May 16, 1914 



HORTICULTUEE 



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Telepbone 3860 MadUon Square I EDWARD REID 



WOODROW & MARKETOS wholesale florist 



1619-21 ^Ranstead St., Philadelphia, Pa. 



Flower Market Reports 



(Continued ffom pagey4$) 



the market clean up at all well. Car- 

 nations first and then roses, naturally 

 had the strongest call, but all flowers 

 came in for some of it. It apparently, 

 for a time at least, marked the end of 

 an overcrowded market. The Mothers' 

 Day supply was rather short of re- 

 quirements. This week the supply on 

 Monday and Tuesday were rather mea- 

 gre. Roses and carnations easily 

 cleaned up at the prevailing good 

 prices, but the other offerings did not 

 fare as well. Roses continue in good 

 supply. The carnation market for the 

 past week has been very tight. The lily 

 market is still glutted, but the sup- 

 ply is not so excessively large as it 

 was. Good outdoor tulips are coming 

 into the wholesale houses. The first 

 peonies have made their appearance 

 and so far have sold well. Both lily 

 of the valley and orchids can be ob- 

 tained in quantity, but they are meet- 

 ing with only a very ordinary call. 



The flower trade is 

 NEW YORK again back in the rut 



of inertness after the 

 brief revival and the low vitality is ac- 

 centuated in its effect by the influx of 

 outdoor spring bloom from local 

 sources or from southern points. Some 

 things have shortened up in supply for 

 the time being and these are excep- 

 tional to the general situation in the 

 matter of prices which, in the case 

 o!: roses and lilies, have stiffened up a 

 little and these will no doubt hold 

 their own so long as there is no great 

 surplus in sight. The market is ac- 

 tually flooded with outdoor lily of the 

 valley, tulips, lilacs, daffodils and sim- 

 ilar material, which naturally has a 

 depressing effect on the situation while 

 this inundation lasts. Carnations are 

 very plentiful, although of fine quality, 

 and the figures they command seem 

 low after the brief boost tor Mothers' 

 Day, but as compared with previous 

 years' records, they are not far out 

 of the way. Gardenias are scarce and 

 command good prices, but orchids find 

 a very discouraging market. Smilax 

 continues scarce. Adiantums very 

 plentiful and new season hardy fern 

 stock has been arriving abundantly 

 from the south. 



While the Influx 

 PHILADELPHIA of flowers has not 

 been so great as 

 before still there is an immense lot of 

 everything, and only the good demand 

 has kept the market steady. Very mod- 

 erate prices have prevailed all through. 

 The Mothers' Day demand made an 

 impression toward the end of last week 

 and carnations made the usual jump, 

 white going to about eight, other col- 

 ors showing only a slight increase. 

 The out-of-town demand for this occas- 

 sion was equally as good if not bet- 

 ter than the local. Colored flowers are 

 being gradually brought into play, but 

 this desirable change is very slow in- 

 deed, despite the strenuous advice of 



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 and all Seasonable Varieties of Cut Flowers 



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the commission men to the retailers 

 to use better salemanship. We said 

 eight for white carnations, but there 

 was some salted stock that brought 

 much less. They were "fresh cut" all 

 right but they were "salted" just the 

 same. White roses fared well espe- 

 cially in the shorter grades. Sweet 

 peas were also favorites, the ladies 

 favoring these for corsages. Green- 

 house sweet peas are nearly over; 

 there will be outdoor stock in about 

 ten days. Lily of the valley is slug- 

 gish for shipping on account of there 

 being a good deal of the outdoor prod- 

 uct at outside points. Mountains of 

 outdoor lilac. You see it everywhere, 

 but it will be gone in a week; also 

 many other outdoor shrub subjects. 

 Lilies and callas are still far too plen- 

 tiful. Asparagus plumosus is the best 

 seller in greens. Dagger ferns of good 

 quality old crop are scarce. The new- 

 crop will be ready about May 20. The 

 outlook for next week is very good 

 for flowers generally; as much of the 

 catch supplies will be over and the 

 staples will begin to hold more like 

 their normal sway. 



The glut of indoor 

 WASHINGTON stock is rapidly 

 nearing an end 

 and prices in the wholesale market 

 during the past week were somewhat 

 better than they have been. However, 

 the outdoor blossoms are more than 

 taking the place of what was a sur- 

 plus of roses, carnations, etc. Carna- 

 tions will shortly be off crop, accord- 

 ing to nearby growers. The florists 

 on Sunday last experienced a rush as 

 far as carnations were concerned. Thi! 

 prevailing prices at wholesale were 

 from $4 to $8 per hundred for the best 

 quality stock. The increase in price 

 applied only to white carnations, col- 

 ored stock advancing but slightly 

 above normal. In many instances it 

 was found necessary to substitute gar- 



denias after the supply of carnations 

 was exhausted, but in both flowers the 

 ruling price was $1 per dozen at retail. 

 George H. Cooke sold out his entire 

 supply of white carnations at 25 cents 

 per dozen at retail as he said he would 

 do, when speaking on the subject of 

 Mothers' Day before the Florists' Club. 

 On Saturday the wholesale and retail 

 stores moved thousands of red and 

 pink roses, these being the emblems of 

 both the suffragettes and the antl-suf- 

 fragettes. In the first instance they 

 •were worn by the participants in the 

 suffragette parade and by their friends, 

 while in the case of the latter they 

 were worn in protest of the movement. 

 There is now some little friction be- 

 tween the two factions in the matter 

 of who has the prior right to the em- 

 blem. 



The local wholesale 

 ST. LOUIS market is in about the 



same condition as re- 

 ported in the last issue. Every thing Is 

 plentiful and at very low prices, ex- 

 cept on Saturday, May 9, when the 

 wholesalers went up on price of car- 

 nations. From four to six cents was 

 asked for white carnations and from 

 three to four cents for colored stock, 

 owing to the Mother's Day demand. 

 The wholesalers are looking for an- 

 other heavy week in receipts. Roses 

 are coming in bad shape, due to the hot 

 weather and all other stock suffers like- 

 wise. All flowers are in great abun- 

 dance, also everything in the green 

 line. The plant trade has been heavy 

 right along. 



ROBERT J. DYSART 



PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT AND AUDITOR 



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