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outdoor stock arrives around the third week in June and 

 continues so during the whole of the next month. Many 

 have to be thrown away during hot spells. 



By the end of October the new supply begins, and con- 

 tinues increasingly thereafter, notwithstanding the presence 

 of so much other stock on the market. During Novem- 

 ber sales have ruled low, but the advance begins when 

 the Chrysanthemums ease off. 



Boston. — Large supplies are always obtainable in 

 this market in good quality early in January, and the 

 superior merit of the flowers continues generally throughout 

 the Spring, particularly if there is an abundance of sunshine. 

 The ruling price seems to be Si a hundred for the ordinary 

 type, and $2 for the Spencers. Generally the Sweet Pea 

 trade is an irhportant section of the flower business, especial- 

 ly during February, March and the early part of April. 

 So long as the fancy flowers are produced the demand seems 

 to be satisfactory at the prices already quoted. In 19 14, 

 in the middle of May, the supply was very heavy, so much 

 so that the Peas were sold at $1.25 to $3 per thousand ! 

 Fancy Spencers in many cases wholesaled at 40c. per 

 hundred. That, of course, was owing to the warm weather 

 and the over-abundant crop. 



During June the reports indicated an abundant 

 supply, with sales occasionally fairly brisk, at other times 

 rather poor. The outdoor supply begins at the end of 

 June, and, of course, much depends on the Summer as to 

 whether the flowers will be plentiful or the reverse, and 

 also has its bearing upon the quality. By the end of Octo- 

 ber the new crop indoors begins to appear and its first 

 prices may be rather low, although occasionally fancy 

 figures are obtainable, according to the quality of the 

 stock and the chance condition of the market. 



