March 20, 1915 



H O K T 1 C U L T t R E 



399 



Flower Market Reports 



As we go to press, Thurs- 

 BOSTON day, the market continues 



steady. St. Patrick's Day 

 stirred up a fair demand for wliite 

 stock of all kinds, especially carna- 

 tions and Narcissus poeticus. The lat- 

 ter cleaned up very well last Tuesday, 

 being in much demand for green col- 

 oring. Carnations are plentiful and of 

 excellent quality, but except for last 

 Tuesday and Wednesday they have 

 brought only average prices. Roses 

 remain about the same, excellent qual- 

 ity, but not in great demand. Bulbous 

 flowers relieve the market a bit, mov- 

 ing more easily than other stock. 

 There are plenty of other flowers, — 

 English primroses, antirrhinums, 

 mignonette, pansies, etc. There is no 

 exceptional call for sweet peas. Cal- 

 las and Easter lilies move slowly. The 

 demand for shamrock plants was one 

 of the redeeming features of the 

 week's business. Flowering plants are 

 being bought in larger quantities and 

 a big variety is offered. The leading 

 retail stores are displaying fine speci- 

 mens of lilacs, bougainvilleas, French 

 hydrangeas, rambler roses, etc. The 

 long list of flowers and plants avail- 

 able at this time of year is remarkable 

 and makes the season very attractive 

 to the trade. 



Quite a busy week has 

 BUFFALO passed and up to this 

 writing the market is in 

 excellent condition There is a good sup- 

 ply of carnations, roses, sweet peas, 

 freesia, lilies, violets and other stock. 

 Receipts are heavy on tulips and daf- 

 fodil. Beauties have come on a little 

 better in quality and have good sales 

 considering the high prices. There is 

 plenty of southern asparagus and other 

 good greens and ferns. 



Stock daily becomes 

 CHICAGO more plentiful. There 

 is now all that the mar- 

 ket can take care of and most houses 

 would welcome more customers. On 

 the busy days stock generally cleans 

 up or nearly so, but all the days are 

 not busy ones. The smaller florists, 

 in the outlying towns, are now able to 

 cut most of the stock they need from 

 their own houses, thus diminishing 

 sales of the wholesalers. Bulbous stock 

 is in good crop generally. Every store, 

 wholesale or retail, has a large assort- 

 ment, and prices are staying up es- 

 pecially well. This is largely due to 

 the excellent quality this year. In 

 spite of the fact that the stock of the 

 Mrs. Russell rose is being heavily cut 

 for propagating, there is a fine supply 

 of those roses coming in and the price 

 far exceeds that of any other rose ex- 

 cept American Beauty. There is a 

 good supply of all the Killarneys and, in 

 yellow roses, Ward and Sunburst are 

 both coming in fair quantity and good 

 quality. There are just about enough 

 Richmonds and Milady to supply the 

 trade with red. Beauties are making 

 a little better showing. Quite a few 

 cattleyas are now seen but the supply 

 is far from large. Very few gardenias 

 are offered. Sweet peas have dropped 

 in price. Spencers, of course, leading. 

 Violet season is nearing the close of a 

 rather poor year. 



Flowers for the 

 Easter Parade 



No Ensttr costume is complete without 

 its lorsage of flowers, giving it just that 

 dainty touch and finish that makes it 

 perfect. Some want the very choicest, 

 some medium-priced and some cheaper 

 flowers, but the majority— the masses — 

 want the moderate-priced flowers, which 

 we will have in quantity. 



VAUEY 



Spe<ial. per 100 **.00 



Extra, per 100 iOO 



g.*rde:nias 



Special, per doz ^.00 



Fanc.v, per doz 3.00 



SWEET PEAS 



Ordinar.v ^urieties. per lOO, 7.5r., $1.00; 



extra Ions, S1.50. 

 Spencers, per 100, S1.50, $2.00. S2.50: 



Khort, ¥1.00. 



I>.*ISIKS 



Giant Yellow and White, per 100, $1.50, 

 S2.00. MargrueriteK, per 100, $1.00. 



EVERYTHING IN RIBBONS AND 

 FLORISTS' SUPPLIES. Send for our 

 oatalo^ie. 



S. S. Pennock-Meehan Go. 



The Wholesale Florists of Philadelphia 



RBW TORK. 117 W. 28th St. PHILAOBLPHU. 1608.1620 Uaiof* St. 



BALTIMORE, Franklm md St. P«al St>. WASHINGTON. 1216 H St., N. W. 



90j^X.y<^ 



WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS 



TRADE PRICES -Per 100 



TO DEALERS ONLY 



Roses 



Am. Beauty, Special 



'* " Fancy and Extra 



" No.i 



Killamcy, Richmond, Extra 



" " Ordinary 



Htllingdon, Ward, Sunburst, Extra 



" " " Ordinary.. 



Maryland, Radiadce, Taft, Extra 



" " '* < Ordinary .. . 



Russell, Hadley, Ophelia, Mock 



Carnations, Fancy 



" Ordinary 



Cattleyas 



Lilies. Longiflorum • 



Rubrum 



Lily of the Valley 



Daises 



Violets 



Snapdragon 



Narcisus. Paper White 



Freesias 



Daffodils 



Tulips 



Sweet Peas --•- 



Com Flower 



Gardeoias * 



Adiantum 



Smilax 



Asparagus Plumosus. Strings (loo) . . . 

 *' & SpreD. (loo Bchs.) .... 



BOSTON 



March j8 



30.00 to 



13.00 to 



4.00 to 



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2. 00 to 



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3.00 to 



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35.00 



20.00 

 10.00 

 10.00 



5.00 



12.00 

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12.00 

 4.00 



15.00 



4.00 



2.00 

 30.00 



8.00 

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4.00 



■25 



3.00 

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.35 

 .50 



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2.00 



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•75 

 35.00 

 1.00 

 la.oo 

 40.00 

 35.00 



ST. LOUIS 



March 15 



PHILA. 



March 8 



40.00 

 15.00 

 8.00 

 8.00 

 4.00 

 8.00 

 4.00 

 8.00 

 4.00 

 8.00 

 2.00 



40.00 

 10.00 



3.00 

 1. 00 



.20 

 3.00 

 2.00 

 2.00 

 2.00 

 3.00 



•30 



50.00 

 20.00 

 10.00 

 10.00 



6.00 

 10.00 



6.00 

 10.00 



6.00 

 12.00 



3.00 



1.50 

 50.00 

 12.50 



4.00 

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.50 

 4.00 

 3.00 

 3.00 

 3.00 

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■75 



1. 00 

 10.00 

 35.00 

 15.00 



to 



to . ... 



to 1.25 



to 13.50 



to 50.00 



to 25.00 



40.00 to 



12.50 to 



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5.00 to 



2.00 to 



6. DO to 



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■35 to 



1.50 to 



5.00 to 



15.00 

 3S^oo 

 xS-oo 



50.00 



35.00 



8.00 



10.00 



4.00 



10.00 



5.00 



10.00 



5.00 



15.00 



4.00 



2.00 



35.00 



10.00 



10.00 



4.00 



2.00 



■50 



12.00 

 2.00 



3.00 



3-00 



3.00 

 1.30 



2.0a 

 16.00 



1. 00 

 20.00 

 50.00 

 50.00 



The market is well 

 CINCINNATI supplied in every sea- 

 sonable. During last. 

 week the daily increase in the size of 

 the receipts was large and served to 

 makQ the market. The aggregate de- 

 mand is as large as it was but does 

 not seem as active, owing no doubt 

 to more than ample supply. Roses and 

 carnations are moving fairly well. 

 Easter and rubrum lilies and callas 

 are not very active although of a high 

 quality. Sweet peas sell pretty well, 

 but receipts are so large that only bot- 

 tom prices are realized. Smaller bulb- 



ous stock is in a good supply but 

 moves rather slowly. The same is 

 true of lily of the valley and orchids. 



The situation in the 

 NEW YORK wholesale flower 



trade of this city is 

 about as it was last week, "only more 

 so." Indeed, the business interests are 

 simply "snowed under'* by the big 

 flower show up-town and all seem to 

 have accepted the inevitable slump as 

 a sort of interlude which will continue, 

 at least, until the Easter rush starts — 

 that is. if there is to be any Easter 



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