February 26, 1916 



HORTICULTURE 



28& 



Flower Market Reports 



The weather of the past 

 BOSTON week has hurt business 



in general a great deal. 

 The market is very slow and but for 

 a little clean-up on Washington's 

 Birthday things would be in a slump. 

 Everything but sweet peas and lilacs 

 seem to be very much overstocked. 

 Snapdragon is very much more plenti- 

 ful than hitherto, and has taken quite 

 a drop. Darwin tulips have made their 

 appearance and sell fairly well. Last 

 . year was the first in which these beau- 

 tiful flowers were seen in appreciable 

 commercial quantity in this market. 

 There can be no question of their 

 rapidly growing popularity. There 

 are many odds and ends of unusual 

 flowers to be seen in the florists' show 

 windows at this season and those 

 growers who run these little tidbits 

 as a side line are always sure of an 

 appreciative clientage in Boston town. 



Stock is plentiful enough 

 BUFFALO and business in general 



has not been up to stan- 

 dard. Daffodils have been over-plenti- 

 ful. Saturday's "bargain sales" were 

 light even at the reduced price. The 

 carnation situation has changed and 

 these now are abundant enough, with 

 prices on the decline. Roses are 

 gradually coming in better, but no 

 Beauties are seen. Lilies are fine. 

 Shipping trade has been a trifle better. 



Business Is normal. A 

 CHICAGO steady flow of trade 



uses up the flowers, of 

 which there is now a large supply of 

 nearly all kinds. After Valentine Day 

 a natural easing up of rush orders fol- 

 lowed and shipping, as well as local 

 business, fell off. The week following 

 brought in a great deal of stock, par- 

 ticularly carnations and prices are 

 much lower, especially to the buyer on 

 the spot. There is a large supply of 

 split carnations, which solves the task 

 of making up cheap funeral work, and 

 a good grade of the same flower is 

 carried away in quantity for two dol- 

 lars per hundred. Bulbous stock sells 

 well considering the quantity. There 

 is an immense amount coming daily 

 and little if any is lost. There is a 

 good selection of roses, most winter 

 varieties being in crop now. Garden- 

 ias, cattleyas and lily of the valley are 

 not in excess of demand. Sweet peas 

 are very scarce, the buds having fallen 

 badly and growers are getting discour- 

 aged. Violets sell only moderately 

 well. There is a good variety of green 

 which each year becomes more of a 

 necessity. 



Spring days and sun- 

 CINCINNATI shine, and the cuts 



are now heavier and 

 are easily sufficient for all require- 

 ments. The cut of roses is now large 

 and the chances are it will be much 

 heavier within a fortnight. American 

 Beauties are good and plentiful. Re- 

 ceipts in carnations are very large. 

 Lilies and callas are all fairly 

 plentiful, also good tulips, jonquils, 

 daffodils and Dutch hyacinths. Lily of 

 the valley receipts in excess of the de- 

 mand. Narcissus, outdoor daffodils, 

 violets, orchids and forget-me-nots are 

 all in abundance. 



BEAUTIES 



-Ulcr liver a mouth of very few Beau- 

 tiis. we are glad to say we can now 

 oiler our customers in quantity won- 

 tJerfiilly well grown Beauties, mostly 



Spi'rhils. 



Doz. 



Speeiiils $9.00 



I'ancy 7.50 



Kxtrn «.00 



Second :t.(H) 



I'irst ;.(«< 



S. S. PENNOCK-MEEHAN CO. 



The Wholesale florists of Philadelphui 



FHILACELPHIA NEW YORK 



1608-1620 Ludlow St. 117 W. 28lli St. 



BALTIMORE WASHINGTON 



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



WBOLESALB FLOWER MARKETS — ^"^"^ 



PRICES — Per 100 



T O DEALERS ONI-'y 



Rosea 



Am. Beauty, Special 



" *' Fancy and Extra 



No. I 



RusscU, Hadley, Hoosier Beautv- • ■ 



KiUarney, Richm'd, Hill'don. Ward 



" Ord. 



Arcnburg, Radiance, Taft, Key, Ex. 



" Ord. 



Ophelia, Mock, Sunburst, Extra ... 



** " " Ordinary 



Camatioiu, Fancy ■ 



" Ordinary 



Cattleyas 



Dendrobrum f onno»uin 



Liliei, LonfiifloTum 



Rubrum 



Calla* 



Lily of the Vailey 



Daises 



Violets 



Mignonette ■ 



Snapdragon 



Narcissus, Paper- White 



Golden Spur, etc. 



Tulips 



Hyacinths 



Freesia ' 



Calendulas 



Sweet Peas 



Gardenias 



Lilac ^per bunch) 



Adtantnm 



Smilax 



Asparagus Plu. A Spren. (loo Bhs.) 



CINriNNATI 



Feb. 21 



12.50 



25.00 



J.a.BUDLONG 



184 North Wabash 

 ROSES, VALLEY and WHOLESALE 



*^^" ys!.ey..« y GUPWER Of 



Avenue, CHICAGO 



CUT FLOWERS 



The soft pedal will do 

 NEW YORK for the market story 



this week. Washing- 

 ton's Birthday, as usual, called for a 

 certain amount of patriotic floral work 

 but not much im|iression was made on 

 the general sitnation which is one of 

 moderate demand and increasing sup- 

 ply on most lines excepting cattleyas 

 and gardenias. There is yet a fair 

 period of time for floral activities be- 

 fore the entry of sober Lent but length- 

 ening days and warmer sunshine will 

 do their part in jiromoting flower pro- 

 duction and reducing market values 

 and we may reasonably expect to see 

 heavier receipts and lower prices in 

 the wholesale markets. The game 

 henceforth should be to promote sales 

 and increase the output at retail by 

 all possible means including popular 

 low prices, so that accumulations may 



be forestalled and prevented as much 

 as possible and the surjjlus disiiosed of 

 through legitimate and respectable 

 channels. 



There has been 

 PHILADELPHIA little change in 



market condi- 

 tions here since last week. Trading 

 has continued reasonably brisk, al- 

 though a little handicapped by the 

 zero weather, which interfered a good 

 deal with the transient, and lots of 

 shipments arrived frozen, .\merican 

 Beauty roses have improved greatly 

 both in quantity and quality and the 

 shortage ot the past three weeks is ap- 

 parently over for good. Russells also 

 are much better and the whole rose 

 situation is vastly improved. Carna- 

 tions continue in their heyday and 

 were never better either as to quality 



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