August 1, 1914 



HOETICULTURE 



15$ 



Flower Market Reports 



Instead of improving, as 

 BOSTON was expected, trade has 

 actually fallen off this 

 week as compared with last week 

 which was itself considered unseason- 

 ably dull for this market in mid-sum- 

 mer. The very cool weather may be, 

 in part, to blame as the summer trade 

 of Boston depends upon the activity at 

 the seaside and mountain resorts, very 

 largely. Asters and gladioli are multi- 

 plying rapidly and prices are weakened 

 although quality is very good, espe- 

 cially in the gladioli. Carnations still 

 linger in the lap of asters and find 

 very slow favor in the market. They 

 have never held over so long and in 

 such quantity before. As to all other 

 material no change from last week is 

 noticed. 



Business was a little 

 BUFFALO more encouraging the 



past few days, and this 

 is due mostly to the supply on indoor 

 flowers, which has shortened up con- 

 siderable. This applies to roses and 

 carnations. The market receives some 

 good roses and only a few carnations 

 and good sweet peas and this condi- 

 tion has helped the sale of gladioli, 

 which has come in more abundantly. 

 America and Augusta especially have 

 had good sales. Asters are just coming 

 on and what few are seen are not 

 of the best. 



Time hangs heavy on 

 CHICAGO the hands of florists 



these days. A few flow- 

 ers are sold each day locally and a 

 few are shipped out, but as a whole 

 there is little business. There are oc- 

 casional days when there will be quite 

 a little stir in trade, only to be fol- 

 lowed by such complete stagnation 

 that only by consulting the books can 

 one find that this July is no worse 

 than last. American Beauties are 

 shortening up and prices a little firm- 

 er. Asters are convincing growers that 

 it is useless to grow poor ones, as 

 ony the best can be sold at any price. 

 Lilies are on every counter, but there 

 is no demand at present. Gladioli are 

 coming in in such quantities that 

 nothing can be done to move them. 

 One wholesaler said he had ten thou- 

 sand in his store, Tuesday, and he 

 had refused to accept consignments 

 from new growers. Shasta daisies are 

 another good flower that cannot be 

 moved though offered very low. Roses 

 'are meeting slow sale; even Mrs. Rus- 

 sell in short lengths do not move. Car- 

 nations are up to summer average in 

 quality. Orchids are low in price and 

 share the fate of commoner flowers 

 when customers are lacking. Ferns 

 are $1.50 per 1,000. 



Taken as a whole 

 CINCINNATI the market is rather 

 easy. The supply is 

 large and fully able to take care of 

 all demands. Business last week was 

 steady and fair. Prices were not very 

 high because of the large supply. 

 Roses are still more than sufficient 

 for requirements. The larger part of 

 the receipts are short stemmed while 

 but a limited number have any real 

 keeping quantities. The American 

 Beauty cut is large and the flowers 

 are excellent. Longlflorum lilies are 

 fine, but the cut is not quite as large 

 as it was. Auratums and rubrums 



GLADIOLI 



Of better quality and very much better as- 

 sortmeut. Plenty of good Wbites and Reds, 

 also a liniiteil supply of some o£ the novelties. 

 Good long stems and plenty of foliage— far 

 superior to the short cheap stock oBerod liy 

 the nurserymen. 



$4.00 per 100, $30.00 per 1000. 



Our selection in assorted lots of 200 or more, at 



$3.50 per 100, $20.00 per 1000. 



ASTERS 



$1.00, $1.50 and $2.00 per 100. 

 A few extra long at $3.00 per 100. 

 KVERYTHING IN RIBBONS— We carry onf 

 of the largest and most varied stocks ot 

 Kibbons pertaining to the florist business of 

 any house in the country. If you have not 

 received one of our new catalogues, advise us 

 and we will mail you one at once. 

 During .lul.v and August we close at 5 P. M. 



S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co. 



Tlie Wholesale Florists of Philadelphia 

 PHILADELPHIA 

 1608-1620 Ludlow St. 



WASHINGTON 



1216 U St., N. W. 



NEW YORK 



111 W. 28th St. 



BALTIMORE 



Franklin and St. Paul Sts. 



WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS 



TRADE PRICES — Per 100 



TO DEALERS ONLY 



Roses 



Am. Beauty, Special 



'* " Fancy and Extra 



" No. I 



Killamey, Richmond, E.\-tra 



" " Ordinary 



Hillingdon, Ward, Sunburst, Extra.... 

 " " " Ordinary. 



Maryland, Taft, Extra 



" " Ordinary 



Russell, Shawyer 



Carnations, Fancy 



" Ordinary 



Cattleyas 



Lilies. Lxjngiflorum . .. 



Lily of the Valley 



Asters 



Gladioli 



Com Flower 



Dasies, white and yellow 



Sweet Peas 



Gardenias 



Adiantum 



Smilax 



Asparagus Plumosus, Strings Croc) 



" " & Spren, (loo Bchs.) 



BOSTON 



July 3° 



ST. LOUIS 



July 20 



PHILA. 



July 27 



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may also be had. Gladioli, if choice, 

 sell, while the others meet with a 

 very slow market. The cut of asters 

 is increasing. 



Market conditions are 

 NEW YORK practically unchanged 



since our last report, 

 except that in some lines stock has 

 shortened up somewhat in quantity. 

 Carnations are still in good demand al- 

 though asters are coming in plentiful- 

 ly and are bringing about the same fig- 

 ure as the carnations. Roses in good 

 supply — the standard quality selling out 

 fairly well and the little short stemmed 

 sort being unloaded in thousand lots 

 at about hundred price for the former. 

 Taken all in all it would appear that 

 business in the wholesale markets here 

 has been more steady and altogether 

 better than at a corresponding period 

 in any recent year. 



There is nothing 



PHILADELPHIA much to report. 



Pretty near the 



doldrum period — little activity in any 



line. Asters and gladioli continue the 



leading features. Roses are of fine qual- 

 ity, but carnations are poor and getting 

 poorer. Orchids are not plentiful, but 

 enough for the light demand. Lily of 

 the valley is very good and holds about 

 as steady as anything, both in receipts 

 and sales. Sweet peas, few and poor. 

 Lilies rather redundant, with demand 

 normal. Delphinium, centaurea, gail- 

 lardia. coreopsis and other minor items 

 help out in the way of variety to a, 

 bald and uninteresting situation. 



The market has been 

 ST. LOUIS greatly overstocked,. 



but only in the lower 

 grades. In the extra fancy class ia 

 roses, we can see only Mrs. Russell and 

 a few long Beauties. There is an 

 over abundance of Killarney in all 

 varietieg. The fancy Russells bring 

 top prices. Gladioli are in good abun- 

 dance and variety. These have come 

 down in price on all except fancy 

 America. King and Augusta. Carna- 

 tions are small and short in stems. 

 The other stocks at the market ara 



Continued on Pa£f TSS 



