June 26, 1915 



HORTICULTURE 



85r 



Flower Market Reports 



The market here is at a 

 BOSTON dead standstill. For the 

 past two weeks it has 

 been on the down grade and. from the 

 appearance of the wholesale market 

 tables and according to the record of 

 past seasons at this date there is no 

 likelihood of recovering for some time. 

 All flowers are in over-loaded profu- 

 sion and only a small percentage of 

 the product coming in is disposed of 

 at quoted rates. Large quantities fall 

 utterly to find a taker and have to be 

 either thrown away or unloaded on 

 terms which are practically the same 

 thing. Carnations are the worst suf- 

 ferers, judging from the wagon loads 

 of blooms which encumber the market. 

 Roses are not much different but they 

 are of a little better quality, so far. 

 and do not show the effects of the ad- 

 vancing season to such an extent as 

 the carnations do. American Beauty 

 is the best seller at present but at fig- 

 ures considerably lower than in pre- 

 vious years at this date. Peonies are 

 about finishing up. The placing of 

 peony buds in cold storage as is done 

 in some other places is not practiced 

 here. 



The rain has stopped for 

 CHICAGO three consecutive days 

 and florists are again 

 optimistic. Not all the downpour of 

 the past six^ weeks can make a florist 

 remain a pessimist when the sun 

 shines three days in succession and 

 Chicago florists are quick to see the 

 bright side. The week end was not 

 so bad. Flowers did not bring a high 

 price, but they were moved without 

 touching the lowest figures of the sea- 

 son. The tendency is to special quota- 

 tions on large lots and frequently on 

 lots that cannot be considered large 

 so the buyer within a small radius of 

 this market finds it well to come here 

 frequently and buy in person. Peonies 

 are still coming in, in spite of the 

 fact that rain has played havoc with 

 many fields. Stock is also being taken 

 from storage and wholesalers report it 

 coming out in good condition and sell- 

 ing readily at a fair price. Outdoor 

 sweet peas are cutting down prices. 

 Carnations are selling — at any price — 

 some days to avoid accumulation. All 

 kinds of roses can be bought in any 

 quantity and almost at any price. 

 There is plenty of miscellaneous stock. 

 The market general- 

 CINCINNATI ly is in an oversup- 

 ply. Receipts of all 

 seasonable flowers are very heavy 

 while the demand for them is not 

 very large. Prices, naturally, with 

 this set of circumstances, are low. 

 Shipping business holds up pretty 

 well. Roses are very plentiful and 

 include many excellent blooms. Gladi- 

 oli have a fair market. Good longi- 

 florum lilies, Auratum lilies, lily of 

 the valley and orchids may be had 

 in fair quantities. Cut hardy hy- 

 drangea are now in the market. Carna- 

 tions do not sell very well. The sup- 

 ply of greens is large. 



Summer listlessness is 

 NEW YORK rapidly enveloping the 

 entire flower market 

 here. The closing days of June show 

 a little activity in the sweet pea call 

 due to the school closing exercises and 

 the stock available for this is abun- 

 dant and excellent. Other than this 

 wee bit of comfort there is little of en- 

 couragement in the situation or the 



Rhode Island Reds 



/^ROWN in a cooler climate 

 produces a very much su- 

 perior quality to the local stock, 

 splendid color, size and foliage. 



Doz. 100 



Sperial *»•«» S3.i.«0 



Kano.v -'-SO 30.00 



Kxtra 2.00 15.00 



First 1-50 1000 



Seron.l 1«<> '*"0 



S. S. PENNOCK-MEEHAN CO. 



The WholesalelFlorists of Phlladelphta 



PHILADEIPHU, 1608-1620 Udlcv S 

 BALTIMORE. Franklin S Si. F«ol Sts. 



SEW YORK, 117 Weil 28th St. 

 WASBINGTON, 1216 B St.. N. W. 



«ISCi^ 



WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS - 



TRADE PRICES — Per 100 



TO DEALERS ONLY 



Roses 



Am. Beauty, Special 



'« " Fancy and Extra 



No. I 



Killarney, Richmond, Extra 



«' " Ordinary. 



Hillinedon, Ward. Sunburst, Extra. . - ■ 

 .< «« " Ordinary. 



Arenberc, Radiance, Taft, Extra 



.. " " " Ordinary... 



Russell, Hadley, Ophelia, Mock 



Carnations, Fancy 



" Ordinary 



Cattleyas 



Dendrobiuni formoaun 



Lilies, Longiflorum 



" Rubrum 



Uly of the Valley 



Daisies 



Stocks 



Snapdragon 



Gladioli 



Peonies 



Sweet Peas 



Gardenias 



Adiantum 



Smilax • • ■; ,'" \" 



Aspi^ragus Plumosus, Strings (loo).. 

 '* & Spren. (loo Rchs.) ... 



BOSTON 



June 23 



ST. LOUIS 



June 21 



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6.00 

 3.00 

 2.00 



■50 

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■.50 

 2.00 



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2.00 



.75 



•35 



20.00 



16.00 

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 4.00 

 i.oo 

 4.00 

 1.00 I 



20.00 

 10.00 

 5.00 

 3.00 

 2.00 

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2.00 



•50 



1.00 



.50 



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1.50 



.15 

 10.00 



■50 

 10.00 

 25.00 

 25.00 



3.00 

 I.oo 



1.50 



1.00 

 3.00 

 3.00 



.75 



12.00 

 I.oo 

 12.00 

 50.00 

 35.00 



PHILA. 



June 21 



3.00 



.30 



4.00 



2.00 



3.00 



4.00 



.55 



I.oo 



I.oo 



20.00 



35.00 



15.00 



30.00 

 15.00 

 8.00 

 5.00 

 3.00 

 6.0c 

 4.00 



6.00 

 3.00 

 I.oo 

 40.CO 

 50.00 

 5.00 



4.00 



■50 



5.00 

 4.00 

 4.00 



5.00 

 •50 



2.00 



1.25 



25.00 

 50.00 

 20.00 



20.00 to 



10.00 to 

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4.00 to 

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25.00 



15.00 



8.00 



6.00 



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 6.00 



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12.00 

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4.00 

 ■75 

 3.00 

 3.00 

 6.00 



• 75 



I.oo 

 20.00 

 50.00 

 50.00 



immediate outlook. Peonies are about 

 finished locally, but some cold storage 

 blooms are in evidence which find a 

 fair marl<et. The push-carts in the 

 downtown streets which were loaded 

 last week with peonies, are still in evi- 

 dence but carnations have taken the 

 place of the peonies. The quality of 

 both carnations and roses is fine and 

 the debilitating effect of summer heat 

 is not vet apparent. There is a large 

 supply of lily of the valley in sight, 

 much of it in over-ripe shape, mute 

 evidence of the enormously excessive 

 supply which the growers have been 

 putting out in anticipation of the June 

 wedding and graduation demand. Of 

 lilies there is still an unweildy surplus 

 and the standard of value for this 

 product is now at an unprecedentedly 

 low point. We have never seen so 

 many superb cattleyas in the market. 

 They are on every wholesaler's table 

 but their prestige seems to have dis- 

 appeared and they must now share 

 with tile more plebeiini mnlerial the 



knocks of an unsympathetic market. 

 Quantities of campanulas, sweet Wil- 

 liams and similar flower garden prod- 

 ucts are in at present, also various 

 rambler roses in bunches of sprays. 

 These seasonable outdoor flowers 

 seem to find preference with numy re- 

 tailers for show window adornment, 

 together with water lilies, larkspurs, 

 gypsophilas, sweet sultans and other 

 odds and ends not obtainable as a 

 rule at any other season. 



B i g oversupply 

 PHILADELPHIA here last week. 

 Piles and piles 

 of boxes never opened. Roses a dol- 

 lar a thousand. Carnations about iis 

 bad. Sweet peas— much of the stock 

 arriving in poor condition and unsal- 

 able at any price. Please excuse. 

 Painful subject. The Leo Niessen Co. 

 announces that early closing will com- 

 mence July 1. On and after that da'e 

 store will close at 5 p. m. until fur- 

 ther notice. 



(ContinufA on /'ttg-f 8^0) 



