May 2, 1914 



HOETICULTURE 



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THE FLO RIST r SUPPLY j HOUSE OF^AM ERICA 



We want you to know that there is plenty of,profit in using- our new finished Cycas — the kind that is 

 ironed, full measurement and width. The only Cycas on the market which is made and sold under 

 this new procees — Color is good and Quality represents its "Standard." 

 All sizes, 4 inches up to 48 inche s._ 1000 assorted quoted at Sp ecial Pnce/^lVrite ua.^3 



F^ " tr'"!?* ia;!w DiSee'pagfes'673-675 for Pot Covers and Script Letters.! ^r?SS 



H. BAYERSDORFER & CO.JI29 Arch St., Philadelphia^pT. 



WHOLESALE 



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Flower Market Reports 



{Coniinned from page bjy) 



blooming outdoors has a depressing ef- 

 fect on any effort to bring conditions 

 back to normal aftei tlie post-Kaster 

 dilemma. Two tilings are in better 

 shape as a starter, carnations and cat- 

 tleyas. In the case oE each it is the 

 result of a receding crop and not en- 

 tirely due to any better demand. Lil- 

 ies are still at the bottom of the lad- 

 der and they have plenty of company, 

 among which may be classed roses of 

 all varieties in the medium and lower 

 grades. Sweet peas are doing satisfac- 

 torily if of standard quality but there 

 are lots of the other kind and these 

 fare badly. Gardenias are cheap and 

 lack the element of popularity which 

 they enjoyed in the past. Altogether 

 the situation is very unsatisfactory 

 from the wholesalers' angle, but the 

 retailer has a chance to make good 

 money provided he can scare up the 

 buyers. 



Excessive s u p- 

 PHILADELPHIA plies still rule, 



and we regret to 

 be unable to report any improvement 

 on general conditions. Roses, carna- 

 tions, lilies and snapdragons are 

 especially abundant. Orchids and gar- 

 denias sell fairly well as do also sweet 

 peas. There is not such a powerful 

 overplus in these. Greenhouse-grown 

 gladioli of the popular varieties like 

 America, Augusta, Brenchleyensis, etc., 

 are coming in sparingly and are clean- 

 ing up nicely at good figures. Spanish 

 iris are one of the few things that 

 meet with ready sale at living prices. 

 Lily of the valley is still a fair propo- 

 sition although the supplies increased 

 towards the end of the past week. 

 There is a fair demand for daisies, 

 but there are far too many of them. 

 Outdoor narcissi liye poeticus, Lang- 

 try and Rarri arrived in big lots, but 

 with little demand — in many cases not 

 enough to pay the expressage. Smilax 

 strings are scarce — as is usual about 

 this time. We do not seem to have 

 been able to regulate that defect here 

 yet, and P. Welch can still smile at 

 us and point with pride to his superior 

 generalship for the Boston market. As- 



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WHOLESALE 



Plantsmen and Florists 



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EDWARD REID 



WHOLESALE FLORIST 



1619-21 RuutcMl SL, PbiUdelphU, Pk. 



CHOtCE KAUTIES, ORCHIDS, VALLEY, ROSES 

 and all Seasoaabia Varieties of Cat Fiowan 



William F. Kasting Co. 



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BUFFALO, N. Y. 



SEW YORK QUOTA TIONS PER 100. To Dealers Only 



MISCELLANEOUS 



Cattleyas • -^ 



Liliea, Longinorum 



Callas 



Uly of the VaUey 



Wallflower 



Snapdragon* 



Daffodils 



Tulips 



Violet. 



Pansies 



Mignonette 



Daises, white and yellow 



Sweet Peas ( per loo bunches) 



Lilacs (per buQch) Southern 



Gardenias 



Adiantum 



Smilax 



Asparagus Plumosus, strings (per lOo) 



& Spv'en (loo bunches). 



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paragus plumosus is much more pleii 

 tiful than it was a few weeks ago. 



There is an un- 

 WASHINGTON usually heavy sup- 

 ply of fiowers in 

 the market at the present time and it 

 is said that not in many years has the 

 glut been so heavy. Prices are asked 

 but the dealers are often glad to take 

 just about what is offered to them. 

 While some American Beauty roses 

 are bringing a fair price, the average 

 run is moving at less than $3 per 

 dozen while in quantity lots the price 

 is almost that much per hundred. No 

 quotations are being made on the av- 

 erage run of roses and these are being 

 sold almost without count, but there is 

 some little demand for good quality 

 Richmond, Radiance and Killarney 

 roses at a fair price. Cattleyas form 

 the only scarcity and there are not 

 enough of these to fill all demands 

 with the result that the price has gone 

 up. Carnations can be had at as low 

 as $7,511 per thousand and the bottom 

 has dropped out of the sweet pea mar- 



ket, this flower bringing as low as $2 

 per thousand. Violets are well off the 

 market although they are being 

 offered on the streets as usual. 



We were greatly surprised when 

 .lohn McKenzie, the well known plant 

 and llower grower of North Cambridge, 

 iMass . handed in the advertisement 

 which appears in this issue offering 

 his establishment for sale, for it is no 

 secret that .Jolin has made money 

 there and the place is exceptionally 

 well located and in good order. But 

 flower-growing is not big enough now 

 for his ambitions and his successor 

 tliere will get a rare bargain in conse- 

 quence. 



ROBERT J. DYSART 



PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT AND AUDITOK 



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especially ailapted for florists' ii!.e. 



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