March 6, 1920 



HORTICULTURE 



ISO 



ALEXANDER'S DAHLIAS 



For Florists and Seedsmen 



If you are looking for something good for your florists' business, try my New Cut-Flower Varieties offered below. 



I highly recommend them; 



MAUDE ADAMS MINA BURGLE 



(New Show Dahlia) 



A pure snowy white very daintly overlaid and suffused tlie 

 sweett'st shade of rose-piuk imaginable. It is the best of my 

 introductions for florists' use, and a variety I can highly 

 recommend. "Maude Adams" is the most prolific Dahlia of 

 its color. It has good stems and is an early Dahlia to blossom, 

 continuing throughout the entire season. It has the necessary 

 features that make it .stand shipping well, and makes up good 

 in all kinds of work. Strong divisions. $3.3U per dozen, S2I).00 

 per 100: clumps at $3.00 per dozen, S3,?.0O per 100. 



HORTULANUS FIET 



(Oiant Decorative Dahlia) 



Beautiful salmon-pink witli a slight blending of yellow. 

 Good divisions. lttI5.(M» per 100, $2.00 per dozen. 



MADONNA 



(New Peony-Flowered Dahlia) 



A very beautiful white, very slightly tinted with a most 

 delicate shade of lavender-pink. The form of the flower is 

 original, each petal curling and twisting in a very pleasing 

 manner. An excellent cut-flower variety. Strong divisions. 

 $1.50 per dozen, $10.00 p^r 100; Clumps, $3.00 per dozen, $23.00 

 per lOO. 



(Decorative Dahlia) 



The finest scarlet cut-flower Dahlia to my knowledge. 

 Flowers of large size, on long, wiry stems, well above the 

 foliage. Good divisions. $1.50 per dozen, $10.00 per 100; 

 clumps, $2,00 per dozen, .$15.00 per 100. 



FRANK A. WALKER 



(New Decorative Dahlia) 



A charming shade of lavender-pink, \yith long stiff stems, 

 making it first-class as a cut-flower Dahlia. An exceptionally 

 early bloomer. Good divisions. $3.50 per dozen, $25.00 per 100; 

 clumps, $5.00 per dozen. 



MRS. WARNAAR 



(Peony-Cactus Dahlia) 



Gigantic flowers of creamy white, suffused a delicate shade 

 of pink. An early continuous bloomer. Stems from eighteen 

 to thirty-six Inches long. Good divisions. $5.00 per dozen, 

 $35.00 per 100. 



If you are interested in Cut-Flower Varieties, I will recom- 

 mend to you the best varieties in the colors you want, and 

 give you the benefit of my twenty-five years' experience as a 

 Dahlia Specialist. 



MT TRADE LIST OF 1930 gives complete descriptions and 

 prices of Over 300 of the Most Cp-to-Date Dahlias in th« 

 World, and is mailed free. Write for it now. 



J. K. ALEXANDER, The Dahlia King 



The Largest DaJiIia Grower in the World 



East Bridgewater, Massachusetts 



THE MARKET. 

 The market has beeu going down 

 .steadily for the last week due 

 both to a largely increased sup- 

 ply and a comparatively light de- 

 mand. Truth to tell, the market 

 is stocked more heavily than for 

 many months past, and apparently a 

 reaction has set in against the high 

 prices which have prevailed for a long 

 time. This is especially noticeable in 

 the small towns, from which places 

 orders are coming in very slowly. In 

 Boston, some kind of an energetic 

 campaign must be undertaken if the 

 stock is to be cleaned up at all well. 



Roses are selling at 16c., with 

 specials at 2.5 to 50c. Many carnations 

 are going at 2c., while 5c. is a high 

 price. Callas have come down so low 

 that many sold at $1.00 per dozen, 

 although the very best ones bring 

 $3.00. Sweet peas range all the way 

 from 50c. to $3.00, according to quality 

 and the salesman's ability. Snap- 

 dragons sell from $1.00 to $3.00, and 

 Violets sell none too well at oOc. to 

 $1.00 per bunch. Freesias are rated 

 at from $3.00 to $10.00. 



In New York, the situation is mujch 

 the same, although roses are running 

 a little higher than in Boston. Carna- 

 tions are quoted at from $3.00 to $6.00 

 the first of the week, but kept steadily 



dropping. Boston prices hold good 

 for most of the other flowers, although 

 violets are even lower than in the 

 Boston market. Snapdragons are run- 

 ning somewhat higher. Tulips sold 

 fairly well, the price ranging from 

 $6.00 to $8.00. Paper whites and jon- 

 quils bring $4.00 to $6.00. 



There has been a considerable drop 

 in prices all along the line in the' Phil- 

 adelphia cut flower market. Nothing 

 sensational or unlooked for, but 

 gradual and steady as the week rolled 

 by. On March 1st, the general run is 

 from 25 to 50 per cent, lower than one 

 week ago. Roses and carnations are 

 covered by the 25, while sweet peas 

 and calendula might be classed in the 

 50. Quality is better, if anything, and 

 a big business is being done, although 

 the flu. and other epidemics have 

 largely abated. Lent does not seem to 

 have hurt demand to any great extent 

 this season. 



The story is about the same in all 

 the other markets, excepting that 

 Buffalo is getting rather better prices 

 than either New York or Boston for 

 carnations, snapdragons and violets. 

 Japanese lilies are plentiful enough to 

 be quoted in Buffalo and sell from 

 $8.00 to $10.00. Mignonette in the 

 same market brings $6.00 to $10.00 and 

 calendulas $5.00 to $6.00. Altogether 



it is a very diflierent condition from 

 that which existed a few weeks ago, 

 and the trade is making a desperate 

 effort to move stock more readily. 



COAL SITUATION VERY BAD 



When Horticulture was going to 

 press last week the outlook was for 

 the speedy arrival of sufficient coal to 

 keep most of the florists going with- 

 out loss. An additional storm, how- 

 ever, with the piling up of transporta- 

 tion difficulties and other troubles pre- 

 vented the arrival of coal and created 

 a very serious situation. At this writ- 

 ing several growers near Boston say 

 that they can hold out only a short 

 time longer. In othai' parts of New 

 England, especially in Vermont, there 

 is only coal enough for a day or two. 



WAX BROS. IN A NEW HOME. 



Wax Bros., who have long been lo- 

 cated at Tremont street, Boston, are 

 now getting settled in their new store 

 at 44 Temple Place. The new place 

 of business is located in the heart of 

 the shopping district and is three or 

 four times as large as the old store. 

 It has been attractively decorated and 

 handsomely furnished, and of course 

 contains the large assortment of care- 

 fully chosen flowers for which Wax 

 Bros, have become famous. 



