October 19, lillS 



HORTIUULTUE'E 



m: 



Flower Market Reports 



Scarcity of stocl; still 

 BOSTON continues in the market 

 and many wholesalers 

 have been maliing hurried trips to 

 nearby cities in an attempt to secure 

 enough material to cover their or- 

 ders. While immediate local de- 

 mands have somewhat decreased on 

 the other hand outside shipping orders 

 have greatly increased and in conse- 

 quence the market is cleared up 

 daily. Roses all along the line are in 

 fine condition with prices holding 

 iiigh and firm even on stock which 

 under ordinary conditions at this sea- 

 son of the year would be passed up 

 by the buyer. Carnations are im- 

 proving every day and while ship- 

 ments of chrysanthemums are also 

 growing larger they soon disappear. 

 Lilies are scarcer than usual and vio- 

 lets sell readily although as yet are 

 not over abundant. Asters and glad- 

 ioli have practically disappeared 

 from the market. 



Probably the greatest 

 CHICAGO difference that ever ex- 

 isted between supply 

 and demand in the Chicago market 

 was experienced last week. There 

 have been instances where there was 

 a shortage for a limited time, but this 

 is the third week and the lack of flow- 

 ers in proportion to the call lor them 

 exceeds the previous weeks. To e\ 

 plain the increased demand one has 

 only to count the columns of death 

 notices in the daily papers. The use 

 of as little coal as possible has caused 

 chrysanthemums as a whole to be 

 backward, but the supply of these i.-> 

 now helped out by western stock. 

 Roses are in the best grades mostly 

 and with carnations as high as six 

 cents cheap funeral work has been out 

 of the question and artificial llo'.ver.= 

 have been resorted to. Local violets 

 are in and the sales use them up each 

 day at 7.5c. per 100. A tew y-laclioli 

 are seen and the ever present calen- 

 dula is still selling well. 



The market is very 

 CINCINNATI active. Stock of all 



kinds is in demand 

 and cleans up quickly on arrival. The 

 call for stock is so strong that the 

 present supply is running short and 

 more flowers could be used if we had 

 them. The rose supply is fairly large 

 but the demand for them is so strong 

 that the present supply proves inade- 

 quate. Carnations are very scarce. 

 Chrysanthemums are, in a better sup- 

 ply and are proving good property 

 and sell up each day. The medium 

 grades predominate in so far as num- 



CHRYSANTHEMUMS 



The better quality of the early varieties 

 are coming in, yellow, pink and white. 



$2.00, $3.00 and $4.00 per dozen 



S. S. PENNOCK COMPANY 



The ^•l?,'o'?'iS{rof Philadelphia 



NEW YORK 

 1 1 7 W. 28th St. 



PHILADELPHIA BALTIMORE 



1 608- IBZO Ludlow St. Franklin & St. Paul Sts. 



WASHINGTON, 1 2 1 8 H. St., N. W. 



WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS - ^"^""^^-/^'d'^^s only 



Rotes 



Am . Beauty , Special 



" " Fancy and £xtra 



*' '* No. I and culls 



Russell 



Hadley 



Euler, Mock 



Arenbcrg, Hoosier Beauty 



W..rd. Hillingdon - • - 



KiUarney, Key, Taft 



■ Iphelia. Sunburst 



Camatioiu 



Cattleyas 



Lilies, LoDgiflorum 



Lilies, Speciosum 



Lily of the Valley 



Snapdragon • •* 



Violets 



Asters • 



DahHas 



Calendula 



Chrysanthemums 



Gardenias 



Adiantum 



Smilax 



\jparaBuc Plu. & Spren. (looBhs.) 



CINCINNATI 



Oct. 14 



25.00 



i5>oo 

 6.00 

 6.00 

 6.00 

 6.00 

 5.00 

 4.00 

 3.00 

 3.0c 

 2.00 

 60.00 

 15.00 



a. 00 



4 OG 



15.00 

 25.00 



35.00 

 20.00 

 10.00 

 15.00 

 12.00 

 tl.OC 



8.00 



6,00 

 6.00 

 4.00 

 3.00 



75.00 



20. CO 

 6.00 



4.0J 

 5.00 



1. 00 



20.00 



3S.OO 



CHICAGO 



Oct. 14 



60.00 

 40.00 

 10.00 

 20.00 

 15.00 

 15.00 

 15.00 

 15.00 

 15.00 

 15 00 

 6.00 

 75 -oo 

 15.00 



to 



to 



4.00 



3.0c to 



•75 to 



4.00 to 



to 



to 



90.00 

 50.00 

 25.00 

 40.00 

 20.00 

 so.oo 



2 0.0c 

 20.00 

 20 00 

 20. CO 

 8.00 

 lOO.OC 

 20.00 



8.00 



4 00 



1.50 



3.00 



40.00 



1. 00 

 15.00 

 25.00 



4.00 

 60.00 



2.00 

 20.00 

 50.00 



BUFFALO 



Oct. 14 



PITTSBURG 



Oct. i4 



30.00 



20,00 



5.0 



6.00 



4.00 



5, to 



8.00 



4.00 



4.00 



5.00 



3. CO 



6c. 00 



15.00 



4.00 



5 00 



3.C0 



•75 



i.oc 



3.0c 



1.00 



3.00 



25.00 



1. 00 



13.00 



35.00 



40.00 



23.00 

 15. oc 

 15.00 

 10. CO 

 12. CO 

 15.00 



6.00 

 10.00 

 12.00 



5.00 



75-00 



2C.OO 



6.00 

 12.00 

 5.00 

 l.CO 

 2. CO 



6.'o 

 coo 

 4. to 

 40,00 

 2.00 



2C.OO 



50 00 



30.00 



20.00 

 6.00 

 6-00 



6.00 



4 00 



4.00 



4.00 



3.00 

 60.00 

 15. CO 



2.0 

 6.00 



to 



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to 

 to 

 to 

 to 

 w 

 to 

 Ic 

 to 

 to 

 to 

 tc 

 to 

 to 

 to 

 to 

 to 

 to 

 to 

 to 

 to 

 to 



3S.OC 

 •5.00 

 15.00 



20.00 



20.00 



15.00 



I2.00 



13.00 



4.00 



90.00 

 30.00 



4.00 

 15 00 



2,0© 



20. 00 



75-00 



bers are concerned. Easter Lilies are 

 finding a good market. Dahlia re- 

 ceipts have been large and have been 

 finding a ready sale. Other offer- 

 ings are cosmos and single violets. 

 The supply of ferns have been bare- 

 ly sufficient to satisfy immediate wants 

 and smilax is somewhat scarce. 



American Beauty 

 PHILADELPHIA roses are more 



plentiful and are 

 perhaps in better supply than any 

 other variety. The prices have eased 

 up a little on them but are still high — 

 ranging from fifty down. Other roses 

 such as Russell, Columbia, Killarney 

 and Ophelia, continue of very good 

 quality^the only trouble being — not 

 enough to go around. Carnations have 

 improved a little both in quality and 

 quantity. Cattleyas are a strong 

 feature and sell well at moderate 

 figures. Chrysanthemums coming in 



more freely— very well grown stock — 

 the most notable sorts at present being 

 Early Snow, Polly Rose, Unaka. 

 Chrysolora, and Golden Queen. Dahlias 

 still in moderate supply and some of 

 them of very good quality. Violets 

 have made their appearance and meet 

 with a fair demand. Cosmos more 

 plentiful. Among the miscellaneous 

 items to be seen are wild asters, eu- 

 patorium. tritomas. and hydrangeas. 



Stock is very 

 ROCHESTER scarce with hardly 



enough to go around. 

 The unending demand for funeral 

 work has kept every store working 

 late for the past two weeks. The 

 death rate in the city has been quite 

 high and many bodies brought from 

 the various camps have greatly added 

 to the list. Never before have flow- 

 ers been more at a premium than they 

 (Confiyiued on page 399) 



