October 14, 1911 



HORTICULTURE 



541 



Flower Market Reports 



The demand with, the 

 BOSTON wholesaler lias been 

 quite brisk the past 

 week. Stock is not over plentiful. 

 Only a limited number of early varie- 

 ties of chrysanthemums are in flower. 

 The Golden Glow, October Frost, 

 Polly Rose and Rievere are the list 

 thus far. Carnations are high in price 

 considering the poor grade of flowers 

 obtainable. Violets, single, are getting 

 better quality and increasing in sup- 

 ply. Lily of the valley in excellent 

 quality and selling well. Prices on all 

 goods are about the same as last week. 

 The newer varieties of roses are called 

 for and selling at fair prices, while 

 the Bride, 'Maid and Richmond are 

 moving slowly. 



Recent frosts have prac- 

 BUFFALO tically cut off the out- 

 door stock and the effect 

 is noticeable on indoor, the demand 

 growing steadily for carnations, roses 

 and other flowers. Chrysanthemums 

 are coming in more plentifully each 

 day, though only Golden Glow, Octo- 

 ber Frost and Smith's Advance have 

 been had, but a few days of bright 

 weather will bring on Pacific, Polly 

 Rose and Halliday. Roses shortened 

 somewhat in supply, and selected 

 stock was not over-abundant, there 

 being too many Richmonds of all 

 grades, with light demand for them. 

 Carnations are in good supply, espe- 

 cially Enchantress and Beacon. Some 

 good White Perfection are seen and 

 have had a good call. Dahlias are 

 among the daily receipts and so far 

 have taken well. Lilies are in fair 

 supply, also lily of the valley and 

 violets. 



Even the most pessimis- 

 CHICAGO tic now admit that there 

 is a stir in the flower 

 market. Wholesalers are selling pret- 

 ty close to the end of the supply day 

 by day and even the retailer who has 

 formed the "no business" habit now 

 smiles occasionally and owns up to 

 better times. Weddings are largely re- 

 sponsible for this state of affairs, one 

 retailer reporting eleven on Saturday 

 and four on Sunday, all of which 

 called for the elaborate use of flowers. 

 Another has two out-of-town decora- 

 tions in the near future, both chrysan- 

 themum weddings calling for hun- 

 dreds of those favorites with brides. 

 The coming in of chrysanthemums 

 seems to have marked the change from 

 summer to fall and a welcome change 

 it is. Violets can hardly be said to 

 be in yet as the sales are so slow. 

 Doubles in most instances remained 

 unsold but singles sold for 75c. last 

 week, few wholesalers carrying them. 

 Cosmos are much in evidence and sell 

 fairly well. Asters, gladioli and other 

 evidences of summer are still here and 

 sell better than a few weeks ago. 

 Roses of all kinds are plentiful and no 

 fault can be found with the quality, the 

 occasional sunshine helping out won- 

 derfully. Carnations are unusually 

 fine for the season; fine long stems 

 and large full blooms are seen in many 

 places. There is an abundance of 

 green of all kinds. 



Supply has been rather 

 DETROIT scarce for a few days, 

 during which the de- 

 mand was very brisk. Out-of-door 

 flowers have been ruined by excessive- 



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^rtde. Maid 3.00 to 



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CARNATIONS, First Quality 1 .50 to 



Ordinary .75 to 



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ly heavy and frequent rains. Carna- 

 tions are coming in more freely, but 

 quality is rather low. The same may 

 be said of single and double violets. 



The upward turn in 

 NEW YORK mari-et values which 



we noted last week 

 has moderated somewhat aud with a 

 series of bright warm days crops are 



being pushed along rapidly and out- 

 door flowers have taken on renewed 

 vigor. The receipts of dahlias are par- 

 ticularly heavy. Carnations are still 

 lagging in coming forward and are 

 still selling at the enhanced prices of 

 last week. Another very ambitious 



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