February 8, 1913 



HORTICULTURE 



199 



Flower Market Reports 



f Continued from pa^e IQJ) 



demand came through the usual chau- 

 nels for the usual purposes of the 

 market. The rose market is very short. 

 The demand is especially strong lor 

 good pink. Richmond are very much 

 off crop. The receipts of good Beau- 

 ties are cleaned up quickly each day. 

 Bulbous stock is in a tremendously 

 large supply. The receipts of tulips 

 are far greater than the request for 

 them can possibly utilize. Most are 

 short-stemmed. The really good are 

 limited in number and sell. Daffodils, 

 jonquils and freesias are excellent in 

 quality and have sold fairly well. 

 Callas and lilies have been selling very 

 nicely. 



The balmy spring days 



DETROIT of the early part of last 

 week had a depressing 

 effect on the local market and the 

 great family of spring flowers and car- 

 nations competed very fiercely against 

 one another. Still a change tor cold 

 combined with hustling wholesalers 

 cleared the tables quite nicely by Sat- 

 urday, closing the week with firm 

 prices prevailing. Roses are still 

 short which is often embarrassing' to 

 the store man but is a good omen for 

 the grower as regards a heavy cut for 

 Easter. 



Business here has 



NEW YORK taken a decided drop 

 and while roses, for 

 instance, are not over-plentiful de- 

 mand has slackened up and the situa- 

 tion is decidedly easy for anyone who 

 is in the market to buy. American 

 Beauty is still very shy and the prices 

 that have prevailed for several weeks 

 are still maintained on the few that 

 are coming in. There is no percep- 

 tible change as regards orchids and 

 other choice material, there being 

 enough and to spare for all demands 

 and no signs of any immediate exi- 

 gency either way. 



Much comment is 



PHILADELPHIA being heard in 

 wholesale circles 

 about the low prices for flowers — not- 

 withstanding the abnormal scarcity 

 this season. It appears from reports 

 of competent observers that other 

 parts of the country are also affected — 

 so the situation seems to be general 

 and not confined to Philadelphia. The 

 growers everywhere are complaining 

 and most of them see no hope of be- 

 ing able to pay expenses this year. As 

 for last week in this market business 

 was pretty fair, and in some lines, no- 

 tably in American Beauty roses, more 

 could have been done if the stock had 

 been in sight to do it with. In white 

 and pink roses the medium grades sold 

 best. The beauty scarcity is still as 

 fierce as ever and will probably re- 

 main so for two or three weeks yet. 

 The carnation market was very much 

 firmer and most everything sold at top 

 quotations. The bargain hunters were 

 disappointed for once. Orchids — too 

 many, little doing and prices "on the 

 blink." Gardenias and sweet peas — 

 both improved in quality and moving 

 off in excellent shape at satisfactory 

 figures. Lily of the valley and 

 mignonette have also sold better. Vio- 

 lets still congested. There is a good 

 demand for snapdragon but very little 

 coming in. 



(Continued on Page 204) 



FOUR NEW ROSES EVERY GROWER 

 WILL WANT NEXT YEAR 



Irish Fire Flame 



The dainty new Single Rose, 

 trimmest and sweetest little 

 bud ever seen, and well 

 named as to Its lovely color. 

 A Dickson seedling of strong, 

 vigorous growth, very free, 

 particularly during the Win- 

 ter; color fiery crimson, 

 shading to a rich orange 

 salmon at the base; foliage 

 a dark green, reverse side of 

 leaf deep bronze; a new de- 

 parture in Eoses, a distinct 

 novelty ; beautiful and charm- 

 ing; a favorite wherever 

 shown ; nothiug to compare 

 with it. March and April 

 delivery. 



OWN ROOT: Doz., $6.00; 

 ■lo. $10.00: 50, S17.50; 100, 

 $30.00; 250. $70.00; 1000, 

 $250.00. 



GR.iFTED: Doz., $7.50; 

 25, $12.50; 60, $20.00; 100, 

 $35.00; 250. $82.60; 1000, 

 $300.00. 



UnO nil 10 nilOOri I -^ "'^■" American pedigree seedling. Of American 

 Mn\ liHAN KIINNrl I Beauty size and fragrance; color, a lighter cerise 

 milU. UlinU. llUUtlkkk (|,.|( ^^^g y„( j.,^g j,-, x^\\w but to a lighter rose 

 as the Howeis age; a si mug, vigorous grower; good, heavy stems; flowers carried 

 erect, no weak necks; no blind wood like Beauty ;very prolific, remarkably so 

 considering its size. As tested in the various shows over the country this Fall, 

 it has proven a wonderful keeper and established itself at once as a Rose of 

 unusual merit, creating a sensation wherever sh<-iwn and attracting not only the 

 lommeriial man, but the public as well. Deliverv after March 15th. 



Doz. 25 50 ino 2riO 1000 



GRAFTED .STO( K ONLY... $7.50 $12.60 $20.00 $35.00 $82.50 $300.00 



Ull AnV ^ strong sturdy grower; excellent foliage; flowers large and double; 

 MILAUT opens perfectly at all seasons; similar to Richmond in color, al- 

 ■llibnv ■ ti.ough richer in lolor in bud form; shape of flower resembles Gen. 

 .Jacqueminot; very prolific: good keeper; tue coming Red Rose. Grafted or own 

 r.iot, $30.00 per 100; $250.00 per 1000. 



lin(> nrn PtlAIIIVm -"^ free-aoweriug pink Rose; very highly recom- 

 M|f\ iirll NnAWTrK mended bv some of our best rose growers; has 

 illllU. UkU. Ulinillbll |,pgj, selling exceptionally well in the New York 

 market tliis season. Grafted or own root, $30.00 per 100; $250.00 per 1000. 

 We guarantee not onl.v the Qualit.v of our stock bnt its safe deliver,v by express. 



K1ISI50NS AND SUPPLIES. Many new patterns In exclusive 

 Kibbons. Write us for prices on these and on Supplies. 



.Siiiull Kliipiiieul». can be sent by Parcel Post at purchaser's risk 



S. S. Pennock-Meehan Go. 



Tlic M'holesale Tlorists of Philadelphia. 

 PHILADELPHIA NEW YORK WASHINGTON 



VOauI'V"* 1608-1620 Ludlow St. 117 West 28lh St. 1216 H. St., N. W. 



NEW YORK QUOTATIONS PER 100. To Dealers Only 



MISCELLANEOUS 



Cattleyas 



Cypiipedlums 



Lilies, Longlllorum 



Callas 



Lily of the Valley 



Narcissus, Paper White . 



" Trumpet 



Roman Hyacinths 



Tulips 



Violets 



Daises 



Mignonette 



Sweet Peas 



Garden' as 



Adiantum 



Smilax 



Asparagus Plumosus, strings (per loo) 



" "-.-?•,■.;, & 5pren '(loo bunches) . 



