August 26, 1911 



HORTICULTURE 



81. 



MICHIGAN CUT FLOWER 

 EXCHANGE, Inc. 



WHOLESALE COMMISSION FLORISTS 



ComlifraeoU Solicited 

 Hardy Fancy Fum Oar Sptciaity 



38-40 BROADWAY. DETROIT, MICH 



WILLIAM H. KUEBLER 



Brooklyn's foremost and B«at 



WH0LE8ALE COMMISSION HOUSI 



A Pint CUm Market for all CUT H3WBB 



28 WMouf hby St., BroeWja, H. T- 



Tat «S»1 aUsn 



William F. Kasting Co. 



Wholesal 

 383-387 ELLICOTT ST. 



lorists 



BUFFALO, N. Y. 



Flower Market Reports NEW Y0RK Q u <> TAri0 « s PER 100. To Dealers Only 



(Ctntinmtd from fia£e ,; ) 



The past wei k has 

 NEW YORK been one of the dull- 



1 st of ili.. season. 

 I thing is stagnant, and the Bal- 

 timore Convention might as well have 

 extended over another week, so far as 

 the wholesalers' absence from the seat 

 of trade Is concerned. Roses are per- 

 haps the most humiliated and humil- 

 iating Item in the list. They are de- 

 cidedly had. and Qobodj wants them. 

 American Beauty is the only exception, 

 and in that respect it is but spas- 

 modic. Asters ami gladioli ring the 

 wind, sal.' channels, and are not worth 

 the eost oi sending them to market, 

 Ha' Bowers being small and unfinished, 

 a result oi th.. abnormal weather con- 

 ditions prevailing hitherto. Hy- 

 drangeas are being sent in in large 

 Quantities, also tritomas and other 

 hardy garden material, all of which 

 has an uphill struggle 10 get recogni- 

 tion in these dull times. The situa- 

 tion Just now is simply a patient ait 

 for a seasonable Improvement to de- 

 velop. 



There was . ■ i j 

 PHILADELPHIA little improve- 

 ment in local 

 trading last week. The market ins 

 to be at its lowest ebb. The whole- 

 sale houses had the blues until a 

 little rift came in the clouds in the 

 shape of outside orders. The-, latter 

 gave a welcome fillip to the general 

 situation and relieved it somewhat. 

 But on the whole it was a poor week, 

 and we see no medals on any part of 

 it. Th. g r( at Bower at present I of 

 course, the asdr. There are some good 

 ones now We saw some beauties for 

 the lirst time this year at ivnnock 

 Bros. We wen- told that they were 

 grown by William Hidden, and we can 

 well believe it. as we hail tl 

 tunlty this time last year ol seeing 

 what he could do. in spots, there are 

 some other grades of asters that are 

 pretty good. They are Improving. In 

 regard to gladioli; these although on 

 the wane now — as to quanl 

 still coming in of excellent quality, 

 and meet with ready sale. The rose 

 market remains about as last i .1 



The "Rhode Island Reds." win. b term 

 means eastern-grown American 



Beauty, hold their own prett; 

 and while in rather small supply, 

 still seem enough to fill the bill, and 

 there is no appreciable change in 

 prices. The Kaiserin market has im- 

 proved. Some very fine stock is com- 

 ing in at present. Maryland is a little 



MI8CELLANE0U8 



Cattleyao 



Lilies. LnnrtiloruBi 



Lil» ot th. Valley 



Chrysanthemums 



Oladloll 



Asters 



Dalslaa 



Dahlias 



Sweat Peas (per 100 bunchet) 



OardenUe 



Aaaaataas 



SaalUi 



Aaveranas PI— —a, striaft 



" ft Sp>en. (rao bchi) 



off. and pink Killarney has the ad- 

 vantage most distinctly for the time 

 being. Most other stocks normal. 

 Orchids very scarce; a' few good Cat- 

 tleya Harrison! — and that is all. 



Business has picked up 



ST. LOUIS somewhat. and the 



local retaihrs have 



bought considerable stock dining the 



last week, but daily consig nis 



have been so heavy in asters, roses. 

 gladioli and tuberose spikes that there 

 is plenty left over. As to prices for 

 the various grades and varie ies we 

 can only say that they have been very 

 low. Tuberoses of the single ever- 

 blooming type are coming in in large 

 lots and are down to $1.00 per hun- 

 dred spikes, while ten days ago they 

 brought $:i.00 to J-I.oii per hundred. 



AUCTION SALE OF MARKET 

 STALLS 



The Boston Flower Exchange, 1 C. 

 Park St.. will hold its annual sale of 

 choice of stalls on Saturday morning, 

 September 2. Don't forgi 1 this impor- 

 tant event. See advertisement. 



The Boston Co-Operalive Flower 

 Market, 2 Park St., will hold its sale 

 at the same time. 



NEWS NOTES. 



Kansas City, Mo. — Sam Murray is 

 putting in new boilers and getting his 

 place in readiness for a good winter's 

 business. Miss Mary llayden. his 

 popular store manager, is enjoying a 

 iwo months' vacation. 



San Francisco. Cal. — The Pacific 

 Horticultural Society, an or- 

 ganization composed of florists, nur- 

 serymen and gardeners, in San Fran- 

 cisco, has inaugurated a movement 

 closing all florist shops at noon, begin- 

 ning Sunday. August 13. The move- 

 ment is meeting with general favor. 



PHILADELPHIA NOTES. 

 A sensation of the trade display for 

 many florists was tin- exhibit of M. 

 Rice & Co. of their new prepared 

 cycas leaves, it is difficult to tell this 

 from the natural Absolutely dis- 

 tinct from the painted leaves. The 

 process is a German patent which the 

 firm controls in the V. S.. and was 

 appropriately awarded "Honorable 

 .Mention Certificate" by the S. A. F. 



A stag party was arranged on Tues- 

 daj in honor of Will Currie of Mil- 

 waukee, by John WestCOtt. Some went 

 by auto, some went by train. H. 11. 

 Battles. John Burton, Daniel Donog- 

 iiue. Dr. Lane, Robert Craig and 

 others were In it. The objective point, 

 of course, was the bungalow on liar- 

 negat Hay It was the old Isle of 

 Tines crowd. WestCOtt, Donoghue, 

 Craig. Lane, and as special compli- 

 ment to Will Currie. Mr. Burton gave 

 the guest and as many of the pan 

 possible the delight of seeing Jersey 

 bj auto. 



Visitors; Victor Bergman of Wein- 

 hoeber Co.. Chicago, 111.; Wm. C. 

 Young, St. Louis, Mo.; D. Carmichael 

 of J. M. McCullough's Sons, Cincin- 

 nati, O.; W. G. Van Nanne, Brooklyn. 

 X. Y.; Charles L. Baum. Kno.xviile. 

 Teiin .; H. It. Howard, Chicago, 111.; 

 Mr. and Mrs. C. ('. Polhvorth. Mllwau- 

 U'is.; The Misses Mellenthal, Co- 

 lumbus, o . Mr. Daniel, I'enn 1*1 

 Boston, Mass.; G. C. McCallum, Pitts- 

 burgh, Pa.; Wm. J. Stewart, Boston, 

 Mass.: A. E. Thatcher, Arnold Arbore- 

 tum, Boston, Mass : William Currie, 

 Milwaukee, Wis.; H. Papworth, New 

 Oilcans. La.; Geo. A. Robinson, Mon- 

 treal, Canada; M. C. Kent. Kent Bros., 

 Newark, 0.; George W. Smith of 

 Cleveland (O.) Florists' Exchange; 

 S. A. Anderson, Buffalo, N. Y.; Mr. 

 Stulb, of Stnlb's Nursery, Augusta 

 Ga. 



