December 23, 1911 



HORT I C I LTURE 



915 



BUY 



BOSTON 

 FLOWERS 



n. f. McCarthy & go., 



84 Hawley 8t. 



BOSTON'S BEST 

 HOUSE 



Flower Market Reports 



(Continued from 



ping trade already have orders enough 

 on their books to consume most or all 

 of their BtOCh and in some ins; 

 where special varieties are wanted or- 

 ders have been declined. Those who 

 are holding buck their stock, however, 

 in hope of exorbitant prices the last of 

 the week, bid fair to be disappointed 

 as they have been in the past. 



With the retailers, also, the hooks 

 are showing long lists .it advance or- 

 ders, and the usual lull before the 

 storm, now on, is giving opportunities 

 to make up hampers, \ reaths and pot 

 rovers and put the store in readiness 

 for the rush at the end of the week. 

 A few pessimistic ones are looking for 

 trouble and will probably find it. but 

 for the most part the trade in general 

 is optimist ie in its outlook now a week 



before Christmas. Greatly to the re- 

 lief of all the weather is cooler and a 

 light snow has fallen, but there is very 

 little sunshine. 



The market at the 

 CINCINNATI opening of this week 



was the usual one 

 of the week preceding a holiday im- 

 portant to the trade. Tin supply of 

 things generally is meagre and scarce- 

 ly sufficient is on hand for require- 

 ments. Most, of the wholesalers assert 



that their entire supply for the holi- 

 days is about ordered up. The weather 

 has undergone a wonderful change. 

 Two weeks of dark rainy wea 

 gave way on Monday of this week to 

 cool, clear, bright days with plenty of 

 sunshine. The business in special sup- 

 plies has been extremely good; the 

 business in boxwood, too. was all that 

 could be desired. Hoses and carna- 

 tions will naturally he the leading 

 flowers for the holidays with poinset- 

 tias coming in for their share. The 

 supply of the first two promises to be 

 the normal Christmas cut, at least, if 

 it is not better. The last-named has 

 never been better, and many large 

 orders for same for Christmas and 

 New Year's have been placed. In 

 roses the choice ones are selling verj 

 much more quickly than short stock. 

 Bulbous stock is plentiful — in fact, last 

 week and the early part of this one 

 more narcissus were offered at times 

 the market could readilj ihsorb. 

 The same is true of Roman hyacinths, 

 in this category of slow-moving stock 

 chrysanthemums might also be added. 

 The supply of violets, especially dou- 

 bles, and lily of the valley will be 

 large and the market for them will 

 undoubtedly be good. Orchids are 

 more or less scarce and at times it is 

 almost difficult to have orders filled. 



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MISCELLANEOUS 



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Dendroblum formosum 

 Phaiaenupsls. 



.Iiiaa, Longltlorum 



Callas. 



Lll) ot the Vallev 

 Narcis , Paper White . 



Roman Hyacinths 



Chrysanthemums 



Vllets 



Stevla 



Mignonette. 



Daises 



Sweet Peas 



Uardanlas 



\diantu*a 



Smllax 



Asparagus Plumoaas, striags 



" ft Soren. (100 bchO '15.1 



iioIhImv priced «ill prevail during loaf part 1 



Lilt Half of »>•> 



•ndlng Dec 16 



1911 



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 present 



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Flrtt Half 01 Weak 



beginning Dec. 18 



1911 



35.00 

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Other lines show that stevia is prov- 

 ing quite a factor. The supply of lilies 

 is not over-large and the request for 

 them is not very active. The green 

 goods market in all lines is ample. 



The market is in a 



NEW YORK waiting mood this 

 week. Last week was 

 a very unprofitable one for everybody 

 and large quantities of stock had to be 

 sacrificed. Tin 1 weeh rlosed most un- 

 satisfactory. The present week open- 

 ed with more seasonable weather and 

 a very light supply on many impor- 

 tant lines, but there was no vigor or 

 other evidence of healthy conditions 

 in the demand and the low values of 

 the preceding week were still in 

 force. The end of the week will, no 

 doubt, see some lively hustling but. 

 from the scarcity of some things at 

 time of writing these notes, notably 

 red carnations, we expect to see con- 

 fusion and disappointment for many 

 thoughtless operators at the wind-up. 

 Bulbous stock is being rushed in in 

 unwieldy quantity, much of it being 

 lost. Tulips of the familiar December 

 type are seen on the wholesaler's 

 tables — forced at an impossible date 

 and indicating a wanton destruction of 

 bulbs that, if given time to develop, 

 would have given salable blooms. Vio- 

 lets are not moving as in other years. 

 Poinsettias are unprecedently good, 

 both as plants and as cut blooms. 

 Vet > tew flowers are shown in the 

 florists' windows, cybotiums, poinset- 

 tias and a selection of berries and 

 plants, with green wreaths, forming 

 the display, mainly. All the green 

 material dealers report a tremendous 

 demand for their goods. 



lit to the middle 



PHILADELPHIA of last week bus- 

 iness was fairly 

 good, lmt there was a great falling off 

 later. It would seem as if the retail- 



ers had been so busy getting ready 

 their baskets and other plant com- 

 binations for the Christmas trade that 

 had no time to push cut flowers. 

 And the weather was bad also. At 

 this writing prospects are fairly good. 



(Continued on page Q2T) 



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