April 17, 1915 



HORTlCULTUliE 



537 



Flower Market Reports 



The market is in a state 

 BOSTON of absolute stagnation at 



present. Roses and carna- 

 tions are very plentiful and of good 

 quality, but the demand has fallen off 

 badly, leaving the flower market stalls 

 piled high with stock several days old. 

 Friday and Saturday of last week were 

 fairly active. This week so far lias 

 been very dull. Violets are still to be 

 seen and are of rather poor quality, 

 nevertheless retailers are still finding 

 a ready sale for these. Excellent pan- 

 sies and daisies are being cut. They 

 are moving faster than most other 

 stock at present. Bulbous stock is 

 showing signs of "petering out" and 

 is moving but slowly. Hundreds of 

 plants left over from Easter are still 

 hanging on and find few buyers. In 

 short — business is poor. 



Easter Monday's busi- 

 BUFFALO ness opened up quite 



brisk, receipts were not 

 too heavy and there was a general call 

 for about everything along the line, 

 but during the week there were heavy 

 receipts and business dropping off 50 

 per cent. looses were in heavy supply. 

 Beauties of all grades fell in price as 

 did carnations. There were the usual 

 after-Easter lily bargains and no let 

 up on daffodils, tulips, and other bulb- 

 ous stock. A big surplus was left at 

 the end of each day's business. Floral 

 work has been the lightest since the 

 Lenten days began and ended. 



The least said of this 

 CHICAGO market the better. Such 



a complete cessation of 

 business as has followed Easter has 

 not been known by some of those long- 

 est in the trade, according to their 

 statements. The reasons are not diffi- 

 cult to locate. Quite a few retailers 

 had plants left over and naturally 

 pushed their sales of these ahead of 

 cut flowers. Bright sunshine and mod- 

 erate temperature followed Easter 

 Sunday and brought out a big supply 

 just when there was the least demand 

 for it and in two or three days ice 

 boxes and counters were filled to over- 

 flowing. Department stores look ad- 

 vantage and bought at prices that can 

 be imagined when they sold good roses 

 of medium length for 12 cents per 

 dozen. This worked off stock for the 

 wholesalers but also put an end to 

 any business by the downtown florists. 

 The out-of-town orders nave fallen off 

 to such a degree as to indicate that 

 trade is dull in the middle west gen- 

 erally. All kinds of stock is of excel- 

 lent quality and trade will no doubt 

 soon be normal again, but at tliis writ- 

 ing customers on the spot can buy at 

 their own price. Thousand lates are 

 quoted on both carnations and roses. 



The market is badly 

 CINCINNATI glutted with flowers. 

 Every season able 

 line is in an oversupply owing to the 

 heavy receipts and a decided falling 

 off in the demand for stock. Shipping 

 business, however, is pretty fair. Roses 

 of all kinds, carnations and lilies are 



Mrs. Charles Russell 



As tliey are now cnniinK in to 

 ii«. are of the iiiieht quality ever 

 otTereil by anyone — niaKniflrent. 

 hirst', heavy flowers on long: stiff 

 stem-*, exhibition blooms they 

 are. Mrs. Kussell is the l»est 

 value of any Roses today. 



Specials $i4).00 per 100 



And they are Specials, 

 stems 24 in. or over 



Fancy $15.00 per KMt 



Extra 10.00 " * 



First 8.00 " " 



Second 6.00 " " 



Everything In Ribbons and 

 Florists* Supplies. Send for 

 catalogue. 



S.S.PENNOCK-MEEHAN CO. 



The Wholesale Florists of Philadelphia 



NEW TORS, 117 TV. 28il> Si. 

 PBILADBIPHU, 1608-1620 Indlow St. 



BALTIMORE, Fruklln and St. Paul St.. 



TVASBINGTON, 1216 B St.. N. W. 



WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS 



TRADE PRICES — P«r 100 



TO DEALERS ONLY 



Roses 



Am. Beauty, Special 



'* " Fancy and Extra 



No. 1 



Killamcy, Richmond, Extra 



" " Ordinary 



Hillingdon, Ward, Sunburst, Extra 



" " " Ordinary 



Maryland, Radiance, Taft, Extra 



" " " Ordinary 



Russell, Hadley, Ophelia, Mock 



Carnations, Fancy 



" Ordinary 



Cattleyaa 



Lilies. Longifloruin 



Rubrum 



Lily of the Valley 



Daises 



Violets 



Snapdragon 



Narcisus. Paper While 



Freesias 



Daffodils 



Tulips 



Sweet Peas 



Com Flower 



Gardenias 2". 



Adiantum | 



Smilax lo. 



Asparagus Plumosus, Strings (loo) 25, 



" " & Spren. (100 Bchs.l 25. 



BOSTON 



April 15 



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ST. LOUIS 



April 12 



PHILA. 



April 12 



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to be had in quantities larger tluin at 

 any previous time tliis year. Sweet 

 peas continue in a heavy supiily and 

 are good, but they as well as the other 

 offerings bring very small returns. The 

 bulbous stock cut is large. Other of- 

 ferings Include lily of the valley, or- 

 chids, antirrhinum, callas and rub- 

 rum lilies. Simax receipts are lim- 

 ited and hardly suffice for present 

 needs. 



There are no words 

 NEW YORK that can describe ade- 

 quately the market 

 conditions here at the present time. 

 We cannot mention anything that is 

 not overplentiful and in which the su|)- 

 ply does not exceed the demand. It 

 is no longer a question of price asked 

 as almost every commission house is 

 compelled to sell out each morning the 

 accumulation of carried-over stock in 

 their ice boxes for a lump sum, and 

 this lump sum is generally $25 and 

 seldom exceeds $50. Carnations are 



plentiful at $10 per thousand. Ameri- 

 can Beauties, the very best grade, is 

 .selling at 5c., with 12c. the asking 

 price for the very best. Lily of the 

 valley, as a general rule, is of very 

 poor quality and in many oases Is 

 unsaleable. Tulips, daffodils and jon- 

 quils are very i)lentiful. Southern daf- 

 fodils and jonquils are arriving in huge 

 (luantities and cannot bo sold for the 

 express charges. Even all higher grade 

 roses and novelties are accumulating 

 and they suffer with other stock, as 

 far as prices are concerned and are 

 included in the "job lots." Gardenias 

 are abundant and of excellent quality. 

 One can easily realize the condition 

 of the gardenia market when many 

 street venders are seen on Fifth ave- 

 nue selling the hi.ghest grade blooms 

 for 5c. and 10c. each. Cattleyas. too, 

 are plentiful, Schroderae selling from 

 l.^'ic. to 25c.; Mossiae. from 40c. to 75c., 

 with a few exceptionally fine Gigas 

 selling at $1. Trianae is selling from 

 40c. to 60c. Oncidium. 6c to 8c. South- 

 ern asparagus is arriving in large 



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