November 13, 1909 



HORTICULTURE. 



687 



9oAi,i-v-i 



Bronze 

 Galax 



This stock is in splendid condition, 

 every leaf guaranteed. Never had bet- 

 ter stock to offer the fall trade. 

 $8.50 per case of 10,000 



Open from 7 a. m. to 6 p. m. 



S. S. Pennock=Meehan Co. 



1608-20 LUDLOW ST., 



THE WHOLESALE FLORISTS OF 



1212 New York Ave., WASHINGTON 



PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



Flower Market Reports. 



With the exception of 

 BOSTON chrjsanthemums, the 



various items on the 

 wholesale market list are moving with 

 much more life than they did last 

 week, although in a hroad sense the 

 tone of the marliet is comparatively 

 dull. Any change from the stagnation 

 of last week is, however, very wel- 

 come. Orchids and gardenias show a 

 vivacity which encourages, and all 

 lines of roses are acquiring a degree of 

 speed as gratifying as it was unex- 

 pected; but they must be good in 

 order to find buyers. Violets are be- 

 ing held back, apparently, for the Yale 

 trouble at New Haven on Saturday. 

 For the coming few days much de- 

 pends on the weather. 



Chicago market has 

 CHICAGO been suffering from the 



effects of the flower 

 show and the thousand dollars spent 

 by the visitors at the Coliseum meant 

 one thousand dollars not in the re- 

 tailers' money drawer. The demand 

 certainly was light, whatever the cause, 

 and this week opens up with no great 

 improvement. The warm weather has 

 also been a factor in creating condi- 

 tions amounting almost if not quite 

 to a slump. Carnations are lower in 

 price than for several weeks and the 

 stock is excellent. Bouvardia has 

 taken quite a prominent place these 

 last few days and the orders can hard- 

 ly be filled. This shows what an ad- 

 vertisement the flower show booths 

 are for the retailer. The Wienhoeber 

 table decoration which received first 

 prize the six consecutive days of the 

 show was done in pink bouvardia, and 

 John Kruchteu is the lucky man who 

 furnished it and who has that flower 

 in abundance this year. Chrysanthe- 

 mums of every size and color are in 

 in quantity. Everything is fine ex- 

 cept the price, which might be said 

 to be too fine. 



The tone of the mar- 

 NEW YORK ket has not improved 

 since our last report. 

 It has been, in fact, a very unsatisfac- 

 tory week, prices being low and all 

 lines of material tar in excess of the 

 requirements. Chrysanthemums are 

 in their full tide and, while making the 

 conditions almost intolerable for all 

 other things, have not been able to 

 develop any compensating prosperity 

 on their own account. They are 

 bringing prices lower on the average 

 than ever before, for same quality. 

 Roses have suffered as much as any 

 other single item and in addition to 

 slack demand are decidedly off in 

 quality in many instances. Carnations 

 are a dead proposition at the present 

 time. Of these, also, there are many 

 inferior lots coming in. Violets were 

 never better but they move feebly and 

 when disposed of in quantity the 

 prices are low, as indeed they are on 

 everything whenever a purchaser for 



wholesale quantities appears. The 

 situation favors the retail store keeper 

 in a general way but it also puts tat on 

 the sidewalk merchant, who is en- 

 abled to carry and offer at cheap fig- 

 ures the highest grade of stock, a fact 

 which bears hard upon the store- 

 keeper in many respects. 



The bottom fell 

 PHILADELPHIA out last week and 

 everybody is in 

 the dumps. There was a falling off 

 all along the line and no special class 

 of flowers was exempt from lack of 

 activity. Chrjsanthemums, roses, car- 

 nations, and all the staples, suffered 

 from over supply, the only item hold- 

 ing its own being the orchid, which 

 was, and remains, scarce. Violets im- 

 proved a little as to quality. Sweet 

 peas and mignonette are also improv- 

 ing. Jardine roses are coming in mucli 

 better. This is a great rose. Many 

 have been free with their criticism; 

 but they have another think coming. 



WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS.-to D^Kkt^/oHLv 



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DBIHIDIT 



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EIUPPAL/O 



Nov. 9 



PITTS BUB r 



Nov. 9 



Roaes 



Am, Beauty , Fan. and Sp { 20.00 



" Extra I 15.00 



" No.i 8.00 



'* Lower grades 6.00 



Bride, 'Mold. Chatenay, F. & 5 I 6.00 



*' " Low.gr I 2.00 



KilUrney, Fan. &Sp j 6.00 



'* Lower grades | 2.00 



Richmond, Fancy & Special : 6.00 



" Lower grades a. 00 



My Maryland | 600 



CARNATIONS, Novelties and Fancy 

 " Ordinary 



MtSCeLLANBOUS * 



Chrysanthemums, Fancy • . • . 

 " Ordinary.. 



Cattleyas 



Ldles. 



Uly of the Valley 



Violets 



Mignonette 



Sweet Peas 



G&rdenias 



Adkotum 



SMllax. 



2.50 



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4.00 



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