June 27. 1908 



HORTICULTURE 



8<U 



SPECIAL OFFERING FOR THIS WEEK 



When Vou See This Label 

 Quality is Quaranteed 



CHIFFONS 



The Best Quality 



COLORS: American Beauty, Violet, 

 Purple, Green, Nile, Foliage, Yellow 

 and White. 



PRICES 



PLAIN 



4 in., 3C per )d. 

 6 in., 4C " " 

 lo in., yc " " 



DOTTED 



4 in., 4^c per yd. 

 6 in., 5|^c per yd. 



Pieces contain about _J5 yards each. 



"THE" 



WHOLESALE FLORISTS 



1608 to 1620 LudlDw Street — Store Closes 6 P.M. After June 27th. 



S. S. PENNOGK-MEEHAN CO., 



PHILA. 



FLOWER MARKET REPORTS 



Business is fairly satis- 

 BOSTON factory tliis week. Wliite 



roses, American Beauty 

 and lily of the valley are having a 

 sood c<ill. The quality of white roses, 

 unfortunately, is not good. Kaiserin 

 is all right but there are not enough 

 of them and Bride is the main reli- 

 ance. Much complaint is made by die 

 retailers of the quality of the latter, 

 but it is the same evei-j- year at tliis 

 season and nobody can help it. Cai'- 

 not roses are good. It is a wonder 

 that more of this reliable summer rose 

 and the equally desiialile Kaiser.n are 

 not grown. There is a good market 

 for them. Good Killarneys are also 

 short of the demand. Carnations are 

 abundant and prices arc down to the 

 lowest notch. If fancy grades could 

 be obtained they would find a good 

 sale but most of the carnations are In 

 bad shape and the growers might just 

 as well throw them out. 



.^tock of all kinds has 

 BUFFALO been plentiful for the 

 past two weeks, especially 

 carnations, for which the demand has 

 been light; Lawson, Victory and Win- 

 sor are ol good quality; too much 

 C/rdinary and small-bloom stock drag 

 along from day to day. The severe 

 warm weither has shut off the stipply 

 (if good Bridesmaid and Bride rosos 

 and much of this stock is mildewed. 

 Kaiserin, Carnot. Killarney and Rich- 

 mond are in ample supply and sell 

 readily. Peonies have had their inning 

 and are over with. Spanish iris in 

 colors of purple, white and yellow are 

 in and sell well. Longiflorum and 

 Japan lilies are in good supply and 

 at times need a little urging to move. 

 Peas, mostly outdoor, are coming in 

 heavilv. Graduations and school com- 

 mencetnents are in order the coming 

 week and a good lively week's business 

 is looked for with both the wholesaler 

 and retailer. 



There has been quite a 

 CHICAGO Fhottage in tea roses re- 

 cently, which has a ten- 

 dency to cause quite an advance in 

 l)rice of good stock. There is also 

 quite a shortaae in good strings oi 

 .Asparagus plumosus, everything of 

 good quality going quickly. Field 

 daisies are not so common in this 

 vicinity as in the New England Stares, 

 but the fields at Clarendon Hill about 

 twenty miles west have produced an 

 abundance lately, one firm having sold 



170,000 last week. The cool weather 

 ol last week has been followed Ity 

 torrid weather this week, the tempe-ta- 

 ture at this writing being in the nine- 

 ties. If this weather continues a few 

 days longer it will take the quality 

 out of the tloweis and the life out of 

 tiade. 



.^une has brought 

 INDIANAPOLIS an unprecedented 



demand for stock 

 for weddings and school closings. 

 Beauties are about the best flower 

 now on the market. Carnations are 

 rapidly going out. Outside sweet 

 peas are available in great quantities 

 and fill the major portion of the de- 

 mand for small flowers. Hydrangeas 

 remain about the only good offering 

 in the way of a pot plant. Some fine 

 lilies and gladioli have been on the 

 market. There seems to be quite a 

 lively demand for asparagus plumo- 

 sus and smilax, while call for other 

 greens is light. Judging by the re- 

 ports the present season has been 

 one of the best on record in every 

 line. 



The early part of tiio 

 NEW YORK, present week was 

 brightened up by a 

 noticeable revival of activity which 

 gave encouragement to the hope that 

 it might forecast a permanent improve- 

 ment, but past experience has shown 

 the futility of planning for any steady 

 business at this season, and it is the 

 expectation of those who have been 

 through similar experiences before 

 that a day or two will mark the lun.t 

 of the present spurt. In the meantime 

 the supply is rapidly shortening up 

 and quality, under the blazing weather 

 conditions, is "on the toboggan." Peo- 

 nies and other outdoor material have 

 practically disappeared, leaving tlie 

 field to the weakened greeiuiciuse 

 product. 



Supplies of flowers 

 PHILADELPHIA have shortened up 



considerably, not 

 only locally but at shipping distances. 



thus causing an extra demand from 

 outside which has made business ap- 

 pear to be better than the previous. 

 week, although when figures were to- 

 taled for the week, the results were 

 found not quite as good. Tea roses 

 moved in better shape and were on& 

 of the most satisfactory subjects in 

 the week's business, especially in good 

 quality grades which were very scarce. 

 The so-called "Summer Beauties" and 

 Kaiserlns are now very much in evi- 

 dence and are one of the best features, 

 of the market. Good carnations are 

 very scarce but about anything near 

 average tinds a ready market. Sweet 

 peas are now in much larger receipts 

 and sluggish demand. Cattleya Gas- 

 kelliana is the reigning favorite in 

 orchids. C. Mossiae about over for the 

 season. I.ily of the valley continues 

 of fine quality and the demand is bet- 

 ter. Retarded peonies are about over, 

 although a much larger stock than 

 usual was iiut into storage here a 

 month ago. This is a pointer for 

 next year. Peonies would sell for a 

 mouth yet. 



ON THE ALLEYS. 



At the last practice game of the 

 New York bowlers only three of the 

 twelve contestants succeeded in reach- 

 ing the coveted average of 155. viz.: 

 Chadwick :S3, Fenrich 171 and Schrei- 

 ner 1C7. Pour games were played, the 

 highest f;core in any one game being 

 205 bv Chadwick. 



.\bout fifteen of the Baltimore fior- 

 ihts jcnttieved to Washington on the 

 "iith, for a match game at bowling, and 

 were enteraiuttd sumptnoiisly by the 

 Vashinpton bowlers at the Ro.vat 

 iKiwling alleys. The following is the 

 tcfuc for three games' 



liALTIMORE. AVASHINGTON. 



reri-.i -tin Shatter 526 



jloss -121 Siinmonds 421 



Lebr 't"'-' ^IcCauley 395 



Ku'liDioiiil 42.1 Campbell ."i-W 



Siobold 4'ili McLennan 461 



Khitcli :...-.4(> Barry 



450 



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