May 27, 1911 



HORTICULTURE- 



791 



Flower Market Reports 



Boston has been suffering 

 BOSTON from an overloaded mar- 

 ket for the past two 

 weeks and the only consolation is the 

 immediate proximity of Decoration 

 Day, which is easily the best flower 

 holiday in the year for the New Eng- 

 land florist. Roasting weather last 

 week is followed this week by cold 

 and inclement skies, but the fact is 

 that all garden material required for 

 Memorial orders is far ahead of the 

 average date and so we have peonies 

 in abundance — a rare condition for 

 this holiday — while on the other hand, 

 our old standby, the white lilac, has 

 already gone into innocuous desuetude. 

 Carnations are in ample supply and 

 roses are very abundant. Lily of the 

 valley from outdoor sources is just 

 right, as are also snow-balls and aza- 

 leas and the earlier rhododendrons. 

 Sweet peas are being held in their 

 beds by the growers until the holiday 

 is past and their number is legion. 

 Altogether, we would say that the 

 Decoration Day outlook distinctly fa- 

 vors the buyer and the grower's best 

 hold is to unload without going into 

 any argument as to price. 



The right kind of 

 BUFFALO weather for the plants- 

 man to bring the 

 flowers into bloom for Memorial Day, 

 but not the kind that growers of 

 roses, carnations and other cut ma- 

 terial want, with the mercury at 90 

 in the shade and 115 to 120 under 

 glass, as has been experienced from 

 Thursday to Sunday last. The hot 

 wave that struck here brought on the 

 outdoor stock to such an extent that 

 its effect was felt on Saturday, when 

 the market received tulips by the 

 thousands, and lilacs in wagon loads, 

 together with an enormous supply of 

 narcissi, lily of the valley and other 

 material. Shipments of roses are 

 fully open, carnations, in sleepy con- 

 dition, and peas much faded in color. 

 Daisies are about the only bloom that 

 could stand under such conditions. It 

 cannot be said that trade was dull, 

 but high prices were out of the ques- 

 tion from the wholesalers' point of 

 view. A few weddings and a light 

 sprinkling of other floral work was 

 had but there was plenty of stock to 

 take care of all that was secured. 

 The only thing that is scarce is good 

 smilax and plumosus. 



The third week in May 

 CHICAGO was a new experience to 

 even the oldest florist in 

 Chicago. Never In the history of its 

 v/holesale market has so many flowers 

 been lost, and never has the sun shone 

 hotter in the month of May for nearly 

 two weeks. Everything under glass 

 was rendered soft, all stock suffering 

 and none more than roses. Carna- 

 tions in some localities are reported 

 to have been ruined for Memorial Day, 

 ■while in others a more hopeful feeling 

 prevails. Beauties stood the test well 

 and hold up to quoted price with no 

 superfluous stock. On the 20th rain 

 came, lasting three days, and consider- 

 ably reducing the temperature. The 

 demand increased but not the quality, 

 the flowers not so soon recovering 

 from a temperature of 120 degrees un- 

 der glass. Peonies were ready for 

 market a week earlier than in any pre- 

 vious year and arrived in enormous 

 quantities to be thrown out worthless. 



BOXWOOD SPRAYS FOR 

 MEMORIAL DAY 



, A splendid lot — the finest we ever offered — for Memorial 

 Day, $7.50 per 50 lb. case. Low prices in quantity. Im. 

 mediate shipment. 



PEONIES 



Good supply assured. We offer mostly of the better qualities 



$8.00 and $10.00 per 100 



Medium quality, $6.00 per 100 

 June Prices on Peonies, $30 to $50 per 1000 



S. S. PENNOCK-MEEHAN CO 



THE Wholesale Florists of PHILADELPHIA 



NEW YORK 



109 W. 28th Street 



PHILADELPHIA 



1608 1620 tudlow Street 



WASHINGTON 



1212 New York Avenue 



*«*%ia<* 



WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS.- 



ROSES 



CINCINNATI 



May i6 



TRADE PRICES-Per 100 



TO DEAL ER5^0NLY 



DETROIT I BUFFALO I PITTSBURG 



May i6 | May 23 | May 33 



Am. Beauty, Fao. and Sp. 



" Extra 



No.i 



" Lower grades 



Brlde/Mald. F. & S 



" " Low. er 



Richmond, Chatenay, Fancy & Special 



*' '* Lower Grades. . 



KiUarney, My Maryland, Fan. & Spl. 



" " *' Low. Grades 



CARNATIONS, Firtt Quality 



" Ordinary 



MISCELLANEOUS 



Cattleyas ... 



Liliea, LonciAoron... 



Uly oi the Valley 



Daisies t 



Saapdracon 



Sweet Peas 



Gardenias 



Adiantum 



Smilax 



Asparagus Plumosus, strings (too) 

 ** " & Spren. (100 bchs.) 



8.00 

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4.00 

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 4.00 

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2 CO 



12.00 

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 6.00 

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30.00 

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25.00 

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1.25 



25.00 

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50.00 



Five thousand dozens of peonies from 

 Kennieott's were a total loss and on 

 Friday Manager Peiser telephoned 

 twenty-one hospitals to send for flow- 

 ers if they wished them. The result 

 was a surprise, for not one responded, 

 the thermometer being near the hun- 

 dred mark probably the cause. Sweet 

 peas shortened in stem, but not in 

 number and quantities were lost. At 

 this writing. May 22nd, appearances 

 are for clearer and cooler weather and 



upon this the florist is pinning his 

 hope for Memorial Day business. 



The extremely hot wea- 

 DETROIT ther of last week has 



brought an over-abund- 

 ance of flowers to the market, but 

 very few of them were in a good sal- 

 able condition. Prices are so much 

 at variance that it is practically im- 

 possible to make any quotations of 

 a reliable nature. 



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