September 17, 1910 



HORTI CULTURE, 



417 



Flower Market Reports. 



The flower trade is rather 

 BOSTON on the quiet side this 



week. Cooler weather is 

 now prevailing and prospects are 

 favorable for a revival in the near 

 future, however. There is an increas- 

 ing supply of carnations, also of glad- 

 ioli. On asters the supply is going 

 downward both in quantity and qual- 

 ity and the only really fine blooms 

 now are those raised under glass. 

 Roses are gradually getting better. 

 Sales on Beauty are slower than at 

 last report. Lily of the valley sells 

 well. Just now the variety of flowers 

 in the market is smaller than at any 

 other time of the year. 



The market for past two 

 BUFFALO weeks has been well 

 supplied with everything 

 that is wanted at this season; in fact, 

 the aster and gladiolus crop has been 

 at its height. Select stock of asters 

 has sold fairly well, except the ordinary 

 quality which has blocked the market 

 and the wholesaler is on a constant 

 lookout for the cemetery florist to con- 

 sume the "carried overs" at their own 

 price; the same may be said of gladio- 

 lus. In the rose line the Beauty is 

 of good quality and larger quantities 

 are received than can be disposed of 

 at good advantage at times and it has 

 been up to the wholesaler to carry 

 them along from day to day. Other 

 roses outside of Kaiserin and Carnot 

 are much mildewed, but some fine Mary- 

 land are had and these have prefer- 

 ence to all others. Longiflorum and 

 Japan lilies are in good supply and 

 there is a constant demand for them. 

 Weddings are noticeable on account of 

 the demand for lily of the valley, 

 ■which for quality cannot be excelled. 

 The call for white roses is also in- 

 creasing. The new crop of southern 

 smilax is on, new green galax, etc., and 

 all share a little in the demand. 



Cooler weather and 

 CHICAGO other favorable factors 

 are having a marked 

 effect on trade. Along with the in- 

 creased demand has come an improve- 

 ment in the quality of stock and on 

 some days the stores, both wholesale 

 and retail, present the aspect of the 

 busy, rather than the dull season. 

 Asters are departing and as the end 

 draws near the feeling seems to pre- 

 vail that the season has been better 

 than anticipated by most growers. 

 The cold, wet spring and the hot, dry 

 summer were against the aster crop 

 and comparatively few fancy asters 

 came into the market, but there was 

 a volume of trade in low-priced ones 

 that has been fairly good in the way 

 of final results. As they are leaving, 

 carnations are coming in and while 

 stems are short, flowers are of fairly 

 good size and they are more than 

 welcome as September business grows 

 heavier. Roses of all kinds are gain- 

 ing with the cool days. Dahlias are 

 here in quantity, but the buyers are 

 few and stock lags. Some cut celosia 

 of the feathery type takes well. Tube- 

 roses, marigold and other fall flowers, 

 tritoma and golden glow, with oak 

 leaves, give a good variety to choose 

 from for window use. 



Last week's business was 

 DETROIT not up in volume to ex- 

 pectations, but undoubt- 



Tying tape 



SPECIAL 



A new Pennock- 

 Meehan introductiou 

 for tying boxes and 

 packages. 



It is a highly fin- 

 isbed extra qualit.v 

 tape, very strong 

 and almost as ecou- 

 omioal as ordinary 

 twine, adds elegance 

 and exclusiveness to 

 the box or package. 



Per lOOOyardfpocI 

 $1.75 



Stock Colors: Foli- 

 age green, violet, 

 red, light blue and 

 white. 



We can furnish 

 special colors to 

 match any color bos 

 on three weeks' no- 

 tice. 



Tape Reels or Holders 



Gun metal «nd nickel plated; an elegant counter 

 requisite. Made especially for these thouiand yard spools. 



$1.50 each • 



S. S. PENNOCK-MEEHAN CO. 



The Wholesale Florists of 



1608-20 Ludlow Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 



1212 New York Ave.. WASHINGTON, D.C. 



'AUl"! 



WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS.— to db'alUb''6nly. 



CINCINNATI 



Sept. 13 



DBTROIT 



Sept. 13 



BUFFALO 



Sept. 13 



PITTSBURG 



Sept. 13 



ROSBS 



Am. Beauty, Fan. and Sp. 



*' Extra 



•* No.i 



'• Lower grades 



Bride, 'Maid, Chatenay, F. & S. . . - 



** " tx)w. gr 



Killarney, Richmond, Fan. & Sp. 



" Lower grades 



Kaiserin, Maryland, Fan. and Sp. 

 " " Lower grades 



CARNATIONS, Novelties and Fancy 

 ** Ordinary 



20.00 



15.00 

 8.00 

 4.00 



4. CO 

 2.00 

 4.00 

 3.00 

 4.00 

 2 00 



25.00 



20.0t 

 13.00 



6 00 

 6. CO 



4.00 

 6. CO 

 4.0c 

 6 CO 

 4.0Q 



I. 00 to 

 .50 to 



MISCBLLANEOUS 



Cattleyas to 



Lilies, longiflorum... 6.00 to 10.00 



" Speciosum , to 



Lily of tbe Valley to 4.00 



Asters 50 to ».oo 



Daisies to 



Snapdragon i.oo to 4.00 



Gladioli 50 to 3.C0 



Chrysanthemums to 



Gardenias to 



Adiantum 75 *o i -co 



Smilax JO. 00 to 15.00 



Asparagus Plumosus, strings C'oo) ij.oo to so-'^o 



" " & Spren. (100 bchs.) 15.(0 to 25.00 



a^.oo 

 20 00 

 15.00 

 4.00 

 6.00 

 3.00 

 6.0c 

 3.00 

 6.00 



30.00 

 ■S-oo 

 18.00 

 10.00 

 8 00 

 6.00 

 8.00 

 6.00 

 8.00 

 6.00 



35. CO to 50.00 



15 00 to 



to d.OO 



4.00 



4.C0 



3.00 to 



3 to 



.. to 

 .. to 



o to 

 : to 



3 to 



1.50 

 20.00 

 40.00 

 40.00 



20.00 

 10.00 

 6.00 

 3. CO 

 4.00 

 3.00 

 6.00 

 9.00 

 6 00 



2. CO 



I. CO 



•75 



25.00 

 12.00 

 10.00 

 4.00 

 7.0c 

 4.00 

 7.00 

 4.00 

 7.00 

 4.00 



1.50 



l.CO 



to 



to 



10 



to 

 to 



12.00 to 15- o 



15 00 



to, 00 

 00 



6.00 



3 CO 



6.00 

 3.00 



3 00 

 •50 



20.00 



It. 50 

 8.00 

 4.00 

 8.00 

 4.00 



8 00 

 4.00 

 8.00 

 4.00 



3.00 

 1.00 



8.00 

 4.00 



3.£0 



15. 00 to 20. CO 



1.00 



12 50 



to I 3000 



30. CO 



I as 

 13.00 

 30.00 

 30.00 



edly the commencing of schools, 

 primary elections, etc., has sent the 

 people's thoughts in other direction.s 

 besides buying of flowers. The time 

 is rapidly coming, though, when a de- 

 mand will be there without the neces- 

 sary supply of good flowers. Orders 

 already booked for elaborate store 

 openings are difiicuU to execute be- 

 cause of the absense of well-colored 

 fall foliage. The outlook for the same 

 is very poor on account of the long 

 dry spell which now causes the foliage 

 to drv up before it receives nature's 

 beautiful tinting. The outlook for the 

 coming season is generally considered 

 very good. 



(Coniiued on Pa£f 4iQ^ 



New York.— Frank Millang, Jr., has 

 gone to work with his father in his 



place at the Cut Flower Market. 5.5-57 

 West 26th street. The young man has 

 been employed in the office of the 

 Standard Oil Company, where he held 

 a good position with a promising fu- 

 ture, but the flower business with its 

 hereditary influence of several genera- 

 tions, is apparently where his heart 

 is. The business of Frank Millang is 

 25 years established and a good paying 

 proposition. 



ROBERT J. DYSART 



Public Accountant and Auditor 



simple methods of c-orrect acconntlBg 

 especially adapted for florists' o»«. 



Books Balanced and Adjusted 



MerchanU Bank Building 

 28 STATE STREET, - BOSTOW 



Telephone, Main 68. 



