November 15, 1913 



HORTICULTURE 



681 



Of Winter Quality, deeply rich colored buds, in 

 quantity — all lengths. 



SPECIAL ..$25.00 per 100 EXTRA ....$15.00 per 100 



FANCY .... 20.00 per 100 FIRSTS ... 10.00 per 100 



GARDENIAS, 



VALLEY, 



BOXWOOD, 



SPECIAL, $3.00 per doz. 

 FANCY. $4.00 per doz. 

 SPECIAL, $4.00 per 100: 



100. 

 $7.50 per case of 50 lbs. 



EXTRA, $3.00 per 



BUSINESS HOURS ; 7.30 A.M. to 6.00 P.M. 

 Ribbons and Supplies ^L^^rl^lSl' u 



you did ui't recoivo one of our uuk oafalogiies, advise us .at once 

 ;iud we will mail you a copy. 



S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co. 



The Wholesale Florists of Philadelphia 

 NEW YORK 

 IT «eJ.t 2Sth St. 



PHII..VDELPHI.* 



I(i(l8-llii0 Ludlow St. 



B.VI.TIMORK 



Franklin & .St. Paul Sts. 



WASHINGTON 



IJUi H St. N. W. 



Flower Market Reports 



Quiet, very! No signs 

 BOSTON yet of any decrease in 

 the chrysanthemum cut, 

 but the crest of the wave has undoubt- 

 edly been reached. In the meantime, 

 carnations are "up against it" hard and 

 are about the most unsalable thing on 

 the market. Roses are faring better. 

 They are shortening up in supply and 

 if any active demand should material- 

 ize there would be a near famine. 

 Violets have taken a jump and the de- 

 mand is lively even at doubled prices, 

 the singles selling for fifty per cent 

 more than the doubles. Everything 

 else on the list is in ample supply. 

 Demand is decidedly dull — both local 

 and shipping. 



Weather conditions have 

 BUFFALO been favorable for good 

 business, although too 

 luild for the keeping of stock, which 

 has been good and moved fairly well 

 on all lines except roses which have 

 come In a little taster than they 

 could be disposed of to good advantage. 

 Of course, chrysanthemums are the 

 feature of the market and as the early 

 varieties are about over, the better 

 keeping varieties are coming in and 

 it is hoped that complaints will be 

 fewer from now on. The rose demand 

 has fallen on high-grade Sunburst, Mi- 

 lady and Shawyer. Some good Perles 

 are seen, also Hlllingdon, but the lat- 

 ter has fallen off in demand and Ward 

 is much preferred. There are lilies 

 and plenty of violets. Lily of the val- 

 ley and carnations are coming on more 

 each day. 



There was more varia- 

 CHICAGO tion than usual in prices 

 ^nd demand during the 

 past week. A few warm days brought 

 in quantities of stock and then a sud- 

 den drop in temperature accompanied 

 by a terrific gale reduced the supply 

 but also diminished the number of 

 bn^iwrs. The demand for roses has 



WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS — ^«*''^''«"^^*o-d^^'.^S,qj<ly 



ST. LOUIS " " 



Roses 



Am. Beauty, Fancy and Special 



" " Extra 



No.i 



*' " Lower Grades 



fCillamey, Extra 



" Ordinary 



Richmond, Hiltingdon, Extra 



" *' Ordinary 



Maryland, Ward, Taft, Sunburst, Extra . 



** '* " " Ordinary 



Camatioas, Fancy Grade 



" Ordinary 



Cattleyu 



Lilies, Longiflorum 



Lily of the Valley 



Chrysanthmums 



Violets 



Daises 



Gardenias 



Adiantum 



Smilax 



Aspaia^s Plumosus, Strings (loo). 

 " " & Spren. (loo Bchs.). 



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November 13 



November 10 



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been remarkably good all the fall, 

 which even the coming of the chrysan- 

 themums did not greatly diminish. 

 Their sales have kept steadily on 

 while other flowers have had their 

 ups and downs. It Is generally con- 

 ceded that there are enormous quanti- 

 ties of chrysanthemums to draw from 

 this season and growers have been cut- 

 ting freely to work off the stock with 

 the result that prices are not up to 

 those of previous years. The approach 

 of Thanksgiving Is expected to cause 

 a reduction of the cut from now on. 

 Carnations are competing with pom- 

 pons now but the supply till last week 

 has hardly been equal to the demand 

 in spite of the quantity of pom- 

 pons brought in. This week carna- 

 tions are moving a little slower as 

 pompons take their place in funeral 

 work at prices which make them 

 very attractive. The violet market 

 continues firm and both singles and 

 doubles Improve as the season ad- 

 vances, with a steady gain in the 

 quantity of single violets handled in 

 this market. Demand for lilies Is 

 picking up. Sweet peas have appeared 

 in limited quantities also snapdragon. 



The demand for stock 

 CINCINNATI Is not able to make 

 serious Inroads into 

 the bulk of the supply. Only here and 

 there are flowers that clean up well. 

 A large part does not move at all. 

 Prices have slumped to a low point. 

 The first blizzard and snow storm of 

 the season interfered with the arrival 

 of the Monday's shipment of New 

 York double violets, the trains being 

 snow-bound somewhere between Cleve- 

 land and Columbus. Chrysanthemums 

 are far more plentiful than the market 

 requires. Only those of the best qual- 

 ity sell and even they do not bring 

 anything like a good price. The bulk 

 of the offerings are the smaller sizes, 

 and these enjoy the best call, but the 

 stock is so large that prices, as before 

 stated, are low. Roses are not as 

 plentiful as they were, but are still 

 easily sufficient. Carnations, too, are 

 less abundant, but the call for them 

 is weak. Everything else in plenty. 



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