December 26, 1914 



HORTICULTURE 



921 



Flower Market Reports 



The Christmas rush antl 

 BOSTON its attendant joys and 

 troubles are on. The re- 

 tail stores are erowdcd with flowering 

 plants and extra help. The wholesale 

 houses are extremely busy with sliip- 

 ping trade. Nevertheless complaints 

 are rife anions the salesmen in the 

 wholesale markets. They all agree in 

 deploring the abnormal apathy in their 

 part of the trade. Business is un- 

 doubtedly much better than it has 

 been for some time, but the fact still 

 remains that it is below that of form- 

 er years. Roses, carnations and pot 

 plants seem to be in greatest demand 

 and are fetching good prices. Orchids 

 and gardenias are being called for fa- 

 vorably, but are not receiving top 

 notch figures. There are still some 

 chrysanthemums to be seen, with few 

 buyers. The local retailers are again 

 cutting into the sale of natural cut 

 flowers by actively pushing the basket 

 combinations of bayberries, elderber- 

 ries, pine cones, etc. This latter fea- 

 ture is very discouraging to the grow- 

 ers of natural flowers. Snow, rain and 

 slush was the order of the day on 

 Monday, but at this writing. Wednes- 

 day, the weather is propitious, and 

 the florists are willing, so here's 

 hoping that the buying public will 

 do its share to round o\it a perfect 

 holiday season. 



About the only business 

 BUFFALO that has been done for 

 the past week was in 

 holly, boxwood, laurel and decorative 

 material and a good lot of artificial 

 stuff which the trade calls for. The 

 shop windows are well decorated and 

 attractive and the greater portion with 

 this artificial material which seems to 

 have a large sale each season. There 

 was very little cut-flower trade. So- 

 • cial entertainments were very quiet, 

 as was plainly seen by the stock of 

 corsage flowers in the market, to- 

 gether with plenty of rose and other 

 stock, Saturday being about the only 

 day that a flurry was had and there 

 being sufficient stock except possibly a 

 slight shortage in carnations. The 

 chrysanthemum season is over, which 

 Is a good relief, a benefit to other 

 stock. The outlook for Christmas is 

 promising and from all indications the 

 volume of business should be larger, 

 though prices may not be as high as 

 heretofore. The Beauty crop is good 

 and the quality fine. Roses will be in 

 good supply, also violets. At this time 

 carnations looks much like a scarcity, 

 though it may be a case again of the 

 same old story. Let us hope the holi- 

 day business will equal previous years 

 and that the merchants may say that 

 they had a real hustle on for a few 

 days, which would offset those many 

 dreary ones had during the fall. 



The market for the 

 CINCINNATI past fortnight has 

 been very weak and 

 anv attempt, so far, to raise prices by 

 the individual wholesalers has result- 

 ed in an accumulation i:i the particu- 

 lar line and a consequent drop to the 

 former level to effect any sort of a 

 clearance at all. The rose cut is large 

 and has been more than sufficient to 

 take care of the recent demand for 

 them. American Beauties are fairly 

 plentiful. The carnation supply is 

 large but has been having a very In- 

 different call. There are plenty of 



CATTLEYAnRIANAE 



I 



Splendid Quality, $6.00 

 and $7.50 per_doz. 



Cattleya Percivaliana 



Unusual good size for this 

 variety $4.00 per doz. 



Valley, P-M Quality 



Special $4.00 per 100 

 Extra, $3.00 per 100 



GARDENIAS 



Special $4.00 per doz.. $30.00 per 100 

 Fancy 3.00 " 20.00 " 



S. S. PENNOCK-MEEHAN CO. 



The Wholesale Florists of Philadelphia 



NEW YORK 

 117 W. 28ih Si. 



PHILADBLFHIA 



I&08-I620 IndloiT St. 



BALTIMORE 



Frinlilln And Si. Paol Stt. 



WASHIMiTON 

 1216HSi..fi.W. 



WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS 



TRADE PRICES -P«r 100 



TO DEALERS ONLY 



Roses 



Am. Beauty, Special 



•» " Fancy and Extra. 



No. 



BOSTON I 



Dec^as I 



ST. LOUIS 



Dec. 21 



PHILA. 



Dec. 7 



35.00 



' 15.00 



500 



Killarney, Richmond, Extra 16.00 



«< " Ordinary. 6.00 



HillingdoD, Ward, Sunburst. Extra 8.00 



«' " " Ordinary 



Maryland, Shawyer, Taft, Extra 



" " '* Ordinary 



Russell. Hadley , Ophelia 



Carnations. Fancy 



** Ordinary 



Cattleyas 



Cypripediums 



Lilies. Lorigiflorum 



Lily of the Valley 



Violets 



Snapdragon 



Narcisus. Paper White 



Corn Hower • 



Chrysanlhemun 8 



Stevia 



Sweet Peai ' 



Gardenias 



Adiantum 



Smilax 



A5p"ragU8 Plumtsus. Strinas (loo) 



" " & Spren. (100 Rchs.) 



3.00 

 6.00 



2-00 



8.00 



3.00 



1.00 



50.00 



6.00 



I 8.00 



3.00 



•75 



3.00 

 2.00 



.75 



1 .50 



50 



6.00 



»5.oo 



35.00 



65.00 

 ao.oo 

 la.oo 

 20.00 

 10.00 

 12.00 



6.00 

 14.00 



4.00 

 20.00 



5.00 



2.00 

 75.00 

 14.00 

 to.oo 



6.00 



1.50 



4.00 



4.00 



I. CO 



1.50 



l.CO 



50 00 

 z.oo 



12.00 

 I 50.00 

 I ^o.oo 



80.00 

 50.00 



30.00 

 20.00 



IC.OO 



20.00 

 10.00 



20.00 



10.00 



25.00 



8.00 



5.00 



50.00 

 12.00 



4.00 

 ,50 



to 100.00 



to 75.00 



to 40.00 



to 15.00 



to 15.00 



to 25.00 



to 1 5 .00 



to 25.00 



to 15.00 



to 35.00 



to 10.00 



to 6 00 



75.00 



95.00 

 15.00 

 10.00 



3.00 



6.00 



4.00 



6.00 



3.00 



6.00 

 3.00 



1.50 



to 

 to 



15.00 



5.00 



3.00 



4.00 



1.00 



1.50 



a.oo 



a. 00 



1.00 



13. 00 

 35.00 



to 



. to . ... 

 to 1.25 



to 15.00 

 to 50.00 

 to 30.00 



lO.CO 

 300 

 I 00 

 6.00 

 9.00 



IS.OO 



8.00 



4.00 



e.oo 



5.00 



8.00 



5.00 



la.oo 



4.00 



a.oo 



50.00 



15.00 



la.oo 



4.00 



1.25 



10.00 



3.00 



8.00 to 90.00 



.50 

 8.00 

 1. 00 



I3.00 



40.00 



35-00 



i-5« 



15.00 

 50.00 

 Sowoo 



poinsettias for the Yuletide demand. 

 Lilies aro plentiful and the same is 

 true of lily of the valley. Violets and 

 orchids, paper white, narcissus and 

 stevia are coming in strong. Other 

 offerings are Roman hyacinth, callat^, 

 forget-me-not, wallflower, primroses 

 and a few antirrhinums. 



This week started off 

 NEW YORK badly, with a very in- 

 clement Monday, but 

 Tuesday showed up clear and cold and 

 the retail flower stores filled up quick- 

 ly with customers, since whicli time 

 until present moment the retailers 

 have had all they could attend to. 

 Plants have been selling well— better 

 than appeared likely a few days ago. 

 As to the final outcome with the cut 

 flowers, little can be told at this time 

 (Wednesdav) and the story will have 

 to wait until next week. Prices asked 

 in advance are lower on most thmgs 

 than has been the case in past years. 

 One retailer is advertising American 



F^eauly roses, five-foot stems for Christ- 

 mas "delivery at $1.00 each, which 

 hitherto was considered a low price at 

 wholesale. Carnations are very plenti- 

 ful with prices sagging, but this does 

 not apply to the red varieties, which 

 are being held at high figures. Red 

 roses are also favorites and of these 

 Prince d'Arenberg seems especially 

 popular, with asking prices about 

 double those asked for Richmond. 

 Hadley is. of course, peerless, but the 

 supply is limited. There are plenty 

 of poinsettias. All green material is 

 overabundant. 



Conditions have 

 PHILADELPHIA continued nor- 

 mal here. There 

 was a fair amount of trading done last 

 week, but no great life in the mar- 

 ket. Prices generally were low. and 

 a good deal of stock remained unsold 

 at the wind-up. Flowers of all kinds 

 very plentiful. The prospects for 



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