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HORTICULTURE 



April 17, 1920 



CARNATION CUTTINGS 



Morning Glow Pink Delight Enchantress Supreme 



IMMEDIATE DELIVERY 



Also all other standard sorts. Write us your wants 



Cyclamen Seedlings from best strain of seed. Mixed, 4-6 leaves, $8 per 100, $75 per 1000; 



Salmon alone, $10 per 100. 



f I PFITTFR Cn ^'""^ 15 Cedar St., WATERTOWN STA. 

 JLi« «!• I\Cjw I I-jI\ V^V/« Brokera boston, mass. 



Short P. O. Address: L. J. Reuter Co., Boston 72, Mass. 



on Salesmanship, and at the close of 

 his lecture gave a few examples of 

 mental ti-aining and memory which 

 were enjoyed by everyone. 



Taking it all in all, it was one of the 

 most enjoyable meetings of this live 

 organization. 



Next month, the members are 

 promised a treat in the way of a talk 

 by Wm. H. McMasters, of Boston, who 

 will speak on "The Wit and Humor 

 of Flowers." 



Trees and Shrubs at Auction 



AT DE-BLOIS FARM 



NEWPORT. R. I. 

 Monday, April 26th, 1920 



Stock Consist* in Part of 



30.000 Berberis Thunbergii 2Vi-3 ft. 

 1,500 Scotch Pines 6-8 ft. 

 800 Pines, Mngho & Montana 2-4 ft. 



45 Pines, .\ustrian 5-6 ft. 



50 -Vliies Xordnianniana 5-6 ft. 



60 .Vbies Nordnianniana 3-4 ft. 

 100 .Vbies Alcwkiuna 5-6 ft. 



50 .\bies Pectinalis iy--2 ft. 



44 .\l)ies Nobiiis 4-5 ft. 

 200 IMcea alba .S-4 ft. 



80 Picea liungrns 6-8 ft. 



16 I'icea punsens grlaiit-a 6-8 ft. 

 100 Thuja .4jiiericana 5-'; ft, 

 350 Hornl>eani Carpiniis betule 8-35 ft. 



60 Ulmas cami>estra suberosa 18 ft. 



70 Hopulus biilsaniifera -0 ft. 



18 .*cer Colcliicuin 15-18 ft. 

 8 Fagus purpurea 15-18 ft. 



35 .Japanese Mai)les 3-5 ft. 



39 Deutzia g:racilis IVn ft. 

 ~00 Wiegelia rosea 3 ft. 



Trees were mostly last transplanted 

 three years ago. 



Auctioneers, N. F. McCarthy, 112 

 Arch St., Boston, Mass., associated 

 James A. Taber, Middletown, R. I. 

 Sales agent, Alexander MacLellan, 87 

 John St., Newport, R. I. 



Lists upon application from auc- 

 tioneers and sales agent. 



F. T. D. ORDERS FOR MEMORIAL 

 DAY ABROAD 



Secretary Albert Pochelon, of the 

 Florists' Telegraph Delivery Associa- 

 tion has received a letter from William 

 Leighton, a florist of 36 Renfield street, 

 Glasgow, which doubtless will be of 

 considerable interest to florists in this 

 countr.v. Very likely there are many 

 people in America who will be glad to 

 take advantage of this Memorial Day 

 opportunity. The letter follows: 



Dear Sis: — Last year I was favored 

 by The American Red Cross Society, 

 in London, with an order for Laurel 

 Wreaths for the graves of the Amer- 

 ican Soldiers and Sailors, who perished 

 on the Island of Islay by the wrecking 

 of the two steamers. If it were known 

 to the members of your association 

 that I am in a position to execute 

 orders for Memorial Day here, it 

 might be an inducement for them to 

 receive orders which I would be 

 pleased to execute. 



Had time permitted I would have 

 circularized all the members of the 

 F. T. D. but we are at the present 

 moment over head and ears in our 

 Spring Seed Trade which occupies the 

 whole of our staff. I thought that I 

 would mention it to you, for if you can 

 make it known, it might be to our 

 mutual advantage. 



With all good wishes and kindest 

 regards. 



Yours respectfully, 



Wm. Lekihton. 



THE MARKET. 



Railroad conditions, due to the 

 strike, have played the dickens with 

 the flower markets in most of the larg- 

 er cities. In Boston, for example, it is 

 almost impossible to make shipments 

 so that a glut has resulted. Stock has 

 come in readily enough by truck, but 



much of it is normally moved out over 

 the rails, for many Boston dealers 

 ship to distant points. Although the 

 market was good on Monday, it kept 

 going down all through the week. 

 Roses were down by Wednesday as low 

 as I'/jC; carnations sold from 2c. to 6c. 

 and everything else was down in the 

 same proportions. 



The markets in the other cities have 

 had a similar story, although reports 

 from Buffalo do not show as marked 

 slumps. Carnations there are selling 

 from 3 to 6c., sweet peas from $1.00 to 

 $3.00, tulips from $3.00 to $5.00, and 

 mignonette from $3.00 to $6.00. Violets 

 ere down as low as 75c. Pansies are 

 in and selling for 25c. a box. This was 

 about the run of the market in New" 

 York and Pittsburgh when reports 

 came in, but with a downward ten- 

 dency owing to conditions. 



Since the 12th inst. all express ship- 

 ments from Philadelphia are under em- 

 bargo on account of the switchmen's 

 strike. Outgoing cut flower orders de- 

 pend at present entirely on the parcel 

 post service. This, as a rule, has been 

 very satisfactory but even the mails 

 are affected and there is risk of delay 

 which makes buyers at a distance hes- 

 itate i' ordering. And, of course, 

 affects the market locally. Business is 

 fair but stocks accumulate as the out- 

 side demand is curtailed. The whole- 

 sale distributors are doing their utmost 

 to cover the situation by truck, by 

 trolley and messenger wherever pos- 

 sible and no stone is being left un- 

 turned to meet the emergency. It's not 

 quite so bad as a policemen's strike 

 and doesn't call for the militia perhaps, 

 but it is annoying enough to the general 

 public to almost do so. In a sense rail- 

 road men are public servants like the 

 police and a strike among them calls 

 for more drastic treatment than an or- 

 dinary dispute between individuals. 



