April 11, 1914 



HOETICULTURE 



583 



Telephone 3860 Madison Square 



WOODROW & MARKETOS 



WHOLESALE 



Plantsmen and Florists 



37 and 39 West 26tli St., NEW YORK 

 Flower Market Reports 



(Cofttiitneti front ptigc' i,^ / ) 



The early part of 

 PHILADELPHIA last week we ex- 

 perienced rather 

 sluggish business, but the last two 

 days were extra good, with a splendid 

 clean-up. The best change that came 

 over the scene was especially notice- 

 able in carnations which from a large 

 overflow actually developed into a 

 shortage, was much to the surprise of 

 the buyers who thought they were be- 

 ing imposed on. One buyer looked 

 very skeptical indeed and said he was 

 doing no more business than on the 

 preceding days. The comment of a 

 wholesaler after that retailer had left 

 summed up a very common occurrence 

 in the flower market. Said he: "That 

 lad seems to think that because he's do- 

 ing no business nobody else is." And 

 he added a piece of sententious wis- 

 dom to this effect: "Its a bad thing to 

 think you're the only tin can on the 

 dump and its worse for the man who 

 thinks it than for anybody else." While 

 all grades of roses remained plentiful 

 they felt the effects of the improved 

 market although not so strongly as car- 

 nations and there was a slight harden- 

 ing in prices towards the end. Beau- 

 ties have been quite plentiful and here 

 and there some fine flowers have had 

 to be sacrificed. The quotations for 

 the coming Easter are a vast change 

 from the $10 top figure of 1913. This 

 year $6 is the highest and so on down 

 the grades. This is due, of course, to 

 the later date of Easter this year. 

 Three weeks ago Beauties were just 

 as scarce as they were at the same 

 date in 1913. In cattleyas, SchroederiE 

 still holds the fort although a few Mos- 

 siffi are beginning to appear. The gar- 

 denia market has improved a little, 

 but we still see lots of them on the 

 street which means there are sacrifices 

 somewhere. Violets are plentiful and 

 slow. The indications are for a good 

 demand on these for Easter and good 

 prices are being got for advance book- 

 ings. Sweet peas are far too many in 

 the lower grades. High quality is not 

 so plentiful as we have been receiving 

 up to now. Easter lilies are about 

 normal and prices are reasonable. 

 There is likely to be a big slump after 

 Easter as there are an immense num- 

 ber of shorts in pots that are not likely 

 to sell and these will be cut and 

 dumped on the cut flower market next 

 week, demoralizing things generally 

 both for these and for the good stock. 

 Daffodils of the choice greenhouse- 

 grown quality are about over, but 



B. S. SUNN, JR. 



V I o i-E:nr3 



CARNATIONS, ROSES 



SS and 57 W. 26ttt St., New York 



Shipping Orders CarefuUr Filled 



EDWARD REID 



WHOLESALE FLORIST 



1619-21 Ranstead St., PhiUdelpkia, Pa. 



CHOICE BUUTIES, ORCHIDS, VALLEY, ROSES 

 and all Seasonable Varieties of Cut Flowtn 



William F. Kasting Co. 



NA/Holesal* 



383-387 ELLICOTT ST. 



loris^s 



BUFFALO, N. Y. 



NEW YORK QUOTATIONS PER 100. To Dealers Only 



MISCELLANEOUS 



Cattleyas • 



Lilies, Longiflorum 



Callas - 



Lily of the Valley 



Wallflower 



Snapdragon 



Daffodils 



Tulips 



VioleU 



Pansies ' 



Mignonette • 



Daises. ^^ hite and yellow 



Sweet Peas (per loo bunches) 



Lilacs (per bunch) 



Gardenias 



Adiantum 



Smilax 



Asparagus Plumosus, strings (per loo) 



& Sp»"en (loo bunches). 



Last Half of Week ; First Half of Weik 



endine Apr. 4 beginning Apr. 6 



1914 1914 



35.00 



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20.00 

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50.00 

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2.00 

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there is plenty of the cheap outdoor 

 stuff from the south now arriving. 

 Snapdragon plentiful and of fine qual- 

 ity. 



The Easter market 



ST. LOUIS from all indications is 

 going to be good, with 

 plenty of stock for all, but with con- 

 siderable advance in prices, according 

 to the quotations posted by the whole- 

 salers this morning April 6. The past 

 week stock was sold so very cheap at 

 both wholesale and retail, that the sud- 

 den advance in the prices will hurt the 

 sale of cut stock greatly. The large 

 retail places in the West End say they 

 expect a great plant trade this week 

 and will advise the sale of these in 

 place of cut stock. Lilies are going 

 to be very plentiful this year, as all 

 of our local places will have plenty. 

 Roses and carnations will no doubt be 

 in abundance as they have been the 

 last two weeks, also sweet peas. Violets 

 though, are becoming pale and not so 

 many will come in. Bulb stock prom- 

 ises to be heavy in all lines. 



Stock for the 



WASHINGTON Easter trade is ex- 

 ceptionally plenti- 

 ful and the prices average about the 

 same as in previous years. The first 

 of the week found the market some- 

 what short of carnations, but this was 

 perhaps due to the increased demand 

 for the flower over the previous few 

 weeks. White roses, have been and 

 are of fine quality. The supply of 

 Easter lilies is sufficient to meet all 

 local requirements. Potted plants are 

 of fine quality and the sale good. When 

 seen by 11iii!ti(iiltitke'.s correspondent 

 on Tuesday, J. Henry Small, .Tr., Wil- 

 liam P. Gude, William Marche, George 

 C. Shaffer, Fred H. Kramer, Otto 

 Bauer, George H. Cooke, and others 

 appeared very optimistic and while 

 some of these gentlemen refused to 



absolutely commit themselves, yet from 

 their conversation they expected some- 

 thing in the way of "big" business that 

 would offset the dullness of the Lenten 

 season. 



VISITORS' REGISTER. 



Boston — Fred Lautenschlager, repre- 

 senting Kroeschell Bros. Co., Chicago; 

 Dr. Geo. E. Stone, Amherst, Mass. 



Chicago — A. C. Brown, Springfield, 

 111.; Edw. Amerpoehl, Janesville, Wis.; 

 J. Dinkel, Springfield, 111.; Geo. F. 

 Crabb, Grand Rapids, Mich.; Alfred 

 Forder, Cincinnati, O.; Mrs. J. R. 

 Bather, Clinton, la. 



Cincinnati— Samuel Seligman, New 

 York; Joseph M. Stern, Cleveland, O.; 

 Paul E. Graves, representing Amherst 

 Waxed Paper Mills, Amherst, Mass.; 

 Mr. Van Acker, of Van Acker Bros., 

 Saffelane, Belgium; Mrs. Lampert, 

 Xenia, 0.; Jim Keller, Lexington, Ky.; 

 Floyd Anderson, Xenia, O.; and Mrs. 

 Winters, Charleston, West Virginia. 



NEW BOSTON WHOLESALE 

 HOUSE. 



McAlpine & McDonald have opened 

 up a new, well-equipped and commodi- 

 ous salesroom at 256 Devonshire street 

 for wholesale cut flowers, greens, and 

 plants. Business has made a good 

 start already. 



The trustees of the Massachusetts 

 Horticultural Society, always ready to 

 extend a generous helping hand to 

 any worthy enterprise for the ad- 

 vancement of horticulture, have appro- 

 priated on behalf of the society, the 

 sum of $500, to be expended at the 

 discretion of a committee consisting 

 of President, J. K. M. L. Parquhar 

 and Messrs. Thomas Roland and E. 

 W. Wilder in the interest of the S. A. 

 F. Convention. 



