March 25, 1916 



HORTICULTURE 



419 



Flower Market Reports 



The flower market has 

 BOSTON experienced at last the 

 "shimp" long dreaded 

 but thus far escaped. Sunny skies 

 succeeding the long stormy spell are 

 pushing along rapidly the daffodils, 

 lilies and roses. The rose receipts 

 are increasing every day. Carnations 

 are not coming in heavily, but sales 

 are nevertheless very slow. Sweet 

 peas are being received in unpreced- 

 ented quantities. Snapdragons also 

 are in overstock. The only bulb flow- 

 ers that sell well are the Poets' nar- 

 cissus. Darwin tulips have done very 

 well but are now draggy. Pansies are 

 very fine. 



Business has been 

 CINCINNATI steady and active 

 and kept the market 

 pretty well cleaned up In most all 

 lines. Shipping business is very good. 

 Roses are meeting with a good call 

 and on some occasions last week were 

 short because of the extraordinary 

 demand caused by spring openings. 

 Carnations are short of actual needs. 

 Easter lilies are less plentiful and at 

 times are scarce. Bulbous stock, with 

 the exception of narcissi is not any 

 too plentiful. Sweet peas are in a 

 good supply and generally are excel- 

 lent in quality. Lily of the valley 

 meet with only an indifferent demand. 

 The supply of callas and rubrum 

 lilies is ample. 



The tone of the market 

 CHICAGO for the past week has 

 been considered very 

 good. The effect of Lent is about 

 over, and with the exception of wed- 

 ding orders, sales are as before that 

 time-honored season began. Just 

 now, the absence of wedding orders 

 is almost a relief to the growers of 

 lily of the valley who can hold back on 

 their supply. The end is in sight with 

 the tulip crop and daffodils reign with- 

 out much to rival them in the domain 

 of bulbous stock. All roses are plenti- 

 ful and the demand is good, all the 

 best grades bringing a fair price and 

 nothing going to waste. The new 

 roses have made a good run this win- 

 ter and on the whole have been all 

 that could be desired. American 

 Beauties are still a scarce article and 

 do not cut much of a figure in the 

 market as compared to other years. 

 There are many carnations, but not 

 an over supply. Prices have come 

 down and stock is generally used up. 

 There Is a good supply of lilies, mig- 

 nonette, snapdragon, calendula, &c. 



The market is getting 

 NEW YORK loaded up in regular 

 mid-lent fashion. The 

 only thing that has held it back so 

 long has been the inclemency of the 

 weather. A surfeit is now in prospect 

 and much lower jirices are sure to 

 follow. Roses of all varieties move 

 sluggishly. Carnations are only in 

 moderate surplus as yet but tulips, 

 lilies, wallflowers, sweet peas and 

 daisies are too abundant to maintain 

 their normal value. Orchids are plen- 

 tiful, the cattleya supply being more 

 than sufficient. Of the latter C. Schro- 

 der;e is having its usual iioor recep- 

 tion. 



The past week 

 PHILADELPHIA has held fully up 

 to the good aver- 

 age already reported. On the whole 

 trading was even brisker and prices 



GARDENIAS 



The quality at this time is unusually 

 choice, wonderfully well 

 grown perfect^blooms, in 

 quantity, 



Per (l«»/. 



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Kxtra I.WI 



J S. S. PENNOCK-MEEHAN CO. 



The Wholesale Florists o( Philadelphia 



PHILADELPHIA 

 1608-1620 Ludlow St. 



NEW YORK 

 117 W. 28th St. 



BALTIMORE 

 Franklin & St. Paul Sts. 



WASHINGTON 

 1216.H St., N. W. 



WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS — 



TRADE 



PRICES — P«r 100 



TO DEA L ERS Q ftl 



Rmm 



Am. Beauty, Special 



'• " Fancy and Extra. 

 No.i 



CINCINNATI 



March 20 



Rujsell, Hadlcy 



KilUrncy, Richm'd, Hill'don, Ward 

 " Ord. 



Arcnburg, Radiance, Tafr, Key, Ex. 

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Ophelia, Mock, Sunburst, Extra .•■ 

 *' " " Ordinary 



Carnalioiu. Fancy 



" Ordinary 



CatUeyas 



Dendrobiuiii formouiin 



Lilies, Loniriflorum 



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Callas 



Uly of Ae Valley 



Daises 



Violet. 



Mignonette 



Snapdrason 



Daffodils 



Gladioli 



Tulips 



Hyacinths 



Freesia 



Calendulas 



Lilac (per bunch) 



Siveet Peas 



Gardenias 



Adiantum 



Smilax 



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have realized a little better. St. Pat- 

 rick may have helped a little to this 

 good showing, but not very much. We 

 saw very little this year of that abomi- 

 nation, the green carnation, so that it 

 would appear that the good seed sown 

 by HoRTuri.Ti'RE for many years is at 

 last bearing fruit. The shortage on 

 long-stennned American Beauty roses 

 is past and these are now coming in 

 more freely and prices have dropiwd 

 25 per cent, in the last few days. Other 

 grades of the same rose are in good 

 supply and there is a distinct appre- 

 ciation in the quality. Carnations arc 

 still on the scarce side, and selling 

 well at good prices. In fact, take the 

 season all through it has been a fine 

 one for the carnation men. Nothing 

 in carnations for the street boys; the 

 only thing they seem able to get hold 

 of is the violet. That one-time fa- 

 vorite remains very nuu h in the dol- 

 drums. It must be a hard .lob for these 

 Hudson river boys to make ends meet 

 nowadays. Sweet peas plentiful and 

 going well. Lily of the valley demand 



improved a little last week. Mignon- 

 ette good but rather on the scarce side. 

 Prices remain sta- 



PITTSBURGH tionary. Flowers 

 are none too plen- 

 tiful, everything — violets excepted-- 

 being utilized as they come in. As a 

 wholesale man put it, violets "were 

 all to the bad" during last week, the 

 extremely cold weather jirecluding the 

 street venders (who are the only sell- 

 ers) from appearing at their usual 

 haunts. .'American Beauties of good 

 (juality are coming in once more, and 

 the result of the clearer weather is 

 noticeable in the quantity and quality 

 of all bulb stock. 



The market is in a 



ST. LOUIS healthy condition and 

 .stock plentiful. There 

 is an abundance of good roses. Car- 

 nations, sweet peas and violets are so 

 many just now that buyers make 

 their own price in big lots. Southern 

 bulb stock shipments have forced the 



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