August 22, 1914 



HOETICULTUEE 



301 



Flower Market Reports 



While the market has 

 BOSTON been flooded this week 



both witli convention vis- 

 itors and an abundant supply of flow- 

 ers business shows little improvement 

 over last week and market conditions 

 are away behind the correspondiuL; 

 week of last year. The new crop of 

 carnations has made its appearance 

 and while flowers are of a good quality 

 stems are short and it has little if any 

 commercial value. The same may bo 

 said of roses but judging from present 

 indications both give promise of an ex- 

 cellent crop later. Easter lilies are of 

 fine quality and are worth much mor<' 

 than they are bringing at the present 

 time. Lily of the valley are plentiful 

 and the quality is excellent. 



There was very little busi- 

 BUFFALO business the past week: 

 in fact it was a dull one. 

 The market is well supplied on quite 

 everything and sales are much disap- 

 pointing. Speculative buying was out 

 of the question and no large amount of 

 anything could be disposed of no mat- 

 ter how cheap. This applies to gladioli 

 which were had in large abundance. 

 There are enough of the poor quality 

 of asters and not enough fancy. 

 The late varieties have not come in as 

 yet though next week they are. looked 

 for. There are too many lilies and 

 too many poor roses. The best pink 

 roses are Marylands and the best 

 white are the Double White Killarney. 

 Beauties are good though sales are 

 also slow. There is plenty of every- 

 thing to supply the light demand dur- 

 ing these summer days. A reaction 

 cannot come too soon. 



Warm weather, a heavy 

 CHICAGO supply and very slow de- 

 mand. Business drags 

 along in a listless way. The latter part 

 of last week, however when the weath- 

 er turned cool, trade began to pick up 

 with the result that by Saturday 

 night the market was cleaned up 

 in much better shape than has been 

 the case for weeks. Prices remain 

 practically the same as last week, but 

 quotations as listed have ruled quite 

 firm. Roses, though still plentiful, 

 have ceased to be a glut. The qual- 

 ity in most items has improved. Kil- 

 larney both pink and white may be 

 had in all length up to thirty-inch 

 stem; the longer length, however, is 

 limited. In novelties the list is grow- 

 ing. The latest addition is Ophelia 

 and Prince d' Arenberg. .Mrs. Rus- 

 sell is still the leading summer rose. 

 Mrs. George Shawyer is improving 

 daily and is now offered in various 

 grades up to twenty-four-inch length 

 of stem. Sunburst and Bulgaria are 

 both in good supply and enjoy a good 

 demand, and so does My Maryland. 

 Beauties are still quite plentiful with 

 prices rather low, considering qual- 

 ity. However the demand is about equal 

 to the supply, and accumulations are 

 not serious. The glut of the early asters 

 is past; recent heavy rains have ren- 

 dered most of the remaining crop 

 worthless. Of the late or mid-season 

 varieties there is little in evidence 

 yet. Most of the offerings in good 

 asters are those grown under glass, 

 although a few very fine field-grown 



^^.r>iorvi 



Due to the good rains we had in July 

 our Gladiohis growers are cutting the 

 finest spikes of this grand summer 

 flower that we have ever received. 

 For any purpose they are among the 

 best flower you can use. 

 Best varieties $2.00, $3.00, and $4.00 

 per 100. Special 500 lots, $7.50. 



CHRYSANTHEMUMS 



A few of the early yellow. Good Qual- 

 ity. $2.00 per dozen. 



ASTERS 



They are fine at this time of the year. 

 $1.00, $1.50 and $2.00 per 100. 



S.S.PENNOCK-MEEHANCO. 



THE WHOLESALE FLORISTS OF PHILADELPHIA 



NEW YORK 

 117 W. 28lh Street 



WASHINGTON 

 1216HStreet, N. W. 



PHILADELPHIA 

 1608-1620 Ludlow Street 



BALTIMORE 

 Franklin & St. Paul StreeU 



WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS — ^•^°""'=^-/o"d'I!Xlers only 



Roses 



Am. Beauty, Special 



*' " Fancy and Extra 



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Killarney, Richmond, Extra 



'* " Ordinary 



Hillingdon, Ward, Sunburst, Extra 



'* " *' Ordinary. 



Maryland, Taft, Extra 



" " Ordinary 



Russell, Shawyer 



Carnations, Fancy 



" Ordinary 



Cattleyas 



Lilies. Longiflorum 



Lily of the Valley 



Asters 



Gladioli 



Com Flower 



Dasies, white and yellow 



Sweet Peas .... 



Gardenias 



Adianlum 



Smilax 



Asparagus Plumosus, Strings (too) 



*' '* & Spren. (loo Bchs.) 



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blooms may be had. Gladioli are less 

 plentiful and meet with somewhat bet- 

 ter demand. Lilies are still in large 

 supply and demand quite active. In 

 lily of the valley offerings are not 

 large and prices hold stiff. Carnations 

 from new crop under glass are now 

 coming in with very good blooms and 

 fair length of stem. Field-grown 

 slock is more or less damaged by 

 heavy rains. 



Business has been 

 CINCINNATI rather slow and 



judging from pres 

 em market business this week will fol- 

 low in the footsteps of last week. A 

 good many of the gladioli offered now 

 are the best we have had this year. 

 They bring, however, a very poor pricf. 

 The poorer grades have practically no 

 market at all. More large asters are 

 received than came in a week ago and 

 they have a fair market. The rose 

 supply continues large in every variety 

 and still meet with the same slow call. 

 Lilies are plentiful and fine. The first 

 cosmos made its appearance last week. 



The local market has 

 ST. LOUIS about anything the sea- 

 son offers, the bulk be- 

 ing of excellent quality but too much 

 of it is coming in for the demand 

 which seems to be lighter than in any 

 summer known. Prices are low on all 

 stock. Roses are more plentiful 

 than any other flower at present. These 

 are followed by gladioli and asters, of 

 which the market has many more than 

 the wholesalers can handle. Outside 

 of these not much of anything is com- 

 ing in. Lilies are fine and single tube 

 roses are commencing to come along. 



BOSTON COOPERATIVE FLOWER 

 MARKET. 



The eleventh annual sale of choice 

 of stalls in this market is announced 

 for Saturday, September 5. at the 

 headquarters, 260 Devonshire street. 

 Boston. As usual, W. W. Tailby will 

 "wield the hammer." 



