October 2, 1909 



HORTICULTURE, 



479. 



The "Music Hall Flower Market" has 

 decided to move to Park street and 

 now Boston will have two "Park Street 

 Markets." separated by only one small 

 building. While the floor area is small- 

 er than that occupied in the past, it is 

 a much lighter and better ventilated 

 room and is likely to prove a more ad- 

 vantageous location in many respects. 



Crisp air of autumn and 

 BUFFALO coloring of foliage tell 

 winter is on the way. A 

 few days of heavy rain has shortened 

 the life of the out door flower and 

 from now on the indoor material will 

 be more in demand though the past 

 two weeks has found the market well 

 supplied with good astei-s. gladioli ajid 

 tuberoses. With a few hot days in be- 

 tween the rose supply was heavy, 

 especially In the line of Chatenay, De- 

 troit, Kiilarney and White Killarney^ 

 all full blown when coming in to the 

 market. Beauties are having an ex- 

 ceptionally good demand and at times 

 not enough could be had. Richmond 

 is in over supply. Lily of the valley 

 and lilies have sold well. Short- 

 stemmed carnations drag somewhat. 

 Excellent Enchantress, both pink and 

 white, are the best in the carnation 

 line and select stock is picked up 

 quickh-. Plenty of greens. 



The closing week in Sep- 

 CHICAGO tember was very satis- 



factoi->- all along the 

 line. It opened with a very busy 

 Monday. The two days that followed 

 found sales slower, but at no lime was 

 there any accumulation and as is al- 

 ways the case under these conditions, 

 the closing days of the week were 

 quite brisk. Sunday found the market 

 the same and Monday everything 

 cleaned up readily. The supply is de- 

 cidedly shorter than two weeks ago. 

 No killing frost has visited this vicin- 

 ity at this writing, but the out door 

 stuff is practically all gone and the 

 plants in Ihe houses not quite so ad- 

 vanced as in former yeare. Asters ma.v 

 be said now to be out of the market. 

 A few stragglers are seen here and 

 there but they are poor stock and the 



JAU"^ 



Flower Market Reports. 



The recent storm has put 

 BOSTON asters, gladioli, sweet 

 peas and other garden 

 products into "innocuous desuetude" 

 and indoor flowers have already felt 

 the benefit. A crisp demand has been 

 enjoyed by the wholesale trade all 

 through the present week, due in part 

 to the above-mentioned cause and par- 

 tiall.v to the return of the buying pub- 

 lic to their city haunts. The chances 

 for any restoration of outdoor material 

 to its recent prominence are very slim, 

 as killing frosts cannot be very far off 

 and the prospects for regular florists' 

 stock are excellent. American Beauty 

 roses are keeping fully up to our 

 standard quotations and a few nice 

 ones have found a market at the ex- 

 ceptional price of $4 a dozen. There 

 is a better call for lily of the valley, 

 with a somewhat reduced supply. Car- 

 nations have moved upward within the 

 past few days and are bringing a good 

 price, considering the inferior grade 

 of most of the flowers coming in. 

 Dahlias, which exercise some influence 

 on other flower markets, are not in 

 the reckoning here and have, in fact, 

 no commercial value in Boston market. 



STARTLING VALUES 



WE OFFER BELOW 



Field Grown Carnation Plants 



EXTRA LARGE PLANTS, HEALTHY, FREE OF DISEASE 

 VERY CHOICE STOCK. 



To convince the trade that these plants are the best values ever offered, samples 

 furnished on request and all plants guaranteed. 



Good investment, plant in after early Chrysanthemums. 



w 



insor. 



. $6.00 per 100 $55.00 per 1000 



6.00 per 100 50.00 per 1000 



Bountiful, WhiteEnchantress, 6.00 per 100 55.00 per 1000 



Enchantress, 



White Perfection 



White Lawson, Sara Hill . 



Rose Pink Enchantress, 



Winona, Splendor, 

 Pink Lawson, Harlowarden, 



5.50 per 100 

 5.00 per 100 



50.00 per 1000 



6.00 per 100 50.00 per 1000 

 5.00 per 100 40.00 per 1000 



S. S. PENNOCK-MEEHAN CO. 



The "p^o-ifil'T^' Philadelphia 



1608-1620 Ludlow St. Store closes 6 p.m. Washington Store, 1212 N. Y. Ave 



florists will not be sorry to see the 

 last one go. Gladioli have not been at 

 their best this year and they might be 

 put in the class with the asters. Dahl- 

 ias are very scarce and on short stems. 

 In fact the grower of out door stock 

 in Chicago and vicinity this year has 

 had his troubles. But he is not alone, 

 for the same unfavorable weather con- 

 ditions that ruined or damaged his 

 plants, prevented the carnation plants 

 from getting a good start. Some 

 growers say their crop of fall blooms 

 is several weeks behind the season. 

 Enchantress, White Perfection, Victory 



and Aristocrat are coming in but stems 

 are rather short. Lawson and Winsor 

 are later and the few ready to cut have 

 very short stems. There are carnation 

 blooms in plenty in the market with 

 stems not exceeding six inches. AVhite 

 carnations are very scarce, as also are 

 red; in fact, good carnations cannot be 

 said to equal the demand in any color. 

 In roses Kiilarney, Maryland aiid Mar- 

 shall Field are the best to be had. 

 White roses are scarce. There has 

 been a good demand for American 

 Beauty during the entire month of Sep- 

 tember. 



WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS.- 



PCK 100. 

 TO DBALER6 ONLY. 



CV«IC«^NATI 



Sept. a8 



dbthdit 



Sept. «6 



BUFPAIjO 



Sept. 28 



Roaes 



A». Beauty, Fan. and Sp. 



Extra 



No.i 



" Lower grades 



Bride, 'Maid, Chatenay, F. & S.. 



8.O0 



Low. ST.. 

 KilUniey,Fan.&Sp 



" Lower grades . . . . 



Rlchntond, Fancy & Special. 



" Lower grades. •- . 

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6.00 

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 4.00 



6-00 



CARNATIONS . 



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Chrysanthemums I 15.00 to 95.00 



GladioU ' Z'OO to 4.C0 



Asters ' .«o to 1.00 



Otileyas »o 



Litlec. 10. CO to la.oo 



Lily of the Valley 300 to 400 



Mignonette 



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anilax ' 10.00 to I a. 00 



AtparBpis PlumomM, itrings (loo)" 40.00 «o 50-00 



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Sept. 27 



90. QO 



15^00 



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6.00 

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