HORTICULTURE 



July 



1920 



F>RIIVIUL.A 



OBCONICA CHINENSIS MALACOIDES 



OBCONICA, Separate colors or mixed 



CHINENSIS MIXED. 2% inch pots, $7 per 100; $60 per 1,000. 



Ready Now. Raised from Selected Seed 



CINERARIA, Half Dwarf Mixed, 2^/4 inch pots, $7 per 100; $60 per 1,000. 



I I RFIITFR rn ^'""' 15 Cedar St., WATERTOWN STA. 



JLi* %} • 1\I_jv/ I 1_j1\. v^Vy* Brokers boston, mass. 



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



MARKET, 

 a buver's market this 



THE 



It has been 

 week, at least in Boston and New York. 

 The market has been oversupplied 

 much of the time with the result that 

 prices have tended downward. Only 

 white flowers and especially peas have 

 shown a disposition to hold up. they 

 being sowewhat in demand for wed- 

 dings. In Pittsburgh, business has 

 been a little steadier and prices have 

 remained about stationary. There is, 

 however, wide variations as regards 

 all kinds of flowers and in all the mar- 

 kets. 



Roses can be had as low as 2c. but 

 the best Beauties have been bringing 

 20c. Carnations are Ic. and 2c. in Bos- 

 ton, but Pittsburgh reports them sell- 

 ing at 4c. Lilies in Boston are 10c. 

 and 12c. New York is getting a little 

 more, and Pittsburgh seems to be the 

 high market with the price at 20c. 

 Marguerites are plentiful at Ic. each. 

 Gladioli are just coming into the Bos- 

 ton market in anything like a fair 

 supply and sell at 50c. to $1 per dozen. 

 In the cities further South they are 

 plentiful at 25c. Peonies are about 

 done. 



The special feature of the Pittsburgh 

 market has been delphinium selling 

 at 8c. and 10c. 



A report from Philadelphia shows 

 that asters are just coming into that 

 market and they are proving very 

 handy to take the place of carnation? 

 which are now on the wane. Easter 

 lilies are in particularly good condi- 

 tion and selling well. Lilium candi- 

 dum is also in the Philadelphia market. 

 Russell, Premier and Columbia are the 

 leaders among the roses, but Beauties 

 are still in pretty good condition. 



ROBT. N. CRAIG DROWNED 

 Robert X. Craig, son of Mr. and Mrs. 

 \V. X. Craig, of Brookline, was drowned 

 last week in the Charles River near 

 Caledonian Grove. Mr. Craig is well 

 known as the superintendent of Faulk- 

 ner Farm, and secretary of the Garden- 

 ers' and Florists' Club of Boston. The 

 body of young Craig was found in two 

 ieet of water. Nearby was his canoe 

 pertly filled with water. It is ilnder- 

 stood that it has been the custom of 

 scveril young men among the students 

 at Northeastern College, which tlie lad 

 attended, to sleep in their cs.noes on 

 the ri%er. Robert Craig w:<,s eighteen 

 years old and a most likable young 

 man. with a groat number of friends. 



EXPLOSION DAMAGES SEED 

 HOUSE 



As the result of an explosion several 

 days ago, considerable damage was 

 done in the seed house of Fottler. 

 Fiske, Rawson Co.. 12-14 Faneuil Hall 

 Sq., Boston. 



According to reports, employees or 

 the concern were disfecting a room 

 on the third floor with carbon bisul- 

 phide when an electric light bulb was 

 broken by the slamming of a door. A 

 spark from the bulb ignited the gas 

 causing the explosion. The room 

 quickly became a furnace and three 

 employees were painfully burned. They 

 were George Cogswell. Samuel V. Wal- 

 ters and Stanley Perry. After the ex- 

 plosion the flames shot through the 

 open windows and a policeman pulled 

 in an alarm. It looked at first as 

 though a second alarm would be neces- 

 sary, as this part of the city is very 

 congested, but the flames were soon 

 brought under control. It is not pos- 

 sible yet to obtain an estimate of the 

 damage, but it will be considerable. 



GENERAL NEWS NOTES 



The Florists' Club of Washington, D. 

 C, is planning its annual picnic for 

 July 28. It will be held at Great Falls, 

 Va., and a long program of sports will 

 be carried out. 



The Florists' Association of Roches- 

 ter. N'. Y., will hold its annual outing 

 at Grand View Beach on August 5. 



The Chicago Commercial Flower 

 Growers' Association has reelected the 

 following officers; President, Joseph 

 Kohont, Libertyville; Vice-president, 

 Rudolph Ellsworth. Downers Grove; 

 Secretary, Otto F, Amling. May wood: 

 Treasurer, N'. K. Wietor, Chicago. 



Six new greenhouses are being added 

 to the range of Heepe Wholesale Plant 

 Co.. at Macedonia, Ohio. 



A. W. Lenke, of St. Paul. Minn., has 

 moved into larger quarters in the re- 

 cently erected Hamm Building, Sixth 

 St. 



The S. S. Pennock Co., of Philadel- 

 phia, is now closing at 4 p. in. daily 

 and on Saturdays at 1 o'clock. 



Capt. Abram Clifford is in charge of 

 a new establishment which has been 

 opened at Newport, R. I., and is known 

 as the Lei kens Flower Store. He has 

 recovered from the wound received 

 while in service in France. 



The mid-west Horticultural Exposi- 

 tion is to be held in Coimcil Bluffs, la., 

 this year, November 15-20. H. S. Her- 

 rick, of Ames, is general secretary. 



A. L. Glaser & Sons of Dubuque, la., 

 have filed articles of incorporation, 

 with a capital stock of $100,000. 



Three new houses have been com- 

 pleted by the E. G. Hill Co. at Rich- 

 mond, Ind. The longest is 80 x 400 feet. 



The Standard Floral Co., of Harrods- 

 burg, Ky., has been incorporated, with 

 a capital stock of $10,000. The incor- 

 lorators are Louis L. Singer. E. H. 

 Gaither and G. M. Greenville. 



