July 22, 1911 



HORTICULTURE 



115 



MICHIGAN CUT FLOWER 

 EXCHANGE, Inc. 



WHOLESALE COMMISSION FLORISTS 

 C— lg— — t» aSollcataa' 



Hardy Fancy Fmrn Oar S pecialty 



38-40 BROADWAY, DETROIT, MICH 



WILLIAM H. KUEBLER 



Brooklyn's Foremost and Beat 



WH0LE8ALE COMMISSION H0U81 



A First CUss Market lor all CUT FLOWHB 



38 Willoof hby St., BrMUjs, K. T. 



TaJL 4»V1 Mass 



William F. Kasting Co. 



;WhoTesal 

 383-387 ELLICOTT ST. 



lorists 



BUFFALO, N. Y. 



Flower Market Reports NEW YORK QUOTATIONS PER 100. To Dealers Only 



(Ctntiitiud from pa£t //j) 



is exceptionally fine, still prevailing 

 forest fires have seriously damaged 

 what were formerly very productive 

 fern gathering grounds. 



Summer conditions, 



NEW YORK summer quality and 

 summer prices are 

 now in control here. They are not 

 materially different from what they 

 have been in other years except that 

 quality generally runs unprecedent- 

 edly poor, owing to the severe cli- 

 matic experiences of the past month. 

 Outdoor crops are naturally the worst 

 affected and asters, which are now due 

 to make their presence felt are in 

 poor shape thus far although signs of 

 improvement under the better weather 

 conditions now prevailing are seen. 

 Orchids are fine but slackening up in 

 quantity. Carnations have never been 

 v orse than now. 



Business in the 



PHILADELPHIA flower trade here 

 last week was 

 fairly satisfactory for the season. 

 There is a smaller volume of stock ar- 

 riving and of course it is of poorer 

 quality than it was but recently. This 

 is especially true of roses, although 

 many other lines are similarly affected. 

 American Beauty is one of the bright 

 spots in the situation, being about the 

 best value of anything now offered. 

 While roses are not up to the mark — 

 even Kaiserin making but a me- 

 dium showing. Marylands are the 

 best among the pinks — but the best is 

 nothing to brag about. Carnations also 

 are rather inferior and the supply has 

 shortened up notably. The orchid 

 market goes along on an even keel — 

 with enough cattleyas for all demands. 

 Gardenias have improved considerably. 

 Lily of the valley is excellent and sell- 

 ing well. Of asters there is some 

 very fair stock of Queen of the Market 

 arriving but a large majority are very 

 poor. When the aristocrats, like the 

 Crego and others of that class, begin 

 to come in then there will be some- 

 thing doing in the aster line. Gladio- 

 li are finding a ready sale. America, 

 Augusta and Brenchleyensis are the 

 principal sorts so far. Centaurea im- 

 perialis, the lavender pink one, is a 

 favorite item. Easter lilies have 

 shortened up some, but there seems 

 still enough to go around. 



The market conditions 



ST. LOUIS have been anything 



but satisfactory to the 



retailer for some time past. In 



looking over the four wholesale houses 



MISCELLANEOUS 



CtltllTH 



Ultes, Loaftiflaraai 



Uly at tb. V allay 



Gladioli 



Stocks 



Dais las 



taacKiragon 



Asters 



Swaat Paas (per 100 bunches) 



Oaraanlaa 



AdtaatM 



Aaparanss Plasaaaaa, striagi 



" " * Spten. (ioo bchs) 



hardly enough first-class stock can be 

 found to supply half the demand and 

 that is not very large now-a-days. The 

 long, dry and hot spell has a great 

 deal to do with these conditions. 

 Roses and carnations are scarce. Fine 

 gladiolus come in with burned tops. 

 Sweet peas are done for. Tuberose 

 stalks bring $5 a hundred. Extra good 

 asters sell well at from $3 to $5 per 

 100. 



The drought is held 

 WASHINGTON responsible for the 



poor condition and 

 scarcity of all out-door flowers. Per- 

 haps the most marked effect is seen in 

 carnations, which are in poor condi- 

 tion. Asters are slow in reaching 

 market, and they are also in poor con- 

 dition. Gladioli are somewhat better 

 but not entirely satisfactory. Phlox is 

 also poor. Roses, on the contrary, are 

 fairly good. Lilies are in fair supply. 

 Gude reports his pet, the Enchanter, 

 to be proving a particularly fine hot 

 weather rose. Stephanotis is doing 

 nicely and is in good demand. Altheas 

 "by the million" are relieving the de- 

 mand for carnations and are used in 

 great quantities in decorations. Garde- 

 nias are coming in more plentiful. The 

 worst is now probably over in the 

 flower shortage. 



GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS' CLUB 

 OF BOSTON. 



The annual picnic and games of this 

 club will take place at Caledonian 

 Grove, West Roxbury, Mass., on Wed- 

 nesday, July 26. The sporting events 

 will begin at 10 A. M., and will include 

 running races, etc., for boys, girls and 

 adults and fat men, quoit match, and 

 baseball, Commercial versus Private 

 Gardeners, for all of which prizes are 

 offered. 



NEWS NOTES. 



Springfield, III.— The Capitol Green- 

 houses have been leased by Arthur 

 C. Canfield, florist at State street and 

 Grand avenue. George Dinkel will be 

 manager of this branch. 



Newell, W. Va — The Lake Newell 

 Floral Co. greenhouses have been 

 leased by the Chester Greenhouses of 

 Chester, W. Va., and will in the fu- 

 ture be known as the Colton Green- 

 house Co. 



Max F. Jahn, a florist whose place 

 of business and home is in 1300 State 

 street, met a genial young man last 

 Wednesday who gave the name of 

 George Uhlrick and represented him- 

 self as a fellow florist in the West. 

 Mr. Jahn extended the hospitality of 

 his home comforts to the young man, 

 who accepted the invitation and stayed 

 over night. When Mr. Jahn went to 

 arouse his guest the following morn- 

 ing he discovered that the young man 

 had gone in the early morning hours. 

 A roll of bills containing $25 was 

 missing. Mr. Jahn and the police are 

 anxious to meet Mr. Uhlrick. — Spring- 

 field, Mass., Union. 



Baltimore, Md. — Vernon Jett, alias 

 Harvey Arnold, will be held in the 

 Baltimore jail until the fall term of 

 court on the charge of using the mails 

 to defraud. Jett, it is alleged, when 

 in need of money, would send bogus 

 orders to C. R. Burr & Co., who con- 

 ducted a nursery business at Man- 

 chester, Conn., and on which the firm 

 would allow him a 25 per cent, com- 

 mission. 



The produce interests of Boston, 

 headed by the Boston Produce Com- 

 pany, have joined in a complaint be- 

 fore the Interstate Commerce Com- 

 ion today against the Atlantic 

 LSI Line Railroad on account of 

 afer charges for melons at New 

 York. 



