August 5, 1911 



HORT1CU LTURE 



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Flower Market Reports 



(ConttHHCti from ptl£f /"> 



The noticeable fea- 

 NEW YORK tures of the flower 



market this week are 

 the great increase in quantity and ad- 

 vance in quality of gladioli and asters. 

 The latter are very fine from some 

 growers and bring prices accordingly. 

 In the gladiolus line the most inter- 

 esting novelty is Kunderd's Glory, ot 

 which fine stock is being sent to J. K. 

 Allen by Rowehl & Granz. The flow- 

 ers are creamy in color, flushed with 

 crimson and gold in the throat and 

 the spikes are very heavy. The trade 

 has taken well to this new comer. 

 There is plenty of lily of the valley in 

 market in all grades, but at present 

 it lags. Lilies are also abundant and 

 have receded from the high prices 

 prevalent for a short period. Carna- 

 tions are scarcely to be found. Roses 

 are still small and find little demand. 

 Beauties are fairly good but prices 

 favor the buyer. In orchids very little 

 good material is seen. Cattleya gigas 

 is about finished up and good cattle- 

 yas will be scarce until about the first 

 of September when the labiatas will 

 begin to bloom. The fashionable re- 

 tail quarters are deserted. 



The consensus of 

 PHILADELPHIA opinion seems to 

 be that business 

 was above the average last week. The 

 most noticeable feature was the short- 

 age of good stock. A great deal of the 

 material arriving is very, very poor. 

 This is especially the case with roses 

 and carnations. The hot weather of 

 the past three months has been ex- 

 ceedingly hard on these crops and 

 they are now showing the effects of 

 it more than ever. The most satisfac- 

 tory item at present is the aster. As- 

 ters are improving rapidly and may 

 be said to be the standby at present — 

 where good stock is wanted in quan- 

 tity. Gladioli are also a leading fea- 

 ture among outside stocks, although 

 they are showing the effects of the 

 weather considerably. Both these and 

 a si, rs are best where they are grown 

 under an Irrigation system. Tiiis 

 method of watering is a paj g invest' 

 ment in a dry summer like t 1 e present 

 and probably also in even th< ordinary 

 season for this latitude. T Beauty 

 market is in healthy conditi a, What 

 few are coming in bring ry good 

 prices. Marylands are fairlj good and 

 are also plentiful. So are llarneys. 

 Nothing good can be said if carna- 

 tions. They are small, lack lbstance, 

 and keep very poorly. Th> is quite 

 a variety of outdoor subjei arriving 

 — sabbatias, rudbeckias, p> nias and 

 many others. 



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MISCELLANEOUS 



CHUOVH 



Lilies, Loagifloruai 



Lily ol tha Valley 



Gladioli 



Stocks 



Daisies 



Snapdragon 



Asters 



Sweat Peas (per km bunches) 



Gardenias 



kdlanlum 



Aaparafa* Pluasoeea, striae,! 



" " ft Spteo. (100 bchs). 



List Half of Wsri 



ending July 29 



1911 



50.00 

 6.00 

 3.00 

 300 

 • 75 

 ■»5 

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 ■50 

 .10 

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bsgtnnlaf July 31 



1911 



20.00 



4.00 



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15.00 



50. 



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 5.00 

 3.00 

 300 

 •75 

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 2.00 

 3.00 

 300 



20.00 



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35.00 



15.00 



PERSONAL. 



Professor C. S. Sargent, of the Ar- 

 nold Arboretum starts this week on a 

 trip to Colorado. 



Mr. Stumpp, of Stumpp & Walter, 

 New York, is expected home from his 

 trip abroad next Monday. 



David Welch, of Welch Bros., Bos- 

 ton, has returned from his brief visit 

 to the old country greatly improved 

 in health. 



Arthur Smith has resigned his po- 

 sition with the People's Gardens of 

 Washington, D. C, to take charge of 

 the estate of George D. Horst at Read- 

 ing, Pa., consisting of 400 acres. 



The five-year-old son of O. W. D'Al- 

 corn, of Congress Heights, D. C, nar- 

 rowly escaped losing his left hand in 

 a cutting machine. The wound was 

 an ugly one and required the taking 

 of quite a number of stitches before it 

 could be closed. 



Miss Frances L. Holmes, eighteen 

 years of age, daughter of Eber Holmes 

 the rose grower of Montrose, Mass., 

 has just won a scholarship at Rad- 

 cliffe College. She led her class ir 

 German all the past year and got 

 credit in all classes. 



Frederick W. Taylor of Colorado has 

 been appointed director of agriculture 

 of the Philippine Islands, to succeed 

 George Nesom, who recently resigned. 

 He will enter upon his new duties 

 early in October, with headquarters 

 in Manilla. 



Mr. Taylor's appointment is expect- 

 ed 10 mark the beginning of the ap- 

 plication of scientific methods in land 

 culture in the development of the 

 Philippines. 



Mr. Taylor was chief of the depart- 

 ment of agriculture and horticulture 

 at the St. Louis world's fair, the Pan- 

 American exposition at Buffalo and 

 the trans-Mississippi exposition at 

 Omaha. 



Visiting New York: S. S. Skidel- 

 sky, of Skidelsky & Irwin, Philadel- 

 phia, Pa.; F. H. Kramer, Washington, 

 D. C. 



St. Louis visitors— J. T. Farney of 

 M. Rice & Co., Philadelphia and Julius 

 Dilhoff of New York were calling on 

 the trade in interest of their firms, 

 also boosting the S. A. F. convention 

 at Baltimore. 



Visiting Boston— J. S. Wilson, Des 

 Moines, la.; W. J. Zartman, Supt of 

 Parks and M. J. Kennedy, Park Com- 

 missioner, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Byron 

 Worthen, Supt. of Parks, Manchester, 

 N. H.; Frank R. Pierson, Tarrytowu, 

 N. Y. W. Ewing, Montreal, P. Q.; A. 

 Weisse, representing Sachs & Co., 

 Qucdlinburg, Germany. Mr. Weisse 

 reports seeds very scarce, especially 

 peas and spinach. 



PHILADELPHIA NOTES. 



Paul Berkowitz and family of Phila- 

 delphia, are spending their vacation 

 at Atlantic City. 



Harry Bayersdorfer returned from 

 his annual European trip, on the 

 Kaiserin Augusta Victoria, Saturday, 

 July 29, looking the picture of robust 

 health. 



Maurice Fuld has just .'-turned from 

 a sojourn at Atlantic City. He re- 

 ports this Philadelphia adjunct as be- 

 coming a favorite spot of lato for our 

 New York friends. Frank Traendly, 

 W. A. Manda, and many others were 

 seen disporting themselves on the 

 beach clad in bathing suits. , 



Samuel S. Pennock has been enjoy- 

 ing himself at the expense of his call- 

 1 ecently with a bouquet of red 

 berries sent him by some Boston wag. 

 Some would claim they were Bar- 

 berry, some one thing, some another — ■ 

 and others grve it up. Then the glee- 

 ful Samuel would break one open and 

 show they were Boston beans dyed 

 Hid stuck on a wire. The dog 

 6 are surely here when our florists 

 have time for such foolishness. 



Visitors: Mr. and Mrs. William 

 Walker, Louisville, Ky.; Mr. Deans, of 

 the Hollingsworth Floral Co., Atlanta, 

 Ga.; W. J. Stewart, Boston, Mass. 



