April 1, 1916 



HORTICULTURE 



463 



Flower Market Reports 



The mid-Lenten calm 



BOSTON has struck this market 

 and stock is moving 

 more slowly than last week. Roses 

 and carnations are over-abundant and 

 as the demand is weak prices cannot 

 be maintained. Bulb stocks are doing 

 fairly well and jonquils seem to have 

 a slight edge on the other varieties. 

 The warm weather will in all proba- 

 bility tend to increase the supply and 

 perchance the demands as well. Vio- 

 lets are running slowly. Callas and 

 Easter lilies are plentiful and sluggish. 

 It is impossible to forecast accurately 

 the tone of next week's market be- 

 cause of the uncertainty of the weath- 

 er, but in comparison with the corres- 

 ponding week of last year prices are 

 lower and stock more plentiful. Re- 

 lief is expected, however, in a cold 

 snap which will curtail the supply and 

 make higher prices possible. 



The early part of last 



BUFFALO week was discouraging 

 but the last half was 

 better. Stock has been plentiful and 

 prices right, but weather conditions 

 have held down the sales. There was 

 no speculative buying until the change 

 to the milder temperature and then 

 there was a hustle on and very satis- 

 factory outcome. Last Saturday saw 

 the best cleanup so far during the 

 Lenten season. Milder days means 

 double the volume of business. 



The week closing March 



CHICAGO 25 did not make a 

 high record financially. 

 Prices did not come up to quotations, 

 excepting in small orders, while on 

 very large orders great concessions 

 were made. It seemed to be accepted 

 as the better policy to sell the ac- 

 cumulating stock at a low price and 

 give the buyer the benefit, rather than 

 to sell a portion at a higher figure 

 and throw the rest away. All kinds 

 of stock, with one or two exceptions, 

 are coming in rapidly. Sunday, the 

 26th, sales were almost nothing, on 

 account of the general downpour, 

 which lasted all day, and Monday, the 

 27th, was of the same type. For- 

 tunately, shipments were not large or 

 the market would have been swamped. 

 A good supply of large, fine carnations 

 comes daily and the price averages 

 very well for spring time. All kinds 

 of roses, except American Beauties, 

 are to be had in almost any quantity 

 and the price varies greatly according 

 to size of order or the persuasive pow- 

 ers of the customer. A great many 

 lilies are in the market. The early 

 and late crops of peas are overlap- 

 ping, making an extra quantity just 

 now. Single violets are scarce. Cal- 

 endulas, mignonette. snapdragons, 

 daisies, tulips, jonquils, pansies, &c.. 

 fumisli variety. 



The supply increased 



CINCINNATI greatly last week and 

 as a result the mark- 

 et is easy. The call for stock is fair, 

 but not large enough to take up all 

 receipts and prices have dropped. Roses 

 are very plentiful. American Beauties 

 are in a fair supply. Carnations have 

 become plentiful. Easter lilies are 

 scarce and sell very well. Sweet peas 

 are in so heavy supply that it is im- 

 possible to move all even at bargain 

 prices. Lily of the valley has a poor 

 market while orchids have practically 



SWEET PEAS 



Wonderful quality in endless variety, 

 all the newer shades 



75c, $1.00, $1.25, $1.50 per 100 



Our growers are cutting freely, so can 

 take care of all orders large or sma . 



VALLEY 



Special $5.00 per 100. Eilra $4.00 per 100 



GARDENIAS 



Perd.zen $1.00, $2.00, $3.00 



S. S. PENNOCK-MEEHAN CO. 



The Wholesale Florists of 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 — ^^^^ 



PRICES — Per 100 



TO DEALERS QMLY 



Rmm 



spec 



Fancy and Extra. 



No.i 



Kuiseii, rtadley 



Killarney, Richm'd, Hill'don, Ward 



" Ord. 



Arenburg, Radiance, Taft, Key, Ex. 



Ophelia, Mock, Sunburst, Extra ... 

 " *' " Ordinary 



Cunfttfona. Fancy 



" Ordinary 



gittlsyu 

 •odnkbium foniMiauni 



Lifiea, Lonirtflonun 



Rubrum 



Callas 



Uky •{ tike Valley 



Dai»«« 



Violel. 



MMinonette 



Snapdracon 



Daf fod ils 



Gladioli 



Tulips 



Hyacinths 



Freesia 



Calendulas 



Lilac (per bunch) 



Sweet Peas 



Gardenias 



Adiaotum 



Smilax 



Aaparagm Plu. A Spren. (loo Bhs.) 



CINaNNATI 



March 27 



40.00 

 30.00 

 10.00 

 6.00 

 6.00 

 4.00 

 6.00 

 4.00 

 6.00 

 4.00 

 3.00 



to 

 to 

 to 



50.00 



35-00 



25.00 



15.00 



8.00 



6.00 



8.00 



6.00 



&.00 



6.00 



4.00 



2.00 



90.00 



10.00 to 12.00 



to 



to 



4.00 



.50 



10.00 

 5-00 



6.00 

 2.00 



3.00 

 3.00 

 2.00 



12.50 

 35.00 



1 2. CO 



4.00 



4.00 

 5.00 

 3.00 



1. 00 

 15.00 

 yj.oo 



CHICAGO 



March 26 



40.00 



30.00 



10.00 



3.00 



8.00 



3.00 



8.00 



3.00 



8.00 



300 



3.00 



1. 00 



40.00 



6.00 

 6.e* 

 6.*o 

 3.00 

 .50 

 .25 

 3.00 

 6.00 

 3.00 



a. 00 



2.00 

 2.00 

 2. CO 



■30 

 30.00 



IS. 00 to 

 35.00 to 



tx>.oo 



40.00 



ao.oo 



25-00 



10.00 



5.00 



10.00 



5.00 



10.00 



5.00 



4.00 



3.00 



50.00 



35.00 



8.00 



8.00 



8.00 



4.00 



1. 00 



1. 00 



6.00 



13. 00 



3. CO 



3.0P 

 4.00 

 3.00 

 3-00 



1.50 

 40.00 



x.oo 

 15.00 

 50.00 



BUtTALO 



March 27 



PfrTBBURG 



March 27 



35.00 

 25.00 

 10.00 



4.00 



8.00 

 5.00 

 8.00 

 4.00 

 2.50 

 1.50 

 40.00 



10.00 



4. CO 

 8.00 

 4.0D 

 1. 00 



.40 



3.00 

 6.00 

 ■.00 



2. CO 

 2.00 

 3.CO 



■50 



25.00 



I. GO 



40.00 

 35*0 

 12.00 

 10.00 

 10.00 

 6.00 

 10.00 

 6.00 

 10.00 

 6.00 

 3.00 

 2jOO 

 50.00 



12. 00 

 6.00 



la.oo 

 5.00 

 1.50 

 •SO 

 5.00 



xo^oo 

 3.00 



3. CO 



3.00 



3.00 

 3.00 

 1.50 



3.00 

 30.00 



15.00 

 6otOO 



30.00 

 20,00 

 8.C0 



4.00 to 

 u 



6.00 to 



to 

 to 



8.00 



6.00 



3.00 



2.00 



6.00 

 2.00 



40.00- 

 30.00 



I3.00- 

 50.00 

 12.00 



X2.00 



I2.O0 



3.00 

 2.00 



40.00 

 40.00 

 12.00 



8.00 

 10.00 



4.00 



3.00 

 .75 



4.00 

 10.00 



4.C«» 



3.00 to 4.00 



..... to 



.50 to 

 to 



•75 



4.00 



'i.1 00 



1.50 



35.00 



to ;; 1.25 

 to / 15.00 

 to 50.00 



no market at all. Snapdragon has 

 been meeting with a pretty fair call. 



Great accumulations 

 NEW YORK of flowers are seen in 



the wholesale places 

 without exception, this week. Up to 

 the advent of springlike weather the 

 majority of stock sent in met with a 

 fair sale. This was true even of tulips 

 and daffodils which are usually con- 

 gested at this season. But now they 

 are all held up and there is only a 

 small demand. Sweet peas and miscel- 

 laneous flowers, so called, are heaped 

 up in the wholesale windows together 

 with lilies and other bulb stock where 

 they excite no interest, spurned even 

 by the street fakir. Roses have moved 

 fairly well and so have carnations ac- 

 cording to quality, which varies much 

 but all are doomed to a scaling down 

 in value regardless of quality. Tues- 

 day. New York Day at the National 

 Flower Show, was the dullest day the 

 business has experienced for a long 

 time. 



Finally we have be- 

 PITTSBURGH gun to feel the 

 Lenten season, busi- 

 ness having "slowed up" considerably 

 during the past ten days. Stock has 

 likewise been less plentiful, practical- 

 ly everything, with the exception of 

 American Beauties and violets, clean- 

 ing up nicely as the days go by. There 

 have been some southern daffodils 

 coming in, which naturally have their 

 effect on the sale of the far superior 

 home-grown flowers. Prices remain 

 very much as they have been for some 

 time. 



The cut flower market 

 ST. LOUIS is very much over- 

 crowded and prices 

 much lower on good quality stock. 

 Lent seems to hurt some, as many of 

 our prominent retailers say that 

 funeral work is their only business of 

 late. Sweet peas are in heavy and 

 are sold at low prices. Roses and car- 

 nations are holding their price In 



(Corttrnufti on Pagt 4(35) 



