August 3, 1918 



HORTICULTURE 



113- 



Flower Market Reports 



Gladioli, asters and sweet 

 BOSTONi peas completely glut the 

 market this week and in 

 consequence prices have fallen in 

 nearly every grade of stock. Business 

 as a rule is quiet and the general 

 clean-up in the market which in times 

 past has been accomplished by the 

 street venders is now no more as the 

 work or fight ruling of the war depart- 

 ment seems to have completely wiped 

 them out. Roses have been hard to 

 keep and have been coming in in a bad 

 condition. Carnations have about dis- 

 appeared but lilies as well as lily of 

 the valley are very plentiful. 



Trade, which was very 

 CHICAGO good during the first 



half of July, has con- 

 siderably dropped off as the month 

 reaches a close. The exodus from the 

 city has been delayed, both by cool 

 weather and general conditions, and 

 social affairs have kept the florists 

 more busy than is often the case in 

 mid-summer, so the dull season will 

 at least be shortened. Funeral work 

 uses up much second grade stock and 

 shipping orders draw heavily on all 

 the really high grade flowers that 

 come into the market now. The ex- 

 treme heat of last week has further 

 reduced the supply of carnations. 

 Asters are beginning to come more 

 freely but the really good ones are 

 greatly in the minority. There are 

 some good roses but they too lessen in 

 quantity with the passing of each 

 week. Gladioli are here in abundance 

 and the first chrysanthemums are 

 offered. Miscellaneous stock holds up 

 well. 



The situation shows 

 NEW YORK little, if any, improve- 

 ment over conditions 

 of a week ago. The market is over- 

 supplied with tea roses, asters, glad- 

 ioli and miscellaneous outdoor stock 

 with a very light demand. Much of 

 the stock coming in cannot be moved 

 at any price. Some very good flowers 

 of Columbia are on the market and 

 even these are hard to dispose of. 



GLADIOLI 



Mostly of the choicer and 

 better varieties, a splendid 

 assortment, 



$4.00, $5.00. $6.00 per 100. 



As a Special, in lots of two 

 hundred or over, our selection, 

 $3.00 per 100. 



Everything in Cut Flowers, Plants, 



Greens, Ribbons and 



Supplies 



Buriness Hours during the summer, 7 

 A. yi. to 4 F. M. ; Saturdays close at 1 P. M. 



S. S. PENNOCK COMPANY 



The ^"Klfrltllof Philadelphia 



NEW YORK PHILADELPHIA BALTIMORE 



1 1 7 W. 28th St. 1 608- 1 620 Ludlow St. Franklin & St. Paul St«. 



WASHINGTON, 1 2 1 6 H. St. N. W. 



WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS - ™^""«="-t''5'd'£Xlersonly 



Roies 



Am. Beauty, Special 



" *' Fancy and Extra 



" ** No. I and culls 



Russell, Euler, Mock 



Hadlcy 



Arcnbcrg, Hoosicr Beauty 



Ward 



Killamey, Radiance, Taft 



Ophelia, Sunburst, HilHngdon 



Camatioiu 



Cattleyas 



Lilies, Longiflorum 



Lilies, Speciosum 



Lily of the Valley 



Gladioli 



Sweet Peas 



Asters 



Adiantum 



Smilax 



AsparaviuPlu.&Spren. (looBhs.) 



CINCINNATI 



CHICAGO 



BUFFALO 



July 29 



PITTSBURG 



July 29 



25.00 

 15.00 

 6.00 

 6.00 

 6.00 

 5.00 

 4.00 

 3.00 

 4.00 



60.00 

 10.00 



3.00 

 ■25 

 1.50 



15.00 to 

 25.00 to 



35-0O ] 

 20.CXD 

 10.00 I 

 12.00 



12.00 ! 

 8.00 I 

 6.00 I 

 6.00 I 

 8.C0 I 

 2.00 I 

 75.00 

 12.50 1 



6.00 

 6.00 



• 35 

 3 •00 

 1. 00 

 20.00 

 33-00 



40.00 



2c ,00 

 8.00 

 2.00 



2.00 

 2. 00 

 2.00 

 2.00 

 1. 00 

 75.00 

 10. CW 



4.00 



2.00 



.40 



1.00 



I ,00 



15.00 



25.00 



50.00 

 30.00 

 12.00 

 20.00 



IC.OO 



10.00 

 10.00 

 10.00 

 3.00 

 100.00 

 15.00 



6.00 

 6.00 

 1.00 

 4.00 



1.50 



23.00 

 50.00 



20.00 

 10.00 

 3.0: 

 3.00 

 3.00 

 3.00 

 2.00 

 2.00 

 3.00 

 T.CO 

 4C.60 

 8.00 

 3.00 

 6.00 

 3.00 

 .25 

 1. 00 



.50 



15 00 



35.00 



30.00 

 20.00 



6.0c 



6.00 

 6.CO 

 8.00 

 3.00 

 4.00 

 6.00 

 2.00 

 50.00 

 10.00 

 5.00 

 8.00 

 5.00 

 .40 

 2.50 



1.25 



20.00 

 50.00 



20.00 



13. 00 

 3.00 



4.00 



3.00 

 3.00 

 3.00 

 1.00 

 50.00 

 10. CO 



25,0c 

 I5.0CJ 

 10.00 ' 

 19,00 



8.oftj 

 8.00 

 10.00 

 2.0c 

 75.00 

 13.00 



Owing to the ex- 

 ROCH ESTER treme heat of the 

 past week business 

 has not been very good. Quantities 

 of outdoor flowers arrive, on which 

 low prices are made in order to dis- 

 pose of them. Roses are not so good 

 as they were and the demand is light. 

 Gladiolus, of which fair shipments 

 arrive, are excellent and sell pretty 

 good. Sweet peas are more plentiful 

 and demand light. Carnations are 

 small and poor. A fair supply of 

 asters reaches us and are found useful. 



The past week trade 



ST. LOUIS has been unusually 



quiet, the extreme heat 



causing complete dullness. Carnations 



are scarce. Roses are coming in fairly 

 well in Russells and Ophelias. Lilies 

 are plentiful, and asters are just com- 

 ing in. 



Flowers are very 

 WASHINGTON plentiful and of a 

 quality that is as 

 good as in winter. Prices are in pro- 

 portion. Usually at this time of year 

 roses and carnations are unobtainable 

 and most of the stores are idle. Con- 

 ditions are the reverse this year and 

 July is proving to be the best in the 

 history of the trade here. Gladioli 

 are good and sell well. Gardenias are 

 still to be had and there are enough 

 orchids to go around. Dahlias are in- 

 creasing in quantity. Asters are good. 



