May 19, 1906 



horticulture: 



659 



FOR DECORATION DAY 



WE WILL HAVE TO OFFER 



CHOICE ROSES, CARNATIONS, VALLEY 



PEONIES 



AND ALL SEASONABLE CUT FLOWERS 



SAMUEL S. PENNOCK The FI S ,e of e PHILADELPHIA 



1608 to 1618 LUDLOW STREET. Store Closes at 8 p. m. 



CUT FLOWER MARKET REPORTS 



The present week finds 

 BOSTON business pretty quiet all 

 along the line in the cut 

 flower trade. There is an abundance 

 of everything and prices are sagging, 

 generally. Decoration Day, which Is 

 always an event of great importance 

 in this market, is the topic of the 

 hour and extensive preparations are 

 under way on all sides for an unprece- 

 dented business. Many special crops, 

 such as astilbe stocks, lilies, etc., are 

 being pushed along for this occasion. 

 The "supply men" are also very busy 

 on heavy orders from all over the New 

 England States. 



A slight Improvement 

 BUFFALO in the market was had 

 the past week, but only 

 on the carnation line. Colored carna- 

 tions, especially Lawson and red, were 

 a little scarce, and prices advanced a 

 trifle on that line. Easter lilies and 

 callas came in quite as plentiful as 

 previous weeks and, floral work being 

 a little slow, they seemed to glut at 

 times. Roses came in in enormous 

 supply. Select stock seemed to move 

 quite freely, but the shorts moved 

 slowly and at very low prices. A few 

 openings amongst the down-town peo- 

 ple helped to clean the market, but 

 the next day's supply seemed to fill 

 up as fast as could be worked down. 

 Out-door stock is beginning to come 

 In, and some good tulips and narcissus 

 are seen, but not moving as fast as 

 desired. Excellent sweet peas can be 

 seen daily, and prices are good for 

 fancy stock. Other flowers together 

 with greens in good supply and de- 

 mand normal. 



The cut flower busi- 

 CINCINNATI ness has been rather 

 quiet for the past 

 couple of weeks. Out-door stock is 

 slacking up but there still remains 

 enough to hurt the sale of indoor 

 flowers. Roses are getting small and 

 in some cases badly mildewed so that 

 really first-class stock is scarce. Car- 

 nations are fairly good but they too 

 are showing the effects of the warm 

 weather. Sweet peas and Harrisii 

 lilies are in good shape but have to be 

 sacrificed in many instances in order 

 to move the stock. Out-door lily of the 

 valley is done for but the market is 



well supplied with a good grade of in- 

 door stock. The outlook is for better 

 conditions this week. It is thought 

 that for June weddings and school 

 commencements stock will be exceed- 

 ingly scarce in this market. 



The past week has 

 COLUMBUS been one of cold 

 weather; as low tem- 

 perature as 24 degrees above having 

 been recorded in this vicinity. Only 

 one result could follow, and that was 

 a sudden end to the great run of trade 

 we were having in every line. Hun- 

 dreds of thousands of tomato plants 

 have been lost, as well as the peach, 

 strawberry and blackberry crops very 

 badly injured indeed. We have had 

 the worst freeze in years — and what 

 made it so bad was that it lasted four 

 days without the least let-up. Trade 

 will no doubt be quite good the rest 

 of the month, and half way, say into 

 June, but the grand business everyone 

 was doing before this cold snap came, 

 will be seen no more this year. Funer- 

 al flower work had been very good 

 all the week, but apart from that, 

 sales have been few and small. The 

 seedsmen as a whole are well satisfied 

 with the business done; perhaps the 

 total number of orders will not exceed 

 previous years, but that they have 

 averaged larger all are agreed. 



At no time during the 

 DETROIT past week were the 

 wholesalers troubled 



with an over supply. Roses were a 

 little numerous at times but the de- 

 mand has kept them going. Carna- 

 tions have been meeting the demand 

 at a very close margin and at times 

 when business was on the rush the 

 wild goose chase was indulged in. 

 Sweet peas keep up their sale at a 

 lively pace. Some lilac and snap- 

 dragon are being sold but with little 

 regularity. Lilies are very fine. Trade 

 in general has improved. 



Trade the past week 

 LOUISVILLE was fair with an in- 

 clination in favor of 

 plants rather than cut flowers. The 

 demand for carnations and roses con 

 tinues good, and the quality is all that 

 could be desired. Sweet peas and lily 

 of the valley are abundant, the latter 

 finding a particularly ready sale. 

 Lilies are still quite plentiful. Then' 

 is a good supply of other stock, bul 

 the demand is none too brisk. 



NEW YORK 



A very moderate trade 

 has been experienced 

 here during the past 

 two weeks and values have dropped on 

 all lines except carnations which have 

 been in very light supply and have 

 brought excellent prices when obtain- 

 able. Roses of all varieties are very 

 abundant. There are enough of good 

 quality to fill all demands but there is 

 a big proportion of poor grade stock, 

 much of it badly mildewed, for which 

 the returns must be exceedingly low. 

 Sweet peas are showing up in large 

 quantities; they are very handsome as 

 a rule. Cattleya gigas are coming in 

 in rich abundance. Lily of the valley 

 from frames and out doors is abund- 

 ant and most excellent. Dogwood 

 branches, lilacs and other out-door 

 material are used in large quantities 

 for window adornment and large 

 decorative work generally and the sale 

 of the standard stock of the wholesale 

 tlurist suffers accordingly. 



Except for the little spurt 

 on Friday and Saturday, 

 caused by the children's 

 May processions, business 

 would have been rather 

 slow. As it was, the average was fair. 

 The affairs mentioned cleaned up the 

 market on the lower grades, and toned 

 things up for the better qualities. 

 Roses and carnations were both very 

 plentiful, with prices uneven and spas- 

 modic. Kaiserin roses are showing 

 some improvement. Chatenay and 

 Killarney are still plentiful, and in 

 very good shape. Enchantress, Pat- 

 ten. Lawson and Fenn are the leaders 

 in carnations. Lily of the valley is 

 going better, and is of fine quality. 

 Sweet peas are of finer quality than 

 ever but rather over-plentiful, and 

 prices are low. Gardenias, quality 

 fair and demand poor. The most re- 

 freshing event of the week's market 

 was the advent of the peony. Festiva 

 Maxima, Reevesi, Victoria Tricolor, 

 L'Esperance and officinalis rubra were 

 the varieties most in evidence. Prices 

 an 1 running about from $4.00 for red, 

 $8.00 for pink, to $12. ou for white, dark 

 blue and light lavender. This added 

 a touch of variety also to the week's 

 market. Lilac is still plentiful. 



PHILA- 

 DELPHIA 



last week 



