 

 mands. 



Business during 

 WASHINGTON the month of Feb- 

 ruary can only be 

 considered as "fair." The exception- 

 ally cold weather caused a marked 

 shortening of the supply and at times 

 it was hard to get flowers on order. 

 Roses have been very scarce for some 

 time and are bringing good prices. 



EDWARD REID 



WHOLESALE FLORIST 



1619-21 Ranstead St., PbiUdelphia, Pa. 



CHOICE BEAUTIES, ORCHIDS, VALLEY, ROSES 

 and all Seasonabis Varieties of Cut Flowen 



William F. Kasting Co. 



NA/Holesal' 



383-387 ELLICOTT ST. 



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BUFFALO, N. Y. 



NEW YORK QUO TATIONS PER 1 00. To Dealers Only 

 MISCELLANEOUS 



CaHleyas 



Lilies, Longiflorum 



Callas 



Lily of the Valley • 



Paper Whites, Roman Hyacinths 



Freesias 



Daffodils 



Tulips 



VioleU •• 



Mignonette 



Daises- 



Sweet Peas (per loo bunches) 



Gardenias 



Lilacs ( per bunch) 



Adiantum ■■• •■ 



Smilax 



Asparagus Plumosus, strings (per lOo) 



& Spren (loo bunches). 



Carnations are still in good demand 

 at $4 and $5 per hundred. American 

 Beauty roses are very scarce and 

 bringing up to $10 per dozen. The 

 St. Valentine and Washington's Birth- 

 day business was very good and 

 caused the movement of all the stock 

 that came into the market. As pre- 

 viously reported, deliveries are still 

 poor, not only within the city, which 

 on Monday was covered with more 

 than six inches of snow, but to and 

 from adjoining cities and towns. The 

 extreme cold is keeping many of the 

 flower vendors off the streets with the 

 result that the stores are doing an in- 

 creased business in violets and sweet 

 peas. It is said that an effort will 

 again be made at an early date look- 

 ing to curb the activities of these 

 street men. 



PERSONAL. 



John Haury and Miss Annie Shouse, 

 of Nashville, Tenn., were married 

 Feb. 15th. 



Louis Morel, of Morel Bros., Scran- 

 ton, Pa., has gone south on account 

 of ill health. 



Henry Cliff is the successor of the 

 late Chas. E. Keith as superintendent 

 of the parks of Bridgeport, Conn. 



John Walker, of Youngstown. Ohio, 

 is in Cuba, recuperating his health. 

 He will go to Panama before return- 

 ing home. 



S. J. Renter, wife and daughter, of 

 Westerly, R. I., will sail for an Euro- 

 pean visit on the steamer Potsdam, 

 leaving New York, March 24. 



E. W. Fengar, of Irvington, N. J., 

 has been seriously ill with pneumonia 

 for the past three weeks, but is re- 

 ported now as convalescing rapidly. 



H. Bayersdorfer, of Philadelphia, has 

 been on the sick list recently and has 

 been at his place of business only in- 



termittently, but is now Improving 

 rapidly. 



Raymond Kulm, for sixteen years 

 with M. Lyons, florist. South Orange, 

 N. J., has accepted a position as land- 

 scape gardener with Mrs. W. Halsey, 

 S. Orange. 



M. C. Ebel, of Madison, N. J., of the 

 Aphine .Mfg. Co., had the misfortune 

 to fall and fracture his knee cap on 

 Wednesday, February 18. He is recov- 

 ering nicely. 



Robert E. Berry has given up nis 

 commercial rose-growing establish- 

 ment at Chatham, N. J., and will take 

 charge of the Shrewsbury Nurseries, 

 Eatontown, N. J. 



Miss Florence M. Wyman, daughter 

 of W. H. Wyman, proprietor of the 

 Bay State Nurseries, North Abington, 

 Mass., and Arthur W. Calkins, were 

 married on Feb. 10th. 



George Barton has been appointed 

 manager of the llOO-acre estate of 

 Emerson McMillan at Darlington, N. 

 v., and will assume charge March 1st. 

 Mr. Barton was formerly superinten- 

 dent of the Glen Cove estate of Henry 

 W. J. Buckingham. 



John D. Ramaley, proprietor of the 

 St. Peter street floral exchange and a 

 resident of St. Paul, Minn, for thirty- 

 five years, celebrated his 80th birth- 

 day anniversary on February 14 by 

 giving flowers to his friends and cus- 

 tomers, in accordance with a custom 

 he inaugurated a year ago. 



NEW WHOLESALE HOUSES. 



Baltimore, Md. 

 Ijrecht Company 

 wholesale store 

 street. 



Brooklyn, N. 

 Cut Flower Co., 

 have opened a 

 11 Court square. 



—The Walter R. Sie- 

 liave opened a branch 

 at 200 W. Mulberry 



Y.— The Manhattan 



A. Hanig. proprietor, 



wholesale store »t 



