September 2, 1911 



BUY 



OSTOIM 



HORTICULTURE 



MICHIGAN CUT FLOWER 

 EXCHANGE, Inc. 



WHOLESALE COMMISSION FLORISTS 



Consignments Solicited 

 Hardy Fancy Fern Oar Specialty 



38-40 BROADWAY, DETROIT, MICH 



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WILLIAM H. KUEBLEB 



Brooklyn's Foremost and Best 



WH0LE8ALE C0MMI88I0N H0U8» 



A Pint Class Market tor all CUT HUSWaBtt 



28 WUloafhby St., Brooklyn, N. Y 



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Flower Market Reports 



(Continued from pa£e 31?) 



Oh! Business, thou 

 NEW YORK lethargic, somnifer- 

 ous, intensely aggra- 

 vating friend; when will you stop be- 

 ing an optical illusion and come back 

 from somewhere to keep us b.usy even 

 if it is in "love's labor lost?" The 

 condition of affairs here in this great 

 city is too abnormally slow and pa- 

 tience is being closely shaved on the 

 edge of expectancy. Roses are com- 

 ing in in large quantities and of the 

 poorest quality. There is no such 

 thing as staple prices for anything. 

 Plenty of roses — open, languid ones, 

 of course — sold as low as twelve cents 

 per 100; others went for from 50 cents 

 to $4.00. Double White and Pink Kil- 

 larneys with Radiance seemed to have 

 first call. Beauties seem to be about 

 the only class to keep steady, and 

 even they have dropped one-fourth in 

 value from last week. Lilium longi- 

 flortim and Harrisii are over-abun- 

 dant. Asters were supposed to be 

 scarce or battered by recent storms, 

 but they are coming to town in usual 

 way and quantity. Poor varieties went 

 at prices according to bulk, a few 

 long-stemmed queenly ones brought 

 good prices. Carnations are very poor 

 and short. Orchids, especially cattle- 

 yas, are taking a brief vacation. 



There was a de- 

 PHILADELPHIA cided decrease in 

 the volume of bus- 

 iness here last week as compared with 

 the week before but this is mainly or 

 wholly due to the usual curtailment of 

 business at this season. There was 

 a similar drop at the same time last 

 year. American Beauty roses were 

 the best sellers on the list. Orchids 

 also in demand but that to a large 

 extent was because they are so exceed- 

 ingly scarce. While Killarney roses 

 are of extra quality for the season, 

 and hold their own very well with the 

 "Summer Queen" — Kaiserin. The 

 new double pink Killarney — which are 

 now arriving in limited quantity — 

 while not very long in the stem as 

 yet, are splendid as to petalage, and 

 are of fine substance. Prince de Bill- 

 garie bids fair for a strong and steady 

 place in the regular market. Carna- 

 tions have commenced to come in 

 again, and while the flowers are fair 

 they are very short-stemmed. The 

 white varieties are at the bottom of 

 the quality column. Gardenias are ar- 

 riving in limited quantity. They are 

 fine as to purity and substance, but 

 rather short-stemmed. Selling fairly 

 well. Sweet peas have dropped off 



William F. Kasting Co. 



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very much both as to quantity and 

 quality. Gladioli are still pretty good 

 but there is so much other outdoor 

 stock for decorative work, that they 

 suffer in demand. To a lesser extent, 

 that is true of the aster also. Asters 

 are at their best now, and any quan- 

 tity can be had. Too many poor 

 ones. Only the best sell well. 



During the past 

 WASHINGTON week or two busi- 

 ness has been quiet. 

 There has been ample stock coming in 

 to take care of all needs; asters were 

 never better; in fact, all flowers have 

 been very plentiful with the possible 

 exception of carnations and these can 

 be well dispensed with by reason of 

 the quantity and quality of the asters 

 until the latter are gone. American 

 Beauties are coming along fine. 



A FLOWER MARKET FOR PROVI- 

 DENCE. 



The wholesale flower and plant grow- 

 ers of Providence, R. I., have decided to 

 start a flower market and will open a 

 store in the down-town district for 

 that purpose. This was decided at a 

 meeting held last Saturday at which 

 the following officers were elected: 

 President, John A. Macrae; Vice- 

 President, Walter Macrae; Secretary, 

 E. E. King; Treasurer, Olney H. Wil- 

 liams. 



The store will be divided into stalls, 

 these stalls to be rented by the whole- 

 salers. There are already 12 in the 

 association. It is expected that oth- 

 ers will send in their applications for 

 membership before the next meeting. 



A FAILURE. 



Yonkers, N. Y. — C. Rovatzos has 

 failed and most of the wholesale deal- 

 ers in West 28th street, New York, 

 are reported to have been hit hard. 



GLEANINGS FROM THE "GREAT 

 WHITE WAY." 

 There are, of course, here and there 

 and now and then a few moments of 

 briskness when some one departs for 

 unknown gardens, but scarce a ripple 

 is noticeable in the sleepy atmo- 

 sphere of New York's 26th or 28th 

 streets. Vacation chatter livens up the 

 dreary, tiresome waits. Charles Schenck, 

 Frank Traendly's observant side part- 

 ner, can tell how and what to see in 

 Europe. — P. Riedel of Badgley, Riedel 

 & Meyer, went to Montreal to see if 

 P. Welch of Boston made statement 

 correct on reciprocity. — Horace E. Fro- 

 ment is back looking elegant and 

 "LadyHillingdon" with "Radiance" sur- 

 rounds him. — Geo. Matthews took Mrs. 

 Matthews away from Great Neck to 

 drink a little at Sharon Springs, N. Y. 

 —Arthur Watkins had a jolly good 

 time up the Hudson. — C. W. Scott has 

 been towing Carl Jurgens of Newport 

 among and through the bulb cellars of 

 New York and one may hear the words 

 "hundred thousand" often used as if 

 it were only just a dozen. — Dr. N. L. 

 Britton of the Botanic Gardens sailed 

 for Europe two weeks ago to visit 

 the noted gardens there, and add to 

 those under his care here. — A. H. 

 Langjahr is busy fixing up his new 

 store in 28th street. It is a fine, new, 

 light commodious store and we wish 

 him the best of luck in it.— Arthur 

 Hum of Langjahr's lost a daughter, 



11 years old, by death last Sunday. 

 — John I. Raynor is at Watch Hill, R. 

 I., this week. — Capt. Chadwick in- 

 forms us that the bowling team will 



mble at the florist club's first meet 

 of 1 lie season, September 11, and pre- 

 sent excuses for "The Night Before." 

 •'Lurry, turn the crank." 



Don't forget the sale of Boston 

 Flower Market stalls Saturday, Sep- 

 tember 2, 9.30 A. M. 



Ansonia, Conn. — On account of the 

 results of unfavorable weather condi- 

 tions, it is doubtful whether the an- 

 nual exhibition of the Intertown 

 Dahlia Association will be held this 

 year. 



