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June S, ll»22 



The Florists^ Review 



27 



PITTSBURGH, PA. 



The Market. 



liusiuess after Memorial day suffered 

 a slump. Although toward the latter 

 part of last week the demand revived, 

 the supply has been so heavy that it 

 leaves an abundance of all kinds of 

 flowers after each day's business is 

 over. 



The usual demand for peonies Me- 

 morial day was taken care of. Shipped 

 peonies arrived in poor condition. Home- 

 grown peonies came into the market in 

 time for the latter part of the Memorial 

 day business; so there were plenty of 

 peonies for the demand at reasonable 

 prices. 



The crop of American Beauties has 

 been coming along nicely and has been 

 moving out fairly well. There have 

 been a few weddings and commence- 

 ments that required Beauties. The sup- 

 ply, however, has far exceeded the de- 

 mand. The rose cut in general has 

 been heavy and the demand is hardly 

 large enough to take care of the daily 

 production. Plenty of roses in all of 

 the following varieties are to be had: 

 Columbia, Ophelia, White Ophelia and 

 Ward. The stock has been exceptionally 

 fine. 



Carnations are nearing the end. The 

 demand at Memorial day practically 

 cleaned up the supply. Some good 

 Easter lilies arc still coming into the 

 market and are cleaned up fairly well. 

 Calla lilies are near their end; the ones 

 that were in the market were cleaned 

 up at a fair price. Tliere are some good 

 indoor gladioli being received, which 

 bring a good price. There have also 

 been some outdoor gladioli in the last 

 w^eek and they have moved fairly well. 



Sweet peas liave been exceptionally 

 poor; at least one-half of the supply 

 has been unfit for sale. There are also 

 plenty of yellow daisies on the market, 

 as well ."IS Darwin tulips, Narcissus poet- 

 icus and valley. The deni;ind, liowever, 

 for these flowers is limited. (larden 

 flowers, such as sweet william and del- 

 phinium, are now crowding the market. 

 The demand for tliese flowers is sm.nll. 



Various Notes. 



W. A. Clarke, treasurer of the Pitts- 

 burgh Cut Plower Co., returned during 

 the last week from his trip through 

 the Canal Zone. Mr. Clarke has many 

 interesting tales with reference to the 

 peoi>le, their customs and tlie conditions 

 in general in tliat vicinity. 



John Weiland, of Allison Park, Pa., 

 a grower of fancy carnations and 

 plants, celebrated his seventy-sixth 

 birthday anniversary ^fay 22. A few 

 of his ]iersonal friends and relatives 

 called during the day to visit him and 

 to wish him many happy returns. ITis 

 many friends in the trade take the op- 

 portunity of extending him congratula- 

 tions and best wishes. Mr. Weilaiid is 

 still active in his work. 



Fred Koclier. .Tr., will be serving on 

 the jurv during the next two weeks. 



H. .1. II. 



centerpiece was of Dresden effect and 

 was decorated with orchids, Ophelia 

 roses, larkspurs and appropriate rainbow 

 chiffon. The bride wore a creation of 

 white satin overdraped with Valen- 

 ciennes lace, while a hand-embroidered 

 court train hung from the shoulders. 

 Her veil of old Greek lace was held in 

 place with orange blossoms. The bride's 

 bouquet was exceedingly attractive, be- 

 ing made of orchids and valley. "After 

 an eastern trip, Mr. and Mrs. Grafiadis 

 will occupy their new home at 631 Get- 

 tysburg street. 



NEW YORK. 



One of the first weddings of the sea- 

 son took place at the Hotel Cli.ith.'Uii, 

 when James D. Grafiadis, owner of the 

 Liberty Florists, and Miss Stella Au- 

 touopolis were married .lune 1. The 

 ball room was most beautifully deco- 

 rated with vases and baskets of Amer- 

 ican P.(\Tuty ;ind Ojiheliji roses, together 

 with white jieoiiies. The brid.-il t.'ible 



The Market. 



The market last week was well sup- 

 plied with flowers; in fact, after the 

 holiday requirements were met clear- 

 ances were difficult. The Memorial day 

 business was about the same as usual 

 for this holiday and confined to the 

 usual items. Peonies were plentiful and 

 sold at anywhere from $2 to $12 per 

 hundred. Roses sold at the quotations 

 of last week, and there was practically 

 no advance in the prices of other 

 staples. 



Everything in the market Monday, 

 June ;■), seemed to be dominated by the 

 supply of peonies, which was large. A 

 wet and dull spell the preceding Friday 

 and Saturday spoiled open flowers 

 somewhat, and a temperature of 80 de- 

 grees Sunday, with bright sunshine, 

 brought along stock to an extent which 

 has kept the market filled. Still, the 

 gluts of former years liave not been 

 much in evidence. 



Roses of all kinds are plentiful, but the 

 quality is of the summer sort. Amer- 

 ican Beauty is abundant and rather hard 

 to move, within a price range of $15 

 to $40 per hundred. Hybrid teas are 

 rather too plentiful for the demand and 

 prices have declined to a summer level, 

 with o]ien stock clearing at prices below 

 the quoted range. From $1 to $8 per 

 hundred is al)out the range for stock of 

 good quality, with one or two varieties 

 liringing a little more for the better 

 grades. 



There is a good supply of carnations, 

 but the quality cannot be boasted of, 

 few really good flowers being seiMi. 

 From .$1 to $.''. per hundred is about the 

 range, selected flowers bringing occa- 

 sionally a dollar more. 



Cattleyas are in fair su]iidy. and sub- 

 ject to severe grading. The ]irice range 

 is $.'?5 to $7.') per hundred for ordinary 

 stock, the finest giijas and hybrids 

 bringing $100 to $12."^. 



White lilies are in moderate s\ip]dy 

 and meet a fair demand at $10 to $1."> 

 per Innidred. The supply of lilies of 

 the valley continues large, but with a 

 little better demand prices have moved 

 up a bit. 



Sweet peas are plentiful, but poor in 

 quality, inferior grades being most in 

 evidence and moving at 2~> to 75 cents 

 per hundred, with top grades at $1. 

 Peonies from local fields arc bringing $2 

 to $10 per hundred. Sweet williams are 

 in large su]iply at 20 to 25 cents per 

 bunch, and delphiniums at 50 to 75 

 cents per bunch. Other herbaceous 

 flowers are in summer sn]iply and move 

 slowly at prices hardly quotable. Tliere 

 are stocks, pansies, calendulas, corn- 

 flowers, centaureas, snapdragons, callas, 

 gaillardias, pyrethrums, daisies, mignon 

 ette, myosotis, gladioli, Tausendschoen 



and early outdoor roses, candytuft and 

 lupines. 



Various Notes. 



S. S. Pennock, president of the S. A. 

 F., was a visitor last week, and was in 

 conference with Secretary Young par- 

 ticularly in regard to the program for 

 the Kansas City convention. 



Herman Scommodean, for many years 

 with A. L. Young, the wholesale florist 

 at 54 West Twenty-eighth street, has 

 taken over the business, Mr. Young re- 

 tiring to care for his other business in- 

 terests. 



Wesley B. Leach, park department 

 forester "and a member of the New York 

 Florists' Club, is making a trip to the 

 west in search of true specimens for 

 park requirements and stock, local 

 sources of supply being said to be some- 

 what limited. 



At the meeting of the New York Flo- 

 rists' Club, Monday, June 12, S. S. 

 Pennock, of Philadelphia, will lecture 

 on his recent visit to Germany as rep- 

 resentative of the Friends' Relief and 

 on his visits to several horticultural es- 

 tablishments in Europe. The lecture 

 will be illustrated by lantern slides. 

 The meeting, which will be the last be- 

 fore the summer recess, will be held, as 

 usual, in the Engineering Societies' 

 building, 25 West Thirty-ninth street. 



The Henshaw Floral Co. is occupying 

 temporarily the quarters in the Eight- 

 eenth street market vacated by Clar- 

 ence Slinn, using the store to relieve the 

 pressure on the supply department. 



The quarters in the market formerly 

 occupied bv Polykranas are being used 

 by the Trepel Florist, Inc., Brooklyn, 

 as a receiving depot. J. H. P. 



Harry Bayersdorfer refused to sell 

 a large" basket at retail recently. The 

 would-be purchaser was obliged to buy 

 the basket through a florist. Mr. Bay- 

 ersdorfer says if he wanted to retail 

 he would open a shop on Fifth avenue. 



CHICAGO. 



The Market. 



The high temperature June 6 has 

 again crowded the market with low- 

 grade stock. It has rushed in the local 

 peonies and other garden flowers and 

 has forced the roses and carnations, 

 while it has done much to finish off the 

 sweet ]ieas and snapdragons. Heat is to 

 be expected at this season, but it h.as 

 been particularly unfortunate this week, 

 because of absence of any special de- 

 mand to consume the great quantities 

 of stock which always come with the 

 first hot days of summer. 



Business since Memorial d.'iy has not 

 been all one might ask, but large quan- 

 tities of stock have been moved. Most 

 of the wholesale liouses report that they 

 h.'ive written a greater number of s.ales 

 tickets in May, and thus far in June, 

 than they ever did in the same period 

 of any other year, but they admit their 

 sales totals are not up to last year. The 

 reason lies in the fact th.at retailers are 

 buying more cautiously and that prices 

 average lower. Even with a red\iction 

 in sales, it is felt that business is good; 

 the public is l)uying steadily increasing 

 quantities of flowers and florists' sales, 

 in money total, probaV)ly are less re- 

 duced from the ]ieak than is the case 

 with most other lines. 



Last week was marked by coiitiuuod 

 (Contirwiod on paKe :)-'. i 



