March 30, 1918 



HORTICULTURE 



325 



Flower Market Reports 



As we close our forms for 



BOSTON this week's issue tlie 

 wholesale flower market 

 is in a very healthy condition with all 

 Indicating a successful Easter trade, 

 with good but not too much inflated 

 prices and no embarrassing overstock 

 in sight. The shipping trade is excep- 

 tionally good with the wholesalers, the 

 only snag thus far being a shortage of 

 lilies. This has put the market value 

 of lilies up to a higher mark than for 

 a number of years back. The retail 

 stores are giving their main attention 

 to tlie plant trade but have placed cut 

 flower orders quite liberally for Satur- 

 day and Sunday. The great banks of 

 azaleas that have been so conspicuous 

 in former years are, of course, miss- 

 ing, but there is plenty of color in the 

 masses of hydrangeas, rambler roses, 

 primulas, genistas, forced bulbs, etc., 

 whicl! the growers have been able to 

 bring to perfection despite the winter 

 fuel exigencies. Altogether the situa- 

 tion three days before the great floral 

 festival seems to fully justify the op- 

 timistic feeling which dominates the 

 market. 



As Lent nears its close 



CH4CAGO there is no cessation to 

 the steady, if not large, 

 demand for flowers and blooming 

 plants. Even with the greatest of the 

 florists' special days just ahead, the 

 past week has been a busy one, when 

 usually that titne is a particularly 

 quiet one. Stock continues all that 

 could be desired, with roses a little 

 more plentiful, practically all the 

 varieties being better than at any other 

 time since the holidays. Carnations 

 still are in excess of demand to an ex- 

 tent that makes the price moderate. 

 Shipping for Easter is now on and 

 Easter prices went into effect on Mon- 

 day, Mar. 25th. Books show a good 

 number of out-of-town orders and so 

 far all indications are for a good East- 

 er business. 



Market conditions, at 



NEW YORK time of writing these 

 notes, are of interest 

 only as a matter of "prospect," but by 

 the time this reaches the eye of our 

 readers the prospects will have lost all 

 their value as such and we shall all 

 know the outcome of the Easter busi- 

 ness when we confidently expect the 

 verdict to be, as now appears likely, 

 that stock of all kinds was in sufficient 

 abundance for all needs except in the 

 case ol Easter lilies which seem to be 

 in scanty supply in almost every part 

 of the country. Prices are up to 

 twenty cents at present and this takes 

 the market value of callas along with 

 it in a substantial advance. Trade has 

 been generally qiiiet Imt the accumu- 

 lation of unsold material has not been 

 so excessive as to demoralize the mar- 

 ket seriously. The Easter plant trade 

 has been very lively, the growers be- 

 ing wei; cleaned up on all stock of de- 

 sirable quality. Mayflowers are being 

 received in quantity from southern 

 points. 



The tone of the 



PHILADELPHIA market at end of 



last week was 



distinctly cheering — just as it was the 



BEAUTIES 



Are now much more plenti- 

 ful, and of -vvonderful qual- 

 ity, in all lengths, at 



EVERYTHING IN PLANTS, CUT 

 FLOWERS, GREENS, RIB- 

 BONS AND SUPPLIES. 



S. S. PENNOCK COMPANY 



The ^t?i??.l!rof Philadelphia 



NEW YORK 

 1 1 7 W. 28th St. 



PHILADELPHIA BALTIMORE 



1608-1620 Ludlow St. Franklin & St. Paul Sts. 



WASHINGTON. 1 2 1 6 H. SL, N. W. 



WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS — 



Rosea 



Am. Beauty , Special 



** " Fancy and Extra 



" " No. I and culls 



Russell, Euler, Mock 



Hadlcy 



Arcnbcrg, Hoosier Beauty 



Ward 



Killarncy, Radiance, Taft 



Ophelia, Sunburst, HiUingdon 



Camatioiu 



Cattleyaa 



Dendrobium fonnotum 



Lilies. LonKifloruni 



Lilies, Speciosum 



Callas-' 



Lily of the Valley 



Snapdragon 



Violets 



Freesia 



Narcis, Paper White 



Roman Hyacinths 



Daffodils - 



Tulips 



Calendula 



Mignonette 



Swe^tPeaa 



V arguerites 



C*rdeniaa 



Adiantum 



Smilax 



\sparaffus Plu. A Spren. (looBhs.) 



CINCINNATI 



March 25 



TRADE PRICES - Per 100 



TO DEALERS ONt> 



I CHICAGO I BUFFALO | PITTSBURG 



1 March 2 5 | March 25 | March 25 



50.00 



35.00 



10.00 



8.00 



8.00 



6.00 



4.00 



4.00 



5.00 



4. CO 



60.00 



60.00 

 40.00 

 35.00 

 15-00 

 15,00 



13. 00 

 10.00 

 10.00 



6.00 



12. CO 



6.00 

 4.00 

 1.00 



2.00 

 300 



3 00 



3.00 

 4.00 



I. GO 



to 



to 75.00 



to 



to 15.00 



to 



13.00 



7.00 



10.00 



1.50 



3.00 

 3.00 



3.00 



4.00 

 4.00 

 4.00 

 6.00 



2, CO 



1. 00 



15.00 

 J5.00 



to 

 to 

 to 



1,00 

 20.00 

 50.00 



75.00 



50.00 



35.00 

 6.00 



5.00 

 5.00 



5.00 



5.00 



3. 00 

 50.00 



90.00 

 75.00 



35-00 

 25.00 



20.0c 



30.00 

 20.00 

 20.00 

 5.00 

 75.00 



6.00 to 15.00 



10.00 



5.00 



10.00 



2. 00 



2.00 

 2.00 

 3.00 



2.00 

 4.00 



■75 

 1. 00 



15,00 



1. 00 



15.00 



25.00 



to 



13. 00 

 8.00 



i5.ro 



■75 

 3.00 



3. CO 

 4.00 

 6. o 

 3.00 



12.00 

 1.50 

 3.00 



25.00 

 1.35 



30.00 



50.00 



40.00 

 25.00 

 3.00 

 4.00 

 5.00 

 5.00 

 3.00 

 4 00 

 5.00 

 2. "> 

 6c. 00 



10.00 

 4.00 



10. lo 

 6 00 

 4.00 

 .60 

 3. CO 

 2. 00 

 3.00 

 3.00 

 3 00 

 2.00 

 3.00 



■75 



T .00 



25. CO 

 1. 00 



t5.(X> 

 35.00 



to 5°-<^ 



to 35 c» 



to 10. ex: 



to 15-00 



to I3.CO 



to 15-00 



to 6.00 



to 8.00 



to 15 .00 



to 5.CX} 



to 73.00 



to 



to 15.00 



to b.OO 



to 1^.00 



to 8.00 



to 8.00 



to .75 



to 3.00 



to 3. CO 



to 3. CO 



to 3. CO 



to 300 



to 3.00 



to 6.(0 



to a.co 



to I. CO 



to 35 00 



30.CO 

 6.00 



50.00 

 40.00 

 35.00 



. to 

 to 



15.00 



8.00 to 1 3.1 



to 

 to 



■ to 



.. to 

 .. to 



iS.os 

 15.00 



6.00 



75.00 



15.00 



.... to 

 .... to 

 .75 W> 



3.00 

 3.00 

 3.00 

 4 00 



2.00 



5- o 

 1. 00 



3.00 



20.00 to 



50.00 »o 



1.00 

 4. CO 

 3.00 



5.00 



4.C0 

 5.00 

 3.00 

 6.00 

 3.50 



4.00 



t.co 

 20.00 

 50.00 



week before — and if the good weather 

 keeps up as the prophets say it will 

 during Easter week, there will be a 

 very p,ood tale to tell for the opening 

 of Spring. 1918. The plant men are 

 well told up a week ahead, and the 

 cut flower men are in shorter crop 

 than over before so that the situation 

 all along the line is in a very healthy 

 condition, and while prices are not as 

 high as tlie growers would like neither 



are they so disastrous as they might 

 he if bad weather conditions should 

 prevail. 



If present prospects 

 PITTSBURGH materialize Easter 



business will be 

 quite up to the mark, which means 

 practically everything, especially for 

 those depending on the fashionable 

 clientele for their financial returns. 



'Cotttifined on page 327 



H. BAYERSDORFER & CO. 



Manufacturers and Importers 



1129 Arch St. PHILADEt.PHIA, PA. 



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