February 13, 1915 



HORTICULTURE 



22t 



Flower Market Reports 



This last week has been 

 BOSTON one of many pleasant sur- 

 prises for all branches 

 of the local trade. Last Saturday 

 ended with a thorough clean-up of all 

 classes and kinds of stock and this 

 week, up to the present writing has 

 seen the most active business so far 

 this season. This morning. Thursday, 

 finds trade rather quiet, but whole- 

 salers and salesmen are cheerfully op- 

 timistic and expect good buying for 

 St. Valentine's Day. Stock is plenti- 

 ful, thus allowing but little increase 

 in prices. Up to this week cuts from 

 the greenhouses have been small, the 

 reason being very apparent when we 

 state that there were only four days 

 of sun during the whole month of Jan- 

 uary. The last few days have brought 

 a decided change in the weather and 

 stock is coming in in normal quan- 

 tities, especially freesias. which are 

 to be seen everywhere. Stevia, which 

 ordinarily is cleaned out by the first 

 of February, is still holding out in 

 the houses of a number of local grow- 

 ■ers. Beauties are fetching better 

 prices and the demand for good roses 

 is on the increase, especially because 

 ■of the coming holiday. Carnations 

 of the kind that captured the prizes 

 at Buffalo, are reaching very good fig- 

 ures, in some cases $6 and $7 per 

 100, but these figures are exceptional 

 and represent only a select few of the 

 choicest product. Gardenias and cat- 

 tleyas are not so much in demand and 

 only average prices are being real- 

 ized for them. Foliage plants are sell- 

 ing very well, displacing in a meas- 

 ure in favor the flowering azaleas and 

 begonias that are in such great de- 

 mand in mid-winter. 



Business continues 

 CHICAGO steadily, though slowly 

 to improve as the month 

 advances. Less is heard of financial 

 ■depression and buyers are more ready 

 to buy now at a fair price than they 

 were a few weeks ago when flowers 

 were so cheap. The short supply of 

 roses continues and will for some 

 time, the growers say. but the count- 

 ers are so filled with all kinds of bulb- 

 ous stock that their scarcity is not felt 

 keenly. Of course the buyer has to get 

 his flowers at higher prices but the 

 stock is of such a high quality that 

 few complaints are heard. Orchids, 

 rated as costly flowers are having a 

 new experience this season, as week 

 after week they are used as leaders 

 and retailed at wholesale price. Car- 

 nations are more scarce this week, but 

 it is quite possible that growers are 

 holding back for extra demand later 

 in the week. American Beauties are 

 not only scarce but poor in quality, 

 the color being decidedly off on most 

 of the stock. Some fine smilax is com- 

 ing into the stores and much of it is 

 In bloom. Sweet peas and violets are 

 selling well and there is a good supply 

 of each. 



On Tuesday of this 

 CINCINNATI week Cincinnati had 

 the first regular sun- 

 shine in a month's time. This state 

 of the weather is to a very large ex- 

 tent probably the cause of the shortage 

 of stock in the market. Practically 

 .all receipts are selling up quickly each 

 day and of some flowers more could 

 be used if they were available. The 

 rose and carnation supplies, at the 



VALLEY 



Splendid, well flowered spikes, 

 the P/M quality. Can supply 

 in any quantity. 



Special 



Extra 



First 



$4.00 per 100 

 3.00 per 100 

 2.00 per 100 



CATTLEYAS 



Doz. 100 



Special $5.00 $40.00 



Fancy 4.00 25.00 



A few extra choke 6.00 



Special 

 Fancy 



GARDENIAS 



3.00 

 2.00 



S. S. PENNOCK-MEEHAN CO. 



The Wholesale Florists ot Philadelphia 



NEW lORK 

 117 W. 28ih Si. 



PBILADELPHIA 

 lliOg.1620 Ladloo Si. 



BALTIMORE 



■ oktiD and St. Pa 



iISk 



WAsel^GTos 



I2I6BS... i^.W. 



WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS 



Roses 



Am. Beauiy , Special ■ 



•* " Fancy and Extra 



No. I 



Killamey, Richmond, Extra 



*' " Ordinary 



Hillingdon, Ward, Sunbvirst, Extra.... 

 " " " Ordinary. 



Maryland, Shawyer, Taft, Extra 



" *' " Ordinary ... 



Russell, Hadley , Ophelia 



Carnations. Fancy 



'• Ordinary 



Cattleyas 



Cypripediums 



Lilies, Longif lorum • 



Lily of the Valley 



Violets 



Snapdragon 



Narcisus, Paper White 



Com Flower 



Freesia 



Daffodils 



Lilac fper hunch) 



Sweet Peas ...- 



Gardenias ■ - ■ • ■ 



Adiantum 



Smilax ■ 



AspBragus Plumosus. Strings (loo)... 

 " " &. Spren. (loo Bchs.) .... 



BOSTON 



February ii 



30.00 

 12.00 

 6.00 

 8.00 

 3.00 

 8.00 

 3.00 

 6.00 

 3.00 

 4.00 

 3.00 

 J. 00 

 20.00 

 6.00 

 8.00 

 3.00 

 .50 

 3.00 

 J. 50 



5-0 

 I5-C 



6.C 

 15.C 



4.C 

 15c 



5-c 



3.C0 to 



•75 

 so.oo 



•50 



8.00 



25.00 



25.00 



ST. LOUIS 



February 8 



TRADE PRICES -Per 100 



to dealers only 

 philaT" 



February 8 



75.00 

 40.00 



I2.00 

 12.00 



6.00 

 12.00 



6.00 

 X2.00 



6.00 

 20.00 



5.00 



4.00 

 35.00 

 X2.00 

 12.00 



4.00 



•50 



15.00 



2.00 



30.00 



20.00 



10.00 



8.00 



4.00 



8.00 



4.00 



8.00 



4.00 



10.00 



4.00 



2.00 



40.00 



to.oo 

 3.00 



■30 



4.00 

 3-00 



3.00 

 3.00 



■ 50 



1. 00 

 10.00 

 35.00 

 xo.oo 



40.00 

 25,00 

 15.00 

 10.00 



6.00 

 10.00 



6.00 

 10.00 



6.00 

 12.50 



5.00 



3.00 

 50.00 



12.50 



4.00 



•75 



5.00 



4.00 



4.00 

 4.00 



1.50 



1.25 

 12.50 

 50.00 

 15.00 



50.00 

 15.00 

 5-00 

 8.00 

 3.00 

 8.00 

 3.00 

 8.00 

 3.00 

 4.00 

 4.00 

 3.00 

 15.00 

 10.00 

 8.00 

 1. 00 



■25 



4.00 



1.50 



1. 00 

 2.00 



.50 



5.00 

 15.00 

 25.60 



4.00 



300 



3.00 

 16.00 



1. 00 

 ao.oo 

 50.00 

 50.00 



time of this writing, are short oi ac- 

 tual requirements and a part ot the 

 usual demand for these is being satis- 

 fied by turning to bulbous stock and 

 other lines. Lilies are selling as fast 

 as thej' come in, while callas have a 

 pretty fair market. Sweet peas are 

 in a good supply and sell well. Lily 

 of the valley and single violets are 

 moving nicely while double violets and 

 orchids sell rather slowly. Dutch hya- 

 cinths have been added to the list of 

 bulbous stock. Other offerings are 

 baby primrose, wallflower and forget- 

 me-not. 



The steady conditions 



NEW YORK which have prevailen 



in the flower trade 



for the past two weeks show signs of 



collapsing before long. Crops are 



again coming on under the influence 

 of bright sunny weather and it will 

 ro(iuire a lively Valentine's Day de- 

 mand to hold values up to the normal 

 plane. Lily of the valley has been de- 

 cidedly weak for some days past and 

 all bulbous stock is tending downward 

 although it is really very fine as to 

 quality and tulijts are seen in bril- 

 liant and tempting variety. Orchids 

 are surpisingly low, not because of 

 their adundance but for some unex- 

 plained reason. Violets are particu- 

 larly good. Roses in all varieties, new 

 and old are right up to sterling qual- 

 ity. Acacia pubescens is in now and 

 among the interesting uncommon 

 things, Daphne odorata is a taking 

 specialty at John Young's. 



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