May 1, 1915 



HORTICULTURE 



601 



Flower Market Reports 



The markets are in as 

 BOSTON stagnant a condition as 



tliey have ever been so 

 far this year. The weather has been 

 very variable, changing suddenly from 

 a record hot day to a damp chill, with 

 lowering clouds threatening torrents 

 of rain. We have had a long-continued 

 period of drought and rain will be wel- 

 come all over New England. There Is 

 an oversupply of everything, the de- 

 mand is weak, and consequently 

 prices are lower and unsatisfactory. 

 The street boys and temporary stores 

 help somewhat to clean up the low 

 grades of flowers. Roses, especially 

 Beauties, are plentiful and of fine qual- 

 ity, but the shorter grades sell much 

 better than the 6-foot blooms that are 

 comiag in in such large quantity. Car- 

 nations overcrowd and move slowly. 

 Spencer sweet peas are in fair demand. 

 The common varieties are not so easily 

 moved. There is a heavy supply of 

 yellow marguerites, stocks, pansies 

 and cornflower, which meet with a 

 better call than for most kinds of 

 flowers just now. It is expected that 

 local retailers will make some attempt 

 to exploit May Day and thus relieve 

 the markets a bit of the existing dull- 

 ness. 



There has been 

 BUFFALO,' N. Y. very little im- 

 provement in 

 market conditions during the past 

 week. The supply on everything, es- 

 pecially carnations, roses and lilies is 

 still very abundant and prices have 

 gone all to pieces. The weather being 

 much of the summer variety has 

 forced everything faster than it can 

 be handled to advantage. The market 

 is overloaded, especially with carna- 

 tions which are hard to move at any 

 decent price. Outdoor daffodils are 

 overflowing and lilac has been added 

 to the list. There are no weddings 

 and floral work is very light, simply no 

 business. 



The situation in the Chi- 

 CHICAGO cago market has varied 



little during the past 

 week, and that little was not for the 

 better. All kinds of stock is being hur- 

 ried along by the high temperature 

 and so far the quality has not been af- 

 fected. It is not so much a matter of 

 selling the flowers, as the getting of a 

 fair price for them. Everyone knows 

 that the supply and the demand are 

 far apart and which one is out of the 

 normal is not the question; the flow- 

 ers must be sold. There is a scheduled 

 price, it is true, but it varies every 

 hour in the day, as the cut is poured 

 into the market. The thousands of 

 long-stemmed Beauties used in the 

 ceremonies at the City Hal!, Monday, 

 as well as the quantities of other flow- 

 ers, helped to decrease stock and such 

 an event would be a godsend it it could 

 occur each day. 



The present condi- 

 CINCINNATI tion of tlie market 



and prospects for the 

 immediate future are not very promis- 

 ing. The glut of the last tew weeks 

 continues. Warm, bright summer 

 weather has up to this time only made 

 it worse than it was. No single line 

 of stock realizes anything like a good 

 price. The call for stock and supplies 



Mrs. Charles Russell 



As the weather gets warmer the 

 quality of most varieties of Roses 

 eets poorer. Not so with Rnssell, 

 they are just as fine as at any 

 time this season. They are of 

 such unusual quality that "FINE" 

 hardly expresses it — splendid, 

 large, deep colored buds on good 

 stems. 



Special $15.00 per 100 



Fancy 10.00 " 



Extra 8.00 " 



First 6.00 " " 



Second 4.0O " " 



Some exceptionally fine Russells— 

 really exhibition flowers at 20c. 



Everything in Ribbons and Flor- 

 ists* Supplies. Send for our cat- 

 alogue. 



S. S. PENNOCKMEEHAN CO: 



The Wholesale Florists of Philadelphia 



NEW YORK, 117 W. 28ih Si. 

 PHILADELPHIA, 1608-1620 Lodlon St. 



BALTIMORE. Franklin ana Si. Paol Sti. 



WASHINGTON, 1216 H Si., N. W. 



WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS — 



TRADE PRICES — P«r 100 



TO DEALERS ONLY 



Roses 



Am. Beauty, Special 



'* " Fancy and Extra 



No. 1 



KiUarney, Richmond, Extra 



" " Ordinary. 



Hillingdon, Ward, Sunburst, Extra 



*• *' " Ordinary.. 



Maryland, Radiance, Taft, Extra 



'* " " Ordinary .. . 



Russell, Hadley, Ophelia, Mock 



Carnations, Fancy 



" Ordinary 



Cattley as 



Lilies. Longiflorum • 



Rubrum 



Lily of the Valley 



Daises 



Violets 



Snapdragon 



Iris • 



Freesias 



Daffodils 



Tulips 



Sweet Peas • - • • 



Com Flower 



Gardenias 



Adiantum 



Smtlax 



Asparagus Plumosus. Strings (lOo). 

 ** " & Spren. (loo Bchs.l .. 



BOSTON 



April 29 



i.50 

 .50 



■25 

 •50 



.50 to 



35-00 



20.0c 



10.00 



10.00 



3.00 



12.00 



4.00 



12.00 



4.00 



12.00 



3.00 



2.00 



35.00 



6.00 



6.00 



3.00 



1.50 



-50 



3.50 



1. 00 



2.00 



3.00 



2.00 



1. 00 



•75 



30.00 



1. 00 



X2.00 



50.00 

 40.00 



ST. LOUIS 



April 26 



PHILA. 



April 27 



20.00 



10.00 



5.00 



4.00 



1. 00 



4.00 



2.00 



4.00 



2.00 



5.00 



1. 00 



.50 



35.00 



6.00 



3.00 

 1. 00 



1. 00 



1. 00 

 1. 00 

 • 15 



i.oo 

 10.00 

 35.00 

 15.00 



35.00 



15.00 

 8.00 

 6.00 

 2.00 

 8.00 

 3,00 

 6.00 

 3.00 



10.00 



2.00 



■75 



40.00 

 8.00 



4.00 

 2.00 



3.00 



2.00 



2.00 



2.00 



.40 



1-25 

 15.00 

 50.00 

 20.00 



12.00 

 5.00 



2.00 

 4.00 

 I.OO 

 4.00 

 1.00 

 3.00 

 2.00 

 3.00 

 2.00 



•75 



40.00 



4.00 



2.00 



•75 



1.00 



•30 

 1.50 

 6.00 

 1.00 

 12.00 

 35-0O 

 35-00 



20.00 

 •8.00 



J4.00 

 5.00 

 3.00 

 6.00 

 3.00 



12.00 

 3.00 



12.00 

 3.00 



T.OO 



50.00 



8.00 

 3.00 



1.00 



1.50 

 .75 



2.00 



15.00 



1.50 



15.00 

 50.00 

 50.00 



from out of town is pretty good. 

 Roses, carnations and lilies continue 

 to be as plentiful as at the last writing. 

 Callas, too, are abundant and are gen- 

 erally very good. The hot days and 

 nights are beginning to tell on the 

 sweet peas. Antirrhinum has a very 

 poor market. The call for lily of the 

 valley and orchids is good only at 

 times. A few good Spanish iris are 

 offered. Smilax is still rather scarce. 

 The demand for ferns and green sheet 

 moss is very large. 



The same redundance 

 NEW YORK of flowers which has 

 choked the wholesale 

 markets still continues and without 

 any apparent relief in sight for the 

 immediate future. The wholesale mar- 

 kets are heaped high with huge quan- 

 tities of lilies, Spanish irises, stocks, 

 sweet peas and snapdragons all of 

 which are unsaleable at any set figure, 

 however low the figure may be. Of 

 course there are roses and carnations 

 galore and there is at least the one 

 little satisfaction of mentioning that 



the quality is of the highest standard, 

 but this does not sell them. Cattleyas 

 of the deep-colored Mossiae type so 

 much in demand at Easter are here 

 now in quantity, but the call has faded 

 away and prices have dropped, as they 

 have also on gardenias and other 

 fancy material. There are still a few 

 violets in sight and fairly good, but 

 they get little attention. All bulbous 

 stock is yet plentiful — even paper 

 white narcissus lingering in spots here 

 and there. 



Florists are bewail- 

 PITTSBURGH ing all-too-plentiful 



stock, especially of 

 roses and carnations. It is feared that 

 the present oversupply of roses as the 

 outcome of the unusually hot weather 

 will cause a shortage for June. The 

 intermittent showers of the past few 

 days have gladdened the hearts of the 

 growers, but the small, stunted blooma 

 of the tulips and other bulbs tell of 

 the scarcity of snow and rain during 

 the past fall and winter. 



( Continued on pnge 60s) 



