April 22, 1911 



li O R T 1 CU LTU R E- 



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For Weddings and Cliyrch Work 



Lilies 



For weddings and cliurcli worli, extra clioice 

 Lilies. Long stems, splendid stock in any 

 quantity, $12.50 per 100. 



Valley 



Special, per 100, $4-00. Fancy, per 100, $3.00. 



Some Splendid New Roses 



'MELODY,' 



the best yellow rose today. 



Awarded Silver Medal at the National 

 Flower Show, Boston, 1911. 



"DOUBLE PINK KILLARNEY," the Killarney 

 that will supersede the Killarney now grown. 



"PRINCE DE BULGARIE," entirely different 

 from any rose grown. 



S. S. PENNOCK-MEEHAN CO 



THE 



Wholesale 

 Florists of 



PHILADELPHIA 



NEW YORK 

 109 W. 28th Street 



PHILADELPHIA 

 1608-1620 Ludlow Street 



WASHINGTON 

 1212 New York Av. 



Easter Market Reports 



-Vbout Easter? Oh, yes;- 

 BOSTON .iudging from the state of 



the wholesale flower 

 markets in this town the grower., 

 must have made a mistake and 

 thought it was Christmas they had to 

 deal with. There was no particular 

 evidence of flowers having been stored 

 up for the occasion — the production 

 was simply far greater than the de- 

 mand. Carnations sustained the worst 

 shock. Of this staple there were ac- 

 tually wagon loads which could not be 

 moved at $7.50 per 1000 — one-third of 

 the average winter price of such 

 stock. It was indeed a hard blow. As 

 to roses, the best sellers were the 18 

 to 24-inch stem class. Small roses 

 were a glut. Beauty had only a limit- 

 ed sale. Cut lilies sold unexpectedly 

 slow bringing one-third to one-half 

 less per bloom than those on pot 

 plants. There were quantities of 

 stocks which nobody cared for and 

 daffodils and tulips for which no use 

 could be found. Now we come to the 

 other end of the story. Lily of the 

 valley experienced a splendid demand. 

 Violets were used in enormous quan- 

 tities but not equal to past years. 

 Sweet peas were the surprise of the 

 season. They seemed to have cap- 

 tured the violets' best stronghold as 

 corsage favorites and their sale was 

 something wonderful. Another sur- 

 prise was in the smilax demand. It 

 seemed to have recovered its former 

 popularity for church draping and the 

 call could not be met. There is not 

 much to be said about the plant trade. 

 As heretofore — but even more so — 

 the plantsman got the biggest share 



WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS.— 



PbK lUV. 

 TO DBALBR8 ONLY. 



ROSES 



Am. Beauty^ Fan. and Sp. 



" Extra 



No.i 



" Lower grades 



Bride, 'Maid. F. & S. 



'* " Low. gr 



Richmond, Chatenay, Fancy ScSpecial 



** '* Lower Grades. . 



Killarney, My Maryland, Fan. & Spl, 



'* '* ** Low. Grades 



CARNATIONS. First Quality 



" Ordinary 



MISCBLLANBOUb 



Cattleyas 



Liliei, Longiflorum... 



Callas 



Lily of the Valley 



Violets 



Mignonette 



LildC, per bunch 



Tul ips 



Freesia 



Daffodils 



Daisies 



Snapdragon 



Sweet Peas 



. Gardenias 



Adiantum •■>... 



Smilax 



Asparagus Plumosus, strings (loo) 

 " " &Spren.(ioobchs.) 



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of the public's money. Azaleas were 

 actually at a premium at the wind-up. 

 Lilies sold well, the only drawback 

 being the excessively short-stemmed 

 ones which were not liked by the buy- 

 ers. Acacias, hydrangeas, rhododen- 

 drons, astilbes and all other Easter 

 staples sold out satisfactorily. 



The history of the Chi- 

 CHICAGO cago flower market dur- 

 ing Easter week was not 

 in any marked degree different from 

 that of other years. There was every 

 indication of plenty of stock along all 

 lines except Beauties, and this held 



true to the end of the week. Prices 

 on first class stock held as quoted for 

 Easter, but lower grades dropped to- 

 wards the latter part of the week, 

 when every one cut and sent into the 

 market every available flower. There 

 was lively discrimination then on' 

 quality and poor stuff sold for what 

 it would bring. Everything cleaned 

 up fairly well and made room for rush 

 stock for the last days, and many re- 

 tailers replenished their supply Satur- 

 day and Sunday after they considered 

 trade nearly over. The low price of 



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