June 24. 1916 



HOETICULTUBE 



865 



Flower Market Reports 



A larefiil review of raar- 

 BOSTON ket conditions during tlie 



past week will show that 

 over seventy-five per cent, of the 

 business is goin.s; through the reg- 

 ular June channels, viz., weddings, 

 receptions, etc. These affairs have 

 been very numerous in Boston diiring 

 the past month and evidently reached 

 their climax this week, as both retail- 

 ers and wholesalers report a steady 

 volume of business. Roses, Hadley and 

 Ophelia especially, top the market as 

 regards preference, and lily of the val- 

 ley breaks all previous records for 

 prices, bringing $8.00 a hundred. The 

 dull weather greatly shortened up the 

 supply of this flower and curtailed the 

 receipts of carnations in a marked de- 

 gree. In the latter case it was perhaps 

 fortunate, as there is practically no de- 

 mand for carnations. Snapdragon is 

 of excellent quality, but is moving 

 slowly. Feverfew, as well, is station- 

 ary. Calendulas can be said to be 

 lying dormant. Lilies are doing fairly 

 well for this season and the same is 

 true of sweet peas. Taken on the 

 whole, the market is in a fair condi- 

 tion, with no troublesome surpluses to 

 contend with and a strong, steady out- 

 look for the coming week. 



The market has been 

 BUFFALO congested all the past 

 week and the outlet 

 blocked. Carnations were overplenti- 

 ful and the height of the home-grown 

 peonies was on. There was also a 

 heavy supply of roses, lilies, sweet 

 peas and out-door material. Saturday 

 is usually looked for as a clean-up 

 day, but the wholesalers were disap- 

 pointed with the outcome. There 

 were bargain signs galore amongst 

 the merchants, though this helped but 

 little. Floral work was lightly scat- 

 tered. 



A fairly steady demand 

 CHICAGO uses up the greater part 

 of the best grades of 

 stock. There is a large quantity of in- 

 ferior stock being cut now and what 

 cannot be moved in the flower stores 

 is apt to be seen at the street corners, 

 where the customer is generally 

 charged all that the flowers are worth. 

 Cool weather has been favorable to 

 producing plenty of the best grades of 

 roses so commencement and weddings 

 have been well taken care of. The 

 American Beauty troubles are of the 

 past with some of the large growers, 

 for they are cutting daily some extra 

 fine roses. Mrs. Russell rose is here 

 in great quantities, medium and short 

 stems predominating, of si)lendid color 

 and the demand is good for June. 

 Sweet pea growers, for the time, are 

 cutting very few good flowers. Their 

 soft condition has impaired their keep- 

 ing qualities and there is not enough 

 good stock in the market to fill orders. 

 Carnations have not suffered with the 

 temperature. There are plenty to be 

 had but the demand for the divine 

 flower is limited. Peony season is 

 shortened by excessive rain and the 

 same cause has lowered the quality of 

 the crop as a whole. Sunburst roses 

 are of splendid color, the deep shade 

 being attributed to the cool nights. 



DELPHINIUM 



In dark and light blues. Won- 

 derfully attractive in any kind 

 of work. 



$5.00 and $8.00 per 100 

 RAMBLER SPRAYS 



Mostly Dorothy Perkins and 

 Lady Gay. 



$5.00 to $25.00 per 100 Sprays 



PEONIES 



$4.00, $5.00 and $6.00 per 100 



S. S. PENNOCK- 

 MEEHAN CO. 



The Wholesale Florists of Philadelphia 



PHILADELPHIA 

 1608-1620 Ludlow St. 



BALTIMORE 

 Franklin & St. Paul Sts. 



NEW YORK 

 117 W. 28th St. 

 WASHINGTON 

 1216 H St.. N. W. 



WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS — 



Rotes 



Am. Beauty, Special 



'* " Fancy and Extra 



No.i 



Russell, Hadley 



Killarney, Richm'd, Hill'don, Ward 

 4. .. .. .. ord. 



Arenburg, Radiance, Taft, Key, Ex. 



.. Ord. 



Ophelia, Mock, Sunburst, Blxtra ... 



" " *' Ordinary 



Carnations, Fancy 



*' Ordinary 



Cattleyas 



Dendrobium formosum 



Lilies 



Lily of the Valley 



Daises 



Mignonette 



Snapdragon 



Peonies 



Gladioli 



Calendulas 



Stocks 



Sweet Peas 



Gardenias 



Adiantum 



Smilax 



Asparagus Plu.&Spren, (looBhs.) 



CINCINNATI 



June 19 



35.00 

 20.00 

 10,00 

 8.00 

 6.00 

 3.00 

 6.00 

 3.00 

 6.00 

 3.00 

 2.00 



40.00 



30.00 



15.00 



15.00 



8.00 



5.00 



8.00 



5.00 



8.00 



5.00 



3.00 



1.50 



60.00 



12.50 

 5.00 



4.00 

 4.00 



6.00 

 8.00 



4.00 



2.00 



2.00 



■ 50 



15.00 

 25.00 



8.00 

 3.00 

 3.00 



■75 



1. 00 

 20.C0 

 50.00 



20.00 

 15.00 

 10.00 

 3.00 

 6.00 

 2.00 

 6.00 

 2.00 

 8.00 

 a. 00 

 2.00 

 1. 00 

 50.00 



8.00 



4.00 



.25 



2.00 



4.00 



4.00 



8.00 



2.00 



t.oo 



• 50 



10.00 



1. 00 



1 2. 00 

 25.00 



TRADE PRICES — Per 100 



TO DEAL ERS ONLY 



PITTSBURG 



June 19 



to 20.00- 



CHICAGO 



June 19 



BUFFALO 



June 19 



25.00 



20.00 



15.00 



20.00 

 8.00 

 4.00 

 8.00 

 4.00 



10,00 

 6.00 

 3.00 

 2.00 



60.00 



10.00 



6.00 



1.25 



5.00 

 8.00 

 6 CO 

 10.00 

 3.00 

 3.C0 



I. CO 



15.00 



1.501 



20.00 

 50.00 



20.00 

 15.00 

 10.00 



6.00 



3.00 



5.00 



3.00 



4.00 



2.00 



1.00 

 40.00 



to 

 to 



6.00 



4.00 to 



.50 to 



1. 00 to 



3.00 



3.00 

 3.00 

 1. 00 



1.50 



to 



.50 



xo.oo 

 1. 00 

 15.00 



20.00 



25.00 

 20 /» 

 15.00 



8.00 



6,00 

 6.00 

 4.00 



8.00 



6,00 

 2.50 

 2.00 



50.00 



10.00 

 6.00 

 1. 00 

 2.00 

 6.00 

 4.00 

 6.00 

 3.00 

 3.00 

 1.00 



15.00 



1-25 



20.00 

 30.00 



15.00 

 10.00 



6.00 to 



4.00 to 



6.00 to 



3.00 to 



12.00 

 8.00 

 i2.oa 

 10.00 

 4.00 



6.00 

 3.00 



1.50 

 40.00 



8.00 



4.00 



2.00 

 6.00 



.50 

 •30 



■75 

 13.50 

 30.00 



10.00 

 4.00 

 3.00 

 2.00 



75.00 



10.00 



5.00 



6.00 

 8.00 



3.00 



.50 



1-25 



15.00 

 50.00 



Business is good 

 CINCINNATI only at times. The 

 supply is very large 

 and meets with a very irregular de- 

 mand. Prices as a whole are rather 

 low although shipi)ing business is hold- 

 ing up fairly well. American Beautie.s 

 and other roses are in a good supply 

 and excellent. Some very fine Ram- 

 !>]ers are coming in. Gladioli meet 

 with a ready sale. Lilies plentiful. 

 Carnations in a heavy supply but of 

 rather indifferent quality. Lily of the 

 valley and orchids are having a very 

 substantial call. 



Slowly but surely the 

 NEW YORK tide is falling in th-^ 

 flower business and 

 unmistakable premonitions are seen 

 and felt of that peculiar lassitude 

 which is due to descend about this time 

 on the entire wholesale flower trade 

 district of New York. It is not quite 

 tlie same in any other city that we 



have ever had an opportunity to com- 

 pare. The cut is getting smaller, the 

 quality is growing poorer and general 

 trade is falling off from day to day. 

 and then after a while the botton is 

 reachetl and one might as well close up 

 shop and steal away. The only ex- 

 citement occurs when some buyer 

 comes along in a frantic hunt for some 

 special thing that is difficult if not im- 

 possible to lind. Scarcely a day passes 

 without some such episode. "Price is 

 no object" then, btit that does not help 

 any when the goods don't exist, al- 

 though they may have been in cum- 

 brous abundance a fortnight ago. A 

 strange business this is in its vicissi- 

 tudes, irregularities and unforeseen 

 emermMicit's! 



There has been a 

 PHILADELPHIA considerable im- 

 prove m e n t in 

 trade conditions here. We seem to be 



{Continueti on /•ttg'f S67) 



