August 8. 1914 



HORTICULTURE 



18'.t 



BOSTON horticuhur- 

 ally, is probably 

 better fixed for the S. 

 A. F. Convention than 

 any other city in the 

 country. 



From reports the Con- 

 vention will surpass in 

 attendance, exhibition, 

 interest ai)d general in- 

 formation any previous 

 convention. 



Our display will be a 

 little better than anything 

 we have ever attempted 

 before, plenty of novel- 

 ties as well as a full line 

 of our usual high grade 

 Ribbons and Supplies. 



Mr. FANCOURT, with the able assistance of Mr. GREENLAW 

 will be glad to welcome you, and have you make our exhibit 

 your headquarters while at the convention. 



S. S. PENNOCK-MEEHAN CO. 



THE 



^""'^^VtbWs OF PHILADELPHIA 



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NEW YORK 

 117 W. 28th St. 



PHILADELPHIA 

 1608-1620 Ludlow St. 



BALTIMORE 

 Franklin and St. Paul St. 



WASHINGTON 

 1216HSt., N. W, 



Flower Market Reports 



The flower market is at 

 BOSTON the lowest stage of the 



season this week, there 

 being no call for anything beyond a 

 few white flowers. Tliere is a scarcity 

 of presentable sweet peas and good 

 white roses. Asters and gladioli are 

 heaped up with no takers. Roses, with 

 the exception of good white ones are 

 very plentiful. Perhaps lilies and 

 Beauties are the brightest siiots in the 

 dull picture presented. The seaside re- 

 sorts are stagnated as never before 

 and there is no probability now of any 

 revival of gaiety to help out tlie flower 

 situation. 



Very little to report on 

 BUFFALO market condition, al- 

 though the trade at this 

 time has been up to that of last year. 

 The market is filling up on gladioli 

 mostly of the mixed and ordinary 

 quality and hard to move to advantage. 

 America is the best and these clean up. 

 Augusta has been quite plentiful and 

 they too have taken fairly well. Roses 

 are not coming in quite so heavy and 

 clean up more satisfactorily. Fancy 

 asters are not plentiful and sell rap- 

 idly. There are some fine lilies in ru- 

 bruni, album, auratum and maguificum 

 Some good sweet peas are seen. On 

 Saturday there was a good cleaning up 

 on most everything. 



It would be hard to con- 

 CHICAGO vince some wholesale 



florists that trade was 

 so' quiet last year or the year before 

 and no one seems to care to try. The 

 best argument is an appeal to the books 

 and every one in the business has an 



WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS — ^^^^^^^^^-^''^^ 



TO DEALERS ONLY 



Roses 



Am. Beauty, Special 



" " Fancy and Extra 



" No. I 



Killamey, Richmond, Extra 



" " Ordina^ 



Hilliogdon, Ward, Sunburst, Extra.... 

 '* " " Ordinary. 



Maryland, Taft, Extra 



" " Ordinary 



Russell, Shawyer 



CamatioDS, Fancy 



" Ordinary 



Cattleyas 



Lilies. Longifiorum 



Lily of the Valley 



Asters 



Gladioli . 



Com Flower 



Dasies, white and yellow 



Sweet Peas .... 



Gardenias 



Adiantum 



Smilax 



Asparagus Plumosus, Strings (loo) 



" " & Spren. (loo Bchs.) 



BOSTON 



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abundance of time to look up sales. 

 The opening of the last month of sum- 

 mer was uneventful and showed no 

 change in the general apathy of the 

 market. Asters are making a record, 

 as was predicted in the spring. Their 

 growth was stunted by the early heat 

 and not only are the stems short but 

 the blooms are lacking in substance. 

 An extremely small proportion bring 

 the top price, which is not high. In 

 roses Mrs. Russell still leads at Poehl- 

 mann Bros', where the best ones run 

 to 40 in. and sell for $2.50 per dozen. 

 In all the varieties of roses the pro- 

 portion of short ones is very large. 

 Beauties are not so plentiful as earlier 

 in the summer. Lilies are selling very 

 slowly. Lily of the valley is not much 

 in demand. A few extra carnations 

 bring $2.00 and many more bring 



nothing. Orchids sell fairly well for 

 there are very few coming into the 

 market. A good variety of outside 

 flowers is on the counter and plenty of 

 all kinds of green is offered. 



The call for stock in 

 CINCINNATI this market is fair 



and steady but not 

 very large, while receipts on the other 

 hand are large and apparently Increas- 

 ing in size each day. As a result there 

 Ikis been considerable crowding in the 

 market. Prices are not very high. 

 Gladioli and asters hold the leading po- 

 sitions. The supply of each is large 

 and comprises many blooms of the 

 best quality. These good blooms 

 alone find a market. The rose su])- 

 ply continues heavy. The general in- 

 ferior quality of the bulk of the stock 



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