July 1*-. 1908 



QUALITY 



HORTICULTURE 



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CYCAS LEAVES , Extra value, a ssorted sizes, $6 per 100 

 CHIFFONS FL ORIST'S HOSE 



The Best Quality 



COLORS: Ameiican Beauty, Violet, Purple, 

 Yellow, White, Nile and Foliage Green. 



PRICES 

 PLAIN | DOTTED 



4%c per yd. 

 5%c per yd. 



The " P. M. Quality " Brand 



IGc. per foot. 



Bulldog Brand 



I6c. 



Try a 100 of the 

 superior to the 



per foot. 



' P. M." riany consider It 

 well-known "Bulldog." 



S. S. PENNOCK-MEEHAN CO., 



"THE" 



WHOLESALE FLORISTS 



PHILA. 



1608 to 1620 Ludlow Street — Store Opens 7.30 A. M., Closes 6 P.M. 



FLOWER MARKET REPORTS 



This market is at its 

 BOSTON dullest at present, but 

 better business is how 

 almost due, and we hope to report im- 

 provement soon. Roses are exceed- 

 ingly rmall and quality poor, the only 

 claimants to commendation being 

 Kaiserin and Carnot. Carnations are 

 small as a rule but there are some ex- 

 cellent flowers being sent in by some 

 growers, considering the season. 

 Sweet peas are better than one would 

 expect and show that they are re- 

 garded as worthy of careful nurturing 

 by their growers. Aquatic flowers are 

 a favorite window adornment with the 

 florists at present. Garden flowers 

 are not in evidence outside of gypso- 

 pbylla and rud beckias and a few 

 other things that withsand any tem- 

 perature that may attack them. 



Any quantity of unsale- 

 BUFFALO able stock and very 

 little business is the sit- 

 uation in the cut flower line here. 

 Some good carnations are still to be 

 had also auratum and longiflorum 

 lilies, together with fine sweet peas 

 and any amount of the latter which are 

 good for one day only. Beauties are 

 still in good supply, but the quality 

 not of the best; the shorter grades 

 have been too plentiful and very little 

 demand. There is an abundance of 

 greens such as asparagus, smilax, adi- 

 antums, etc., with little or no demand. 

 The wholesale coolers are full most of 

 the time and the retailer has little or 

 no trouble in filling his orders. 



The Chicago cut flower 

 CHICAGO market is holding its 

 own with last year. The 

 American Beauty growers have thrown 

 out their old stock and the longest 

 blooms cut now will average from 

 twenty to twenty-four inches. There 

 is no better white rose than Kaiserin 

 for summer blooming and for light 

 pink President Carnot leads. There 

 is extra heavy demand for Killarney 

 but they develop so rapidly that they 

 must be cut In close bud and kept 

 cool. Carnations are about over. 

 Everyone is anxiously awaiting the 

 coming of asters which are beginning 

 to come in but with very short stems. 

 Shasta daisies are getting smaller and 

 prices are dropping accordingly. 

 Among the flowers not listed in our 

 regular price quotations are rubrum 

 lilies at SI. 00 per 100; candidums at 



?G.OO per 100 stalks; alyssum at 40 

 cents, coreopsis at 25 cents and ascle- 

 pias at $1.25 per 100. Also pansies at 

 25 cents per doz. bunches. Cold stor- 

 age peonies are apparently feeling the 

 hot weather and do not hold up well 

 after leaving the refrigerator, but 

 good peonies, as the Late Rose now in 

 the market, sell well. On the whole 

 the Chicago market is as active as 

 could be expected at this season. 



American Beauty 

 PHILADELPHIA roses show up 

 about as good as 

 any thing at present. There is very 

 little good stock coming in. Kaiserins 

 are fair and there are a few good Kil- 

 larneys arriving. Carnations will 

 shortly be supplemented by the aster 

 crop. The asters are only fair as yet. 

 Orchids are scarce. Sweet peas in 

 scanty supply and mostly low grade, 

 Lily of the valley is in fair demand 

 for the season. Easter lilies and 

 auratums are excellent and find a 

 ready market. Good smilax sells but 

 there is far too much asparagus plu- 

 mosa. 



The midsummer quiet- 



NEW YORK ude and the midsum- 

 mer heat have to- 

 gether obliterated whatever little 

 trace cf life there was left In the florist 

 trade of the metropolis. No com- 

 plaints are heard; all accept the situa- 

 tion with compliant submissiveness, 

 even a touch of resentfulness if any- 

 body approaches them on a business 

 topic. The growers with commenda- 

 ble patience and industry continue to 

 clip ofl and send in whatever will hold 

 together of the flimsy product of these 

 scorching days. Neither the stock nor 

 the demand are worth much worry at 

 present. 



PHILADELPHIA NOTES. 

 Wm. Paul Binder, late of Pittsburg, 

 has accepted a position as manager on 



the Shellem place, at 17th and Wolf 

 st. 



Michell reports an unusual demand 

 this season among the private garden- 

 ers for roses for winter forcing. I. 

 Rosnosky, will represent. Henry P. 

 Michell Co., at the Convention at Ni- 

 agara, and he promises to have some 

 novel things to show to the trade. 



The first day's sale of the Graham 

 Co.'s effects brought mil a representa- 

 tive gathering of the trade, and the 

 bidding was brisk. Good prices were 

 tealized or mosl of the desirable arti- 

 cles. J. J. Habermehls Sons, C. H. 

 Grakelnw and C. M. Keegan were 

 among the heaviest purchasers. 



C. M. Keegan opened the old Gra- 

 ham store at 104 So. 13th St., July 

 13th. AVallace Faust and Adolphe 

 Rueger remain in responsible positions 

 witli the new proprietor. The store 

 will lie thoroughly renovated and will 

 be conducted on up-to-date lines with- 

 out giving undue prominence to the 

 decorating business. The latter 

 branch will be taken care of by Mr. 

 Keegan's other concern, the National 

 Decorating Company. 



Mr. (Toward M. Earl and Mis. Earl 

 reached home from their trip to the 

 Pacific Coast, June 27th, having ar- 

 rived in Detroit in time for the open- 

 ing of the Seedsmen's Convention. 

 Mr and Mrs. W. C. Langbridge, who 

 accompanied them, arrived at their 

 home at Albany, N. Y., July 6th, hav- 

 ing stopped to visit friends enroute 

 betwen Detroit and Albany. The 

 party say they had a delightful trip, 

 lull are somewhat chary of the infor- 

 mation they are giving out concerning 

 crops. 



Aiming the happy vacationists tak- 

 ing advantage of the brief season of 

 inaction are Phil. F. Kessler and 

 Perry Riehter, of New York, who 

 have i"i'ii touring New Jersey in an 

 automobile as guests of E. Asmus. 

 Mr. Kessler is extending his outing 

 this week to Boston, Portland, and 

 other N'ew England centres. 



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 Farm Level $15.00. 



BOSTR0M-BRA0Y MFG. CO., 139 Madison Avenue., ATLANTA. GA 



