April 21, 1917 



HORTICULTURE 



531 



With a cut-back crop, which is now coming in, we are 

 receiving some of 'the most wonderful quality we have 

 ever handled — in quantity — all lengths. 



Special, $20.00 First, $10.00 

 Extra, 15.00 Second, 8.00 



A few extra choice special Russells at $25 



S. S. PENNOCK-MEEHAN CO. 



THE ^-iKSof PHILADELPHIA 



NEW YORK 

 117 W. 28th St. 



PHILADELPHIA 



1608-1620 Ludrow St. 



BALTIMORE WASHINGTON 



Franklin & St. Paul Sti. 1216 H St.. N. W. 



Flower Market Reports WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS — ^'^^ 



The flower market has 

 BOSTON been in deplorable shape 

 for the past few days. At 

 present writing, the day before Pa- 

 triots' Day, a little more activity is 

 noticed but the tables in the market 

 are burdened with flowers, many of 

 them showing unmistakable signs of 

 tiredness. Roses have been hard hit — 

 worse than anything else it would ap- 

 pear. Carnations average very good 

 as to quality but they are not wanted. 

 Bulb flowers still linger in large quan- 

 tities. Violets are nearing their end 

 but sweet peas are heavily accumulat- 

 ed on all sides and many of them are 

 of excellent quality. Lilies sell very 

 poorly and they are inferior as a rule. 

 The Chicago wholesale 

 CHICAGO market is still a quiet 

 place. Since the big 

 business of Easter week, trade has 

 been rather slow. Thursday and Fri- 

 day there was something like the stir 

 of the early part of the month but 

 sales dragged again at the week end. 

 This week opens in a discouraging 

 manner. Roses are a drug on the 

 market and some of the wholesalers 

 report that the most unsatisfactory 

 flower from a financial standpoint, 

 just now, is the rose. American Beau- 

 ties, so scarce all the winter, are now 

 here in quantity but no one seems to 

 want them. Orchids are very scarce 

 with the prospect of remaining so for 

 some time to come. Carnation sales 

 are still lessened more or less by the 

 vast quantities of bulbous stock which 

 has flooded the market for months and 

 probably will last some time longer. 

 Sweet peas sell fairly well. 



The d e m a n d has 

 CINCINNATI been fairly steady 

 since Easter but has 

 not kept pace with the supply of stock. 

 The latter has become so large that 

 the market is overstocked in every 

 seasonable Mne. Roses are among the 

 worst offenders. Their supply is great- 

 ly in excess of actual needs Carna- 

 tions are overly plentiful. Easter 



4.ckO 

 4.00 

 4.00 

 3.00 

 4.00 



3.00 



CINCINNATI 

 Rosea , Apri l 16 



Am, Beauty, Special I 40.00 



" " Fancy and Extra i 25.00 



" " No. I and culls | 5.00 



Russell, Euler, Mock I 4.00 



Hadley 



Arenberg, Hoosier Beauty 



Ward 



Killamey, Radiance, Taft 



Ophelia, Sunburst, Hillingdon. 



Key 



Carnatioas 



Cattleraa 



Dendrobium formoaum j to 



Lilies, Lon^florum 8.00 to 



Lilies, Speciosum to 



Callas 1 8.00 to 



Lily oF the Valley 1 to 



SnapdrasoD 6.00 to 



Daffodils a.oo to 



Narcissi. Paper White j to 



Roman Hyacinths to 



Freesia I to 



Tulips 2.00 to 



Calendulas to 



Sweet Peas j .50 to 



Violets to 



Marguerites to 



Gardenias ' to 



Adiantum to 



Smilax ' 12.00 to 



AaparasuaPIu.&Spren. (looBhs.) 35.00 to 



I CHICAGO 

 J April 9 



PRICES -Per 100 



TO DEALER S ONI Y 



PfTTSBURG 



April 16 



BUFFALO 



April 16 



50.00 

 35.00 

 15.00 

 12.50 

 10.00 

 10.00 

 10,00 

 10.00 

 10,00 



4.00 

 75.00 



10.00 

 6.00 



13.50 

 3.00 



1.00 



15.00 

 50.00 



35.00 

 25.00 

 6.00 

 4.00 



40.00 

 3S-00 

 20.00 

 20.00 



.50 



15.00 



• 75 

 12.00 

 35.00 



1. 00 



25 .CO 



1. 00 

 iS.oo 

 50,00 



S5.00 

 20.00 

 10.00 

 4.00 

 6.00 

 6.00 

 3.00 



3 0° 

 3.00 

 5.00 



3. 00 

 40.00 



8.00 

 4.00 

 1.00 

 6.00 

 5.00 



a.oo 

 2,00 

 2.00 

 2.00 



3.00 



3.00 



.60 



.30 



1. 00 



15.00 



1.00 



15.00 



30.00 



35-00 



25 JDO 

 15.00 

 15.00 

 10,00 

 10,00 



6.CO 

 10.00 

 10.00 



13. 00 



3.00 

 50.00 



10.00 

 6.00 

 12.00 



7.00 

 B.oo 

 3.00 



3.00 

 3.00 

 3.00 



3.00 



♦■00 



1.50 



•30 



2. CO 

 25.00 



1.25 

 20.00 



to 



to 30.00 20.00 



30.00 

 20.00 

 10.00 

 6.00 



4.00 



4.00 

 4.00 

 4.00 



2.00 



60.00 

 ao.co 

 6.<o 



4.00 

 2.00 



2.00 

 .50 

 •35 



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 15.00 



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25.00 

 15.00 

 15.00 



12.00 

 10.00 

 10.00 

 12.00 



4.00 



75.00 



30.00 

 10.00 



6.00 

 6.00 



4.00 



3.00 



• 75 



3.00 

 1.35 



20.00 

 So.co 



lilies are In a heavy supply and have 

 a slow market even at the prevailing 

 low prices. Sweet peas are plentiful. 

 A supply of lily of the valley is avail- 

 able. Some excellent Darwin tulips 

 are coming into the wholesale houses. 



Conditions are very 

 NEW YORK quiet with heavy ship- 

 ments coming in and 

 only a spasmodic demand. Roses are 

 plentiful at reduced prices and the 

 same is true of carnations. Not much 

 change for the better is apparent In 

 the bulb flower trade. Sweet peas are 

 abundant and in all kinds of qualities 

 — good, bad and indifferent — and prices 



range accordingly. Smilax is scarce. 

 Lily of the valley is also a scarce item. 

 Cattleyas still hold firm, as do garden- 

 ias if good. Antirrhinums are poor 

 sellers as has been the case most of 

 the season. Spanish iris are coming 

 in plentifully and are very handsome 

 but they do not move as well as they 

 should. Lilies are a slow proposition. 

 Last week there 

 PHILADELPHIA was a big in- 

 crease in the 

 supply of flowers consequent on 

 the longer days and the bright 

 weather. On top of that condi- 



{Conthiufd on page SS-i^ 



For the Retailer or for the Grower 



KENNICOTT BROS. CO. 



Wholesale Cut Flowers 



IN CHICAGO 



H. B. KBNNIGOTT. President. 



I E. POLLWORTB, Seo'y snd Gea'l Mir. 



