October 2S, 1911 



HORTICULTURE 



607 



BUY 



BOSTON 

 FLOWERS 



n. f. McCarthy & go., 



84 Hawloy St. 



BOSTON'S BEST 

 HOUSE 



Flower Market Reports. 



(Ctniimued from fa(* 573) 



been easier but all are selling nicely. 

 The cut of American Beauties is let- 

 ting up somewhat. All the roses are 

 good. White carnations are in a very 

 heavy supply and consequently do not 

 sell up as quickly as the others. The 

 prices on all are easy. Chrysanthe- 

 mums are in heavy supply. All the 

 choicer and better varieties sell nicely 

 if good and clean and not bruised. Es- 

 telle alone moves slowly but then the 

 supply is so large of this last that the 

 sales are not as noticeable as in the 

 other varieties. Lilies, while not en- 

 joying a good call, still are good prop- 

 erty. Lily of the valley, double and 

 local single violets, orchids and pan- 

 sies sell quickly. - There is a good mar- 

 ket for greens. 



The annual experience 

 DETROIT that chrysanthemums 



need cool, crisp weather 

 to become quick sellers is being proven 

 again and the many rainy days and 

 comparatively warm weather of the 

 past week have kept the demand for 

 flowers in general and chrysanthe- 

 mums in particular far below the sup- 

 ply. Pompons appear to fare better 

 than the large varieties, being very 

 useful for table decorations. 



Mild weather contin- 

 NEW YORK ues to favor outdoor 

 flowers — dahlias, cos- 

 mos and some chrysanthemums. The 

 rose crop is not particularly heavy but 

 demand lags; so, too, it is with carna- 

 tions — they are not even in fair de- 

 mand. Violet shipments are light — the 

 demand equally so. There is no brisk 

 demand for anything, gardenias ex- 

 cepted because of light supply. Chrys- 

 anthemums are in full swing and com- 

 mand the situation. Prices on the bet- 

 ter grades are, perhaps, not so high 

 as a year ago but seem to equal on the 

 medium grades. The early variety, 

 Polly Rose, Monrovia, Carmolita, Early 

 Snow and Pacific Supreme are by no 

 means over. Bonnaffon and Appleton 

 are here also, so taken altogether the 

 supply is large and considering the 

 general business conditions they are 

 doing as well in price as could be ex- 

 pected. It would seem that there are 

 just enough of cattleyas in the market 

 and good flowers sell readily. 



What between 

 PHILADELPHIA baseball and bad 

 weather it was a 

 hard week for bootblacks and the 

 flower business. We have not had 

 such a solid week of rain at this sea- 

 son for many years. There was very 

 little business — and no chance at all — 



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MISCELLANEOUS 



Cattleyas , 



Lilies, Longlflorum . 

 Lily ol the Valley.. 

 Chrysanthemums. . 

 Daisies 



List Half of Week First Half of Week 



ending Oct 21 beginning Oct 23 



1911 1911 



Violets 



aardenUe 



Adiaatum 



Smllai 



Asparag-us Plasaosas, rtriagi 



" ft Spren. (ioo bens) lo 



towards the end of the week — to work 

 off the accumulations at any price. So, 

 the less said about the tragic third 

 week of October, the better. Let us 

 discuss the nebular hypothesis of the 

 creation as a diversion. At this writ- 

 ing, (Oct. 24), sun has been out two 

 days, and the bad dream is at an end. 



The weather con- 

 WASHINGTON tinues to be un- 

 settled and com- 

 paratively warm for this time of the 

 year. The market for roses is im- 

 proving and the stock is coming in 

 good. Locally-grown American Beau- 

 ties were never better; Radiance is all 

 that its name implies; Mrs. Taft 

 slightly more in demand than hereto- 

 fore and Richmond coming in in con- 

 siderably better shape. Lily of the val- 

 ley is going good and so are carna- 

 tions. Pink and white still lead in 

 sales although there is quite a little 

 call for reds. Lilies are going slow, 

 due to the fact that there are plenty 

 of chrysanthemums of fine quality and 

 in all the colors. Dahlias are of very 

 good quality but are in little demand. 

 Smilax is holding fire in the local mar- 

 ket; adiantum is moving well and As- 

 paragus plumosus is in good demand 

 but Sprengerii is not being called for 

 very much. There are plenty of Oncid- 

 ium Rogersii on the market and the 

 general demand for orchids equals the 

 supply as is the case also with garde- 

 nias; in other words, there are just 

 enough of each. Viojets are coming 

 in good. 



The local market was 

 ST. LOUIS in excellent condition 

 all of the last week. 

 The wholesalers were receiving daily 

 a fine assortment, all of which had a 

 fairly good demand, but not large 

 enough to consume all the stock. 

 Prices were not too high. Carnations 

 are coming in much better of late. 



Middletown, N. Y. — The business of 

 Mr. Gilbert has been taken over by 

 Jas. Lough of Staten Island, who will 

 grow a general line of stock. 



NEWS NOTES. 



Logan, Ohio — J. Turner, of Pitts- 

 burgh, has purchased the greenhouse 

 of Isaiah Vous. 



Springfield, III. — A greenhouse will 

 be opened here in the near future by 

 W. Y. Perry and wife. 



Upton, Mass. — The Oak Grove Nur- 

 series, L. C. Fiske, proprietor, have 

 discontinued business. 



Florence, Mass. — F. D. Keyes has 

 finished his new greenhouse and plant- 

 ed it to a general line of stock. 



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