April 1, 1911 



HORTICULTURE 



507 



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Best Rose Introduction of the Season. A Rose to Grow for Profit 

 Awarded 86 Points and Silver Medal at National Flower Show, Boston. 



OWN ROOT PLANTS: 2<> INCH POTS 



Each 



100 



1000 



$0.7S $6.00 :r$10.00 $17.50 $30.00 $70.00 $250.00 



S- S- PENNOCK - MEEHAN CO. 



Wholasal* 

 Florist* of 

 tNEW YORK PHILADELPHIA 



109 W. 28th Stroet 1608-1620 Ludlow Street 



THE 



PHILADELPHIA 



WASHINGTON 

 1212 New York Av. 



Flower Market Reports 



The situation remains 

 BOSTON unchanged in commer- 

 cial lines, although the 

 big flower show has consumed a good- 

 ly share of the best product of the 

 local growers. All sorts of stock can 

 be had in any quantity and there are 

 many cases of loss of stock from lack 

 of any market. Yet we hear no com- 

 plaining and Easter will soon be here. 



Trade has been quite 

 BUFFALO satisfactory the past 



two weeks, though high 

 prices have been out of the question, 

 a mixture of all kinds of weather hav- 

 ing been had and with the abundance 

 of stock received daily by the whole- 

 salers, especially in the carnation line. 

 There was a good supply of sweet 

 peas, violets, lily of the valley, lilies 

 and everything along the line and no 

 orders go short of anything except 

 long Beauties. The demand has been 

 light on the Beauty, Richmond having 

 taken its place in many instances. 

 Carnot, Kaiserin and Ideal have been 

 added to the rose line and some 

 choice stock is had. Bon Silene and 

 Perle have sold well throughout the 

 season and at times not enough could 

 be had. Callas have moved well also 

 magnificum and gigantium lilies. Bul- 

 bous material in good supply. 



The inevitable has ar- 

 CHICAGO rived in the Chicago 



market. For weeks stock 

 has been off crop for various reasons 

 and now with the coming of spring 

 weather, everything with the exception 

 of Beauties comes on at once. Roses 

 are again plentiful to an extent unde- 

 sirable and carnations have made a 

 long start downward when the sales 

 are footed up. Only the fanciest reds 

 are sold for three cents and on Satur- 

 day prices were so low for good me- 

 dium carnations as to be unquotable. 

 There does not seem to be so much an 

 abnormal supply of flowers as that the 

 demand has suddenly fallen off and 

 stock allowed to accumulate because 

 of a lack of buyers. Asparagus strings 

 are in short supply and common ferns 

 are bringing from three to three fifty 

 per thousand. 



Business is satisfac- 

 CINCINNATI tory as far as vol- 

 ume is concerned but 

 prices are exceedingly low. Long- 

 stemmed Beauties are the only flowers 

 that are on the short side of the 

 market. Short stemmed ones are fair- 

 ly plentiful and of poor quality. There 



WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS.-to DB''A%4ir'6NLY. 



R08BS 



Am. Beauty, Fan. and Sp. . 



" Extra 



No. I 



" Lower grades 



Bride, 'Maid. F. & S 



" " Low.gr 



Richmond, Chalenay, Fancy & Special 



•* *• Lower Grades. . 



Killarney, My Maryland, Fan. & Spl. 



" *' '* Low. Grade* 



CARNATIONS, Firtt Quality 



" Ordinary 



MISCELLANBOU& 



Cattleyas 



Liliea, Longiflorum 



LUy ol the Valley 



Violeu 



Mifnonette 



Lilac, per bunch 



Tulips 



Roman Hyacinths, Paper Whites.. 



Dafiodil ■-.■•• 



Freesia 



Daisies • 



Snapdragon 



Sweet Peas 



Gardenias 



.\dlantum 



Smllax 



\sparagus Plumosus, strings (too) 

 " " & Spren. (loo bchs.) 



CINCINNATI 



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DBTROIT 



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is an over abundant supply of other 

 roses and the quality is equal to any- 

 thing the market has seen this season. 

 Indications are that the rose crop will 

 be on the wane right before Easter 

 unless weather conditions change so 

 as to retard crops. Carnations are in 

 heavy supply. Saturday was general 

 cleaning up day as far as carnations 

 were concerned and several spring 

 openings helped to relieve the market 

 of its surplus bulbous stock. Single 

 violets are on the down grade 

 and double violets are more than 

 sufficient for requirements. Good 

 smilax is on the short side. Other 

 greens are in good supply. 



The situation in the 

 NEW YORK flower market this 



week is precisely the 

 same as indicated in report of last 

 week. All varieties and grades of 

 flowers are in heavier supply than is 

 required to satisfy legitimate demand 

 and the "bargain counter man" has 

 things his own way, mostly. 



Fairly active 

 PHILADELPHIA trading ruled in 



this market the 

 past week. Some stocks were in over- 

 supply and very low prices were real- 

 ized; but the general average kept up 

 to normal. Bulbous stock such as pa- 

 per whites and daffodils were the 



most affected in the tumble — southern 

 daffodils especially. It is too early 

 for the good varieties of these, and 

 the poor ones will not sell; the green- 

 house stock of such choice sorts as 

 Emperor, etc., have the call every 

 time. Tulips are about over and Ro- 

 man hyacinths are also on the wane. 

 Good roses and carnations were the 

 most active stocks on the list, and 

 the clean-up at the end of the week 

 was of a most satisfactory character 

 — better if anything than the week 

 before. The market ought to be crazy 

 for American Beauty roses when it is 

 considered how few are coming in, but 

 it isn't. Prices have eased up while 

 the meagre receipts continue. Killar- 

 ney is the best among the pink roses 

 at present. There are some excep- 

 tionally nice lots of new crop Kaiserin 

 coming in and finding excellent de- 

 mand. Lots of cattleyas, and demand 

 for same fair. Lily of the valley, vio- 

 lets, lilac, Easter lilies, sweet peas, 

 daisies — all fine and beautiful. The 

 smilax scarcity is not so pronounced. 

 Good plumosus still on the short list, 

 and in active demand. 



Detroit. — A rather depressed tone 

 prevails in both the wholesale and e- 

 tail circles. Wholesale prices, which 

 had been steady for several weeks 

 past, took a decided drop. 



