UecembtT 5. 1914 



HORTICULTURE 



805 



Flower Market Reports 



The market is again 

 BOSTON floundering around in a 

 slough of business depres- 

 sion. Slock is good — in t'aot, excel- 

 lent; the supply is normal and under 

 ordinary conditions would be consid- 

 ered short, but the demand has de- 

 creased alarmingly. Stock of fine qual- 

 ity is again lying in the wholesale 

 markets waiting for the extremely re- 

 luctant buyer. The activity caused by 

 Thanksgiving, and it was quite satis- 

 fying, has totally disappeared. Roses 

 and carnations are plentiful, chrysan- 

 themums are still hanging on and un- 

 less the weather gets colder, summer 

 conditions will almost prevail. Violets 

 are offered in larger quantities. Smi- 

 lax and other greens have advanced 

 slightly in value. As a contrast to 

 this pessimistic outlook comes a re- 

 port from several of the larger retail 

 stores, especially those located in the 

 Back Bay district, that business is 

 good, in fact better than last year in 

 some cases. This can well be believed 

 of those stores that are not altogether 

 dependent on transient trade. The 

 weather to-day (Dec. 3) is almost sul- 

 try. Overcoats are a superfluity and 

 the seats on the Common Malls are 

 filled with people sunning themselves 

 as in August. The effect of this sum- 

 mary relapse on the holiday crops will 

 be worth watching. 



No better weather could 

 BUFFALO be expected than we 

 had for the Thanksgiv- 

 ing Day business. The trade had 

 looked forward for extra business and 

 by reports, they got it in due time. 

 There has been so much quietness of 

 late that a lively hustle for a few 

 days had brought an awakening. The 

 receipts were light on Monday, heav- 

 ier on Tuesday and on the last day, 

 the same old story. For a few days 

 carnation were scarce and orders were 

 cut but later on there were plenty. 

 Roses were not overplentiful and on 

 some lines more could have been at 

 the right time, especially red and yel- 

 low varieties. There was a good sup- 

 ply of narcissus paper white, lily of 

 the valley, orchids, violets, mignon- 

 ette, daisies and other corsage flowers 

 of which all shared in the demand. 

 Of course, chrysanthemums was the 

 flower, and considering the amount 

 handled prices were quite satisfactory. 

 There were a good many of ordinary 

 quality which moved slow'ly but the 

 best stock had good sales. Pompons 

 were in demand and good varieties 

 were had. 



Thanksgiving business 

 CHICAGO met the approval of a 

 good proportion of Chi- 

 cago florists. No one expected to in- 

 crease the sales of last year and no 

 one, knowing the conditions prevailing 

 all the fall, had a right to feel disap- 

 pointed when the sales fell below 

 those of a year ago. "A very fair aver- 

 age and better than anticipated." is the 

 general verdict. Reports differ among 

 the various houses as to the supply. 

 Those having a large shipping trade 

 ran low while those who depend princi- 

 pally upon the local market dropped to 

 a low price to move their stock and 

 even then did not clean up on some 

 flowers. Carnations were in this class. 

 The prices quoted in advance could 

 not be maintained and many were not 

 moved at all. Friday and Saturday 



CYPRIPEDIUMS 



Immediate delivery or for 

 the Holidays, a supply of ex- 

 ceptionally choice blooms, 

 well colored flowers. 



$2 per doz., $15 per 100 



In quantity on short notice. 



VALLEY — Special $4.00 per 100, 

 Extra $3.00 per 100. 



GARDENIAS -Special $3.00 per doz. 

 Fancy $2.00 per doz. 



Write for our Christmas Greens litt 



S. S. PENNOCK-MEEHAN CO. 



The Wholesale Florists of Philadelphia 



NEW YORK 

 117 W. 28tli St 



PHILADELPBIA 

 1608-1620 LodlowSi. 



B4LTIM0RB 



Frantlin ,„i St. Fial Sli. 



WASBINGTON 

 l2l6HSt..N.W. 



WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS — ^'^''^'•'«^^-/o"d'^Xlers only 



Roses I _ 



Am. Beauty, Special ' 20. 



'* " Fancy and Extra 15. 



" " No. 1 5 



KiUamey, Richmond, Extra 4. 



*' " Ordinary «. 



Hillingdon, Ward, Simburst, Extra 6 



" " " Ordinary 1 



Maryland, Shawyer, Taft, Extra 2. 



" •* " Ordinary i 



Russell. Hadley, Ophelia 3 



Carnations, Fancy 



•* Ordinary 



Cattleyas 



Cypripediums 



Lilies. Longiflorum 8. 



Lily of the Valley 3 



Violets 



Snapdragon 



Narcisus. Paper White i 



Com Flower 



Chrysanthemunis 2 



Stevia • I •• 



Sweet Peas 



Gardenias 



Adiantutn •• 



Smilax • 6 



Asparagus Plumosus, Strings (100) 



•' ** & Spren. (100 Bchs.) 



BOSTON 



Dec. 3 



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after Thanksgiving were not very good 

 and Sunday trade was very light. Mon- 

 day used up but little stock and Tues- 

 day found the accumulation growing 

 fast. The temperature is that of spring 

 and the air is full of mist, which grow- 

 ers say will soon make stock soft. 

 Some excellent large Chadwick chrys- 

 anthemums are still offered and fine 

 pompous of the anemone type, but it 

 is generally conceded to be the last 

 of the season. American Beauties in 

 short lengths are more numerous than 

 can be used. Carnations are far be- 

 yond the demand. Lilies, sweet peas, 

 gardenias, bouvardia and violets are 

 all in extra good supply. The Milady 

 rose, as coming into this market now, 

 is very near perfection. In color it is 

 tiuite equal to Richmond, while in num- 

 ber and length of petals and in foliage 

 and size of stem it surpasses it. At 

 one of the large houses it is stated 

 that when customers have once had 

 Milady, it is hard to sell them Rich- 



mond. The 30 and 36 inch bring 25c. 

 The flowering plant offerings are nu- 

 merous and of fine quality. Some in- 

 tended for the Christmas trade will be 

 .-ihead of schedule. 



The business for 

 CINCINNATI Thankskiving was 



fully up to expecta- 

 tions in most lines. The call, while 

 very strong did not clean up every- 

 thing. White chrysanthemums and 

 carnations were left over and did not 

 sell at any price. Since that time busi- 

 ness generally has been pretty fair. Re- 

 ceipts are large and demand active. 

 The rose supply is strong and all 

 varieties are to be had in adequate 

 quantities. The carnation cut. too, is 

 heavy but is not cleaning up very well. 

 Lilies are plentiful but are meeting 

 with no especially strong demand. 

 Lily of the valley and violets meet 

 with only a fair market. Orchids and_ 

 sweet peas sell well. 



(ConlinnrJ en pap Soj) 



