HORTICULTURE 



Vol. XXXII 



SEPTEMBER 25, 1920 



No. 13 



THE TALK OF THE TRADE 



strong on their own roots as on 

 grafted stock. 



I think that Houghton-Uorney, of 

 Boston, make friends with tlie attrac- 

 tive little cards which they enclose 

 with the flowers they deliver. The 

 card has an attractive violet border, 

 and at the top the excellent trade 

 mark which has been adopted by this 

 concern, showing the notable spire of 

 the Park Street church, on the ground 

 floor of which the store is located. The 

 message on the card reads as follows: 



"Our way of showing appreciation 

 of an order Is not merely thanking the 

 customer, bu' trying to fill the order 

 better than was expected. 



"We are always careful to check over 

 and inspect every order before ship- 

 ping, but regardless of the fact that 

 we are operating the best inspection 

 system we can invent, errors will oc- 

 cur in a business which handles hun- 

 dreds of orders daily, as we do. 



"We therefore suggest that you exam- 

 ine tliese flowers as soon as received 

 and make sure they are satisfactory. 

 If not, notify us at once, as we desire 

 every recipient of Houghton-Gorney 

 flowers to be a little more than satis- 

 fied. 



"It is this desire to serve that has 

 built our business." 



I noticed in the New York market 

 last week some very fine stock of 

 Chrysanthemums, Golden Glow and 



Early Frost. They were particularly 

 well done, and the stock was bringing 

 good in-ices for this time of the year, 

 $3 being probably the top notch, but 

 real good stock would go easily J2.50. 



What yould anyone have thought ten 

 years ago if valley had gone to $15 

 and $1S per 100 wholesale, and now we 

 find day after day valley selling in the 

 wholesale market from $20 to $25 per 

 100 and it is by no means fancy stock 

 The time is probably not far distant 

 when there will be a better supply 

 coming in from abroad and then the 

 price will come down a bit, although it 

 will never get anywhere near the 

 prices that prevailed in former years 



«. N. (KAK. 



Newly Eleotfil Presiil«iit tif Ihr National 

 .4s'»o»-u'tuiii i»l (ianlellers. 



I find that rose growers in and 

 around New York are doing pretty 

 well with the variety Frank Dunlop. 

 I have predicted from time to tlnip 

 that this rose would make good and I 

 feel now that it has, even if it is early 

 in the season. I haven't found a grow- 

 er yet who hasn't been able to make it 

 step right along in a lively way. The 

 flowers are of fine size and color par- 

 ticularly for this time of the year 

 Crusader also seems to be doing very 

 well. It is a good grower and has good 

 size for so early in the season. With 

 such roses as Premier, Columbia, Dun- 

 lop and Crusader, we have a fancy 

 strain that works in finely with the 

 other older varieties, and to this list 

 may be added Madam Butterfiy. .Al- 

 though it is a trifle early yet to judge 

 fairly. I believe this is going to be n 

 standard sort and has a fine chance of 

 displacing Ophelia. It certainly is ;i 

 fine grower and that will count a lot. 



It is very easy to put off from week 

 to week the propagating of roses, but 

 it is by no means too early to start on 

 this work right now. I know of one 

 grower who started the past week and 

 is going to keep at it just as heavy as 

 he can, believin.g that there is goin.g 

 to be a heavy call for stock. Of course 

 it will bo quite heavy on own roots 

 stock on account of difficulties in se- 

 curing manetti from abroad and the 

 uncertainty of getting shipments in. 

 The call for Premier, Columbia and 

 Dunlon in particular is sure to be very 

 heavy, and many growers have found 

 that these varieties are apparently as 



Changes in the lily situation follow 

 lliick and fast, and with the informa- 

 tion that all stocks will be in short 

 supply comes the natural tendency to 

 increase the call for cold storage 

 stock. There is very little cold stor- 

 age stock offered excepting 7/9 size at 

 this time, at least that size is the bulk 

 of the order, but with the shoi'ter 

 quantity of formosums, Azores and 

 multiflorums coming in, the natural 

 consequence is an increased value on 

 cold storage liles. During the early 

 summer there was very little profit in 

 cold storage stock, but now they are 

 coming along with a natural good qual- 

 ity and increased percentage of 

 Itlooms, and the call is also increasing. 

 That means better results for every- 

 one in every way. 



Speaking of bulb stock I am re- 

 minded again of the continuous change 

 in the market on paper whites. They 

 are making a steady incline, and any- 

 one who has not bought all that is 

 needed will find higher prices prevail- 

 ing from day to day, and that means 

 Iniy at once if you are going to need 

 them. 



Regarding Dutch bulbs, there seems 

 to be a tendency among the Hollanders 

 to send in very netir to what has actu- 



F. R. PIEKSOX 



Kf-elmeil rresiilenl of tlie New York 



Ffcleration of Horticultural Societies 



an<l Moral flubs. 



