June 5, 1915 



HORTICULTURE 



761 



Flower Market Reports 



Memorial Uaj- business 

 BOSTON in Boston turned out to 

 be a surprise, a pleasant 

 one, especially for the growers. The 

 cool weather preceding the holiday had 

 a tendency to shorten up all kinds of 

 flowers, keeping the supply well regu- 

 lated. Everything went well in the 

 markets, especially stocks, feverfew. 

 spirea and carnations. Carnations sold 

 easily at $6.00 per 100. Looking at it 

 from the side of the business in natu- 

 ral flowers, this holiday trade was the 

 best in years. It would seem that the 

 popularity of the artificial flow^er and 

 prepared wreath is on the wane and 

 undoubtedly reached the top wave two 

 seasons ago. The reaction against the 

 artificial flower is very evident in re- 

 viewing the business done. Two 

 prominent retailers in town went in 

 for the prepared wreaths heavily and 

 did a fair volume of business, but not 

 quite up to expectations, due no doubt 

 to this reactionary tendency. All the 

 stores carried some of these wreaths, 

 but did not push them as much as in 

 previous years, finding a greater de- 

 mand for fresh, natural flowers. Since 

 Monday there has been a slight down- 

 ward movement in prices and. on some 

 things, a little tendency towards a sur- 

 plus, but no trouble is anticipated un- 

 til seasonaWe warm weather takes 

 hold. Carnations are. naturally, back 

 again to normal values. Roses are un- 

 changed. Beauties are not bringing 

 the prices of former years. Peonies 

 are plentiful but they are all from 

 southern sources, the local crop being 

 still in the small green bud. The feel- 

 ing in the local markets is strongly op- 

 timistic as regards the immediate fu- 

 ture. 



A week of unusual con- 

 CHICAGO ditions preceded Memo- 

 rial Day. The entire 

 month of May had been cold and wet 

 and all kinds of stock had been kept 

 back. The local buyers did not seem 

 to have the necessary confidence in 

 the reports of a shortage of stock to 

 place their orders in advance, and the 

 end of the week found everyone trying 

 to buy in a market nearly cleaned up 

 by outside orders. Not a wholesale 

 house could take care of all the orders 

 that poured into Chicago, and every 

 house booked to its capacity days in 

 advance. Orders from new customers 

 were turned down and old customers 

 had their orders cut in many cases. 

 Shipping began by the middle of the 

 week and kept steadily up the balance 

 of the week, many near-by customers 

 wiring repeat orders up to Monday 

 noon. There was but one kind of 

 stock which was not in demand and 

 that was sweet peas. Only a moderate 

 amount of these moved, probably be- 

 cause they perish quickly in the rain. 

 Carnations were cut very close and 

 many only partly open were seen. 

 Roses of all kinds were used up to the 

 last one. There was a special short- 

 age reported on short Beauties. Local 

 out-door stock was offered in limited 

 quantity, the snow balls and other 

 flowers being kept back or destroyed 

 by the four weeks' rain. Peonies 

 helped out some, but as the crop Is 

 estimated as being only 50 per cent 

 of its normal size this year, the prices 

 held up and even then stock was soon 

 exhausted. Quotations were as high 



LILIES 



A splendid lot for June 

 decorations. Good, well 

 grown flowers of long stems. 



$8.00 per 100; $75.00 per 1000 



VALLEY. $3.00 and $4.00 per 100. 

 GARDENIAS. Per doz. $3.00. 

 CATTLEYAS. Per doz. $6.00. 



DENDROBIUM FORMOSUM. 



Per doz. $6.00. 



S.S.Pennock-MeehanCo. 



The Wlmlesale Florists of Philadelphia 



PHILADELPHIA NEW YORK 



1608-20 Ludlow St. 117 West 28lhSt. 



WASHINGTON BALTIMORE 



1216 H St., N.W. Franklin & St. Paul Sts. 



WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS 



TRADE'^PRICES — Per 100 



TO DEALERS ONLY 



Roses 



Am. Beauty, Special 



*' " Fancy and Extra 



No. I 



Killamey, Richmond, Extra 



" " Ordinary 



Hillingdon, Ward, Sunburst, Extra.... 

 " *' " Ordinary. 



Maryland, Radiance, Taft, Extra 



*' " " Ordinary... 



Russell, Hadley, Ophelia, Mock 



Carnations, Fancy 



" Ordinary 



Cattleyas 



Lilies, Longif lorum 



Rubrum 



Uly of the Valley 



Daisies 



Stocks 



Snapdragon 



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Peonies 



Gladioli 



Calendulas 



Sweet Peas 



Com Flower 



Gardeaiaa 



Adiantuns 



Smtlax 



Asparaeus Plumosus. Strings (loo). 

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



3.00 to 



.25 

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20.00' 

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as $8.00 per 100. In carnations ad- 

 vance orders were booked for $4.00 

 and $5.00 per 100. but. later, prices 

 ran up to $7.00. A break in the market 

 was anticipated by local retailers. 

 based upon former experiences, but 

 there was no stock held in reserve 

 this year and prices, instead of going 

 down, readied the top notch. 



Memorial Day busi- 

 CINCINNATI ness was very good 



and fully came up to 

 expectations. After tlie close of tlie 

 business very little stock was left over 

 and that consisted principally of lilies, 

 clioice roses and small lots of miscel- 

 laneous stock. This week promises to 

 be a good one for the florists in this 

 city for we have the commencenu^nt of 

 all of the Cincinnati Public High 

 Schools. Sliipping business is t- ood. 

 Roses are in heavy supply and except 



upon extraordinary occasions are easi- 

 ly able to take care of all needs. Lilies 

 are plentiful and choice. Carnations, 

 that is good ones, are not very plenti- 

 ful. Gladioli have a pretty fair mar- 

 ket. Cape jessamines are coming in 

 much faster than the market can take 

 them up. The cut of sweet peas is 

 rather limited. The supply of greens 

 is ample. 



Memorial Dav in 

 NEW BEDFORD New Bedford has 



been a record 

 breaker for the florists. Cut flowers 

 of every description were in demand 

 and brought good prices. Wreaths, 

 flower baskets and bouquets of every 

 variety sold readily. White lilacs, 

 si)irea, deutzia and other flowers gen- 

 erally used in the cheaper bouquets 

 were scarce. The large Portugese* 



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