April 12, 1913 



HORTICULTURE 



678 



FOR A WEEK END SPECIAL 



GARDENIAS 



Just as tbey come in from "iir j;rowei', in tlie original boxes, the best 

 grades at $10.00 per 100; 250 for $20.00. A cheaper grade and very 

 fair quality at $6.00 per 100. 



VAtT-EY: Extra, S3.00 por 100; Special. $4.00 per 100. 

 CATTLEYAS: (mostly Schrociorea) Extra, $4.00 per doz ; $25.00 per 

 100. Special, $6.00 per doz. ; $40.00 per 100. Cattleya Mossiae, per 

 doz. .$7.50 and $9.00. 



CARNATIONS: A box of 500 or more of our best quality stock, our 

 selection a^^ to color, a gonrl assortment. $2.00 per 100. 



100; 



HEADQUARTERS FOR GREENS 



WILD SMILAX: $6.00 per case. 



BRONZE GALAX: $1.50 per 1000; $7.50 per 10,000. 



LECCOTHOE SPRAYS (Green and bronze) : $1.00 per 



$7.50 per 1.000. 

 GREEN SHEET MOSS: $3.50 per bag. 

 SPHAGNUM MOSS: 10 bbl. bales, nicely burlapped, each 



$4fX); 5 bale lots, each, $3.75; 10 bale lots, each, $3.50. 

 n.\GGER .\ND FANCY FERNS: $2.00 per 1,000. 

 BOX\VOOD: 50 lb. cases. $7,50 each. 



RIBBONS AND SlPl'l-lL 



new patterns in exclusive Ribbons. Write us tor prices on these and on Supplies. 



Small sliipments can l>e made by Parcel Post at purchaser's risk. 



S. S. PENNOCK-MEEHAN CO. 



THE WHOLESALE FLORISTS OF PHILADELPHIA 



PHiLADFLPHIA 

 1608-1620 Ludlow Street 



NEW YORK 

 117 West 28th Street 



WASHINGTON 

 1216 H St. N. W. 



Flower Market Reports 



A slight improvement is 

 BOSTON discernible in the mar- 

 ket this week. Carnations 

 have shortened up quite noticeably 

 and the result is a better price and 

 fewer shrinkages. Roses are very 

 plentiful and, although excellent in 

 quality, are forced to extreme meas- 

 ures at times in order to unload. 

 There is a very light demand, anyway, 

 and whatever improvement in tone the 

 market may show is evidently due 

 to shortened production caused by the 

 cooler weather rather than to any in- 

 crease in call. Bulbous flowers are 

 not coming in so heavily as they were 

 and that helps the market in a gen- 

 eral way. Orchids sell for a better 

 price as do gardenias, also, the supply 

 of both having diminished. Violets 

 are about finished, the single ones be- 

 ing almost completely out of the run- 

 ning. Sweet peas are abundant and 

 good and sell pretty freely. Lilies are 

 a bad proposition just now; over- 

 stocked and harder to move than at 

 any time during the past season. 



A decidedly oversupply 

 CHICAGO in practically all kinds 



of flowers is the condi- 

 tion which faces the wholesalers. 

 Chicago has long produced flow- 

 ers enough to supply a vast area 

 of country and with the crippled 

 condition of the railroads, ship- 

 ping has diminished to a fraction 

 of its usual volume in April. Ever 

 Bince the wind storms delayed 

 the Easter orders, March 20th, 

 and the floods following immediately 

 after, there has been no assurance 

 that out-of-town orders could be relied 



WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS -^"^"^"""^^-d^eVe^r"* only 



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ROSES 



^Ain. Beauty, Taney an^Special.... : 20.00 



" " Extra 12.00 



" " No. 1 8.00 



" " Lower Grades 



ICiUamey , Extra 



" Ordinary - • ■ 



Richmond, Maryland, Extra 



" •* Ordinary . . ■ 



Bride, 'Maid 



Hillingdon, Ward, Melody, Extra. . 

 " " " Ordinar>' 



Taft, Sunburst 



Carnations, Fancy Grade 



■* Ordinso-y 



Cattleyas 



Lilies, Longiflorum 



Callas 



Lily of the Valley. 



Daffodils 



Tulips 



Violets 



Mignonette 



Daises . 



BOS I ON 



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April 7 



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April 7 



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Wallflower 



Sweet Peas 



Gardenias 



Adiantum 



Smilax 



Asparagus Phunosus, Strings (100).. 

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upon to reach their destination. Ex- 

 press companies are doing their best 

 but transportation to the South and 

 East is almost cut off. The glut is not 

 so great as might be expected because 

 vast quantities were moved at a low 

 figure, purchasers dictating the price. 

 One house reports selling 172,000 

 sweet peas in one day. Southern bul- 

 bous stock has managed to arrive, de- 

 spite the flood. No green is arriving 

 from Florida which makes greenhouse 

 greens more in demand and the sup- 

 ply is getting scarce. Violets are 

 about through. Some singles from cold 

 frames were excellent and sold readily. 



The market is de- 

 CINCINNATI cidedly quiet. The 



calamities that have 

 befallen the surrounding cities plus 

 our own flood seems to have reacted 

 upon business. There has been no 



shipping business to speak of for there 

 were no regular trains leaving the city 

 except to southern points. Local busi- 

 ness is almost as slack for there are 

 very few social affairs to take up a 

 supply of flowers. Many of the 

 suburbs have been isolated by the 

 flood. The great bulk of the local sup- 

 ply consists of carnations. The re- 

 ceipts of these were not affected by 

 the lack of railroad service for under 

 normal conditions only a sma'l part of 

 the carnations used in town come from 

 other points. The rose supply was, 

 however, hard hit. The supply, small 

 as it was, was easily able to take care 

 of the demand for roses. The sweet 

 pea and Easter lily cuts were a'most 

 up to normal, for most of them have 

 been coming from growers about this 

 vicinity. 



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