August 18, 1906 



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Cut Flower Market 

 Reports 



There is very little busi- 

 BOSTON ness being done. Roses 

 are especially hard to 

 move whether of the fifty cent or 

 twenty dollar grade. Carnations are 

 practically out of the market and their 

 withdrawal has helped the aster de- 

 mand, particularly the white sorts, but 

 the latter are difBcult to find in accept- 

 able quality, the wet weather having 

 damaged the flowers badly. Sweet peas 

 are also worthless for the same rea- 

 son. Gladioli are being received in 

 great quantity and variety and sell 

 pretty well, the old Shakespeare hold- 

 ing the lead in the buyer's eye. The 

 usual amount of lily of the valley is 

 coming in and has the normal summer 

 call. 



The past week the mar- 

 BUFFALO ket found select stock of 

 Beauties and teas a 

 scarce article. A little stirring in the 

 floral work line called for considerable 

 stock. Lilies. light colored gladioli 

 and asters were among the stock which 

 was in demand. Carnations are small 

 and few to be seen; select asters sell 

 readily while ordinary are too plenti- 

 ful; the same may be said of gladioli. 

 Peas are of poor quality and lily of 

 the valley is selling much better; 

 adiantum and other greens plentiful. 



There has been very 

 COLUMBUS little change in trade 



since a week ago; it 

 is as dull as it will be this summer. 

 There is plenty of stock, such as it is. 

 which is not saying much. Asters are 

 a flood. There are a few roses in 

 variety, a few fair American Beauties, 

 some good gladioli and carnations to 

 make up the market. The seedsmen 

 are just beginning to receive the ad- 

 vance inquiries and first orders of the 

 autumn bulb trade. The weather con- 

 tinues pleasant but very hot. 



Business conditions 

 LOUISVILLE the previous week 



were very good in the 

 early part. Some carnations are seen 

 but they are very poor. Roses and 

 asters have the lead and are of good 

 quality. Other stock is obtainable in 

 satisfactory quantity. 



An abundance of 

 NEW YORK roses many of which 



might have with wis- 

 dom been kept at home, a scarcity 

 of carnations, loads of asters that 

 ■would have filled the carnation's place 

 very acceptably had the rain stayed 

 away, heaps of garden bloom in num- 

 berless sorts — this is about the story 

 of the wholesale market at present. 

 Of buyers, there are not enough to 



FAMCY 



DAGGER 



L.B.BRAGUE, 



HINSDALE, MASS. 

 Wholesale Dealer In 



Hardy Cut Ferns 



Also Wholesale Dealer in 



Christmas Trees and Baled Spruce for Cemetery Use 



BOUQUET GREEN, SPHAGNUM MOSS, Ac, Ac. 



make one good-sized bill if all were 

 added together. 



Market as usual in 

 PHILADELPHIA summer. Asters 

 and roses not quite 

 so plenty. Roses poor in quality. 

 Practically no carnations, and poor. 

 Plenty lily of the valley and good. 

 Gladioli good and sell fairly well; mar- 

 ket generally overloaded with the 

 poorer grades of the latter. 



A PHILADELPHIA CONSOLIDA- 

 TION. 



The event of the week in Philadel- 

 phia is the announcement of the con- 

 solidation of two important wholesale 

 houses, namely, Samuel S. Pennock 

 and The Philadelphia Wholesale 

 Flower Market. The former is well 

 known as the leading commission 

 house of Philadelphia and the latter is 

 also well known as the great combina- 

 tion of growers which a few years ago 

 formed a company whereby to market 

 its products independent of the com- 

 mission man and without having to in- 

 cur the expense of a daily courier. The 

 idea has worked well in other cities; 

 but for various reasons it ran up 

 against a hard snag in Philadelphia, 

 and after a few years the venture de- 

 veloped into a big commission house, 

 although still bearing the name of 

 "market." Through all vicissitudes 

 the manager, Chas. E. Meehan, kept a 

 steady eye on the wheel and at last 

 worked the craft into a safe and profit- 

 able harbor; after which, with great 

 shrewdness, he set about becoming 

 owner. This he achieved, and as a 

 further step, combined with Mr. Pen- 

 nock, the biggest of the Philadelphia 

 wholesalers, with a view to consoli- 

 dation. The outcome is the formation 

 of the S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co., char- 

 tered under the corporation laws of the 

 State of Pennsylvania with a capital 

 of sixty thousand dollars, to do a gen- 

 eral commission and supply business. 

 The officers of the company are: 

 Samuel S. Pennock, president; Chas. 

 E. Meehan, vice-president; Edwin J. 

 Fan court, secretary; Ralph E. Faust, ' 

 treasurer. The headquarters of the 

 company will be in the S. S. Pennock 



Building, 1608-1618 Ludlow street, 

 which is probably the largest and best 

 equipped establishment in the world 

 for doing a purely wholesale flower 

 and supply business. The move has 

 been kept exceedingly quiet and the 

 present announcement will be news to 

 every one in the trade outside of the 

 two principals. That it is a good 

 move no one will deny. It looks like 

 a winning combination whichever way 

 one looks at it. And one of the strong- 

 est features is the unexampled facili- 

 ties of the Pennock building with all 

 its recent developments and improve- 

 ments. 



BUSINESS CHANGES. 



M. L. Belcher of So\ith Weymouth 

 has purchased the business of R. E. 

 Moir of Whitman. Mass. 



.Tames Burns has purchased the 

 greenhouse property of Mrs. O. F. 

 Gibbs at St. Johnsbury. Vt. 



Welch Brothers will move their 

 place of business from 15 Province 

 street to 226 Devonshire street, Boston, 

 on Oct. 1. They will occupy the first 

 floor and basement, each having over 

 6000 square feet, making a total of 

 12,000 square feet — the largest whole- 

 sale florist establishment in the coun- 

 try. It will be fitted up with an ex- 

 tensive cold storage system. 



Fancy Late Asters 



Fine Valley 

 At Greens in Variety 



WILLIAM J. BAKER 



WHOLESALE FLORIST 



14-32 South Penn Sifuare 

 PHILADELPHIA - - PA. 



NEW CROP AND PERFECT STOCK. 



Green Galax. Fancy and Dagger Fema, Leu- 

 cothoe Sprays. All fresh trom nature's hnesi patch, 

 will Ik; ready for shipment September the ist. 



t ialax 75c per looo 



Fancy and Dagger Ferns, $i.oo per looo 



Lcucothoc Sprays $3-5o per looo 



Di5;count on large orders. Terms: Cash or good 

 reference with orders from siranters. Send us your 

 ord<:rs and get what you want, and get it quick. 



RAY BROS., ELK PARK, N. C. 



