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The FfoHsts^ Review 



May 25, 1916. 



WASHINaTON, D. C. 



BOCHESTER, N. T. 



Tbe Market. 



Business last week was good. Stock 

 was plentiful and there were many 

 large decorations and plenty of first- 

 class funeral work. The only sear- 

 cities noted were in orchids and valley. 

 Orchids sold quickly on arrival at 50 

 cents to $1 each. Greenhouse valley 

 continues to bring $5 per hundred, but 

 there has been more or less complaint 

 against its quality. Outdoor valley 

 still is to be had in good quality and 

 moves well at 50 cents to $2 per hun- 

 dred. 



Gardenias are overplentiful. They 

 bring from $1 to $2 per dozen, but are 

 offered on the streets at 10 cents each. 

 There is an abundant supply of carna- 

 tions at $1 to $3 per hundred. The 

 market has been good and they clean 

 up well daily. There has been no 

 shortage in roses, and while a few move 

 at 12 cents each there are plenty to be 

 had at much lower prices. Short- 

 stemmed stock can be bought at $5 per 

 thousand. 



The summer crop of sweet peas is 

 coming along in fine shape and these 

 flowers are in good demand at 50 cents 

 to $1 per hundred. Gladioli are selling 

 well at from $5 to $8, America, Augusta 

 and Brenchleyensis are good. Pink 

 snapdragon is plentiful and sells at $3 

 to $6 per hundred. Some extra fine 

 white and yellow snapdragon is fbeing 

 offered at $6 to $10 per hundred. The 

 local peony crop has shown up with a 

 vengeance. 



Various Notes. 



Growers are finding it difficult to 

 handle the enormous crop of peonies 

 which has made its appearance. The 

 Gude Bros. Co. had several men sort- 

 ing and packing these flowers as they 

 came from tfle houses, but they did not 

 seem to catch up. On one day alone 

 this firm sent more than 6,000 -.first-class 

 peonies to Philadelphia, New York and 

 Boston. Other growers are doing the 

 same thing, so that the local market is 

 materially lightened. A price of $4 to 

 $8 per hundred is being maintained. 



The retailers are well pleased with 

 the business they now are enjoying on 

 account of commencements. Washing- 

 ton probably has more young ladies' 

 schools, seminaries, academies and col- 

 leges than any other city in the coun- 

 try. At a recent commencement one 

 order called for sixty-five shower bou- 

 quets of red roses, and another order 

 has been booked by a local house for 

 nearly 100 shower bouquets for a sim- 

 ilar affair. 



The Brookland rose show, scheduled 

 for the latter part of this week, has 

 been postponed until Monday and Tues- 

 day next. 



J. H. Small & Son has booked the 

 Grayson-Gordon wedding, which is to 

 take place in New York. It is expected 

 that the wedding will call for large 

 numbers of floral remembrances. 



The colored population of Washing- 

 ton is staging a floral parade May 27. 

 Contestants must be colored, but any 

 firm may enter delivery cars with col- 

 ored drivers. If such cars win, the 

 drivers are to be awarded the prizes. 



C. L. L. 



The Market. 



Heavy rain storms visited Eoehester 

 last week and did considerable dam- 

 age. The ground became so water- 

 soaked that farmers and growers were 

 at a standstill in outdoor work. The 

 weather cleared Friday and Saturday, 

 however, and business was quite good. 

 Business for the week was fairly good 

 and included some large wedding deco- 

 rations. Funeral work was heavy and 

 the stores were well occupied with 

 counter trade. The filling of window 

 boxes and jardinieres is well under 

 way and much bedding stock is being 

 sold. 



The cut flower trade is brisk and the 

 daily shipments arrive in good order. 

 Some fine outdoor Pheasant's Eye nar- 

 cissi are in the market and sell well. 

 Darwin tulips, with stems about three 

 feet long | and with many shades of 

 color, sell Well. Jonquils are gradually 

 falling of(. American BeUuty roses 

 sell well, and they have a good, rich 

 color. Other varieties, such as Russell, 

 Taft, the Killarneys, Sunburst and 

 Ward, move freely. White and yellow 

 daisies sell well. Pink snapdragon is 

 selling nicely and is used freely in 

 basket work, but lilac moves slowly. 

 Sweet peas are plentiful in pink and 

 white and they sell easily. Easter 

 lilies are in good condition; callas 

 move freely. Valley and orchids are 

 used considerably in corsages. Greens 

 are plentiful. 



Various Notes. 



H. P. Neun, of North street, had 



an effective window display last week 

 consisting of red azaleas and ciboti- 

 ums. Business at Mr, Neun's North 

 street store is good, as well as at the 

 store in Hotel Rochester. 



George T. Boucher says electric 

 signs are the best means of advertis- 

 ing his business; so he recently gave 

 his order for an outdoor sign. He 

 has placed window boxes around his 

 East Avenue and East Main street 

 windows. 



We now are confronted by Memorial 

 day. According to reports from local 

 growers, there is a large quantity of 

 stock ready for the day. As usual, 

 the school children will contribute 

 thousands of plants to be placed on 

 the graves of soldiers. 



H. E. Rogers, of Spencerport, N. Y., 

 is making a fine display at his green- 

 houses. Thousands of geraniums, 

 many in bloom, and a large quantity 

 of filled hanging baskets make a good 

 showing. 



The good Easter experienced by 

 growers in Rochester and vicinity has 

 stimulated greenhouse building. J. B. 

 Keller Sons have contracted for a 

 pipe-frame cyclamen house, 21x58 feet. 

 Charles Curtis, of Irondequoit, has 

 material for an iron-frame chrysanthe- 

 mum and sweet pea house, 20x58 feet; 

 H. S. Morgan, of Auburn, two 26-foot 

 additions; D. S. George, of Penfield, 

 two cast-iron boilers to replaee a hori- 

 zontal - tubular boiler that proved un- 

 satisfactory. This last-mentioned or- 

 der was placed with the Lord & 

 Burnham Co. local office. 



Salter Bros, report good business. 

 They are making a good display of ' 

 bedding stock. H. J. H. 



Decatur, HI. — The new greenhouses of 

 Daut Bros, are being rushed to comple- 

 tion. Peter Hus, of Chicago, is one of 

 the builders. 



Paducali, Ky. — At a recent meeting 

 of the park commissioners a contract 

 was let to Schmaus Bros, to furnish 

 trees, shrubs, etc., for the park during 

 the present year. 



McKinney, Tex. — Memorial day in 

 the south was May 13, but it rained and 

 the local committee postponed the ob- 

 servance a week, thereby inflicting a 

 considerable loss on florists who had 

 laid in a good-sized stock of cut flow- 

 ers. Even those of the public who had 

 ordered in advance did not want to 

 accept delivery after the postponement. 

 The call for flowers for Memorial day 

 is increasing annually. 



Alvln, Tex. — The cape jasmine season 

 is in full swing, the first shipments 

 having gone north May 15 and in quan- 

 tity beginning May 22, The prospect 

 for Memorial day is excellent, as more 

 orders than usual are on file with the 

 principal shippers. The high prices of 

 carnations in some of the northern mar- 

 kets for Mothers' day has helped ship- 

 pers of cape jasmine buds, as offering 

 a cheap substitute for Memorial day. 

 The quality of the stock this season is 

 excellent and the crop large. 



Bisbee, Ariz, — ^^L. Phillips, an east- 

 erner, has opened a handsome store on 

 Main street. 



Fort Smith, Ark. — Every greenhouse 

 in the city sustained damage in a big 

 storm May 20. At George Rye's, on 

 the Plaza, nearly every pane of glass 

 was shattered. The same occurred at 

 his Grand avenue greenhouse. He car- 

 ried insurance. B. B. Freeman, 202 

 Towson avenue, sustained a loss ranging 

 from $175 to $200 as a result of the 

 hail smashing the glass and ruining the 

 plants. 



, Dallas, Tex. — The trade still is talk- 

 ing of the splendid sucQess that attended 

 the cooperative advertising at Easter, 

 when a full-page ad was printed in the 

 Times-Herald. The copy was a general 

 boost for flowers for Easter, nothing 

 specific being possible where so many 

 participate, and the page carried the 

 names of the Dallas Floral Co., the 

 Lang Floral & Nursery Co., the McKin- 

 ney Nursery Co., the Lone Star Seed & 

 Floral Co., the Rische Floral Co. and A. 

 Harris & Co. It was the first time any- 

 thing of this kind has been done in 

 Dallas, but it will not be the last time. 



