December 



1913 



HORTICULTUKE 



917 



FOR NEW YEAR'S 



Richmonds in quantity at $10.00 to $15.00 with a few extra 

 choice, long at $20.00. 



Beauties, splendid quality and plenty of them, all grades $3.00 

 to $6.00 per dozen. 



TO OUR SOUTHERN CUSTOMERS 



Don't forget that our Baltimore and Washington Houses are well 

 equipped to take care of your orders in anything you may want. 



RIBBONS AND SUPPLIES — Many new patterns in exclusive Ribbons. If you 

 have not received one of our new catalogues, advise us at once and we will 

 mail you one. 



S. S. PENNOCK-MEEHAN CO. 



PHILADELPHIA 

 1608-20 Ludlow St. 



NEW YORK 

 117 West 28th St. 



WASHINGTON 

 1216 H. St., N. W. 



BALTIMORE 

 Franklin and St. Paul Sti. 



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Flower Market Reports WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS - ^^-^^ 



PRICES -Per 100 



TO DEALERS ONLY 



At present writing (Wed- 

 BOSTON nesday, the 24th), the 

 market situation is such 

 that the final Christmas story for this 

 neighborhood is no conjecture. The 

 counters in the market stalls are 

 heaped with unsold flowers, in which 

 carnations, roses, lilies and other 

 bulbous flowers, poinsottias and ste- 

 via predominate. In truth, the quan- 

 tity of unsold material hanging fire 

 on all sides would, a few years ago, 

 have come pretty near supplying the 

 entire local Christmas demand. The 

 wholesale houses still doing a ship- 

 ping trade are in better shape, having 

 relieved themselves and the market 

 of a very large amount of material 

 at the first of the week. The flowers 

 which have cleaned up at regulation 

 figures and have made a satisfactory 

 record are single violets, gardenias, 

 sweet peas and cattleyas. Of the last 

 named there are a good many left 

 over, but the quality is such that the 

 reason for rejection is evident. The 

 plant trade has been quite brisk, but 

 there are many azaleas still seeking a 

 buyer, the moderate weather having 

 hastened them along faster than 

 usual. 



There has not been 

 BUFFALO much doing in the cut 

 flower line for the past 

 two weeks, though sales ran good on 

 holly and other decorative material. 

 The supply on many lines has shortened 

 especially on roses from local growers, 

 the weather having been very cloudy. 

 Carnations were enough to supply all 

 and have been cleaned up daily. There 

 have been too many white and not 

 enough colored. Other stock has been 

 in good supply. The holiday rush is on 

 this week and indications point for a 

 good trade. Plants are coniin.K into the 

 market in quantity which no dnubt will 

 have an influence on the sale of cut 

 material, should prices rule too high. 



Roses 



Am. Beauty, Special 



'* " Fancy and Extra. 



No. I 



Kill.-irncy, Extra 



'* Ordinary 



Richmond, Hilltngdon, Extra . 



BOSTON 



Xmas Prices 



I 40.00 



25.00 



15.00 



10.00 



S-oo 



10.00 



Ordinary j 5.00 



Maryland, Ward, Taft, Sunburst, Extra 10.00 



" Ordinary 1 6.00 



Russell, Shawycr 30.00 



Carnations, Fancy 4.00 



*' Ordinary 3.00 



Cattleyas 



C^'pripediums 



l.dies. I.i-)ngiflorum 



Callas 



Lily .if the Valley 



Paper Whites, Kom^n Hyacinths ... 



Freesias 



Violets 



Daisies 



Sweet Peas 



Gardenias 



Adiantum 



Smilax 



Asparagus Plumosus, Strings (100) • 

 " " & Spren. (100 Bchs.) . 



40.00 

 6.00 



2.00 

 1. 00 



to JOO.OO 



to 35.00 



to 20.00 



to 25.00 



to 6.00 



to 35.00 



to 6.00 



to 25.00 



to 8.00 



to 50.00 



to 8.00 



to 3.00 



to 75.00 



to 15.00 



to 10.00 



to 12.00 



to 3.50 



to 3.00 



■75 



1.50 



35.00 

 75 

 12.00 

 35-00 

 10.00 



2.00 

 2.00 

 3.00 

 35.00 

 1.00 

 17.00 

 50.00 

 25.00 



ST. LOUIS 



December 15 



PHILA. 



December 15 



25.00 to 

 18.00 to 

 10.00 to 



6.00 to 



4.00 



8.00 



5.00 



8.00 



4.00 



3.00 

 2.00 



to 



to 

 to 



40.00 

 20.00 

 15.00 

 10.00 



S.oo 

 12.00 



6.00 

 10.00 



6.00 



4.00 

 2.50 



40.00 to 50.00 



to 

 to 



to 



12.00 

 10.00 

 3.00 



3.00 

 3.00 



m .40 to 

 to 



.50 to 



15.00 

 15.00 

 4.00 

 4.00 

 4.00 

 • 75 



■75 



1.00 

 12.00 

 35.00 

 15.00 



25.00 

 15.00 

 5.00 

 6.00 

 3.00 

 10.00 

 4.00 

 6.00 

 4.00 

 5.00 

 4.00 

 2.00 



40.00 

 12.50 

 10.00 

 13.50 

 2.00 

 1. 00 



■25 



1.50 



•so 

 16.00 



1.25 



15.00 15.00 



50.00 35.00 



25.00 35.00 



35.00 

 20.00 

 19.50 

 10.00 



6.00 

 12.00 



8.00 

 15.00 



6.00 

 25.00 



5.00 



3.00 



60.00 

 15.00 

 12.50 

 15.00 

 4.00 

 3.00 



1.00 



3.00 



1. 00 



33.00 



1.00 



20.00 



50.00 



50.00 



The city is flooded with artificial ma- 

 terial and even the Main street mer- 

 chants are filled with it to the exclu- 

 sion, largely of growing plants or cut 

 flowers. 



Business was compara- 

 CHICAGO lively quiet all the week 



preceding c; h r i s t mas 

 week and the general air of prepara- 

 tion prevailed the market. There was 

 little unusual to mark the days for 

 even Saturday did not see the usual 

 week-end stir. Some houses are still 

 regarding the possible supply of stock 

 for Christmas week as doubtful in 

 quantity, though, at this writing, Dec. 

 22. there seems enough to fill orders 

 for the day. What the two following 

 days will bring in the way of cut flow- 

 ers it is hard to predict, and no good 

 would be gained thereby either. 

 There are very few chrysanthem,ums, 

 the great bulk of stock being roses 

 and carnations with violets, lily of the 

 valley, lilies, paper whites, cut poin- 

 settia and stevia to help out. In green 



the demand is very active. Holly is 

 holding firm with nothing extra to be 

 said as to quality and much is very 

 poor. Enormous quantities of mistle- 

 toe is in the market and remarkably 

 full of berries. It looks now as if 

 there was more than could be sold. 

 Evergreen held its own at eight and 

 nine dollars per case and is mostly 

 sold out. Christmas trees are not so 

 plentiful as usual, owing to the over- 

 supply last year which left quantities 

 unsold. Wreathing is pretty well sold 

 out. 



The latter part of 

 CINCINNATI last week and the 



first day of this 

 week the buyers took things rather 

 easy. They seemed to be resting on 

 their oars and awaiting developments. 

 Not many of them have placed heavy 

 orders, but are inclined to wait and 

 see what stock comes in in the hope 

 that there will be a break in the mar- 

 ket. The prices asked are the usual 



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