May 19, 1917 



HOETICULTURE 



659 



PEONIES 



Wi h good warm weather between now and MEMORIAL 

 DAY, our Local Peonies will be in. Probably the best quality, 

 owing to the cool weather, we have ever handled. 



$8.00 and $10.00 per 100 



A Few Novelties at $12.00 



New Crop Dagger Ferns ready now — $2.50 per 1,000; in 

 lots of 5,000, $2.00 per 1 .000. 



S. S. PENNOCK-MEEHAN CO. 



THE ^''Itriiuof PHILADELPHIA 



NEW YORK 

 117 W. 28th St. 



PHaADELPHIA BALTIMORE 



1608-1620 Ludlow St. Franklin & St. Paul Sts. 



WASHINGTON 

 1216HSt.. N.W 



Flower Market Reports WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS - "^^ 



This market was healthy 

 BOSTON all last week and for the 



first day or two this week 

 but has now fallen off very decidedly 

 with prospects of a slow finish. Moth- 

 ers' Day made a considerable impres- 

 sion but the advance in white carna- 

 tions to $8.00 a hundred came to grief 

 on Saturday morning when tlie limit 

 fell to ?5.00. Since that time fifty per 

 cent, more has been lopped off. Roses 

 are coming in heavily and are prob- 

 ably due for a cut in market values 

 due for a cut in the market values 

 before the close of this week. Lily of 

 the valley is very scarce, no outdoor 

 blooms being yet in evidence. Sweet 

 peas are a strong factor, being plenti- 

 ful and of fine quality. Spanish iris 

 are moving briskly at $6.00 per 100. 

 There are large quantities of Golden 

 Spur narcissi, which sell slowly at 

 $5.00 a thousand. 



Mothers' Day was a sur- 

 CHICAGO prise even to those who 



anticipated a big day. 

 It seemed like another Easter Sat- 

 turday, and the amount of good 

 stock in the market was not adequate 

 to the needs of tlie buyers. All 

 through the montli orders had been 

 piling up and many had to be refused 

 for lack of stock, so the last minute 

 orders stood little chance of being 

 filled and many florists in neighboring 

 towns were without stock. One whole- 

 saler received a letter on Monday say- 

 ing ribbon had been substituted in his 

 town. The cold days had kept stock 

 back and prices had been good all 

 through the week. The carnations 

 that had been held back for the high- 

 est prices could have realized the 

 growers a nice sum had they been sent 

 in earlier instead of becoming worth- 

 less by age. Many outside buyers 

 could not credit the reported condition 

 of the market and came in person to 

 buy stock if possible. Monday follow- 

 ing was a fairly busy day and prices 

 are about the same as for Mothers' 

 Day. Producers of pickled carnations 

 had their innings when stock was 

 shipped out. but their outings came 

 when that same stock was returned by 

 the expressman on Monday. Much 



Roses 



Am. Beauty, Special. 



CINCINNATI 



May 14 



I CHICAGO 



I May 7 



40,00 

 30.00 

 15.00 

 15.00 

 15.00 

 12.00 

 B 00 

 10.00 

 12.00 



6.00 

 75.00 



35.00 



Fancy and Extra i 20.00 



" " No. I and culls j 8.00 



Russell, Euler, Mock 6.00 



Hadley 6.C0 



Arenberg, Hoosier Beauty ' 5.00 



Ward , 400 



Killamey, Radiance, Taft 4.00 



Ophelia, Sunburst, Hillingdon 6.0c 



Key 



Carnations 400 



Cattleyas SO.oo 



Dendrobium formosum to 



Lilies, Longiflorum looo to 12.50 



Lilies, Speciosum ■• 



Callas 8.00 



Lily of the Valley ■■•■■ 



Snapdragon ° °° 



Daffodils 2.o° 



Narcissi. Paper White 



Roman Hyacinths 



Freesia 



Tulips 300 



Calendulas 2.oo 



Sweet Peas S° 



Violets 



Marguerites 



Gardenias 



Adiantum 



Smilax 



Asparagus Flu. & Spren. (100 Bhs.) 25.00 to 



10.00 

 6.00 



12. 50 

 3.00 



4.00 

 3.00 

 I. CO 



1.00 

 15.00 

 50.00 



35.00 



2J,00 

 4.00 

 3.00 



40,00 

 35.00 

 10.00 

 25.00 



12. 00 

 10.00 

 10.00 

 12.00 



to 8.00 

 to 100.00 



3.00 

 3.00 



3-00 

 3.00 



3.00 



75.00 



8.00 to 12. CO 



6.00 

 5.00 

 6.00 

 3.00 



2.00 

 2.00 



15.00 



1.00 



15.00 



25.00 



lo.co 

 6.00 



1 2, CO 

 4.CO 



to 

 to 

 to 

 to 

 to 

 to 

 to 

 to 

 to 

 to 

 10 



3. CO 



3.00 



2.00 



1.50 



20 .CO 



1.25 



25.00 



50.00 



PRICES — Per 100 



TO DEAL ERS ONLY 



PITTSBURG 



May 15 



to 

 to 



BUFFALO 



May 14 



20. CX) 



15.00 

 3.00 

 8.00 

 4.00 

 3.00 



2.00 



300 

 3.00 



8.00 



2.00 



40.00 



3.00 

 6.00 

 6.00 

 4.00 

 1,00 

 1. 00 

 1. 00 



2.00 



I. 00 



x.oo 



.50 

 .30 



1. 00 

 10.00 



25.00 to 



25.00 



20jOO 



5.00 

 12.00 

 8.00 

 8.00 ! 



6.CO I 

 6.00 ' 

 6.00 



10.00 

 4.00 j 



50.00 



10.00 

 4.00 



10.00 

 7.00 

 8.00 

 2.00 

 2. 00 

 2.00 

 3.00 

 2.00 

 3.00 

 1.50 

 .50 

 1.50 



15.00 

 1. 00 



15.00 



3500 



20.00 

 12.00 

 6.00 

 8.00 



6.00 

 6.00 

 4.00 

 6.00 



2.00 



5O.CO 



6.00 

 6.00 



1. 00 



3.00 



2.00 

 .50 



1. 00 

 15, CO 

 40,00 



25.00 

 15.00 

 10.00 



1500 



12.00 

 12.00 

 10.00 

 12.00 



3.00 

 75-O0 



8.00 

 8.00 

 2.00 



4.00 

 4.00 

 1.50 



'.25 



30.00 



60. CO 



that never left the market found its way 



to the barrels — as on other holidays. 



Business for Moth- 

 CiNCINNATi ers' Day was excel- 

 lent, and high prices 

 prevailed. There was a decided short- 

 age if flowers, which coupled with 

 the stiff demand, caused the high 

 prices. Many more plants were sold 

 than at any previous Mothers' Day. 

 Neither roses nor carnations are any 

 too plentiful. A good cut of sweet 

 peas is coming in and are having a 

 good market. Lilies are plentiful, 

 and callas fairly plentiful. Peonies are 

 increasing. Greens are abundant. 



The flower trade thus 

 NEW YORK far in the week is 

 almost completely 

 The wholesale district is 



stagnated. 



as apathetic as at the lowest ebb of 

 midsummer and considerable apprehen- 

 sion is expressed lest this premature 

 lethargy may be typical of what we 

 may expect for the rest of the season. 

 Some little resentful comment is rife 

 among the retail people who think 

 they see in the attitude of the public 

 a virtual protest against the prices 

 enforced on certain flowers for Moth- 

 ers' Day. There are quantities of 

 shrub flowers coming in and the lily 

 of the valley problem is temporarily 

 shelved by the receipts of large quan- 

 tities of outdoor blooms of fine quality. 

 Roses are very fine, a fact which is 

 doubtless due in a considerable degree 

 to the unseasonable cool weather of 

 the past weeks. There are great quan- 

 tities of lilies of all grades from very 



{Continued on page 66/) 



For the Retailer or for the Grower 



KENNICOTT BROS. CO. 



Wholesale Cut Flowers 



IN CHICAGO 



H. B. KENNICOTT. President. 



J. B. POllWOKTfl, SeoV md flea'l H<r 



