June 3, 1911 



HORTICULTURE: 



823 



Flower Market Reports 



Tens of thousands, per- 

 BOSTON haps hundreds of thou- 

 sands of grassy mounds, 

 throughout New England, were strewn 

 with flowers in lavish quantities last 

 Tuesday. Nowhere in the country is 

 the sentiment and spirit of Memorial 

 Day more generally observed and car- 

 ried out than in this section. It is 

 beautiful, patriotic and humanizing — 

 this custom of decorating the graves, 

 not only of fallen heroes but of family 

 and friends who have gone before. 

 Nature provides the material in abun- 

 dance at this time of the year and 

 the humblest need not go without flow- 

 ers, while for those who are able and 

 desirous to spend money for the occa- 

 sion the florist is well prepared to 

 serve, up to any amount. Boston flor- 

 ists maintained moderate prices on all 

 flowers, as usual at this time, and the 

 quantity disposed of tar exceeded that 

 of any previous celebration. The 

 amount of business transacted from 

 Saturday till Tuesday was something 

 astounding. We know of one whole- 

 saler, the amount whose sales on Sat- 

 urday were the largest on record for 

 one day — outdistancing the sales of 

 the largest day ever, at Easter or 

 Christmas, by nearly 25 per cent! We 

 have no doubt that the same is true of 

 all the wholesale establishments, in- 

 cluding the flower markets. Express 

 companies were? overloaded with flower 

 boxes incoming and outgoing — in fact, 

 flowers and floral design work seemed 

 to be the main commodity on the 

 street, in town and out of town. Peo- 

 nies came in large quantities from 

 points further south, Philadelphia 

 principally. New York was drawn 

 upon for carnations, materially helping 

 the market on this commodity in that 

 town. Locally, there were no lilacs, 

 and other things that usually are just 

 right for Memorial Day were all fin- 

 ished, despite the fact that up to May 

 1 the season was three weeks behind 

 hand. Roses were in great abundance, 

 and good as a rule. There were moun- 

 tains of stocks, double and single, and 

 we marvel at the strange course of a 

 grower who will devote his green- 

 houses to forcing single stocks to be 

 marketed by the bushel at Decoration 

 Day for a rediculous sum. Every- 

 thing was well cleaned up in retail as 

 well as wholesale places, and nobody 

 has any fault to find with the great 

 Memorial Day of 1911. And we might 

 add that the artificial flower dealer 

 also reaped a harvest — the keeping 

 qualities of the metal wreaths appeal- 

 ing to many of the more humble buy- 

 ers and it is only fair to the manufac- 

 turers and dealers in these goods to 

 say that they are much more artistic 

 and natural this year than ever be- 

 fore. 



The serious glut in flow- 

 CHICAGO ers continued to the end 

 of the month and yet 

 thousands of dollars' worth of orders 

 had to be turned away because ttoek 

 had become so soft with the continued 

 hot weather as to be unfit for ship- 

 ping. There is such a dearth of good 

 stock that prices are going to hold 

 steadily and the grower whose plants 

 have weathered the unusual condi- 

 tions will find the dollars coming in. 

 Beauties probably held firmest of all 

 through the month. Roses became 

 soft and carnations sleepy. Peas 



FOR THE JUNE GIRL 



What is more beaiatiful and effective than a Peony Decora- 

 tion for this joyous occasion? We have an unlimited supply, 

 the newer varieties, mostly white and the lighter shades, 

 delicate pinks, some darker ones too; splendid quality, 

 really exhibition blooms. 

 Prices exceiitionally reasonable — $30.00 to $40.00 per 1,000. 



FESTIVA MAXIMA— $6.00 per lOO, $50.00 per 1000. 

 Some good medium qualities at $20.00 to $25.00 pBr 1000. 



C ATT LEY AS $6.00 per dozen. 



SWEET PEAS 75c and $1.00 per 100. 



VALLEY $4.00 per 100. 



BOXWOOD 50 lb. cases, $7.50. 



NEW CROP DAGGER FERNS splendid large 

 fronds, $2.00 per 1000. 



THREE SPLENDID NEW ROSES 



"MELODY," the best yellow rose to-day"; 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. 2eth Street 



PHILADELPHIA 



1608 1620 Ludlow Street 



WASHINGTON 



1212 New York Avenue 



WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS.-^"^"^ •'«"^irD''^Xig°R 



ROSES 



CINCINNATI 



May i6 



DETROIT 



May i6 



BUFFALO 



May 30 



DEALERS ONLY 

 PITTSBURG 



May 33 



A IP. Beauty, Fan. and Sp. . 



" Extra 



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" Lower grades 



Bride, 'Maid, F. & S 



" " Low.gr 



Richmond, Cbateoay, Fancy & Special 



" " Lower Grades. . 



KiUarney, My Maryland, Fan. & Spl. 



** " " Low. Grades 



CARNATIONS, First Quality 



" Ordinary 



MISCELLANEOUS 



Cattleyas 



Lilies, Lon(tfloruiD... 



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showed up poorly, but it is thougM 

 the plants are not permanently in- 

 jured as was at first feared. Peonies, 

 so far, have been a disappointment as 

 untold numbers went to pieces. There 

 are, however, many that are opening 

 up in good shape side by side with 

 those that are worthless. As was ex- 

 pressed in one of the largest houses, 

 "We have to sell for 70 per cent of 

 the regular price and then give two 



peonies for each one." Lily of the val- 

 ley is very good; stocks also, and 

 gladioli, daises, etc., furnish a good 

 variety to choose from. Even those 

 longest in the business found them- 

 selves confronted by new conditions 

 for Memorial Day this year. After 

 ten days of watching the mercurj' 

 climb to the 90's a severe rain and 

 wind storm came and the balance of 



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