June 3, 1916 



nORTICULTURE 



769 



Flower Market Reports 



Kven the most exacting 

 BOSTON and fastidious of florists 



could ask for no better 

 conditions than surrounded tlie Me- 

 Diorial Day trading this year. 

 Everything was in excellent con- 

 ditions. Roses were plentiful but 

 none too numerous. Short Beauties, 

 Hadleys, Ophelias, Russells and Kil- 

 larneys were the favorites, but all 

 varieties were worked off. As for car- 

 nations the colored blossoms went 

 lively, but white stuck rather badly 

 and in more than one instance the 

 buyer was forced to take a large dose 

 of white with his colored purchases to 

 enable salesmen to clean up on the 

 former. Sweet peas were not excep- 

 tionally active and have quieted down 

 still more during the last part of the 

 week. Lilies moved fairly well during 

 the rush but have fallen down consid- 

 erably since. In fact a dead calm has 

 struck the market since Tuesday. Catt- | 

 lej-as seem to be rather on tiie dull 

 side at present, although they did well 

 previous to Tuesday. Darwin Tulips 

 sell rapidly at $3..50 and $4.00. Lily of 

 the valley is not moving but June wed- 

 dings will soon liven it up. Gardenias 

 were very quiet all week. Gladioli, 

 snapdragon and stocks have resumed 

 their normal state, both in quantity 

 and price. Decoration Day was by 

 far the biggest that the florists of Bos- 

 ton have ever known. The growers, 

 with few exceptions, were able to 

 bring in their cut at exactly the right 

 time. Feverfew and peonies excepted, 

 there was a good supply of everything, 

 and even the above-named could hardly 

 be called scarce. The total number 

 of roses marketed during the week 

 was enormous and carnations were a 

 close second, but the public seems par- 

 tial to the rose as a Memorial Day 

 flower. A canvass of every wholesale 

 house in the city indicates an unusual- 

 ly large volume of trade. Darwin tu- 

 lips, extensively handled by nearly all 

 the wholesalers, are a source of reve- 

 nue not to be discounted. The scarcity 

 of peonies was regrettable for while 

 the retailers and the general public 

 were loudly clamoring for their favor- 

 ite Decoration Day flower the grow- 

 ers and wholesalers were powerless 

 to answer their demands. The old 

 staple, stock, was plentiful and much 

 sought for. Nevertheless, there was 

 no decrease in the sales of artificial 

 wreaths and designs. Every local re- 

 tailer reaped a rich harvest from this 

 field and it is getting to be more profit- 

 able every year, as many evidently 

 feared it would. A unique feature in 

 this line is the cycas wreath, made of 

 small-sized cycas leaves. 



There is a large sui)ply 

 CHICAGO of flowers in the mar- 

 ket on this, the day be- 

 fore Memorial Day. During the pre- 

 vious week, local trade had not been 

 heavy. Warm weather, which culmi- 

 nated on Friday with mid-summer 



heat, did not tend to help conditions. 

 The thermometer registered 90 de- 

 grees till late afternoon and roses par- 

 ticularly were the worse for it. Sat- 

 urday trade was fair, locally, with a 



FOR THE lUNE GIRL 



Peonies in all colors, mostly the 

 newer varieties. Wonderful 



quality, the best ever offered at 

 this time of the year 



Medium quality, $3 and $4 per 100 



Choice " $5 and $6 per 100 



Special pricea in large quantities 



RAMBLER SPRAYS, the first cut* 

 from Washington, then Baltimore, 

 Philadelphia and New Yoik 

 $6 to $25 per 100 sprays 



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 PEALgRS Q|fl.> 



Rmm 



Am. Beauty, Special 

 Fa 



ancy and Extra ■ 

 No.i 



Russell, Hadley 



KilUrney, Richm'd, Hiirdon, Ward 



.. ord. 



Arenburg, Radiance, Taft, Key, Ex. 



.. " .. .. .. Ord. 



Ophelia, Mock, Sunburst, Extra . . . 

 *' " " Ordinary 



Cantatfona. Fancy 



" Ordinary 



Catdeyas 



Dandrvbium fonnoaum 



Liilies 



Uiy of the Valley 



Daises 



Mignonette 



Snapdraffon 



Peonies 



Gladioli 



Calandulas 



Stocks 



Swe«t Peas 



Gardenias - 



Adiantum 



Smilax 



Aspars^gus Flu. & ^prej-^. ( loo Bhs. ) 



CINCXNNATI 



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good lot of shipping orders. Sunday 

 was quiet and Monday's trade was re- 

 duced by a steady rain. Altogetlier. 

 tile florists are not counting on trade 

 footing up to tlie usual returns of Me- 

 morial Day week. Peonies are arriv- 

 ing in large quantities and a good pro- 

 portion going into cold storage. Local 

 demand for peonies is regarded as 

 very good. There are plenty of good 

 carnations and roses for all orders 

 and the poorer ones are being sold for 

 anything they will bring. Sweet peas, 

 daisies, snapdragons, calendulas, iris, 

 lilies, etc., give good variety. Perns 

 are quoted at $4 i)er 1000. The strike 

 has greatly hampered the Memorial 

 Day trade. The fact is, telegrams are 

 coming in today saying Saturday ship- 

 ments had not come through promptly. 

 The market is full of stock and all 

 the definite information on i)rices at 

 time of writing is that shipping orders 

 are billed at quotations of last week, 

 and local trade is handled for what- 

 ever they can get. 



Taken as a whole 

 CINCINNATI Memorial Day busi- 

 ness was very good 

 for the retailer. There was a large 

 quantity of stock and an active de- 



mand. A very considerable competi- 

 tion came from outdoor stock wlilch 

 the farmers brought in or from the 

 people's own gardens. The commence- 

 ment of the local High Schools on 

 Thursday and Friday of this week 

 should use many blooms and help 

 business accordingly. Roses and car- 

 nations are in a heavy supply. Lilies 

 are plentiful. Gladioli are excellent, 

 coming in in a fair quantity and sell 

 well. Peonies are very plentful. Some 

 good otitdoor sweet peas as well as 

 greenhouse grown ones are offered. 



Business up to and 

 NEW YORK including May 29, 

 w a s exceptionally 

 good, and flowers of all kinds were 

 disposed of at very good figures. After 

 10 o'clock on Monday morning, how- 

 ever, the market went to pieces. Car- 

 nations dropped fifty per cent, lily of 

 the valley and lilies were the same 

 and the situation became gradually 

 worse until the afternoon shiiiments 

 arrived, when the market went com- 

 pletely to pieces, and no staple prices 

 could be maintained. On the morn- 

 ing of Decoration Day the market was 



{Continued on f>age 771) 



