July 8, 1911 



HORTICULTURE 



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MICHIGAN CUT FLOWEJt 

 EXCHANGE, Inc. 



[[WHOLESALE COMMISSION FLORISTS 



[C— If eat» Sallcttaa 1 : 

 [Hardy Fancy Fern Oar Sprciaity) 



38-40 BROADWAY, DETROIT, MICH 



WILLIAM H. KUEBLER 



Brooklyn'! I ore iae.it and Beat 



WH0LE8ALE COMMISSION H0U8E 



A Pint CUm Market Wr all CUT FUOWaK* 



38 Wlilouchby St., BrookJym, H. T. 



TeL 4301 Main 



William F. Kasting Co. 



Wholesal 

 383-387 ELLICOTT ST. 



lorists 



BUFFALO. N. Y. 



Flower Market Reports NEW YORK QUOTATI ONS PE R 1 00. To Dealers Only 



(Continued fr»m faff 4Q) 



this year than last, on the other hand 

 cut flowers had suffered very much 

 from the hot weather in May, and the 

 quality offered in June was very in- 

 ferior. 



Midsummer conditions 

 NEW YORK have struck this 



neighborhood with 

 sudden vengeance. Everybody who 

 can get out of town has done so and, 

 as for those that are left, flowers are 

 about the last thing they need. The 

 extreme heat which has covered a 

 large part of the country during the 

 past week about ruined the flower 

 crop for the time being. The product 

 is small as to bulk and almost useless 

 as to quality. The retail stores make 

 no pretense of carrying stock. Their 

 windows as a rule are adorned with a 

 few ferns or palms, an occasional 

 bunch of garden or field bloom and 

 sometimes a dish of water lilies. If 

 an order should chance to come in the 

 purchasing clerk gathers himself to- 

 gether and makes the round of the 

 wholesale stores where he is as wel- 

 come as can be. Steamer trade has 

 fallen off and quiet times are on for 

 the' next few weeks. 



We have looked 

 PHILADELPHIA carefully around 



the purlieus of 

 Philadelphia for any signs of excite- 

 ment in the cut flower markets. We 

 have not found any to speak of and 

 have the honor, therefore, to report 

 that all is quiet along the Delaware. 

 Some slight skirmishes were in evi- 

 dence early last week and consider- 

 able loot was gathered in from the 

 enemy; but later the operations were- 

 only of a commonplace character and 

 barely sufficient to keep the commis- 

 sariat department in ordinary rations. 

 By Saturday much of the spoils were 

 in danger of spoiling from the great 

 heat — and were allowed to go to the 

 enemj with little resistance. This 

 strategic movement saved trouble and 

 cleared the front for action on the 

 3rd. On the latter date some flank 

 movements were successful with the 

 American lieauly battalions and the 

 enemy had to succumb to superior 

 force, both in quality and indemnity. 

 Worthy of special mention also, was 

 the good work done by the Marylands. 

 They were in line form and got in the 

 running considerably ahead of the 

 Irish Brigade— the redoubtable Killar- 

 neys. The white squads were led by 

 the Hohenzollerns in the nearby skir- 

 mishes: but for distance work tlie hon- 



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ors must be awarded to the Irish. The 

 Carrie Nations have shed their pants 

 and are back in the cooking tents 

 temporarily. Minor items not making 

 history to any extent. 



The market the past 

 ST. LOUIS week showed very lit- 

 tle of anything new 

 and all the consignments continue 

 poor grades in all varieties. Roses in 

 demand but good ones are hard to 

 find. Carnations also continue poor. 

 Gladioli clean up daily. Lilies are 

 good and lily of the valley has had a 

 large demand. Sweet peas are very 

 poor — in fact all outdoor stock is poor 

 this season. 



The cut flower trade 

 SYRACUSE is dull, but large funer- 

 al orders keep the 

 stock well worked up. The excessive 

 heat for the past week or more has 

 raised rain with everything in the 

 houses. There is some anxiety felt 

 over the chrysanthemums, and the 

 outcome next fall. Carnations in the 

 field are doing finely, and promise 

 some grand plants for fall work. 

 Heavy and frequent tains in May and 

 June gave them a good start, and fre- 

 quent cultivation keeps the moisture 

 in the ground. The plants are making 

 a splendid growth. Some showers now 

 would do much good, and tend to 

 clown red spider, which is bound to 

 make its appearance if tins exce 

 heat continues. 



IN BANKRUPTCY. 



Michael F. Toomey of Franklin. Mass.. 

 proprietor of the Oak Hill nurse 

 and having a place of business at 10 

 Treniont - Bo on, has Bled his 



i Jules in bankruptcy in the United 

 States District Court in which he 

 acknowledges debts aggregating $42,- 

 538.57. Toomey was petitioned into 

 bankruptcy on June s. His assets 

 amount to $7469.12, Of the liabilities 

 $30.S18.5 < i is unsecured and $10, 920 se- 

 cured. 



PERSONAL. 



Carl C. Reck, florist, Main strei 

 Bridgeport, Conn., was married June 

 20 to Miss Emily Reid Thomas. 



Visitors in Boston — Mrs. Eugene 

 Dailledouze, Brooklyn. N. Y.; Miss 

 Millie Dorner, Lafayette, Ind. 



Robert Hunnick, head gardener to 

 Mr. Wm. Maxwell, Rockville, Conn.. 

 has resigned his position and is going 

 back to Newport, It. I. 



Mrs. Fillmore. Sr.. who has charge 

 of the cut flower department of F. J. 

 Fillmore & Sons. St. Louis, is visiting 

 Kansas City. .Mo., for a two weeks' 

 vacation trip. 



George Gordon of Beverly, Mass , 

 started on July t; on a two or three 

 months' tour westward as far as the 

 Pacific coast, stopping at Detroit. Den- 

 ver. San Francisco, Portland. Seattle 

 and other important points 



Mr. and Mrs. Charles Dingee, of 

 West Grove, Pa., announce today the 

 engagement of their daughter, Miss 

 Marion H. Dingee. to Mr. George M. 

 Barnard, of New Castle, Ind. Mr. 

 Barnard is the Mayor of New Castle, 

 and a son of former Congressman 

 Barnard of Indiana. The wedding 

 will take place in the autumn, at the 

 country liome of Mr. and Mrs. Dingee, 

 at West Grove, Pa. 



The many Boston friends of Mr. 

 Michael Keenan will be glad to know 

 of hit success as manager for P. R. 

 Quinlan at his Sali a treet store. 

 Syrai u i . N. Y. Every one in the trade 

 id word to say for him, and 

 he is making a host of friends among 

 all classes. His work as a designer is 

 much praised. A verj important item 

 with ill florists, is window decora ion, 

 and this receives Ins personal super- 

 vision, and many attractive and ar- 

 tistic displays have been made. The 

 stote itsi It has been greatly improved, 

 and now looks up to date. 



