August 31, 1918 



HORTICULTTJEB 



229 



Flower Market Reports 



The bottom apparently 

 BOSTON fell entirely out o£ the 



market this week and 

 there has been but little activity 

 shown anywhere. An over abundant 

 supply of stock with but little demand 

 except occasional orders for funeral 

 work has driven prices to almost the 

 lowest ebb for the summer season. 

 Gladioli shipments are still large and 

 of good quality while asters have 

 fallen off somewhat. Roses are in ex- 

 cellent condition and carnations are 

 just beginning to put in an appear- 

 ance. Lilies are holding up well as 

 to quality while what lily of the 

 valley is to be seen is not up to 

 standard. 



The mid-summer season 

 CHICAGO is robbed of its terrors 

 this year. Not that one 

 is so pressed with business that he 

 cannot take a few days off for the 

 annual vacation and lay In a new store 

 of energj' for the coming season, but 

 the average florist is minus the hara 

 luck story so generally heard in 

 August. There is something selling 

 every hour in the day and even when 

 that something is small and cheap it 

 helps meet expenses. The regular 

 greenhouse cuts are coming daily and 

 the quality is keeping up splendidly. 

 American Beauty roses, which have 

 been rather side tracked by many 

 growers recently, are now coming 

 into their own again and some good 

 stock is being sold. Other roses, of 

 all the summer varieties, are to be 

 had and the buyer has his choice of 

 fine stock at very moderate prices, to 

 meet the demand caused by social 

 events not so common before in many 

 summers. Gladioli are at the height 

 of their season and the main stay of 

 the showy summer window. The grow- 

 ing of better varieties, and the not 

 less important fact of cutting out of 

 the old, off colored sorts, have had a 

 marked effect upon the demand for 

 this flower and the price the public 

 is willing to pay for it. Asters have 

 not been so successful and the stock 

 contains a large per cent, of small 

 and not very good flowers. There are 

 some fine ones and these sell readily. 



There is little activ- 

 CLEVELAND ity in this market 



at present. Gladioli 

 and asters are the leading receipts and 

 quality is medium. Roses are in low 

 supply and of poor quality. Lilies ap- 

 pear in small quantities and meet with 

 a stiff demand. Larkspurs, marigolds, 

 scabiosa, gaillardias, hydrangeas, etc., 

 are to be had at low prices. Greens 

 are plentiful, particularly adiantum of 

 an especially good quality. 



Any change in the 

 NEW YORK present dull condi- 

 . tlon of the market 

 Is for the worse. A more abundant 

 supply of roses makes it difficult, if 

 not impossible to move them all. 

 Many are carried over to a loss. The 

 scarcity of orchids continues and when 

 wanted are hard to get. White lilies 

 are plentiful enough but not many 



BEAUTIES 



New crop now arriving. Ex- 

 cellent quality; good form and 

 substance; clean, well finished 

 flowers, that will give good 

 satisfaction. Dozen 



Special $3.00 



Fancy 2.50 



Extra 2.00 



First 1.50 



Short 1. 00 



DAHLIAS 



Dahlias now arriving. Try a 

 sample order. Quality very 

 good. Per 100, $2.00. 



S. S. PENNOCK COMPANY 



The ^'iP.lfr'i^ilo, Philadelphia 



NEW YORK 

 1 1 7 W. 28th St. 



PHILADELPHIA BALTIMORE 



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



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



WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS - ^'^^^'^^/o'D^^iLERs o^LY 



Roses 



Am. Beauty, Special 



" " Fancy and Extra 



'* ** No, I and culls 



Russell 



Hadley 



Euler, Mock , 



Arenberg, Hoosier Beauty 



Ward, Hillingdon 



Killarney, Key, Taft 



Ophelia. Sunburst 



Camatioiu 



Cattleyas 



Lilies, Lonffifloruzn 



Lilies, SpecioBum 



Lily of the Valley 



Snapdragon 



Gladioli 



Asters 



DahKas 



Calendula 



Sweet Peas 



GiU'denias 



Adiantum 



Smilax 



Asparasus PIu. & Spren. (looBhs.) 



CINCINNATI 



Aug. 26 



CHICAGO 



Aug, 26 



BUFFALO 



Aug, 26 



PITTSBURG 



Aug. 26 



25,00 

 15.00 



6,00 

 6.00 

 6.00 

 6.00 

 S.oo 

 4.00 

 3.00 

 4.00 



60.00 

 13.50 



35.00 



20.00 

 10.00 



12. 00 

 12.00 

 12.00 

 8.00 

 6.00 

 6.00 

 8,00 

 2,00 

 75.00 

 15.00 



40.00 



30.00 



8,00 



3.00 



to 

 to 



50.00 

 40.00 

 15,00 

 15,00 



3.00 

 3.00 



3.00 

 2,00 

 3,00 



to 



to 



5,00 

 4.00 



4.00 



15,00 

 23.00 



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 to 20.00 

 to 35.00 



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to 



4.00 to 



3.00 to 



3.00 to 



I. 00 to 



1. 00 to 

 20.00 to 

 25.00 to 



8.00 

 8.00 



3.00 



75.00 



1 3. 00 



5.00 

 4 00 

 6.00 

 3-00 



3.00 



1-25 



25.00 

 50.00 



40.00 

 10.00 

 2.00 



3,00 



3.00 

 3. CO 

 3-00 

 2,00 

 2.00 

 2,00 



•50 



4c. 00 

 8,00 

 3.00 

 6.00 



3.00 



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to 8 



30.00 

 20.0c 



6.0c 



6.00 

 6.CO 

 6. CO 



8.00 



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 4.00 

 6,00 



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50.00 

 10.00 



5.00 

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.50 

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35-00 



3.00 

 2.00 



20.00 

 50.00 



90-00 



10.00 

 4,00 

 4.00 



4,00 



3 00 

 3.00 



3.00 



1,00 

 60. CO 



2. 00 

 2. 00 



23.00 

 13,00 



1.8.00 



12.00 



12. OC 



8.00 



10.00 



8.00 



2.00 



75.00 

 15.00 



4.00 

 6.CC 



. to , 



■73 

 10. OC 



1.25- 



15.00 

 60.00 



are of first quality and these few sell 

 slowly. Asters, unless they are very 

 good, are not selling and of the best 

 there seems to be too many for the 

 demand. The call for other outdoor 

 flowers is hardly noticeable. 



American Beauty 

 PHILADELPHIA roses have im- 

 proved consider- 

 ably since our last report. There are 

 now some very good flowers of these 

 in the better grades which move off 

 well at reasonable prices. Russells 

 are also holding their own. Scott 

 Keys and Sunbursts are also very good 

 quality. Killarneys and Ophelias are 

 among the lower priced but fill in very 

 nicely. Some new-crop carnations are 

 arriving but they are very lacking in 

 stem and are hardly worth mention- 

 ing as yet. Asters are very fine and 

 are really the leading figure in quality 

 and quantity of all the staples arriv- 

 ing. Gladioli on the wane. Cattleyas 



are very scarce. Dahlias are just com- 

 mencing and very fair for so early. 

 But these do not cut much figure until 

 mid-September. Lilies are in good 

 supply — longiflorum, speciosum and 

 auratum. Among the minor items are 

 hyilrangeas, tuberoses, delphiniums, 

 zinnias and tritomas. The large- 

 flowering cosmos is also to be seen in 

 limited quantity. 



Business h a s 

 ROCHESTER, N.Y. been slightly 

 better. The 

 market is full of gladioli at ridiculous- 

 ly low prices. The dry weather has 

 affected the crop of asters and these 

 are below the average in quality. Good 

 ones bring good prices. Sweet peas 

 arrive in a somewhat burned and 

 shriveled condition. Other out door 

 stock sells fairly well. Roses are not 

 very plentiful, the shorter grade being 

 insufficient for the demand. 



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