February 17, 1917 



H E T I C U L T U R E 



319 



L. I I. AO 



Wonderfully choice quality; sprays full and well 

 matured— $1.00 and $1.50 per bunch. Trya sample 

 of either grade. 



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\A/IL.L.O\A/ 



$.25, $.50 and $.75 per bunch 



S. S. PENNOCK-MEEHAN CO. 



THE ^'•"FToluof PHILADELPHIA 



-NEW YORK PHILADELPHIA ' TBALTIMORE (WASHINGTON 



117.W. 2Jth 3l. 1638-1S29 Ludlow St. Franklia & St. Paul Sts. 1216HSl„N.W 



Flower Market Reports 



Valentine's Day helped 

 BOSTON to brace up this market 

 for a brief period and 

 prices held good on violets and roses, 

 particularly. Xhe heavy influx of bulb- 

 ous stock, especially narcissi of the 

 Golden Spur type has been a depress- 

 ing burden and the markets are over- 

 weighted with the surplus. The double 

 daffodils have now made their appear- 

 ance also the Poeticus ornatus. Car- 

 nations are hard hit now and there is 

 a sharp break in value. Sweet peas 

 are also on the downward track. Cal- 

 endulas, which are grown better in 

 Boston than . anywhere else, maintain 

 their mid-winter prices, the demand 

 for these from other cities preventing 

 any accumulation in the home market. 

 There are some beautiful anemones 

 to be seen occasionally now. also 

 English i)rimroses, acacias, myosotis, 

 and the other dainty uncommon things 

 which are always so acceptable to the 

 typical Boston flower purchaser. 



Extreme cold weather 

 CHICAGO has affected the Chicago 



market somewhat. Roses 

 have become even more scarce and 

 prices have advanced accordingly. Val- 

 entine's Day has increased the demand 

 for almost all kinds of cut flowers and 

 pot plants, roses and orchids having 

 first place in the choice of many buy- 

 ers. Carnations are not finding the 

 favor that they did early in the season 

 but the situation is no worse than it 

 has been most of the winter. Sweet 

 peas are selling well, the first bringing 

 two dollars and the poorer grades mov- 

 ing at very good prices. Lily of the 

 valley is very scarce. Freesia has 

 been rather in excess of demand but 

 this week is selling better. American 

 Beauties are still decidedly scarce as 

 compared to demand and lilies are 

 also far from enough to go around, 

 while callas are almost out of the 

 question. 



St. Valentine's Day 

 NEW 'YORK was rather disap- 

 pointing in this mar- 

 ket. While there was more or less de- 

 sultory buying in the retail stores 

 yet with the present well-filled whole- 



WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS — ^Rade 



Roses 



Am, Beauty, Special 



" *' Fancy and Extra 



** " No. I and culls 



Russell, Euler, Mock 



Hadley 



Arenberg, Hoosier Beauty 



Ward 



Killarney, Radiance, Taft 



I iphelia. Sunburst, Hillingdon 



Key 



Carnations 



Cattleyas 



Dendrobium fonnosum 



Lilies, Longiflorum 



Lilies, Speciosum 



Callas 



Lily of the Valley 



Snapdragon 



Daffodils 



Narcissi Paper White 



Roman Hyacinths 



Freesia 



Tulips-' 



Calendulas 



Sweet Peas 



Violets 



Marguerites 



Gardenias 



Adiantum 



Smilax 



AsparagrusPIu. &SpreD, CiooBhs.) 



CINCINNATI 



Feb. 5 



50.00 

 30.00 

 8.00 



6.00 



6.00 

 6.00 

 6.00 



3 00 

 50.00 



12.50 

 6.( o 



4.00 

 3.00 

 3,00 



2. 00 



2.00 



4.00 



3.00 



75 



■75 



-75 



60.00 

 40.00 

 25.00 



15.00 

 10 00 



1 2. 00 

 18.00 



4.00 

 60.00 



15.00 

 10 00 

 12.50 

 7.00 



6. CO 

 5.00 

 4.00 

 3,00 

 4.00 

 5.00 

 4.00 

 I SO 

 1. 00 



I. CO 



to 



to 



to 



25.00 to 



1. 00 



15.00 



eo.OO 



CHICAGO 



Feb. 1 3 



65.00 



40,00 

 30.00 

 5.00 

 6.00 



40,00 

 15.00 

 50.00 



6.00 

 4.00 

 4.yO 



2.00 

 40.00 



15,00 

 15.00 

 18.00 



4.00 

 50.00 



10.00 to 20.t0 



PRICES -Per 100 



TO DEAL ERS ONl> 



PITTSBURG 



Feb. 1 2 



65.00 

 40.00 

 25.00 



20.00 



BUFFALO 



Feb. 5 



5.00 

 6.00 

 3.00 



2.CO 

 3.00 

 3. 00 

 3.00 

 3.00 

 1. 00 

 '■50 



12.50 

 25.00 



12.00 

 6.00 



8.CO 

 4.00 

 3 00 

 5.00 



4. CO 



4.00 

 4.00 

 2.00 

 1. 00. 

 1.00 

 30.00 

 1. 00 

 20.00 

 50.00 



50.00 

 20.00 



8.00 

 8.00 



5.00 

 6.00 

 4.00 

 4 00 

 4.00 



10.00 

 3.C0 



40.00 



10.00 

 4.00 

 8.00 

 6.00 

 5.00 

 2.50 

 2.00 

 2.00 

 3.00 

 2.50 

 3. CO 

 1. 00 



.40 



1. 00 

 15.00 



1. 00 

 15.00 

 25.00 



50.00 



35.00 



6.00 

 15.00 

 15.00 



15.00 



6. CO 

 15 00 

 la.oo 

 15.00 



5-00; 

 50.00 



12.00 

 6.00 



12.00 I 

 7.00 I 



10.00 

 3.00 

 3.00 

 3.00 

 5.00 

 4.00 

 4.00 

 2.00 

 •75 

 2.00 



25.00 

 1.25 



18.00 



CO. 00 



50.00 

 30.00 

 15.00 

 10,00 



6.00 

 10.00 



3.00 

 40-00 

 30.00 



6.00 

 10.00 

 3.00 

 3.00 

 3.00 

 4.00 

 3.C0 

 3.00 

 1.00 

 .50 

 2.00 



1. 00 

 12.00 

 20.00 



15.00 

 15.00 

 20.00 



5.00 

 to.oo 

 40.00 

 15.00 



8.00 



15.00 



4.00 



4.00 



4.00 

 6.00 

 6.00 

 6.00 

 3.00 

 ■75 

 3.00 



1-25 



15.00 

 CO. 00 



sale supply the event made but little 

 impression on the market. Violets 

 moved pretty well, also sweet peas, 

 and tliere was some activity on roses, 

 although the prevailing prices on the 

 latter are lower than they were a 

 week or two ago. Bulbous stock is 

 coming in very heavily witli the re- 

 sults tlvat prices have gone to smash 

 on trumpet narcissi and some other 

 things and the downward tendency 

 has dragged everything else along to 

 a greater or less degree. The newest 

 thing this week as a commercial item 

 is Biiddleia asiatica, which by reason 

 of its permeating" fragrance has al- 

 ready made a place for itself. Carna- 

 tions are plentiful and much lower in 

 value. 



Although a little 

 PHILADELPHIA draggy previous- 

 ly, the first re- 

 turns showed up well for last week, 

 and taken altogether results were sat- 

 isfactory. Roses are still scarce, es- 

 pecially American Beauty. These are 

 very scarce indeed and mostly long 

 stemmed, there being no medium 

 grades arriving. Carnations are very 



good and fairly plentiful, the leaders 

 as to quality at present being Mrs. 

 Ward. Benora. and Belle Washburn. 

 Considerable improvement is notice- 

 able in the sweet pea crop; form, stem 

 and finish being extra fine. Daffodils 

 and other bulbous stock are very plen- 

 tiful and as a rule of good quality. 

 They are selling well at moderate 

 prices. Gardenias and orchids go fair- 

 ly well. The cypripedium crop is over 

 for the season. Buddleia, myosotis 

 and forsythias are among the recent 

 items to make their appearance. 



Severe weather all the 

 ST. LOUIS past week has caused 



transient trade to fall 

 off, yet roses and carnations are hold- 

 ing up well in price. Some good color 

 Bev^uties are seen but these are mov- 

 ing slowly. Bulbous flowers are in- 

 creasing in supply. 



There has been 

 WASHINGTON quite a heavy call 



from southern 

 points making exceptionally good the 

 telegraph business of the local florists. 

 Roses of all varieties continue scarce 



iCanitnued on page iSq) 



