January 22, 1916 



HORTICULTURE 



117 



Flower Market Reports 



The Boston wholesale 

 BOSTON market remains u 'i- 

 changed. Although the 

 weather has been a little brighter, 

 with a small amount of sunshine com- 

 ing in occasionally, it hasn't changed 

 the size of crops or market values 

 very much. Carnations are a little 

 more plentiful, but are selling at as 

 good a figure as before. Bulb stock is 

 also more abundant, but the quantity 

 is not large enough for the demand. 

 Roses are off crop and prominent 

 growers claim that the prices that they 

 are bringing reminds them oft the old 

 times when they were bringing in their 

 little boxes and cleaning out at any 

 price that they asked. 



Market good, supply 

 BUFFALO short, prices high, is 

 the story of the market 

 for the past week and by all indica- 

 tions things are to so remain for a 

 while. Zero weather has added to the 

 troubles of the merchant and some 

 stock already had been received in 

 frosted condition and at just the time 

 when it could have been used to ad- 

 vantage. Roses are still scarce, carna- 

 tions coming a trifle better, and other 

 stock not abundant. Wholesale stocks 

 are cleaned up daily. 



No relief has come to 

 CHICAGO this market since our 

 last report, a week ago. 

 Stock remains so scarce that i)racti- 

 cally all out of town orders are cut to 

 the least amount that will answer the 

 purpose. It is hard to say whether a 

 few more fiowers of any one kind are 

 cut than last week, for the amount 

 still keeps so far below what ordina- 

 rily comes into the wholesale houses 

 and below what the demand calls for. 

 The sunshine has been up to the aver- 

 age, though the thermometer has reg- 

 istered low, but weather conditions 

 are not considered the cause of the 

 shortage. A very heavy crop was on 

 for the holidays and that crop having 

 been cut, the only solution is to wait 

 with what patience we may have till 

 the next one comes. Bulbous stock is 

 up to the usual January supply and 

 quality is considered good, but the 

 scarcity of other flowers causes this 

 supply to appear smaller than in other 

 years because it is sold so quickly. 



The sudden cold and 

 CINCINNATI cloudy weather has 

 reduced receipts and 

 brought the daily supply down to the 

 lowest point of the year in almost 

 every line of stock. In the meantime 

 the demand was active and brought 

 about a rise in prices. At the time of 

 this writing the supply of roses is very 

 small. It includes, however, some very 

 fine American Beauties. The cut of 

 carnations has also decreased. Lilies, 

 plentiful right along, now are coming 

 in only limited quantities. Lily of the 

 valley are also rather scarce, and 

 daffodils and jonquils have been prov- 

 ing good property. Violets an- fairly 

 plentiful. Wild smilax and galax are 

 meeting with a heavy demand. 



During the many Jan- 

 NEW YORK uaries through which 

 we have been privi- 

 leged to follow the flower markets we 



SPENCER 

 SWEET PEAS 



In this scarcity of flowers, Spen- 

 cer Sweet Peas with the various 

 crops coming on are more plen- 

 tiful, wonderfully choice quality 

 and selling: well. 



$1.50, $2.00, $2.50, and 

 $3.00 per 100 



S. S. PENNOCK-MEEHAN CO. 



PHILADELPHIA 



1608-1620 Ladloir Si. 



The Wholesale Florists of Philadelphia 



NEW YORK BALTIMORE WASHINGTON 



117 W. 28A St. Fcntlin .nd St. P.ol Sis. 1216 H St., N. W. 



WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS - ^•^^"•"^^-fo%'gii£Rs oNur 



Rosea 



Am. Beauty, Special 



" *' Fancy and Extra..*** 



No.i 



Russell, Hadley 



Killarney, Richm'd, Hill'don, Ward 



" Ord. 



Arenburg, Radiance, Taft, Key, Ex. 



" Ord. 



Ophelia, Mock, Sunburst, Extra .. . 



*' " '* Ordinary 



Camatioiu. Fancy 



" Ordinary 



Cattleyas 



Dendrobium formosuin 



Lilies. LonRiflorum 



Rubrum 



Lily of the Valley 



Daises 



VioUts 



Mignonette 



Snapdragon 



Narciisus, Paper-While 



Trumpet 



Hyacinths, Roman 



Freesia 



Calendulas 



Stevia 



Sweet Peas 



Gardenias 



Adiantum 



Smilax 



AsparasusPlumosus, Strinss (xoo) 

 ** ** & Spren. (loobchs.) 



CINCINNATI 



CHICAGO 



BUFFALO 



Jan. 17 



40.00 

 35.00 

 10.00 

 10.00 



8.00 

 4.00 

 8.00 

 4.00 

 8.00 

 4.00 

 5.00 



60.00 



12.50 

 5.00 



10.00 

 5.00 



50.00 I 



3J.OO : 



20.00 ' 



15.00 



1 3. 00 



6.00 

 12.00 ' 



6.00 

 13.00 



6.00 



6.00 ' 



4.00 I 



73.00 I 



15.00 I 

 10,00 ' 

 15.00 



35.00 



25.00 

 10.00 

 8.00 



10.00 



5.00 

 8.00 

 5.00 

 B.oo 

 5.00 

 5.00 

 3.00 

 50.00 



50.00 

 35 -oo 

 20.0D 

 25.00 



I0.OO 



8.00 I 



12.00 

 8.00 



13.00 

 8.00 

 6.00 

 S-oo 



60.00 



10.00 

 6.00 

 4.00 



12.00 

 6.00 

 8.00 

 4.00 

 S.oo 

 3.00 



8.00 to 12.00 10.00 to 



10.00 

 3.00 



3.00 



4.00 

 3. CO 

 3.00 



4.00 



5.00 

 4.. o 

 4.00 



12.50 

 35.00 

 35.00 



1.50 



1. 00 

 15.00 

 50.00 

 50.00 



■ 75 to 



5.00 to 



6.00 to 



3.00 to 



4.00 to 



3.00 to 



4.C0 to 



3.ro to 



2.00 to 



1.50 to 



25.00 to 



1. 00 to 



12.00 to 



50.00 to 



35.00 to 



I3.00 



5.00 

 ...... I 



1. 00 

 8.00 ' 



xo.oo 



4.C0 



5.00 



5.00 



5.00 



4.00 



3.00 



S.50 



35.00 



i.25 



18.00 



60.00 ' 



50.DO I 



10.00 

 3.00 

 x.oo 



.60 



4.00 

 4.00 



2.00 

 5.00 

 3.00 

 3.00 

 3.00 

 I, CO 



1. 00 



30.00 

 1. 00 



40.00 

 30.00 



50.00 



35«' 



25.00 



30.00 



8.00 



6.00 



15.00 



10.00 



10.00 



6jx> 



6.<o 



4.00 



60.00 



12.00 

 5.00 



I3.00 

 4.00 

 1.50 

 -75 

 6,00 

 6.00 

 3.00 

 6.00 

 3.00 

 5.00 

 4.00 



1. 25 



1.50 



40.00 



1-25 



15.00 

 60.00 

 50.00 



PITTSBURG 



Jan-_3 



75-00 

 60.0a 

 50.CO 



99.00 



25.00 

 8.oe 



30.00 



10.00 

 10.00 

 6.00 



1 5,00 tt 

 8.00 tc 

 8.00 to 



30.00 

 12.00 



12.00 

 6.00 

 80.00 



75.W 



10 



12.00 to 15.0 



4.00 



3.00 



1.50 

 4.00 



S-<» 

 4.CC 



8.00 



..to 4-00 



1. 00 to 

 1. 00 to 

 1.50 to 



35.00 



4.00 



3. 00 

 3.00 



x.«5 



50.00 

 50.00 



J.A.BDOL0NG 



184 North Wabash Avenue, CHICAGO 



GUT FLOWERS 



ROSES, VALLEY and 

 CARNATIONS 



A Specialty 



WHPLESALE 

 GROWER of 



Iiavo never known a period of famine 

 in New York so nronounced as the 

 l)resent. Tlie total receipts of all tlie 

 wliolesalers on 28tli street in any one 

 day might be handled by a single es- 

 tablishment. The conseauence is that 

 C'hiistmas pr'ccs havo, in the main, 

 been continued up to the present time. 

 One item alone seems to have been e.\- 

 dnded from these general conditions 



and that is the cattleya of which there 

 are many of ftn«' quality but for 

 which the call is verv licht and prices 

 correspondinsly depressed. Another 

 peci'l ar fact is that while, single 

 violets are in really insufficient sup- 

 ply I he variety Gov. Herrick, with its 

 exceptionally good color, fragrance 

 and Iceping qualities, is almost un- 

 salable at less than one halt the 



(CoHtinueti flu prtgr titl) 



