February 19, 1916 



HORTICULTURE 



253 



Flower Market Reports 



The holiday on Saturday 

 BOSTON and Valentine's Day com- 

 ing on Monday helped 

 greatly to clean up sonip of the goods 

 which had been accumulating all week. 

 Although there was a fair clean-up, 

 goods did not bring a very good price 

 but that is partially blamable to the 

 severe storm of Friday, Saturday and 

 Sunday. Storekeepers were very 

 much afraid to buy on account of the 

 weather. This week the market has 

 fallen oft again and all flowers are 

 very plentiful and cheap. The first 

 signs of roses dropping from their 

 high figure were noticed on Tuesday, 

 but they are not coming in sufficiently 

 plentiful to hurt the price of other 

 material. Bulb stock is in in good 

 lots and although they are very cheap 

 still they sell well. Sweet peas have 

 shortened up the last two days but 

 with a little sun are expected to be 

 back in full swing again. Violets are 

 exceptionally plentiful and are selling 

 at extremely low figures for this time 

 of the year. 



The mercury pointing 

 BUFFALO around the zero mark, 

 receipts have been 

 slightly lighter, also the volume of 

 business. The supply of carnations 

 more than equals the demand, though 

 fancy stock has sold at fair prices. 

 Roses are still scarce, especially shorts 

 and medium, and this has helped the 

 carnation situation to some extent. 

 Beauties are not seen and no call for 

 them whatever. Sweet peas of orchid 

 type are coming in better and sell 

 freely. Violets have to be forced in 

 many instances but had a good sale on 

 Saturday last. Lily of the valley is 

 fine and holding its own, also all mis- 

 cellaneous stock. There is plenty of 

 good bulbous material. 



With the exception of 

 CHICAGO roses the supply of flow- 

 ers now coming in meets 

 all reauirements and threatens to ex- 

 ceed the demand should the quantity 

 continue to increase. The bulb sea- 

 son is at its height and it would be 

 hard to estimate the thousands of 

 tulips and daffodils arriving daily. So 

 far the price on daffodils has held 

 steady according to grade, which runs 

 all the way from the small southern 

 stock to the 20 inch fancy cuts. Tulips 

 are of eveo' color known to that flow- 

 er and the stock has a wide range in 

 size and quality. Carnations are in- 

 cluding very many of low grade, but 

 there are plenty also of the better 

 ones, including fancy stock. Callas 

 are very scarce. Sweet jjeas general- 

 ly are equal to demand which is good. 

 Violets are not considered strong ex- 

 cept on special occasions. Lily of the 

 valley is scarce and bells are small. 

 Roses are still counted scarce and the 

 outlook is not for larger cuts soon. 

 Snapdragon is another short article. 

 A good supply of cattleyas is offered. 

 Trade for Valentine's day is esti- 

 mated by conservative members of 

 the trade as probably falling below 

 that of last year when it assumed 

 greater proportions than i-ver before 

 In this market. Retailer^ say Mon- 

 day is not a good gift day. Be that 

 as it may, it was a time '.vhich used 

 up practically all the flo\ser8 which 

 came in. Out-of-town orders were 

 heavy and a large proportion came at 



For choice and effective work, 

 nothing more beautiful 



The best quality $1.50 per bunch 

 A good medium quality $1 per bunch 



GARDENIAS 



$2.00 to $3.00 per dozen 



J. S. PENNOCKMEEHAH CO. 



The Wholesale Florists ol Philadelpbia 



r PHILADELPHIA P NEW YORK 



T608-162C Ludlow St. 1 17 W. 28ll> Si. 



r BALTIMORE WASHINGTON 



Franklin & St. Paul SlJ. 1216 H St., N. W. 



WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS — ^'^^'^^'^^^/o'd'e^ 



Roses 



Am. Beauty, Special 



" ** Fancy and Extra 



No.i 



Russell, Hadley , Hoosier Beauty . . . 



KilUrncy, Richm'd, Hill'don, Ward 



'• Ord. 



Arenburg, Radiaoce, Taft, Key, Ex. 



■'^Ord. 



Ophelia, Mock, Sunburst, Extra . . . 



" " " Ordinary 



Camatioiu, Fancy 



" (Ordinary 



Cattleyas 



Deodrobium f ormosum 



Lilies, LoDRifloriuD - 



Rubrum 



Callas 



U\y of the Valley 



Daises ■ 



Violets 



Mignonette 



Snapdragon 



Narcissus, Paper-While. 



Golden Spur, etc. 



Tulips 



Hyacinths 



Freesia 



Calendulas 



Sweet Peas 



Gardenias 



Lilac per bunch) 



Adiantum 



Smilaz • 



Asparagus Plo. A Sprep. dooBhs.) 



CINTINNATI 



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CHICAGO 



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J.H.BUDLONG 



184 North Wabash 

 ROSES, VALLEY and WHOLESALE 



CARNATIONS gpQWER of 



Avenue, CHICAGO 



A Specialty 



GUT FLOWERS 



the last minute, but without thein the 

 market could not have used up the 

 supply. More plants than ever before 

 were sold for this holiday and the 

 plant houses were kept busy deliver- 

 iuK to the retailers till dark on .Mon- 

 day. Dwarf crab apples, peaches, 

 lilacs and heaths were much in evi- 

 dence, and the baskets of spring flow- 

 ers were very popular. Violets as al- 

 ways, were a popular Valentine gilt 

 as were also sweet peas, of which 

 more could have been used. 



Ex t r e m e 1 y cold 

 CINCINNATI weather has again 

 put a check on the 

 supiily of stock. Still, as a whole, re- 

 ceipts are sufficient for immediate 

 needs. Valentine Day business was 

 good but it was not strong enough to 

 absorb receipts in all lines peculiarly 

 appropriate for that day. The rose 



cut is still short. American Beauties, 

 however, are plentiful. Carnation re- 

 ceipts are large and good. Lilies and 

 callas are plentiful. Bulbous offerings 

 include tulips, jonquils, daffodils, 

 Dutch hyacinths and narcissus. Vio- 

 lets, sweet peas, lily of the valley and 

 orchids are all plentiful. 



There was a sugges- 

 NEW YORK tion of bustle in this 



market just preceding 

 St. Valentine's Day, but it was pretty 

 well petered out after the snow storm 

 and the zero weather which marked 

 the amorous day. Much material was 

 frozen on the way to the city. Violets, 

 which have long held sway as a 

 favorite of Cupid, have been treated 

 very coolly all winter by the public, but 

 the saddest blow of all was Monday's 

 big freeze, which completely prevented 



(CoHtinttrd on page S^ij) 



