March 21, 1914 



HORTICULTURE 





To Pay Us A Visit While You Are In Town 



BADGLEY, RIEDEL & MEYER 



34 West 28th Street, NEW YORK 



Wholesale Florists 



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Flower Market Reports 



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continues good and the larger part of 

 the stock coming in is in the larger 

 and better grades. Carnations of all 

 kinds are plentiful, also lilies. Large 

 quantities of violets meet with a poor 

 market. Sweet peas, too, are plenti- 

 ful. Bulbous stock is apparently near- 

 Ing an end for the season. Business 

 In decorative greens is very good. 



The main thought in 



NEW YORK connection with the 

 wholesale flower 

 trade here at present moment is that 

 it shows a very noticeable improve- 

 ment for the past few days. How long 

 It may last nobody can predict but it 

 is welcome for however long it stays. 

 On Monday morning an air of activity 

 ill and about the wholesale marts was 

 discernible from the very start and it 

 has kept up nicely since then. Carna- 

 tions have loiHid an active market and 

 violets. allhoui;h selling very low, are 

 being distributed out much better than 

 heretofore. Koses hold their own as 

 to demand and are more than holding 

 their own as to quality. They have 

 never been finer at any season and it 

 is pretty certain that at the coming 

 New York show the rose growers will 

 make a new record. Bulbous stock 

 continues plentiful and sells low. 

 There are lots of sweet peas of many 

 grades, only the really fancy ones 

 commanding a good price and sure 

 sale. Cattleyas go with exasperating 

 slowness and gardenias are also hang- 

 ing fire badly. Very little talk about 

 Easter yet in the flower district. 



Early last week 



PHILADELPHIA the depressed con- 

 dition of the mar- 

 ket continued and old "Iron Face" had 

 it pretty much his own way. But by 

 Thursday a vast change came over 

 the scene and prices stiffened, and In 

 many cases went np with a jump. 

 This continued Friday and by noon 

 Saturday the market was pretty well 

 cleaned up. So take it altogether it 

 ■was a pretty good week. Carnations 

 are in brisk demand. The finest ar- 



William F. Kasting Co. 



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383-387 ELLICOTT ST. 



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BUFFALO, N. Y. 



NEW YORK QUOTATIONS PER 100. To Dealers Only 



MISCELLANEOUS 



Cattleyw ■ • • 



Lilies, Lonsifloruni < 



Callaa 



Lily of the Valley 



Paper Whites 



Freesias 



Daffodils 



Tulips 



Violets 



Mignonette 



Daises 



Sweet Peas (per loo bunches] 



Gardenias 



Lilacs (ptT bunch) 



Adiantum 



Smila 



Last Hall of Week 



endine Mar. 14 



1914 



Asparagtu PlumosUB, strings (per lOo) 



** " & Spren (loo bunches). 



First Hall ol Week 



beginning Mar. 16 



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50.00 

 8.00 



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3.00 



2.00 



2.00 



3.00 



3.00 



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4.00 



1.00 



8.00 



30.00 



1.50 



1.00 



10.00 



40.00 



40.00 



riving at present are Gloriosa and 

 Pink Delight. In roses the supply of 

 short stemmers is rather redundant, 

 and this has had a depressing effect 

 on the whole rose market. There is 

 always a good demand for medium 

 roses, but when there are too many of 

 these it hurts sales for the better 

 qualities. Mrs. Taft and Mrs. Aaron 

 Ward, which have been little in evi- 

 dence for a while baek. are now com- 

 ing in more freely. The orchid mar- 

 ket is not in very good shape. While 

 the quality isi fair, the demand is any- 

 thing but brisk. Gardenias and vio- 



lets also continue on the slow side, 

 although the bright weather of the 

 last few days is hc-lping them a little. 

 While sweet peas are very plentiful, 

 they continue to sell well and the 

 quality is par excellence. A much 

 scarcer item now is the daffodil. 

 Prices on these are holding very firm 

 with some advances on the large 

 (lowering soris. I^aper whites are 

 scarce and we .see no itoman hyacinths 

 around at all. All the staples of the' 

 season, such as lilies, lilac, mignon- 

 ette, daisies, etc., are in ample supply 



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Cut Flowers for Easter 



Ample supplies of all staples in cut flowers 



ROSES, CARNATI0NS,V10LETS, VALLEY, 

 ORCHIDS, GARDENIAS 



EVERYTHING IN SEASONABLE GREENS 



Everything m Season Long Experience Careful, Conscientious Service 



Notice New .\d4lrer*A. Best Facilitie§. Central Loentioii. 



BERGER BROSJ225RaceSt 



Philadelphia, Pa. 



WHOLESALE 



FLORISTS 



