May 20, 1906 



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CHOICE PEONIES IN QUANTITY FOR DECORATION DAY 



SAMUEL S. PENNOCK 



The Wholesale 

 Florist oi 



PHILADELPHIA 



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



CUT FLOWER MARKET REPORTS 



This market is fairly 

 B08TON Rootled with flowers, for 

 which there is absolutely 

 no sale. Roses and carnations come in 

 by the thousands, averaging excellent 

 quality, with a fraction of mildewed 

 ones among the stocks that have been 

 overworked through the winter. Out 

 of town buyers are inquiring for 

 •Decoration Day prices and are ready to 

 place orders at cut rates, but hold off 

 on quotations that touch on past 

 records. For the present nothing is 

 wanted by buyers, everyone being him- 

 self encumbered with more material 

 than he can find a market for. It is a 

 long time since the wholesale flower 

 trade was so completely demoralized 

 in Boston as it is at present. The 

 warm weather of last week is par- 

 tially responsible. Out-door lily of 

 the valley is beginning to come in 

 heavily. 



The fine weather of the 

 BUFFALO past week brought out 



the shoppers and many 

 bargains were had in the line of cut 

 flowers and plants. The department 

 stores did a flourishing business sell- 

 ing roses in quantity and at low prices. 

 Roses of ordinary quality have been 

 hard to move at any price. It 

 looked as if the coolers would have 

 to be enlarged to hold the enormous 

 supply that has been had the past 

 month. Select Bridesmaids, Brides, 

 Kaiserins. Liberties and Richmonds 

 need little urging to make sales. 

 Prime Beauties are in good supply 

 but at times the ice boxes are also 

 filled to their capacity and consequently 

 they are jobbed off far below the list 

 ■ price. Cool weather for a few days 

 caused the carnation supply to shorten 

 and prices held firm. Good demand 

 was had on lily of the valley and sweet 

 peas, especially the latter in colors of 

 lavender and white. Southern peonies 

 arriving in good shape were also on 

 the list and sold well in colors of pink 

 and white. Harrisii lilies, and callas 

 slacked up considerable and have 

 again moved up to a fair price with 

 demand good. Green goods are in bet- 

 ter supply, demand moderate. When 

 the schools close the summer exodns 

 will become more noticeable, and until 

 that time there will be a continuous 

 program of social affairs for the bride 

 and graduate. The outlook for Memo- 

 rial Day seems bright and a record 

 breaking business is expected. 



The business for this 

 CHICAGO week, while not moving 



with big. strides, has 

 been going at a rather steady pace. 

 Stock in all grades is abundant. Roses 

 and carnations have as good color as 

 might be expected for this time of the 

 year. Lilies are to be seen here and 

 there, some large and some small. 

 But the demand for the present is 

 more for outdoor stock, sweet peas. 



lilacs, spirea and snowballs being 

 especially popular. The color and 

 quality in the above mentioned stock 

 is very good, sweet peas and lilacs 

 particularly, and the prices meet with 

 the approval of everyone. A good sup- 

 ply of greenings is to be had from all 

 the wholesalers. 



Since the weather has 

 COLUMBUS come warm again, 



trade has resumed a 

 good volume, but nothing like what it 

 was before the freeze of May 6 to 9. 

 Of course all kinds of bedding plants 

 are now selling in good quantities, 

 but that, at this season is expected; 

 1 1, nit' is not. what it would have been 

 liad the month not been interrupted 

 by the unseasonable cold weather. 

 Since the freeze customers have been 

 shy and ordered very carefully; we 

 shall sell a lot of plants ' yet, and 

 Decoration Day trade will be heavy, 

 but the snap and dash of the season's 

 business is over. There has been 

 lively competition in bedding plants: 

 prices have settled to the following: 

 Geraniums $1.00; coleus 40 cents;' 

 salvias 60 cents; , moonvines fl.uii; 

 verbenas 50 cents; cannas $1.00; asters 

 20 cents; and cosmos 40 cents a dozen. 

 Wire hanging baskets are in good 

 demand and when attractively filled 

 with bright plants, vincas, and ferns, 

 bring $1.00 to $3.00 each for 10 to 18 

 inch diameter sizes. The trade in cut 

 flowers has held up well, all our florists 

 having had a very good week; large 

 quantities of outdoor stuff, such as 

 snow balls, irises, etc., help out on 

 school bouquets and other work where 

 low prices must be made. The weather 

 is now warm and settled, but we need 

 rain badly indeed as it is getting very 

 dry. 



The market al- 

 INDIANAPOLIS though still over 

 loaded has taken 

 on a brighter aspect and the trade in 

 general feels more confident of a con- 

 tinuance of improving conditions. 

 Goods of all classes are offered at 

 prices which are very tempting to the 

 retailers. The planting season is in 

 full sway and from all indications 

 bedding stock is plentiful. Appear- 

 ances look well for Decoration Day 

 trade which is one of the heaviest in 

 the cut flower line in this vicinity. 



The business of the 

 LOUISVILLE past week has been 



rather disappointing, 

 particularly in cut flowers. Carna- 

 tions of good quality have been suf- 

 ficient to meet all demands. There 

 has been an abundance of first-class 

 roses, but they have not moved freely. 

 Paeonies and sweet peas found a ready 

 sale. Despite the constant call for 

 lilies there has been no lack of good 

 stock. Other flowers are in good 

 supply. 



The market is very 

 NEW YORK dull here this week. 



Carnations and roses 

 are very plentiful and both these items 

 are away below quoted market prices 

 when it comes to actual sales of any 

 size Out-door lilac is finished and 

 lib of the valley is nearly so. Carnot 

 roses are in abundantly. No excite- 

 ment here regarding Memorial Day. 



Trading was with- 

 PHILADELPH1A out any special 



feature last week 

 and was in slightly decreased volume. 

 Crops generally are showing the ef- 

 fects of the advancing season espe- 

 cially in Bride, Bridesmaid. Chatenay 

 and Killarney roses. Beauty, Rich- 

 mond and Liberty do not seem to suf- 

 fer so much, and carnations are still 

 coming in in pretty fair shape. The 

 brightest and liveliest item, however, 

 is the peony — red, white, rose, pink 

 and variegated; big and little, fragrant 

 in most cases, and all very desirable. 

 Great quantities of them are being dis- 

 posed of, and there will be plenty for 

 all demands from now until after Me- 

 morial Day. The types made us re- 

 port "dark blue and light lavender" 

 peonies on this market last week. It 

 was iris we were talking about. We 

 have not quite got to the dark blue 

 peony yet. Sweet peas and lily of the 

 valley plentiful and good. 



Tamarisk plumes are a pleasing 

 novelty in the flower market at pres- 

 ent. 



There is not much 

 TWIN CITIES to be said of the 



market this week. 

 The dark, cold weather has retarded 

 growth in the greenhouses, and has 

 also hindered gardening to quite an 

 extent. Roses and carnations are fine 

 — better than they have been at high- 

 er prices. Pansies, sweet peas, gladi- 

 oli and outdoor tulips and lilacs are 

 plentiful and sell readily. Geraniums 

 and all kinds of bedding stuff is prime, 

 and the supply is great enough to fill 

 all the demands of the Twin Cities 

 and some to spare for our brothers not 

 so richly supplied. 



TO PHILADELPHIANS 



The Nlessen baseball team will play 

 their first match on the afternoon of 

 Memorial Day. It is understood that 

 the opposing nine will be the Smith- 

 Craig gang. A hot game Is assured. 

 Take it in. 



The Florists' Club cricket team has 

 been augmented during the past week 

 by two good bowlers namely. Samuel 

 Hammond and John n. Dodds. With 

 W. C. Smith as wicket keeper and these 

 two sterling athletes that helps some. 

 Come on. you fielders. Send your names 



Address 



c. c. 



1614 Ludlow St., 



WATSON 



PHIL. 



