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ventions, two of which seem specially 

 promising. He has a little carrier for a 

 ball of string with knife attachment 

 with which growers tying up plants or 

 bunching flowers can save time and 

 work. A bracket for hanging baskets 

 appeals to those who fill them as likely 

 to prove a good seller. 



G. E. Gullctt, of Gullett & Sons, Lin- 

 coln, 111., was in Chicago for a couple 

 of days this week. He reports that his 

 firm has had a big spring season, April 

 and May having shown good increases 

 over last year in spite of the lower 

 prices this season. 



Emil E. Mesenbrink, of Libertyville, 

 111., was in town June 13. He has been 

 cutting good stock this spring and has 

 had an excellent season. 



NEW YOEK. 



The Market. 



Suuinier conditions have acttled upon 

 the New York cut flower market with 

 a vengeance. Last week's business was 

 the worst experienced for a long time, 

 and high temperatures coming in the 

 last two days of it made poor business 

 much worse. With the exception, possi- 

 bly, of American Beauty roses and one 

 or two other items, prices of cut flowers 

 went to pieces, and there is little like- 

 lihood of better conditions at this writ- 

 ing. June usually is a fairly good 

 month, with commencements and other 

 functions which use up considerable 

 quantities of flowers, and weddings 

 usually produce a fair demand for 

 stock. But this year such especial de- 

 mand is hardly felt. The supply of flow- 

 ers is enormous in comparison with the 

 demand, but it would not be fair to say 

 that the light business was due to this, 

 as it is anything but a rare condition 

 at this time of year. 



Roses are in large supply, and mostly 

 of hot weather quality. American 

 Beauty is plentiful and is one of the 

 few things that maintain quotations of 

 a week or two ago, $15 to $40 per hun- 

 dred for specials being still the price 

 range. Scott Key also holds up at $10 

 to $40 per hundred. Hybrid teas are 

 abundant and are moving slowly within 

 a price range of 50 cents to $6 per hun- 

 dred; this is to an extent explained by 

 the arrival of large quantities of Gen. 

 Jacqueminot and other outdoor roses 

 adaptable to decorative requirements. 



Carnations are plentiful, and arrivals 

 are hard to move. The top price for the 

 general run of fancies is $2 per hun- 

 dred. A few selected flowers bring $3 

 and by comparison are worth the diflfer- 

 ence. 



Cattleyas are in large supply, but the 

 demand for them is so small that the 

 left-over stock of a day seriously handi- 

 caps the sales of the morrow; conse- 

 quently clean-ups at any price are com- 

 mon. The range of prices for fresh 

 stock is about 35 to 75 cents per flower, 

 with selected flowers at as much as $1. 



White lilies are in small supply, but 

 move slowly at $10 to $12 per hundred, 

 and are not notable for quality. Au- 

 ratum and Madonna lilies are appear- 

 ing and meet a moderate demand. 

 Lilies of the valley are rather over- 

 plentiful, and the price range is down to 

 $1 to $5 per hundred sprays. 



There is a wide choice in miscel- 

 laneous flowers, which include Del- 

 phinium Belladonna at three bunches for 

 a dollar, sweet williams at five bunches 

 for the same amount, gypsophila at .T 



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FINEST QUALITY AND LARGEST SUPPLY 



Fancy Greenhouse Gladioli $1.C0 to $15.00 doz. 



Fancy Outdoor Gladioli $3.00 to $5.00 per 100 



CURRENT PRICE LIST 

 ROSES 



Coloabia, Preaicr, RumO Per i«o 



Select, Long SIS.OO to $20.00 



Choi e. Medium 10.00 to 12.00 



Good, Short 6.00 to 8.00 



Ophelia, Snnbartt, Maryland, Double White Killaney ami Hoorier Beaity 



Select, Long $12.00 to $15.00 



Choice, Medium 8.00 to 10.00 



Good, Short 4.00 to 6.00 



PEONIES 



Fresh Stock — not oat of Storage per ]no 



Long, Fancy $6.00 



Choice, Medium $4.00 to 5.00 



CARNATIONS 



Fresh Fancy Stock $2.00 to $4.00 



YELLOW DAISIES, Choice per 100, 1. 00 to S.OO 



STOCKS, Choice, Double doz., .75 to 1.00 



EASTER and CALLA LILIES doz.. l.SO to 2.00 



FEVERFEW^ per bunch, .50 



CANDYTUFT per bunch, .50 



ADIANTUM per 100. 1.50 



ASPARAGUS and SPRENGERI per bunch , .25 to .50 



FERNS per 1000, 6.00 



GALAX per 1000. 2.00 



SUBJECT TO MARKET CHANGES 

 Our Motto: "Nothing too much trouble to^ pleaae m Customer.'* 



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