April 4, 1914 



HORTICULTUKE 



647' 



Telephone 3860 MafIi§on Sqaare 



WOODROW & MARKETOS 



WHOLESALE 



Plantsmen and Florists 



37 and 39 West 2Btb St., NEW YORK 

 Flower Market Reports 



{Continued from page ^45) 



condition, prices have gone away down 

 and all kinds of stock in all grades 

 are so plentiful, and the call so small 

 that a great many flowers are dumped 

 by the wholesalers. The daily supply 

 from our local growers has been larger 

 than any time this year and should 

 this fine weather continue, this will 

 continue right up to Easter. The flow- 

 ers that are in greatest abundance are 

 violets, carnations, sweet peas and 

 roses. Some of the prices obtained for 

 them in thousand lots could hardly 

 be quoted correctly. 



The bottom has 

 WASHINGTON certainly dropped 



out of the local 

 market so far aa prices are concerned, 

 for the annual glut is on and the 

 buyer's offer is more often accepted 

 in place of the quoted prices. The 

 rising temperature has caused the ma^ 

 turing of large quantities of bulbous 

 stock with the probable result of 

 cleaning the market of these before 

 Easter. Outdoor jonquils have made 

 their appearance and while holding up 

 to a good price early in the week they 

 have commenced to decline. Hordes 

 of pedlars daily line the streets offer- 

 ing arbutus, sweet peas, pansies and 

 violets at prices which make their 

 handling by the storekeepers a losing 

 proposition. Roses and carnations of 

 exceptional quality can be had at low 

 figures and gardenias seem almost to 

 have no price at all. Of all the flow- 

 ers now in the market Easter lilies 

 alone can be said to have retained 

 their hold, for these continue to bring 

 $1.B0 per dozen, as they have for many 



B. S. SUNN, JR. 

 \i I O LETT S 



CARNATIONS, ROSES 



SS and 57 W. 26t«i St., New York 



Skippins Order* Carefully Filled 



EDWARD REID 



W^HOLESALE FLORIST 



1619-21 Ranste^ St., PiiiU<)el|ihia, P». 



HiOtCE BEAUTIES, ORCHIDS, VALLEY, ROSES 

 and all Seasonable Varieties of Cut Fionn 



William F. Kasting Co. 



AA/Holesal 



383-387 ELLICOTT ST. 



»rfs-ts 



BUFFALO, N. Y. 



NEW YORK QUOTATIONS PER 100. To Dealers Only 



MISCELLANEOUS 



Cattley u - - • 



Lilies, LonKifloi^ni 



Calla* 



Lily of the Valley 



Free«ias 



Daffodils 



Tulips 



Violets 



Mignonette ■ 



Daise* 



Sweet Peas (per xoo bunches) 



Gardenias 



Lilacs (per bunch) 



Adiantum 



Smilax 



Asparagus Plumosus. strings (per loo) 



" " & Spren (loo bunches). 



Last Half of Week 



endiiE Mar. 28 



1914 



35.00 

 4.00 

 4.00 



2.00 

 I. CO 

 1. 00 

 1. 00 



■15 



2.00 



1. 00 



6.00 



10.00 



•50 

 8.00 



ao.oo 

 15.00 



50.00 

 6.00 



6.00 



3.00 



2.00 



2.00 



3.00 



■25 



6.00 



2.00 



8.00 



25.00 



1. 00 



1. 00 



12.00 



30.00 



20.00 



Fint Half of Week 



beginning (pr. 1 



1914 



25.00 

 4.00 



4 00 

 3.00 

 1. 00 

 1. 00 

 1. 00 

 •15 

 3.00 

 1. 00 

 6.00 

 10.00 



•50 



8.00 



20.00 



15.00 



So.oe 

 6.0* 

 6.0*' 

 3.00 

 2.oe 

 a.oe 

 3.o» 

 ■•5- 

 6.00 



2.0O 



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1.00 



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 3O,0B 



3o.oe 



months. Growers, as a whole, in and 

 about the city of Washington are well 

 pleased with the prospects of full 

 stocks of all varieties for the Easter 

 trade. From all reports it would ap- 

 pear that there will be more than 

 enough lilies of local production. 

 Roses in the popular sized pots will 

 be sent In to the stores in large quan- 

 tities and it is promised that the qual- 

 ity will be Al. This same will apply 

 to azaleas, rhododendrons and other 

 seasonable potted plants. The mar- 

 ketmen are already planning for the 

 erection of large stands on which to 

 display their plants and although 

 business is now down to the dregs, it 

 is believed that this condition will 

 oiiange during the coming week. 



Kansas City, Mo. — Kansas City al- 

 ready has a country-wide fame for its 

 parks and boulevards; now. It appears, 

 there is a chance that it is to get it- 

 self talked about as a city of flowers, 

 the Kansas City Star thinks. Kansas 

 City florists and seedsmen say there 



is a rapidly growing interest in flower 

 culture here and that the coming sear 

 son promises to see greater activity In 

 ornamental gardening enterprises 

 than ever before. 



In hundreds of homes improvised in- 

 door "hotbeds" germinate seeds that 

 later are to be transplanted to porch 

 and window boxes, hanging baskets 

 and lawn beds, and enthusiastic flower 

 lovers are completing lists of roots 

 and bulbs of hardy flowering shrub» 

 tliat are to be set out. 



A plan has been formulated which 

 If adopted, would make Kansas City 

 distinctive among all of the large cities 

 of the country. It is proposed to have 

 the business district, as well as the 

 residence sections, take up window 

 gardening as a work of civic improve- 

 ment in the summer months, with the 

 effect of giving the city a dress of 

 blossoms and trailing vines to relieve 

 the bare masonry and monotonous 

 architecture. The idea is one that 

 has been carried out in many Euro- 

 pean cities, greatly to their beautifl- 

 cation. 



