December 2, 1911 



HORTICULTURE 



775 



Flower Market Reports. 



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are on the short side. Beauties are 

 conspicuous for their scarcity. The 

 supply of red, too. is not over-large. 

 Carnations sell very well and more 

 might probably be used. The colored 

 varieties are not as plentiful as white 

 ones. Longiflorum lilies are good 

 property. The same is true of New 

 York double and single violets, Lily 

 (it the valley and orchids sell up from 

 day to day. Narcissi are now in- 

 cluded in the offerings. The green 

 goods market is ample. Considerable 

 bronze galax, boxwood, ferns and leu- 

 cothoe are being shipped. 



The old saying, "Praise 



DETROIT not the day before the 

 sun has set," may be 

 aptly applied to last week's business 

 conditions, which, while beginning 

 very promising, found the tables of 

 the wholesalers loaded down with 

 fine stock Saturday night. This week, 

 with Thanksgiving, will turn the 

 tables to a more satisfactory condi- 

 tion for all concerned. We all feel the 

 great scarcity of debutantes, which 

 were unusually many last year, and 

 the few there are will all have their 

 coming-out parties around the holi- 

 days. 



A busy week was 



NEW YORK forecasted tor the 

 Thanksgiving time 

 and the outlook was promising but va- 

 rious Influences had to be reckoned 

 with and the outcome is not exactly to 

 the liking of the grower and grow- 

 ers' agents in the wholesale markets. 

 In truth the supply of Bowers in the 

 local markets is over-liberal and it 

 is not easy to control prices. Some 

 things, as the regal cattleya, hold 

 their own, regardless of market 

 fluctuations. Violets got a refreshing 

 fillip from the football excitement. 

 But, taking the market as a whole, 

 the situation is not over-encouraging 

 to the man who has to pay the coal 

 bill or the agent who has to tand tot 

 the store expenses. Still, "the smoke 

 goes up the chimney just the same" 

 and we hope that everyone interested 

 will come out on the safe side of the 

 ledger on the Thanksgiving proposi- 

 tion. 



SaUir: was 



PHILADELPHIA the big day of 

 last week. I n 

 addition to fine weather (which lets 

 the street men out and makes busi- 

 ness good any fine Saturday) there 

 was on this occasion the Army and 

 Navy game, which always calls for 

 lots of flowers. Immense quantities 

 of yellow chrysanthemums were held 



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Narcis , Paper White 



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back especially for that event and 

 notwithstanding the great demand 

 there was more than enough to go 

 around and prices, while fair, were 

 not much above normal. For three 

 months now the chrysanthemum has 

 been with us and there never have 

 been so many as this year. As a 

 natural consequence returns have not 

 averaged as good as in previous years 

 — good judges say 25 to 35 per cent 

 less. Among the varieties still in evi- 

 dence and in splendid form are Bon- 

 naffon, Chadwick, Dean, Eaton and 

 Nonin. Violets were also in great de- 

 mand for the game. There was any 

 amount of them, both from nearby and 

 distant points. All were pretty well 

 cleaned up — except the late arrivals. 

 The quality is now fully up to the cold 

 weather standard and gives excellent 

 satisfaction to customers. All roses 

 are selling well, and quality generally 

 is all that can be desired. The 

 "double pink" Killarney is a favorite. 

 It was a little off color for a while but 

 has pretty nearly got back to its best 

 form again. Prince de Bulgarie Is 

 also in grand form, the specials bring- 

 ing as high as fifteen and twenty, 

 which is remarkable for a rose of this 

 character. Carnations also are in fine 

 form. Splendid flowers of Enchantress, 

 Beacon, Pink Delight and Gloriosa 

 are to be had in quantity. Orchids 

 scarce. Gardenias Improving. Pap' r 

 whites made their appearance last 

 week. 



The market was | 

 ST. LOUIS ly relieved last weel 

 The glut of the previous 

 week had disappeared and some 

 cut stock became real scan e Today, 

 Monday. Nov. 27, hi; llttl is coming 

 in and the market was cleaned up 

 early. This will be the case during all 

 this week a,s the retailers at 

 ed to buy heavily for Thanksgl 

 week. Roses have been quite plenti- 

 ful and only the besl have sold 

 and cheap. Carnations sell well with 

 hardly enough to go around some 



days. Stock that has been selling at 

 2 and 3 cents is now up to 4 and 5 

 cents, with extra fancy at 6 cents. 

 Chrysanthemums are on the down 

 grade but quite a few fancy ones are 

 still coming in. Violets are in great 

 demand. Lily of the valley, Roman 

 hyacinths, paper whites and lilies — 

 plenty of these are expected this week. 

 Good Smilax, adiantum and asparagus 

 are in demand. 



The football game 

 WASHINGTON between the Army 

 and Navy elevens 

 caused a small flurry in the local mar- 

 ket and a number of small weddings 

 and the usual funerals made up the 

 week's work. With the weather 

 continuing warm and stormless, busi- 

 ness in all lines is very slow and this, 

 of course, affects the sales of flowers. 

 The days of the big supply of chrysan- 

 themums in this market are about over 

 and many of the local growers com- 

 pleted their cutting this week. Roses 



in fine shape for the Thanksgiv- 

 ing trade, especially locally grown 

 American Beauties which were never 

 in better form, foliage or color. Car- 

 nations were fair but the supply did 

 not equal the demand for good stock 

 and even the inferior qualities were 

 slim as to quantity. There were a few 

 i peas to be had but they were 

 not so much in demand. Gardenias 

 produced locally were ^ood as to qual- 

 ity but not enough of them were of- 

 fered. There seemed to be an un- 

 usually heavy demand for single vio- 

 lets but the largest growers were not 

 able to begin to make them bloom to 

 make any kind of a showing in num- 

 bers. The few thousands that came in 



all sold before they were picked. 

 Hudson River violets were never bet- 

 ter than at present, they are plentiful, 

 and the supply and the demand are 

 equal. In the market this week could 

 be seen the first of the paper-white 

 narcissus, Gloire de Lorraine begonias 

 and stevia. Some very fine azaleas are 

 also among the newcomers. 



