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NEW YOBK. 



The Market. 



The market during the last week was 

 of a decidedly Lenten character, lack- 

 ing life, dull at times to stagnation, 

 a harvest season for the large buyers. 

 The usual conditions before Easter pre- 

 vail, but the prophecy of a good 

 Easter is general. 



American Beauties advanced slightly 

 as the week closed, and continue to 

 hold the general rose market on a 

 steady keel. In fact, one of the 

 prophetic pioneers says present prices 

 are even higher than they will be at 

 Easter, because of the increased ship- 

 ments then, which are inevitable. 

 Hadley grows in popularity. So do 

 Sunburst, Radiance, Russell, Shawyer 

 and the double Killarneys. In fact, the 

 market was never so well filled with 

 roses in variety and nearly all of the 

 novelties have come to stay. 



The carnation shipments are increas- 

 ing rapidly, and prices are indeed rea- 

 sonable. For the smaller flowers but 

 75 cents per hundred is asked. Splen- 

 did values are obtainable, at $1.50, and 

 the novelties seldom rise to above $3 

 per hundred. 



Of bulbous flowers there is a con- 

 stant oversupply, and anything imper- 

 fect cannot be moved at all. This ap- 

 plies especially to freesias, tulips, daf- 

 fodils and narcissi. The southern stock 

 has not begun to come in large quanti- 

 ties. Some of the double tulips arriv- 

 ing are unexcelled. They should sell 

 at twice quoted values. 



No one seems to want wallflowers or 

 snapdragons. Only the Spencer sweet 

 peas are appreciated. Pansies, daisies, 

 forget-me-nots, mignonette, all are neg- 

 lected. 



Thes,e are harvest days for the street 

 men; valley and violets at every corner. 

 Wholesale quotations for violets are 

 unmentionable. Single violets are in 

 fair demand, and do not reach the 

 street outlet. The aristocratic gar- 

 denia, however, has been forced to 

 seek this method of distribution. There 

 is a large amount of inferior stock ar- 

 riving. 



The lilacs are all just marking time 

 until Easter draws near. There is a 

 large supply. Acacia will last until 

 after Easter. No uplift has come yet 

 in orchids. The large flowers are be- 

 ing saved for the holiday call. 



Bowling. 



The following scores were made on 



the alleys March 11: 



Player. Ist 2d 3d 



P. Jacobson 161 173 180 



0. W. Scott 176 170 160 



H. C. RIedel 174 160 177 



A. J. Gnttman 187 172 181 



W. P. Ford 155 191 177 



Various Notes. 



George Baldwin, of Mamaroneck, 

 N. y., the orchid specialist, was in 

 the city Saturday, March 13. 



Jack Trepel, manager for Joseph 

 Trepel, 1070 Flatbush avenue, Brooklyn, 

 was married last week to Miss Mae 

 Komicke, of Flatbush. 



C. C. Trepel has secured for a term 

 of five years, from May 1, the store at 

 57 West Twenty-eighth street, the pres- 

 ent headquarters of H. E. Froment. 

 Mr. Froment will occupy on that date 

 his large new premises at 148 West 

 Twenty-eighth street, midway between 

 Sixth and Seventh avenues. 



P. J. Smith will move May 1 to the 



big store at 131 West Twenty-eighth 

 street, now occupied by Traendly & 

 Schenck. Traendly & Schenck will 

 probably locate in a large store on 

 Sixth avenue between Twenty-sixth 

 and Twenty-seventh streets. 



J. K. Allen's fine store is all ready 

 for occupancy. It has every modern 

 convenience, and a tree-shaded yard 

 for summer comfort. 



Samuel Woodrow has secured several 

 large contracts for landscape work this 

 spring. 



M. A. Bowe had many floral designs 

 for the Joseph O'Connell funeral last 

 week. 



Badgley, Eiedel & Meyer, Inc., had 

 on exhibition March 13 an unnamed 

 crimson seedling carnation of splendid 

 size, calyx and strength of stem, the 

 sale of which they will control. 



B. F. Farr, of Wyomissing, Pa., lec- 

 tured March 11, on "Iris and Peonies," 

 before the Garden City Club, at Gar- 

 den City, L. I. 



With the many floral pieces sent to 

 Tarrytown for the funeral of Mrs. J. D. 

 Rockefeller, Alex McConnell and Sie- 

 brecht & Son were especially busy 

 March 13. 



Milandre Bros, are making exten- 

 sive alterations in their store at Broad- 

 way and One-hundred-and-third street, 

 placing it in the same grade as their 

 handsome headquarters at Seventy-sec- 

 ond street. They have four greenhouses 

 at Woodside stocked with Easter 

 plants. J. Austin Shaw. 



Incorporation papers have been is- 

 sued to Henry Hart, Inc., to do busi- 

 ness in realty, flowers and plants, with 

 a capital stock of $15,000. The incor- 

 porators are B. N. Cohenno, M. P. 

 Doyle and F. E. Karelsen, Jr. 



MALDEN, MASS. 



Neil E. Boyle, whose roses have for 

 years had an excellent reputation in 

 the Boston market, had a visitors' day 

 at his greenhouses March 14, when a 

 large number of growers and others 

 identified with the cut flower industry 

 were present. Mr. Boyle grows six 

 houses of roses. One is devoted to 

 Richmond, which he still considers the 



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best red; another to Mrs. Aaron Ward, 

 which comes a little slow in winter, 

 but is a good seller. Sunburst in an- 

 other house looked first-class and will 

 be more heavily grown another season. 

 Double White Killarney proves slow in 

 winter compared with White Killarney. 

 Killarney Brilliant has done well and, 

 with Double White Killarney, will be 

 grown as summer roses in houses now 

 occupied by Easter lilies. Ophelia will 

 be planted the coming season. No 

 black spot, spider or mildew could be 

 found anywhere and the whole stock 

 was most creditable. 



Giganteum lilies to the number of 

 10,000 in 5%-inch pots were in perfect 

 condition. Many of the buds were just 

 turning white. Plants averaged four 

 to seven buds each. Some Formosa 

 lilies also are grown for cutting. I 

 failed to see any disease among the 

 lilies. W. N. C. 



NEW BEDFORD, MASS. 



The Market. 



Business has been good during the 

 last week. Flowers of all kinds seem 

 to be plentiful. The prices of carna- 

 tions went up a little in the middle of 

 the week, but have now returned to the 

 old level. The prices of other flowers 

 remain about as usual. Everyone ap- 

 pears to expect a good Easter business. 

 Various Notes. 



H. A. Jahn was found busy as usual 

 when called on. He does a lot of land- 

 scape work, but says business in that 

 line has been slow. Some orders for 

 which he bought stock in the fall have 

 been canceled, leaving him with a sur- 

 plus of materials. 



Julius the Florist has been busy all 

 the week. He has had a good number 

 of funeral orders. 



A number of the local florists expect 

 to go to New York this week to attend 

 the international flower show, to be 

 held at the Grand Central Palace. 



Richard E. Nofftz expected to have 

 to move this spring, but as the owner 

 of the building has changed his recon- 

 struction plans, Mr. Nofftz will remain 

 at the old stand. W. M. P. 



Moutvale, Mass. — William H. Ward 

 carried part of his carnations over last 

 season and his Beacon and White En- 

 chantress show that it has paid to do 

 so, for it would be hard to find benches 

 of plants carrying, such a wealth of 

 long-stemmed flowers. 



Wakefield, Mass.— Charles C. Ball, 

 the selectmen and the light board have 

 been holding conferences to settle the 

 question of the amount of the dam- 

 ages to be paid Mr. Ball for the injury 

 done to his greenhouse plants by es- 

 caping gas. While the figures have not 

 been made public, it is understood that 

 the damages asked by Mr. Ball and the 

 sum that the selectmen have expressed 

 themselves as willing to pay are far 

 apart, and there is little likelihood of 

 a settlement being reached without liti- 

 gation. 



Thompson, Conn. — O. R. Hermanson, 

 formerly manager of the greenhouses 

 of C. S. Andem, at Putnam, Conn., has 

 gone into business for himself, conduct- 

 ing the Thompson School Greenhouses. 



Baldwlnsvllle, Mass. — The Baldwins- 

 ville Cucumber Growers' Association 

 has been formed by the greenhouse 

 jgrowers of that vegetable, for the pur- 

 pose of cooperating in the growing and 

 marketing of their product and of im- 

 proving the conditions of the industry 

 in the vicinity. The officers are: Pres- 

 ident, Alanson R. Paine; vice-president, 

 Charles Steward, of Royalston; secre- 

 tary and treasurer. Dr. Walter F. 

 Robie; executive committee, C. H. 

 Smith, of Athol; W. W. Lord, of Win- 

 chendon; Charles Steward, of Royal- 

 ston; Sumner Morley and John Bass, of 

 Baldwinsville. 



