November 2, 1918 



HORTIOULTURE 



445 



Flower Market Reports 



While a few weeks ago 

 BOSTON we were suffering from 

 an epidemic w h i cli 

 caused a situation unprecedented for 

 this season of the year, for the past 

 few days, we have also been up against 

 a weather situation of such intense 

 warmth that the supply of stock that 

 has been received daily has been more 

 than ample to meet any demand that 

 has Ijeen made upon the market. 

 Chrysanthemums have been flooding 

 the market In their various varieties, 

 but even with this apparent abundant 

 supply prices hold well. Roses are 

 also plentiful and are of excellent 

 quality as also are carnations. Lilies 

 still continue to be scarce while 

 violets of the double variety are being 

 received in larger quantities daily. 

 Everyone seems to be satisfied with 

 the situation, however, and are glad 

 of the opportunity to gain a much 

 needed rest. 



In sharp contrast to 

 CHICAGO conditions a few days 



ago. the market today 

 has all and even more flowers than 

 can be used to advantage. This has 

 come by the swinging around of sup- 

 ply to overbalance demand and that 

 was caused by the cutting down of the 

 mainsta-y of the flower business — 

 funeral trade. The prohibiting of 

 public funerals and the inability to 

 handle a large quantity of flowers at 

 so many places each day was so ap- 

 parent that orders dropped off. On 

 the other hand, the time of the pom- 

 pon chrysanthemum had arrived and 

 thousands of these flowers were added 

 to the large blooms of which there is 

 now a big supply. Counters and ice 

 boxes full and out-of-town orders are 

 most welcome to help clear the stock, 

 which is flrst class in every respect. 

 Roses are also much more plentiful 

 and there Is a large variety to choose 

 from. The popularity of Mrs. Russell 

 does not show any signs of weakening. 

 Columbia is being grown extensively 

 but has yet to prove itself. Orchids 

 and lily of the valley are in fair sup- 

 ply. Violets are rather slow in mov- 

 ing, many going to the waste barrel. 

 Carnations are scarce but are not 

 missed in the big supply of pompons. 

 Calendulas are abundant and have 

 made an uninterrupted run of a year, 

 selling well all the time. There is a 

 good supply of all kinds of green. 



October 26 closed a 

 CLEVELAND, four weeks period 

 which for feverish 

 business activity stands unrivaled in 

 the history of the trade. In all estab- 

 lishments, large and small, previous 



SWEET PEAS 



This fall finds our growers with 

 (he finest crops and of the best 

 quality Sweet Peas we've ever 

 offered our customers this time of 

 he year, mostly pinks (light and 

 liark), whites, and a tew other 

 sluules. 



$1.00, $1.50, $2.00 per 100 



Pompon Chrysanthemums, Assort- 

 ed Colors. 



$4.00 to $6.00 per doz. bunches 



Everything in Cut Flowers, Plants, 

 Greens, Ribbons and Supplies. 



S. S. PENNOCK COMPANY 



The ^•Slfr'itllof Philadelphia 



NEW YORK 

 1 1 7 W. 28th St. 



PHILADELPHIA BALTIMORE 



1 608- 1 620 Ludlow St. Franklin & St. Paul Sts. 



WASHINGTON. 1216 H. St.. N. W. 



WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS - "^"""^^fiTD'EiLERsorLY 



RoBes 



Aid . Beauty , Speaal ■ ■ ■ 



'* " Fancy and Extra 



** " No. I and culls 



Russell 



Hadley 



Euler, Mock 



Arenbcrg, Hoosicr Beauty 



Ward, HiUingdon 



Killamey , Key , Tait 



Ophelia. Sunburst 



Camatioiu 



Cattleyaa 



Lilies. Longiflorum 



Lilies, Speciosum 



Lily of the Valley 



Snapdrason 



Violets * • 



DahKas 



Calvndula 



ChryBanthemuiiis 



GardeDias 



Adiantmn 



Smilax • • 



AaparaffOsPlu.&Spren. (looBhs.) 



CINCINNATI 



Oct. 38 



CHICAGO 



Oct. 28 



BUFFALO 



Oct. 28 



PITTSBDRG 



Oct. 28 



25.00 



15.00 



6.0c 



6.00 



6.00- 



6.00 



5.00 



4.00 



3.00 



3.0c 



2.C0 



60.00 



13.00 



to 35.00 



to 20.00 



to 10.00 



to 1 s .oc 



ir 12,00 



to 12. oc 



w 8.00 



to 6.00 



ic 6.00 



to 4. CO 



to 3.00 



to 75.00 



to 20. CO 



to 



to 6.00 



4 oc to 5.00 



40.00 

 1 JO .00 



15.00 

 I 5.00 

 . 15.00 



I 15.00 

 I 15.00 



I 4*oo 



I 3-^° 



4 00 



I 4.00 



50.00 



I3.00 



4.00 



4.0c 

 .40 



15.00 

 25.00 



1. 00 

 30.00 



2,00 



6.00 



1. 00 

 i3.oo 

 35.00 



50-00 



40.00 

 25.00 

 30,0c 



20. CO 



30.00 

 20.0c 

 15,00 

 15 00 



15. CO 



6.00 



75.0c 



15.00 



8.00 



6 00 

 .50 



4.00 

 35.00 



2.00 



25,00 

 50.00 



ic 



30.00 

 15.00 



5.0 



6.00 

 6.0c 

 6.1.0 

 6.00 



3.00 

 4.00 

 4.00 



3. CO 

 60.00 

 15.00 



4.00 



8.00 



':6°o 



3.0c 10 

 1. 00 to 

 10.00 to 



2C.CO to 



X 00 to 



15.00 to 

 35.00 to 



to 



50,00 

 30.00 

 10. cc 

 ^o.oc 



10.00 

 10. CO 

 15. CO 

 6,00 

 10.00 



IS.OO 



6.0c 

 75.00 



20.00 



la.oo 

 10.00 

 5.00 

 1 .CO 



6. CO 

 2.50 

 30, CO 

 30.00 

 3.00 

 20.00 

 50.00 



40.00 

 3C.00 



20 .CW 



8.00 



50.0c 



35.00 



3 5OC 

 25.00 



8.00 to 15.00 



6 CXI 

 6.00 

 6.cx> 

 4,00 

 75.00 

 15.C0 



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t( 12.0c 



t( 15.00 



u- 6.0c 



IC 100. (X) 



tC 7C.OC 



60.0 



records for the month of October are 

 substantially distanced. The persis- 

 tent call for flowers for funeral pur- 

 poses due to the epidemic is the pri- 

 mary cause. The arrival of immense 

 quantities of outdoor chrysanthemums 

 as well as heavier receipts of green- 

 house stock on the above date, put an 

 end — temporarily at least — to the in- 

 terval of acute shortage and high 

 prices. Roses are increasing in sup- 

 ply, the prevailing prices being from 

 6c. to 20c.. the medium and longer 

 grades predominating. As little heat 

 is being run in the carnation ranges, 

 this popular "bread-and-butter" flower 

 is being greatly retarded. The main 

 crop of dahlias is over. The mild 



weather has permitted the blooming of 

 the late Lady Lennox cosmos, vast 

 quantities of which are being offered. 

 Choice lilies are fetching $2.25 per 

 dozen. Hudson River violets are ar- 

 riving in good condition, and like the 

 locally-grown single sorts, move read- 

 ily. Green stocks from the south ar- 

 rive tardily, not because of bad ex- 

 press service particularly, but because 

 of the abnormal volume of business 

 and the scarcity of labor. Home-grown 

 asparagus and adiantum are now short 

 and doubtless will remain so through- 

 out the winter. Collections are better 

 than usual and a larger volume of cash 

 business ia being transacted. 



{Continued on page 447) 



