July 2, 1910 



HORTI CULTURE 



21 



Flower (Vlarket Reports. 



Although up to the pres- 

 BOSTON ent moment there has 

 been a pleasing activity 

 yet all indications now point to the 

 arrival of summer conditions. Schools 

 and colleges have closed their exer- 

 cises and all the June brides have 

 been taken care of — at least, as far as 

 the florist part is concerned. So there 

 are evidences other than the calendar 

 that July has come and with it the 

 end of the flower season for 1909-10. 

 Roses are plentiful but all right as to 

 quality. There are quantities of 

 small flowers from young stock which 

 nobody has any use for. Carnations, 

 although excellent for the date, have 

 also been overtaken by the dead calm 

 and are aceumulating in wholesalers' 

 hands, as are lilies, gardenias, lily of 

 the valley, sweet peas and lots of 

 other things, all of which are at the 

 disposal of the street fakir at his own 

 estimate of what the price should be. 



The supply of flowei-s 

 CHICAGO grows scarcer each week 



and as June comes to an 

 end there is far from an oversupply of 

 good stock. In fact there is not an 

 abundance of any kind. Peonies con- 

 tinue to be a dit.i-.ppointment and those 

 going into cold storage may prove a 

 further loss. They have not sold as 

 well as usual this season, i nose com- 

 ing in now from northern Michigan 

 are in better condition than the earlier 

 stock. Beauties are considered very 

 good for the season and the new ones 

 will be ready just in time to take the 

 place of the old ones. Plenty of fine 

 Lilium candidum are coming in and 

 they find a good sale. Windows are 

 bright with summer flowers, the per- 

 ennial gaillardia, cornflower and pop- 

 pies being very showy. Roses are 

 showing effect of the heat and sweet 

 peas are growing shorter. A rain is 

 very nmcli needed. The great majority 

 of florists report a very satisfactorv 

 June trade. The record for weddings 

 in point of number has been broken. 



Locally the last two 

 DETROIT weeks were full of hus- 

 tle and bustle caused 

 by commencements and weddings. 

 But even at this rate local supplies far 

 outstripped the demand and the fakirs 

 had their inning, selling carnations all 

 the way from 19c. to 25c. per dozen 

 and roses at 35 and 50c. Sweet peas 

 are very much in demand and clean 

 up well at 75c. to $1.00 per 100. Peo- 

 nies will last another week notwith- 

 standing the fearfully hot weather 

 most of last week. Demand for box- 

 woods is still very strong and round 

 shaped plants sell much better than 

 pyramids. 



Market this week 

 was half good 



PHILADELPHIA 



and half bad. 

 Early in the week there was a good 

 volume of business at reasonable 

 prices. From Wednesday on to Satur- 

 day the situation went to pieces com- 

 pletely and good stock could be bought 

 at almost any price. Such a condition 

 is not unusual at this season of the 

 year, however. There was a very good 

 market for early Beauties, white roses 

 and lily of the valley— Kaiserin roses 

 especially being in request and on the 

 short side, if anything. On the pink 

 roses Maryland led the procession — as 

 always at this season of the year — 



WIRE 

 SPECIAL 



Florist's Cut Flower Wire 

 at Bargain Prices 



A big purchase from our manufacturer prior to stock 

 taking enables us to make the following low price offer. 

 The stock is our usual high grade quality wire and 

 absolutely clean. We have a good supply in all num- 

 bers, both 12 in. and 18 in. lengths. 



No. 18 Per box of 12 lbs. $ .75 

 No. 19 " " " " " .75 



No. 20 " " " " " -SO 



No. 21 " " " " " .85 



No. 22 " " " " " .90 



No. 23 " " " " " .95 



No. 24 " " " " " l.OO 



No order will be considered for less than six boxes at 



these prices. You can assort numbers and sizes to make 



up amount. 



S. S. PENNOCK=MEEHAN CO. 



THE WHOLESALE FLORISTS OF 



1608-20 LUDLOW STREET, PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



i2l2 New York Ave., WASHINQTON, D.C. 

 CLOSED ALL DAY JULY 4. 



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WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS.-xo db'alers^onlv 



CINCINNATI 



June a8 



OBTROIT 



June 28 



BUFFALO 



June 98 



PITTSBI'VO 



June a8 



ROSBS 



Am. Beauty, Fan. and Sp. ■ . 



" Extra 



" No.i 



" Lower grade- 



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



" " Low.gr 



Killamey.My Maryland, Fan. & Sp 



" Lower grades 



Richmond, Fancy & Special 



" Lower ^ades. .. • ■■ 

 Kaiserin, Carnot, Fancy and Sp • • ■ 

 *' " Lower Grades 



CARNATIONS, Novelties and Fancy 

 ** Ordinary 



10.00 

 6.00 

 3.00 



3. CO 



4.00 

 9.00 



4 00 

 2.00 



4 OJ 



a. 00 

 4.C0 



7.00 



15 00 

 '8.0V 

 6 00 

 4.00 

 6.00 

 3.00 

 6.00 

 3.00 

 6.00 

 3 00 

 6.00 

 3.00 



MISCBLLANBOUS 



Cattleyas 



Lilies. ... . 



Lily of the Valley 



Stocks.. 



Daisies 



Snapdragon 



Peonies 



Sweet Peas 



Gardenias 



Adlantum 



Smilax 



Asparagus Plumosus, strings (loo) 

 ** " & Spren. (loo bchs.) 



I. 00 to 



4.00 to 



.to to 



to 



I. CO 



jl-oo 



6.'0 



25 



t.oo to 



19. CO to 



35.00 to 



25.00 to 



I i^.CO 



50.00 



30.00 



15.00 

 10.00 

 4.00 

 4.00 

 9,00 

 4.00 

 9.00 

 4.00 



3. 00 

 4. CO 

 2.00 



1.50 



I 00 



to 



to 



13.50 



3.00 to 



2.00 to 



.50 to 



3.00 to 



4.00 to 



.75 to 



to 



.75 to 



I5.CXJ to 



30.00 to 



30.00 to 



33.00 

 18.00 

 15.00 

 6.00 

 6 00 

 4.00 

 6 00 

 4.00 

 7.00 

 4.00 

 7.00 



4.03 



2.50 



1.50 



15. CO 

 4.00 



3. CO 



I. CO 



3.00 



8 00 



I. CO 



I. CO 



4'". 00 

 40.00 



90.00 

 13. 00 



7.00 



3. CO 



6.00 

 • .00 

 6.00 

 9.00 

 6.00 

 a. 00 

 6. CO 



3.C0 



• .00 

 1.00 



8.00 



3.00 

 •50 



9.00 



3.00 



.8« 



1.00 



15.00 

 50.00 

 35.00 



93-00 



15,00 



10.00 



4.00 



8 o. 



4. or 



(i.oo 



4.00 

 8. CO 

 4.00 

 8.CO 

 5.00 



2.50 



< 50 



12. 00 



4.0c 



1.00 



4.00 

 S-oo 



.50 



1.50 



60.00 

 50.00 



90 00 

 19.50 

 6 00 



4.00 to 8 



6.00 

 9.00 



6.00 

 2.00 



50.00 

 6.00 



3 00 



3.00 



■ 9$ to 



12 50 



30-00 

 30.00 



25.0«> 



I3..O0 

 10.00 

 4.00 



1.00 



a. 00 

 oc 

 9.0c 

 8.00 



4.00 



8.00 



4.00 



2.00 

 1.00 



8.00 

 4.00 



6. CO 

 1.00 

 6.o« 



6.00 



.50 

 1 50 



15.00 



5^.00 

 so Ve 



with Killarney a close second. Carna- 

 tions continue ^ery good but are not 

 selling to the advantage of the grower. 

 They are nearly all disposed of by the 

 end of the week, which is gratifying in 

 a way, if only some decent returns fol- 

 lowed. Cattleyas are the mainstay of 

 the orchid market and are plentiful 

 enough to keep same on a local keel 

 as to price. Water lilies and Lilium 

 candidum are a feature. Japanese iris, 

 gladioli and cornflowers loom up con- 

 spicuously on the counters of the 

 wholesale markets. The demand for 



these is fair, and there is no overstock 

 so far except on cornflower. There is 

 as much sale for sweet peas as any- 

 thing else and the supply is plentiful 

 and good. All kinds of greens 

 plentiful and overstocked in some 

 cases. Smilax and Croweanum fern 

 which have been on the high bench for 

 a long time are now back among the 

 plebians. Taking it all in all it was 

 a trying week for the wholesalers as 

 they were at their wits' end to find 

 a place for the enor!nous arrivals. 



(Reports c<m4inued on ftige ^3) 



