July 4, 1908 



HORTICULTURE 



17 



SPECIAL FOR THIS WEEK 



PRICES 



When Von See This Label 

 QUALITY is Guaranteed 



CHIFFONS 



The Best Quality 



COLORS: American Beauty, Violet, 

 Purple, Yellow, White, Nile and 

 Foliage Green. 



PLAIN 



4 in., 3c per yd. 



6 in., 4c " " 



io in., 7c " " 



DOTTED 



4 in., 4^c per yd. 

 6 in., 5^c per yd. 



Pieces contain about Jf yards each. 



WILL BE CLOSED JULY 4th 



"THE" 



WHOLESALE FLORISTS 



i608 to 1620 Ludlow Street — Store Closes 6PM. After June 27th. 



S. S. PENNQCK-MEEHAN CO., 



PHILA, 



FLOWER MARKET REPORTS 



The season has ended 

 BOSTON and tranquility broods 



over the places where, 

 late and early, hustle and worry' have 

 been the rule According tn habit, the 

 shipments of flowers come daily to the 

 markets reduced in quantity, unpre- 

 tentious as to quality and indifferent 

 as to disposal, and somebody has to 

 care for them: but it is largely an ex- 

 ample of fruitless endeavor, and if 

 they should all quit for a couple of 

 weeks nobody would be noticeably 

 poorer. The only roses that are evi- 

 dently happy in their summer envi- 

 ronment are the Kaiserins and Car- 

 nots. The less said of the others the 

 belter. But a couple of weeks more 

 will give strength to the young stock 

 and perhaps bring the first installment 

 of' new season courage to the trade, 

 and so it will not be long before 

 things begin to stir .again. 



The week of June 22 was 

 BUFFALO one of the best weeks 



for the cut flower trade 

 since Memorial Day. The supply was 

 well handled by the wholesaler, and 

 though some portion of the carnations 

 and roses were somewhat small and 

 inferior, they moved well and at satis- 

 factory prices. Beauties were in good 

 supply as well as Kaiserins, Richmonds 

 and other teas, and select stock moved 

 on sight. The shorter grades of 

 Beauty were more in demand than the 

 long. Outdoor candidum lilies sold 

 rapidly. Longiflorum and auratum are 

 in good supply: outdoor sweet peas are 

 also in good supply and have sold well 

 considering the amount that has been 

 sent in the market. All in all, the pasl 

 week's business was satisfactory to all 

 though it did not come up to previous 

 years, as many schools were not al- 

 lowed to have flowers. 



The last days of June 

 CHICAGO and the early days of 



July find the Chicago 

 market dull. There is every variety of 

 Power known to the Chicago trade to 

 please the most fastidious customer, 

 but as one wholesale florist expresses 

 it, "The summer business is with us." 

 and the retailers are not using a great 

 deal of stock. Nothing under the 

 standard grade is needed and stock of 

 that kind cannot be used. The win- 



dows in the retail stores are particu- 

 larly beautiful now. for there is every- 

 thing to work with and many retailers 

 happily possess the good taste neces- 

 sary. Brices are not so low as fre- 

 quently happens in hot weather. Some 

 beautiful gladioli are in the market, 

 among which were noted a particular- 

 ly fine red variety grown by Zeck & 

 Mann. It is of a clear, deep and beau- 

 tiful shade and makes a very attractive 

 window flower. These are selling for 

 $1.50 per dozen, wholesale. Roses are 

 keeping up in quality and prices are 

 not changing much. Sweet peas are 

 often coming in in poor condition. 

 For these there is no sale, but the 

 really good ones sell, and there are 

 many colors to select from. Corn 

 flowers, Shasta daisies and coreopsis 

 are much in evidence. The fern busi- 

 ness is quite a feature in the Chicago 

 market at this time. The ferns are 

 cut in northern Michigan and are con- 

 sidered for summer use to be superior 

 to those shipped to this market from 

 Massachusetts. Some Chicago firms 

 require daily shipments. 



The market pre- 

 INDIANAPOLIS sents an aspect of 

 summer dullness. 

 Demand is light and arrivals consid- 

 erable shorter than they have been 

 for some time. Roses are plentiful 

 but generally poor in quality. There 

 is quite a good supply of long-stem 

 Beauties while shorter stock is scarce. 

 Beas are getting scarce and of poor 

 quality. Asters are to be had but not 

 in large quantity. Garden flowers are 

 finding a reasonably good sale. The 

 different kinds of lilies are much in 

 evidence but don't sell readily. There 

 is little business doing in the green 

 line such as maiden hair fern, plumo- 

 sus and smilax. 'although considerable 

 outside foliage is being used. The 

 growers are making big preparations 

 for the coming season and are busy 

 rebuilding and improving in general. 



A very slow demand 

 NEW YORK, and prices tending 



downward is about the 

 whole story of the flower market this 

 week. Last week was unexpectedly 

 favorable and stock cleaned up well in 

 the latter part of the week. July 1 

 marks the low ebb and for a lime 

 there will be very little to interest 

 either producers or consumers. Club 



outing and Independence Day are the 

 chief events of the week, and Niagara 

 P'alls is only six weeks away. 



There has been 

 PHILADELPHIA very little life in 

 this market the 

 past week. One day there was a 

 spurt in American Beauty roses con- 

 sequent on a big commencement, but 

 outside of that, summer dullness 

 reigned. There was no marked short- 

 age in any line, although receipts 

 have shortened up considerably. 

 Roses, outside of Kaiserins and 

 Liberty were rather poor stock, if we 

 except a few fine Killarneys and 

 American Beauties. Some good out- 

 door Crocker carnations are coming 

 in showing excellent substance and 

 clear color. We used to get fine out- 

 door Mrs. Fisher about this time, but 

 this crop seems now to have been 

 abandoned. The lily of the valley 

 market was sluggish. Sweet peas are 

 plentiful and the demand is fair. 

 Orchids are scarce. A few local gar- 

 denias are coming in. Auratum and 

 longiflorum lilies are in fair quantity 

 and bring satisfactory returns. Among 

 minor subjects candytuft, achillea. 

 coreopsis, centaurea, gaillardia, gladi- 

 oli and water lilies are conspicuous. 



Business has been 

 TWIN CITIES very good the past 



week; prices keep 

 about the same. Supply nearly equal 

 to the demand. There are very few 

 Beauties. Bride, Bridesmaid and Kai- 

 serin are of good quality and the same 

 may be said, of the tarnations. Peonies 

 and pansies are off the market. 



LIST OF PATENTS. 

 891,348. farm Gate. Monroe M. Lamb, 



Bagleville, Tenn. 

 891,370. Potato Planter. Burton H. 



Push. Topeka, Kans. 

 891,373. Fruit Gatherer. Alphi 



Reinche, Reading. Mich. 

 891,450. Seed-Tester Cup. Andrew G. 



Weander. Sioux City. Iowa. 

 891, 47f. "ntato Digger. Harrison P. 



Hews, Jackson, Me. 

 ^'H.^fiT. < ompound for Combating 



Fungoid Diseases! of Plants. 



Christian Rumm, Stuttgart, 



Germany. 

 s!H. 091. achine for Distributing Ar- 

 tificial Manure, Lime or the 



like. Paul Grundmann, 



Ostrau, Germany. 



