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July 18, 1922 



The Florists' Review 



31 



NEW YOJIK. 



The Market. 



Although under the influence of sum- 

 mer conditions, the cut flower market 

 for several days has cleaned up well 

 and prices have been fairly satisfac- 

 tory. Eecent storms and a long spell of 

 rainy weather curtailed outdoor stock, 

 and improved weather conditions have 

 hardly had time to work a change. 

 Consequently, the daily arrivals have 

 cleaned up, and there has been a no- 

 ticeable impetus to the general buying. 



There is a flood of gladioli, but good 

 prices are obtained. Asters are poor in 

 quality, too poor to make quotations 

 possible. Dahlias seem to have the ad- 

 vantage over asters, moving at from 

 15 cents per bunch to as much as $1.50 

 per dozen for fine stock — rather extraor- 

 dinary conditions for dahlias, but not 

 so wonderful in view of the quality 

 offered. 



Eoses are in small supply, but, with 

 quality low, the condition causes no 

 excitement and the demand is well in 

 proportion to arrivals. American 

 Beauty is not in good supply, yet the 

 price range is unchanged. Hybrid teas 

 arrive more or less open. 



A few good carnations continue to ar- 

 rive and move at as high as $4 per hun- 

 dred, but most sales are made within a 

 range of $1 to $3 per hundred. Many 

 growers have already emptied their 

 benches. 



Cattleyas are in moderate supply. 



White lilies are fairly plentiful. Eu- 

 brums arc abundant, but are freely 

 taken at $3 to $8 per hundred flowers, 

 the lower figure for flowers cut from 

 stems and in demand for funeral work. 

 Lily of the valley is in oversupply and 

 the range is 50 cents to $4 per hundred 

 sprays. Bouvardia Humboldtii is plen- 

 tiful and keeps valley sales down some- 

 what. Sweet peas are scarce, the season 

 being practically past. A few outdoor 

 flowers arrive and bring from $1 to $2 

 per hundred. 



Herbaceous flowers are more than 

 plentiful, but their movement is active. 

 Zinnias are bringing from 20 cents to 

 75 cents per bunch, the latter price for 

 the giant kind on long stems. Del- 

 phiniums bring from 25 cents to 50 cents 

 per bunch. Other items are gaillardias, 

 coreopsis, tuberoses, candytuft in sev- 

 eral shades, cornflowers, centaureas, 

 phlox; gypsophila, both annual and 

 perennial, the latter commanding 75 

 cents per bunch; summer lilies, lychnis, 

 hydrangeas, calendulas, marigolds and 

 feverfew. 



Various Notes. 



Most of the wholesalers in the dif- 

 ferent markets are closing at 4 p. m. 

 daily, and vacations are the order of 

 the day. 



Eichard Vincent, Jr., of White Marsh, 

 Md., president of the American Dahlia 

 Society, was in town to attend a meet- 

 ing of the society's executive board 

 Wednesday, July 12, when matters re- 

 lating to the September dahlia show 

 were considered. 



At the Grand Central station the sta- 

 tion authorities have established a 

 "clearing house" for flowers for the 

 poor, commuters being able to deposit 

 donations of flowers from their gardens 

 at a point in the depot, where they are 

 collected and properly distributed. This 

 is a good work and worthy of all en- 

 couragement. It removes the argument 



of many suburban garden owners that it 

 is useless to grow quantities of flowers, 

 for the reason that there is no use for 

 them. There is a use, as the railroad 

 people have decided through their gen- 

 erous measures for collection of the 

 flowers, and it is hoped that the com- 

 muters will be as liberal in their 

 response to the request which these 

 measures silently convey. 



8. S. Pennoek, Philadelphia, president 

 of the S. A. P., spent Monday morning, 

 July 10, at Secretary Young's ofliee and 

 planned to be there again Thursday, 

 July 13. 



David Burpee, of the W. Atlee Burpee 

 Co., Philadelphia, was a visitor Satur- 

 day, July 8. J. H. P. 



H. Bayersdorfer & Co. are pleased at 

 the number of out-of-town visitors who 

 have dropped in at their new store. A 

 florist from Columbus, Ga., whom they 

 had not previously met, called and left 

 an order a few days ago. 



NEWARK, N. J. 



The Market. 



Growers in Newark and vicinity are 

 completing their chrysanthemum plant- 

 ing in good shape for the fall blooms. 

 The plants are of good quality and an 

 excellent crop is expected. Many peo- 

 ple of Newark are now on their vaca- 

 tions, and there is almost no transient 

 trade. Funeral work forms the bulk 

 of business at present, and there is not 

 a large volume of that. The situation 

 is normal, however, for the midsummer 

 season. General business conditions are 

 gradually improving and unemployment 

 is decreasing. 



Various Notes. 



Eosedale Florist is the trade name 

 which has been filed for the business 

 conducted at 398 Orange road, Mont- 

 clair, N. J., by Oliver H. Leaman, 390 

 Orange road. 



Fred Philips, of Philips Bros., Broad 

 street florists, and his family are spend- 

 ing the month of July at North Asbury 

 Park. As usual, he is devoting much 

 time to sea fishing, big striped bass be- 

 ing the object of his quest. Mr. Philips 

 is stopping at the Asbury Inn. 



Before the war several of Newark 's 

 largest florists had a considerable trade 

 in baskets of flowers and other floral 

 gifts for passengers leaving on trans- 

 atlantic liners from New York or ports 

 on the New Jersey coast. The war 

 killed this trade, but now it is begin- 

 ning to pick up again. Philips Bros., 

 Broad street, made a special bid for this 

 kind of trade by a recent window dis- 

 play, the center of which was a floral 

 ship three feet long. Oak leaves the 

 color of the water were arranged to rep- 

 resent the waves. Colored oak leaves 

 formed the hull and lilies of the valley 

 and pansies the decks and upper hull of 

 the ship. E. B. M. 



FORT WAYNE, IND. 



The Market. 



Business has held up fairly well, con- 

 sidering the extreme heat and the 

 abundance of outdoor flowers. Eoses 

 are in abundance, but the quality is not 

 of the best. Carnations are small. Cat- 

 tleyas are not plentiful and the demand 

 is good. Gladioli, delphiniums, snap- 

 dragons, gaillardia, Shasta daisies and 



snapdragons are fine and there is a good 

 demand for them. 



Various Notes. 



Edgar Wenninghoff has moved into 

 his new store, located at 124 East 

 Washington boulevard. Mr. Wenning- 

 hoff is converting it into an attractive 

 place. The room is much more spacious 

 than his former place and will afford 

 a better opportunity of caring for his 

 increasing business. 



The Blossom Floral Co. furnished the 

 carnations used in the opening of one 

 of the new Piggly-Wiggly stores. The 

 Blossom Floral Co. reports business as 

 quite good. A number of made-up 

 baskets have found ready sale. The 

 company has also had its share of wed- 

 ding decorations and bouquets. 



The Fort Wayne Flower Shop, owned 

 by George Bischoff, has been sold. Mr. 

 Bischoff has retired from the business. 

 The place will be discontinued as a 

 flower store. Scott & Tuttle, a shoe 

 firm, will put in one of a chain of stores 

 August 1. 



The Doswell Floral Co. was busy last 

 week with weddings and a large amount 

 of funeral work. 



Miss Euth Eehm has been employed 

 as an assistant in the ofiices of W. J. & 

 M. S. Vesey. S. N. 



CHICAGO. 



The Market. 



The week in which falls the Fourth 

 of July .is known as the dullest week 

 of the year in the Chicago market. 

 Everything then is in the depths of the 

 seasonal depression in this trade. The 

 supply is smallest, demand is lightest 

 and prices usually are lowest. If the 

 week ran true to form this year, we 

 can with confidence count on a good 

 summer. 



While no one could wax enthusiastic 

 over last week 's market, there have 

 been many worse. The demand was 

 sufficient to clean up all the good roses, 

 to clear the few good carnations and 

 sweet peas, to move the lilies, valley 

 and other greenhouse flowers. It kept 

 the gladioli moving, but the other gar- 

 den flowers stagnated; there was little 

 demand for them. Prices were not high, 

 but they have been lower. The total of 

 sales for the week was nothing to brag 

 about, but it was at least as good as 

 for the first week of July in any other 

 year. So why worry? 



Of the greenhouse flowers the rose is 

 the only one that retains a place of real 

 importa\jce. The supply last week prob- 

 ably was at the lowest level of the sea- 

 son. The cut camo almost entirely from 

 houses being carried for the summer 

 out, although a few flowers already are 

 being cut from young stock which has 

 been planted for next winter's crops. 

 No doubt the supply will increase 

 steadily as the later-planted houses 

 come into crop. The quality of the 

 roses is all one could expect in the 

 heated term and the demand took all 

 the better grades. With the medium 

 lengths fairly abundant and cheap, the 

 demand for shorts was light and some 

 of these had to be sold outside the 

 regular channels. 



During the last week, however, the 

 gladiolus came into a dominant place 

 in the market. For the next two months 

 the indoor flowers will have stiff com- 

 petition from this queen of the garden. 

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