September 27, 1913 



HOETICULTUEE 



445 



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Second 



«;c.oo 

 :!.00 

 3.00 

 3.00 



3.00 

 3.00 

 3.00 



Never in the bistory of the Uower business have we had such magnifi- 

 cent roses .so earl.v in the season and never have we had so many new va- 

 rieties. Our growers having planted largely of the new ones enables us 

 to give more varied selection than ever before. 



Fancy K.xtra First 



Mrs. Charles Russell !!!12.00 .flO.OO $S.OO 



Radiance 8.00 . O.UII ■ .5.00 



Jonklieer .1. L. Mock ,S.00 O.OU -"i.OO 



Sunburst. Ward & HilUnsdon .S.OO ti.OO .''j.OO 



Irish Fire Flame 10.00 J.OO 



Sweetheart ^ ^'0 .5.00 



Richmond (unusually choice) .S.OO 0.00 u.OO 



Mrs. Taft S.OO 6.00 u.OO 



Maryland and Pink and White Killarney. 8.00 6.00 o.OO 



Beauties, .$S.OO to .$20.00 per 100. 



CATTLEYAS: $0.00 per doz. ; $40.00 per 100. 



V.ALLEY: Special. $4.00 per 100: I-:xtra, $3.00 per 100. 



DAHLIAS: Direct shipments. viTy ch(>ice stock; .$2.00 to $3.00 per 



some choicer novelties at $4.00 per 100. 



HE^DQJARrERS FOR GREENS 



WILD SMILAX, $11.00 per case. BRONZE GALAX. $2.00 per WOO. 



GREEN GAUAX, .$1.00 per 1000: .$7.r,0 per 10.000. _ 



GREEN LEFCOTHOE, new crop, $1.00 per 100; $i.;iO per 1000. 



GREEN SHEET MOSS, $3..50 per bag. 



.ASP.4RAGFS STRINGS, 50c. each. 



ASP.iRAGFS AND SPRENGERI. bunches, 50c. each. 



ADIANTFM. $1.00 per 100. SJnLAX, 20c. per siring. 



CUT HEMLOCK, .$2.,50 per bunille. ^ , ., -„ ,„„,, 



HARDY DAGGER EERNS, best quality, large fronds, $l.uO per 1000. 



SPHAGNUM MOSS, burlappeil. 10 bbl. bales, .$3.75 each; 5 bale lots. 



$3.50 each ; 10 bale lots. .$3.25 each. 

 RIBBONS AND SUPPLIES: Many new patterns in exclusive Ribbons. 

 Our new illustrated catalogue of Ribbons and Supplies will be ready this 

 month. Let us have your name so we can mail you a copy. 



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BUSINESS HOURS FROM 7.30 A. M. TO 6.00 P. M. 



S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co. 



THE WHOLESALE FLORISTS OF PHILADELPHIA 



PHIL.\I>ELPIII.\ 



]00«-J0 Ludlow St. 



NEW YOKK 



117 West iSth St. 



It.XI.TIMOKK 



ranklill & St. Paul 



W.VSHINGTON 



r.>16 H St., N. w. 



90Ai.lt-* 



Flower Market Reports WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS -;"°'J--^-^^^^^^^^^ 



Brighter skies and bright- 

 BOSTON er prospects are tlie ver- 

 dict for tliis week. The 

 stock of flowers coming in is much 

 shortened up and the quality is not 

 any too good after the dark rainy pe- 

 riod which has interposed since our 

 last report. Asters are about finished, 

 due to stress of weather and attention 

 is now diverted to the carnation and 

 rose in consequence. Good prices are 

 realized for whatever few asters are 

 offered and the value of carnations has 

 taken a distinctly upward turn. Roses 

 are not up to quality shown before the 

 equinoxial disturbance, being off color 

 and soft and they have made no ad- 

 vance thus far in market value. Cat- 

 tleyas are beginning to appear in 

 greater numbers and prices have eased 

 up. Gladioli are still with us and sell- 

 ing satisfactorily. Dahlias fairly abun- 

 dant but they are not called for to 

 any extent. 



Weather conditions 

 BUFFALO have been one day 

 summer and the next a 

 drizzling rain or cold and cloudy and 

 business is rather uneven. As for 

 . stock, the receipts have been heavy 

 on asters, gladioli, dahlias and roses, 

 the latter coming on a little too fast. 

 About all the winter varieties are 

 coming in including the tiny Cecille 

 Brunner or Mignon. Beauties are good 

 and enough of them. All grades are 

 had and the shorter ones sell best. Lil- 

 ies are a little between crops and car- 

 nations are coming on more plentiful 

 each day. 



Roses 



Am. Beauty, Fancy and Special 



" Extra 



No. 1 



" " Lower Grades 



Killarney, Extra 



" Ordinary 



Richmond, Hillingdon, Extra 



" " Ordinary , .. 



Mary land, Ward, Taft. Camot, Extra. 



" *' " " Ordinary. 



Carnations, Fancy Grade 



" Ordinary 



Cattleyas 



Lilies, Longiflorum 



Lily of the Valley 



Chrysanthmums 



Gladioli 



Asters 



Daises 



Gardenias 



Adiantum 



Smilax 



Asparagus Plumosus, Strings (loo)... 

 " " & Spren. (loo Bchs.). .. 



BOSTON 



September 25 



.ST. LOUIS 



September 15 



15.00 

 8.00 

 5.00 

 2.00 

 4.00 

 1.00 

 3.00 

 1.00 

 4.00 



2.00 

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 50.00 

 6.00 

 2.00 

 8.00 

 2.00 

 1. 00 



8.00 



1.00 



10.00 



25.00 to 



20.00 



12.00 

 6.00 

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6.00 



3.00 

 8.00 

 3.00 

 3.00 

 1.50 



60.00 

 8.00 

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12.00 

 j.OO 



2.00 



1. 00 



12.00 



1.35 



15.00 

 50.CO 



35.00 



20.00 

 15.00 

 10.00 



3.00 



5.00 

 3.00 



5.00 



2. 00 



6.00 



4.00 



1. 00 



•50 



40.00 



10.00 



J. 00 



1. 00 

 1.00 



1. 00 

 15.00 

 35.00 

 15.00 



25.00 



18.00 

 12.00 

 8.00 

 8.00 

 4.00 

 8.00 



i°° 

 8.00 



5.00 



2.00 



.75 

 50.00 



19. 00 

 2.00 



2.00 

 3.00 



50.00 

 35.00 



PHILA 



September 15 

 to.oo to 25.00 



12.50 

 8.00 



2. 00 

 4.00 

 1. 00 

 4.00 

 1 .00 

 4.00 

 1. 00 



1. 00 

 40.00 

 10.00 



1 to 

 . . to 

 .. to 



•75 

 15.00 

 35.00 

 3500 



15.00 

 10.00 

 6.00 

 8.00 

 3-«o 

 8.00 

 3.CO 

 8.00 

 3.00 



1.50 

 50.00 



12.90 

 4.00 



4.O. 

 3.00 



50.00 

 50.00 



The market is very shy 

 CHICAGO on all flowers except 



asters, gladioli and the 

 miscellaneous out-of-door stock, cut 

 because of the coming frost. Asters 

 are supposed to be limited to one 

 more week and where the frost was 

 severe the season for cutting is now 

 over. All roses sell readily, the sup- 

 ply of good ones being insuflicient to 

 meet the demand, much to the regret 

 of the wholesalers, who are seen hur- 

 rying from place to place to get the 

 stock for their orders. The price on 

 carnations has gone up with a bounil 

 — three dollars for any good stock, 

 while the few fancy ones have brought 

 as high as five dollars per hundred. A 

 few cattleyas are in the market. Den- 

 drobium formosum blooms bring $(i 

 per doz. and oncidiums from $2 to $4 

 per 100. Chrysanthemums are cut in 

 larger quantities each day — October 

 Frost and Golden Glow the only varie- 



ties so far. Lilies are still too scarce 

 for the demand, lily of the valley about 

 equal to the call and gardenias out of 

 tlie question for a few weeks more. 



The close of last 

 CINCINNATI week and the first 

 days of this week 

 gave us the first touch of real cool 

 weather this year. On Monday night 

 there was a light frost in some ex- 

 posed places. Up to this time, how- 

 ever, no damage from same has been 

 reported. There is a fair and active 

 demand in the market. The supply, 

 although it has shortened consider- 

 ably, is still easily sufficient for re- 

 quirements. Shipping trade is very 

 good. As fast as the asters and gladi- 

 oli have been going out .just so fast 

 has the demand swerved to roses and 

 carnations. The quality of the roses 

 is very good. American Beauties and 

 pink roses are selling the best. Car- 



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