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The Wccldv Florists' Review. 



October 26, 1011. 



NEW YORK. 



The Market. 



After a week of continuous rain 

 the sun is shining. The market all the 

 week was as gloomy as the weather, 

 and the wholesale section was covered 

 with a blue blanket.' Prices tumbled 

 as the week advanced and Saturday 

 many a cartload of the accumulation 

 went to the dumping ground or the 

 river, dahlias predominating. Many of 

 these became unsalable at any price. 

 The finest of the cactus type and thou- 

 sands of the selected stock could not 

 rise above $10 per thousand. Sunday 

 boxes, unopened, were selling at from 

 25 to 50 cents each. 



The chrysanthemum now dominates 

 the market and already small and infe- 

 rior stock is coming in bunches. In 

 comparison with this, there is also ar- 

 riving some of the finest stock ever 

 seen in New York. Prices range from 

 10 cents a bunch to 50 cents a flower, 

 and one can imagine the immense quan- 

 tity and variety between these extreme 

 values. Some grand blooms sold Satur- 

 day; as I6w as .$1.50 per dozen. Now 

 that the fall shows are about to begin, 

 :the finest stock will go to the exhibi- 

 tions and the new varieties will be 

 scarce and higher in the New York 

 market. 



As usual while the mum sits upon its 

 throne, roses and carnations have been 

 hardly steady and the tendency is 

 downward. There was no scarcity of 

 any variety of rose, and in large clean- 

 ups summer prices prevailed. In proof 

 of this the department stores were ad- 

 vertising them at the week 's end as 

 low as 10 cents a dozen. The new kinds 

 come only in limited numbers and sell 

 rapidly. Carnations went all to pieces 

 by Saturday. Splendid stock sold as 

 low as $10 per thousand. In small lots 

 2 cents was the top price. There is 

 little prospect of immediate improve- 

 ment. Valley holds Trell, for the Oc- 

 tober weddings are numerous and the 

 brides' bouquets are largely valley and 

 orchids. The offerings of the latter are 

 abundant and prices remain barely 

 steady. The oncidium is in wide de- 

 mand for window decoration. Lilies 

 are lower. There are still tritomas in 

 abundance, and pansies, bouvardia, cos- 

 mos, etc. The finest cosmos ever seen 

 in this market goes a-begging. Violets 

 had a blue week; no sunshine, little de- 

 mand, many of the arrivals colorless 

 and scentless, prices down to 40 cents 

 for the large bunches of selected 

 flowers. 



^ Maybe the sunshine will make every- 

 thing this week look brighter. 



Various Notes. 



The great flower show at Madison 

 opens October 26. From that date on 

 to the middle of November there will 

 be one continuous performance in 

 which New York and all outlying horti- 

 cultural societies will play their parts. 

 Unfortunately, many of the shows over- 

 lap and every one of them will be 

 worthy of attendance. 



The annual show of the American In- 

 stitute begins November 1, and Novem- 

 ber 7 the exhibition of the Horticul- 

 tural Society of New York closes at 

 the Museum of Natural History. This 

 makes a full week of bloom and beauty 

 for the metropolis. 



The National OTOwer Sli«w committee 

 looked over the new Grand Central 



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