March 15, 1913 



HORTICULTURE 



403 



FLOWERS FOR THE EASTER PARADE 



No Easter costume is complete without its corsage of flowers, giving it 

 just that dainty touch and finish that maizes it perfect. Some want 

 the very choicest, some medium priced and some cheaper flowers, but 

 the great majority, the masses, want the moderate priced flowers 

 ve will have in quantity. 



HIDSON RIVER VIOLETS: $1.00 per 100; Specials, $1.25 per 100. 



L.\I)Y CAMPBELL VIOLETS: (Locrtl), .<;l.2o per 100. 



SINGLE violets: .^1.00 per 100. 



V.\LLEV: Extra, $3.00 per 100; Sperial. $4.00 per 100. 



G.-VRrtENIA.S: Fanc.v, .frt.OO per doz.'; $20.00 per 100. Special, $4.00 



per diiz. : $;;0.00 per 100. 



As a .Special, some lung, some medium stems, good medium flow- 

 ers, in li:ts of fifty or more, at $15.00 per 100. 

 (ATTLEYAS: Extra, $.-.0.00 per 100; Special, $60.00 per 100. 

 SWEET PEAS: Firsts, 00c. and 7.5o. per 100; Fancy, $1.00 per 100; 

 Special, $1..50 per 100. 



Also plenty of Roses, Carnations and other seasonable stock. 

 Write for our Easter Price List on Cut Flowers. 



Ribbons anil Supplies: Mauy new pat- 

 terns in exclusive Rilibons. Write us 

 for prices un these and on Supplies. 



HEACQUAR1ERS FOR GREENS 



WILD SMILAX: $.-..00 per case. 



GREEN or BRONZE GALAX: $1.,50 per 1,000; $7.50 per 10.000. 



LElioTllOE SPRAYS: Green and bronze, $1.00 per 100: $7.50 



per l.i'On. 

 GREEN SHEET MOSS: SUM per baj. 

 sPiiAiiMi.M .MOSS: 10 bid. bales, nicely hurlapped, each $4.00; 5 



l):i!e 1 its. Sj $:i.7.'); 10 bale lots, fSi $3.50: 2.t bale lots, @ $3.25. 

 MEXICAN IVY: $1.00 per 100; $7..50 per 1.000 

 nAGGER and FANCY FERNS: $2.00 per 1,000 

 BOXWOOD: 50 lb. cases, $7.50 each. 



Small sbipnirDts can be sent by Parcel Post at purchaser's risk 



S. S. PENNOCK-MEEHAN CO, 



THE WHOl ESALE FLORISTS OF PHILADELPHIA 



PHILADFLPHIA 

 1608-1620 Ludlow Street 



NEW YORK 

 117 West 28th Street 



WASHINGTON 

 1216 H St. N. W. 



Flower Market Reports 



We are pleased to report 

 BOSTON that business this wee'i 



shows a decidedly better 

 front than it did at the time of the Ia?t 

 report. Prices, while not advanced to 

 any great extent, are more readily 

 realized and the sacrifice sales are not 

 so numerous or so low in price. Theie 

 are very few American Beauties in 

 sight yet and those are of indifferent 

 quality. Crate lilies are being qroted 

 at 12 cents but cut bloom raiely bring, 

 over 6 or S. The prices on these will 

 establish themselves about Monday. 

 Carnations are also looking up to bet- 

 ter figures, commencing on next Mon- 

 day. Orchids and gardenias are selling 

 poorly and are entirely too p'eatiful 

 for the call. Roses are plenty and good 

 and prices are a little more stable. Vio- 

 lets and bulb stock still very dumpish. 

 Sweet peas selling for less than they 

 are really woith. Easter outlook is 

 fairly encouraging. 



Market conditions have 

 BUFFALO been rather unfavora- 

 ble for some time and 

 the past week did not show much im- 

 provement. Buying has been light; 

 in fact it has been left to the whole- 

 saler to carry all the stock, the mer- 

 chant simply buying what he actually 

 needed. The supply of carnations has 

 been heavy and prices low. Roses are 

 in good supply but with no special de- 

 mand and the same holds good with 

 lilies and other stock. Violets have 

 not taken well, though peas sold con- 

 siderably better than the week previ- 

 ous. There was plenty of lily of the 

 valley and bulbous stock and some 



WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS — "*»^''«"=^-d^';ler* only 



ROSES 



Am. Beauty, Fancy and Special. . . . 



'* " Extra 



No.i 



" " Lower Grades 



Killamey, Extra 



' ' Ordinary 



Richmond, Maryland, Extra 



" " Ordinary . . . 



Bride, 'Maid 



HiUingdon, Ward, Melody, Extra-. 

 " *' " Ordinary 



Taft, Sunburst 



Carnations, Fancy Grade 



" Ordinary 



Cattleyas 



Lilies, Longiflorupi . . . 



Callas 



Lily of the Valley 



Daffodils 



Tulips 



Violets 



Mignonette 



Daises 



Snapdragon 



Wanflower 



Sweet Peas 



Gardenias , 



Adiantum 



Smilax 



Asparagus Plumo^ius, Strings (loo).. 

 " " & Spren. (loo Rch!S.). . 



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fine Kaiserkroon and LaReine tulips. 

 Asparagus and all greens in good sup- 

 ply. 



Chicago market ap 

 CH ICAGO preaches very closely 



to the normal at this 

 time. As the Lenten season draws to 

 a close, the trade in general agree that 

 the sales have not decreased as much 

 as has usually been the case in former 

 years. The past week has found the 

 market well supplied with all kinds 

 of seasonable flowers, and with the 

 possible exception of lily of the val- 

 ley and violets the demand has kept 

 pace with the supply. Bulbous stock 

 of all kinds is decidedly in evidence 



yet apparently all is sold and gener- 

 ally at quotation prices. There is 

 every indication now that the supply 

 of roses at Easter will be good, as 

 they are coming in more freely now 

 than at any other time since the holi- 

 days and Easter quotations on them 

 differ very little from regular prices. 

 It may be that "the wish is father to 

 the thought" but American Beauties 

 seem a little less difficult to obtain 

 this week and quality a shade better. 

 There is now and will be for Easter a 

 good carnation crop. Fancy sweet 

 peas are in great demand but the 

 i^hort ones move slowly. Violets are 



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