July 10, 1909 



HORTICULTURE 



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JAV\ 



A Specii^l for the Grower 



Items Listed will be in Demand riglit after Planting Season. Every Grower shoyid see tiiat he is Well Supplied 



WIRE STAKES 



No. 10 Steel Wire Galvanized 



Pence Per jooo 



4 foot ,.$0.88 $8.16 



4K " • ■ I^-OO 9-20 



5 " .. I.I3 10.23 



6 " . . 1.30 12.25 

 6J4 " • • 1.40 13.28 



No. 8 Steel Wire Galvanized 



For staking American Beauty and other strong Roses. 

 Per loo Per 1000 Per 100 Per 1000 



4Kfoot..$i S5 



2 foot... $0.55 

 a}4 " ■.. .70 



3 " • ■ • .80 



3K •'— .95 



4 ••- I. 10 



$5.25 

 6.50 

 7.50 



goo 



lO.CO 



S. S. PENNOGK - MEEHAN CO., The 



1.40 

 1.60 

 9.00 

 2.25 



$11.50 

 13.00 

 15.50 

 18.00 

 20.50 I 



GALVANIZED FLORISTS' WIRE 



(In roll.) 

 Used extensively by the growers as suppoits ii.r 

 rose plants, etc. It is heavily galvarized and will 

 not rust. Put up in la lb. rolls (i stone). 

 No. 16, per stone. .$c.8o 



18 

 19 



.90 

 1. 00 



1.05 



No. 21, per stone. ".$1.10 

 ■• 1.15 

 • - 1.20 

 .. 1.25 



23 



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Washington Store, 1212 New York Arenue 



Store closes (! p. m 



WHOLESALE 

 FLORISTS 



Philadelphia 



1608-1620 Ludlow Street 



Flower Market Reports. WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS.- 



The market situation re- 

 BOSTON mains about as it was 

 last week. Summer re- 

 sort business has not yet come to life 

 and local demand is very quiet. Qual- 

 ity of material is not up to mark ex- 

 cept in the case of Kaiserin roses and 

 sweet peas. The latter are very fine, 

 but there are many more than the mar- 

 ket can use and prices are very low, 

 while a great proportion are left un- 

 sold. Carnations have never been 

 worse than at present. 



The first part of the past 

 BUFFALO week there was little 

 or no business, but the 

 quantity of stock, especially carnations, 

 came in heavy supply with no outlet. 

 Quality was rather good tor the season 

 of the year and prices ridiculously low, 

 and the larger portion not sold at any 

 price. Beauties also have been on the 

 "can led along list" and no demand 

 whatever. Bridesmaids and Bride are 

 small, while Kaiserin. Carnot, Reid and 

 Detroit are fine and at times not 

 enough can be had. Killarney is hold- 

 ing out well but comes in tight buds 

 no larger than Bonsilene. Peonies are 

 over and candidum lilies are on, while 

 sweet peas have been a glut for a week 

 past. Good heavy rains are in demand 

 by the growers and would no doubt 

 help the market somewhat should the 

 atmosphere cool down and give the 

 stock a chance to arrive in better con- 

 dition. 



Nothing very encourag- 

 CHICAGO ing can be said of the 

 cut flower market in 

 Chicago at this time. The season is 

 closed and plenty of time is at the 

 disposal of the florist to look over 

 their last year's sales and make plans 

 for the year to come. Many are 

 ready to admit that the volume of 

 business this season has been far 

 ahead of that (Jone last year. The 

 glut of flowers still continues, though 

 it must be understood that it is a glut 

 of poor stock. Really good stuff is 

 decidedly scarce. Roses are on short 

 stems and small. Good carnations are 

 practically out of the question. Some 

 very fair Beauties are seen, but not 

 in abundance. Out-door sweet peas 

 are backward on account of the 

 weather. 



Commencements and the 

 DETROIT extensive call for wed- 

 ding flowers having 

 passed, summer dulnesss is being felt 



CISOONATI 



July 5 



DBTnoiT 



PBR IM. 

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aUPPALO 



July s 



itoaes 



Am. Beauty, Fan. and Sp 



" Extra 



No.i 



" Lower grades 



Bride, 'Maid, Golden Gate, F. & S. 



'* '* Low, gr 



Killamey, Fan. &Sp 



" Lower grades 



Richmond, Fancy & Special 



" Lowergrades 



Chalenay 



My Maryland 



PITT8BURC 



July 6 



:arnations 



FazKy and Novelties ■ 

 Ordkiary 



MlSCELLANEOUe 



Cattleyas 



Lilies 



Uly of the Valley. . . 



Mignonette 



Sweet Peas 



Gardenias 



Peonies 



Daisies 



Stocks. 



Snapdragon 



Adicuitiim 



SmUax 



Aftparagus Ptumosufi, strings. 



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 15.00 

 10.00 



400 



400 



3.00 



5.00 



3.00 



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35 CO 



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3.00 

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35 

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25.*o 



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all around. One or the other may be 

 rushed occasionally, but this has little 

 influence on the enormous quantities 

 of stock which are now daily dumped 

 into this market. While prices are 

 being quoted they are not firm at all, 

 and any call in quantity creates differ- 

 ent prices. The better quality of 

 roses are the only exception. Outdoor 

 flowers like larkspur, etc., furnish an 

 agreeable change in filling baskets, 

 etc., as also a great assistance in win- 

 dow trimming. 



.Tune 28 to July 

 PHILADELPHIA 3, Early in the 



week there was 

 quite a little spurt in the Beauty 

 market, but conditions became more 

 normal later as the new crop flow- 

 ers became gradually more plenti- 

 ful. The features of the week 

 were the High and Normal fchool 

 commencements, and the Durham 

 funeral. For the latter 134 pieces were 

 sent b\- 22 of the leading retail houses. 

 Such an avalanche of flowers it was 

 quite out of the question to send to 

 the cemetery. Jfost of them went to 

 the hospitals. This was an object les- 

 son in how to overdo things, which in 

 the long run is bad for the -business. 

 White roses were at a premium in 

 consequence. ' Kaiserins were good but 

 as a rule white roses are off crop and 



poor. My Maryland is coming in more 

 freely, and as a rule the quality is 

 all that can be desired. Killarney has 

 fallen off more than ever and we are 

 still getting the best stock from the 

 East. Liberty is only fair and Rich- 

 mond, dismally undesirable. Carna- 

 tions are steadily running down. Even 

 the vanguard of the outdoor crop is 

 under grade as yet, on account of the 

 protracted hot spell. Crocker is the 

 principal variety so far. Lily of the 

 valley has been quite scarce — like good 

 white roses, and mainly for the same 

 reason. The demand for cattleyas fell 

 off, and these have dropped a notch in 

 quoted figures. Greenhouse-grown glad- 

 ioli are nearly over, and out-door flow- 

 ers from now on will hold the stage. 

 The latter are selling fairly well so 

 far. Sweet peas went down hill very 

 badly on account of the weather. 

 Water lilies and Japanese irises are 

 more plentiful and are in good de- 

 mand for artistic and seasonable ef- 

 fects in room and table decorations. 

 Lilies are particularly good and the 

 demand steady and healthy. On the 

 whole it has been a good week, not- 

 withstanding the enormous amount of 

 interior stock arriving and for which 

 there was no sale. 



(Cctttitii/ed en /tigt S3) 



