July 4, 1914 



ri O H T I C U L T U R E 



21: 



Flower Market Reports 



Promptly with the incom- 

 BOSTON ing of July the bottom 

 dropped out of the flower 

 market without the interposition of 

 any gradual decline. Up till that time 

 the sale of lily of the valley, roses and 

 other June specialties was fully up to 

 tlie average. Roses of super-quality 

 can still be sold at respectable figures 

 but the small short-stemmed stuff can- 

 not be disposed of at any price. Car- 

 nations are at the bottom of the ladder 

 and dealers find it impossible to get an 

 offer for much of the stock received. 

 Lilies are stiffer in price due to short- 

 ening supply. Gardenias and peonies 

 are finished up and gladioli are Just 

 beginning to appear. There are plen- 

 ty of good cattleyas but they are very 

 hard to sell even at prices absurdly 

 low for such goods. Pond lilies are an 

 item in many of the store windows. 



The past week was 

 BUFFALO quite a busy one for the 

 trade. Of course, there 

 was not enough good white roses just 

 at the moment wanted or lily of the 

 valley or some other item, but every- 

 thing pulled through quite satisfac- 

 torily at the end. There were sufR- 

 cient carnations, sweet peas, lilies and 

 roses, the latter in all varieties, in- 

 cluding some very choice Shawyer. 

 Hillingdon and a fine lot of Beauties in 

 all grades. There was also a good 

 supply of outdoor sweet peas which 

 cleaned up daily, as well as other 

 stock. At the time of mailing this — 

 June 30 — the market has gradually 

 filled up on roses of all kinds, an over- 

 supply of carnations and a heavy sup- 

 ply of Easter lilies and candidums and 

 the buyers are practically having their 

 own way. 



The scarcity of good 

 CHICAGO stock is the chief fea- 

 ture of the market at 

 this time. June ends with a marked 

 shortage of roses, a condition that has 

 p)evailed to an extent during the 

 month and which has had its influence 

 on the sales of the time of weddings 

 and commencements. Roses quoted 

 tl}roughout the year as fancy are not 

 to be had with most growers and the 

 next grade has been slipped into its 

 place and gladly acepted by purchas- 

 ei'S. American Beauties have had a 

 cifferent experience, but now they, too, 

 are shortening up. Carnations do not 

 d'ffer materially from the usual sum- 

 ir^er order, being shy on good ones and 

 plentifully represented by sleepy ones. 

 The last of the peonies will be moved 

 this week and dealers have found that, 

 with the exception of those shipments 

 that went in during the extreme hot 

 weather, they came out of rold stor- 

 age in far better condition than had 

 been anticipated and the season as a 

 whole will not be so poor after all. 

 Plenty of Easter lilies and lily of the 

 valley are seen but the supply of mis- 

 cellaneous stock is small. 



As far as the relation 



CINCINNATI of supply and de- 

 mand is concerned 

 business is pretty fair. The supply is 

 just sufficient to make the market easy 

 while the demand for flowers readily 

 takes up the larger part of those 

 offered. But neither supply of stock 



MRS. CHARLES RUSSELL 



JAM 



A distinct addition 

 to the summer list 

 of Roses, a good 

 keeper, good color, 

 good size — in (act 

 one of our best fiot 

 weatfier Roses 



Special $12.00 per 100' 



Extra 8.00 per 100 



Fancy 10.00 per 100 



First 5.00 per 100 



Second 3.00 per 100 



VAILEV— Special, $4.00 per 100; 



extra, $3.00 per 100. 

 C.4TTL.EY.4S— $0.00 per dozen ; a few 



extra large at $7.50 per dozen. 

 i:VER\THIXG IX RIBBONS— We 

 carry one of tbe largest and most 

 varied stocks of Ribbons pertain- 

 ing to the florist business of any 

 house in tbe country. It you have 

 not received one of our new cata- 

 logues, advise us and we will mail 

 you one at once. 



S.S.Pennock-MeehanCo. 



The Wholesale Florists of Philadelphia 



Philadelphia. lllOS HGd Ludlow St. 

 New York, 11" West L'Sth Street 

 Washington, 1216 H Street, N. W. 

 Baltimore, Franklin and St. Paul Sts. 



Durii« July aud August wi close at five P. M. 



WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS — '"'^"^ '''"^"-/o'Vg^LERs only 



Roses 



Am. Beauty, Special 



" '* Fancy and Extra. 



" " No. I 



Killarney, Richmond, Extra. 



Ordinary. 

 Hillingdon, Ward, Sunburst. Extra. 



Ordinary. 



Maryland, Talt, Extra 



" '* Ordinary 



Russell, Shawyer 



Carnations, Fancy 



" Ordinary 



Cattleyas - 



Lilies. Longiflorum . ... 



Lily of the Valley 



Snapdragon 



Gladioli 



Com Flower 



Mignonette 



Dasies , white and yellow 



Sweet Peas .... 



Gardenias 



Adianlum 



Smilax 



Asparagus Plumosus, Strings (loo) 



" ** & Spren. (xoo Bchs.) 



BOSTON 



July g 



ST. LOUIS 



June 29 



15.00 

 8.00 

 2.00 

 3.00 

 1. 00 

 5.00 

 1. 00 

 5.00 

 1. 00 

 a. 00 

 1.00 

 •25 



1500 

 4.00 

 3.00 

 3.00 

 4.00 



I. CO 



•50 

 .10 



■75 



I3.00 

 35.00 

 10.00 



30.00 

 15.00 

 6.00 

 5.00 

 2.00 

 8.00 



300 



15.00 



X.50 



.50 



30.00 



6.00 



4.00 



4.00 



8.CO 



.50 



a.oo 



1.0c 



■50 



1. 00 

 15.00 

 50.00 

 35-00 



20.00 

 15.00 

 5.00 

 4.00 

 2.00 

 5.00 



25.00 

 18.00 

 10.00 

 6.00 

 3.00 

 6.00 



1. 00 

 10.00 



35.00 

 15.00 



1.25 



12.50 

 50.00 

 25.00 



PHILA. 



June 29 



20.00 

 10.00 

 3.00 

 4.00 

 1. 00 

 4.00 

 1.00 

 4.00 

 1. 00 

 2.00 

 2.00 

 ■50 

 35.00 

 8.0a 

 1. 00 

 1. 00 

 4.00 



to 35.0O' 



to 15.00 



to 8.00 



to 8.00 



to 3.00 



to s.oo 



to 3.00 



to s.oo 



to 3.00 



to 10.00 



to 3.00 



to 1.50 



to 50.00 



to 10.00 



to 4.00 



to 3.00 



to 8.00 



to .50 



1.00 



■so- 



so 

 15.00 



35.00 



25.00 



l.CO 

 20.00 

 50.0D 

 50.0c 



I'or call for tlie same are very large 

 fiid the aggregate business is not very 

 great. Receipts of lilies and gladioli 

 Kre Increasing and right now they are 

 the most important factors in the 

 week's market. The cooler weather 

 has proven beneficial to the roses; 

 white are enjoying the best call. Ex- 

 cellent American Beauties are offered. 

 Carnation receipts are very small. 

 I'ond lilies are fine but do not seem 

 very popular with the buyers. The 

 Sweet Pea season is about at an end. 

 Lily of the valley rather scarce. Some 

 excellent peonies offered sell well. 



For the latter part of 

 NEW YORK last week and the 



early part of this 

 'veek business continued satisfactory 

 but today, July 1st, summer conditions 

 l.revail with a vengeance. Stock, prob- 

 ;iMy on acount of the cool weather, is 

 ' ) much better quality than is usually 

 the case at this season of the year, 

 heauty roses are very plentiful, selling 

 in large lots at $8 per hundred for the 

 best. Now that the ocean travel abroad 

 has lessened up the demand for 

 steamer orders has ceased, the last 

 important sailing being the Aquitania 

 today. 



PHILADELPHIA 



Trade conditions 

 have been rather 

 quiet, but normal 

 for the season and an indication of 

 what may be expected for the rest of 

 the summer. Most of the wholesale 

 places are running with reduced 

 forces, the vacation season being now 

 in full swing, and will continue so for 

 the next two months. Roses are very, 

 very plentiful— all the growers having 

 an unusually full cut at present. The 

 quality is also above the average and 

 it is a pity that the demand does not 

 correspond. The mortality records of 

 this city show some fifty per cent, 

 fewer deaths than usual for June — 

 which is a gratifying state of affairs 

 and creditable to civic conditions. 

 Very few of the flower men grumble at 

 this, and we never heard but one flor- 

 ist in all our experience say with a 

 heartfelt sigh: "Thank God! There's 

 always somebody dying." Carnations 

 are gradually getting poorer in quality 

 and there are but few choice flowers 

 now arriving. Orchids are very good 

 and meet with fair demand, the main- 

 stay at present being Cattleya gigas. 

 with a few C. Mendeli and some spray 



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