July 31, 1915 



HORTICULTUKE 



145 



Flower Market Reports 



There is no flower busi- 

 BOSTON ness to speak of this 

 week. Summer resort or- 

 ders are beginning to materialize at 

 the wholesale houses, but these calls 

 are not large and they take only the 

 selected stock and make no impression 

 on the general market condition 

 which is exceedingly dull. Gladioli 

 are tlie strongest item on the list, but 

 the asters are rapidly moving up to 

 the firing line. Some of the gladioli 

 are the finest ever seen here, .\nierica. 

 Mrs. Pendleton. Mrs. Wigman. Halley 

 and other high-class sorts, witli flow- 

 ers measuring five inches across are 

 bringing from $4.00 to $6.00 per 100, 

 while the common grades stick at 

 $1.00. Aster quality is improving. In 

 roses the Hadley and Ophelia are com- 

 ing in fine form, and sell fairly well. 

 In fact, all roses are of satisfactory 

 quality, everything considered. Car- 

 nations have practically quit the game 

 for the present. Sweet peas are very 

 poor, due to the many heavy rains. 

 Lilies too plentiful. 



The market is full of 

 BUFFALO gladioli. There is a 



good quantity of carna- 

 tloDS. Roses were still plentiful up to 

 a few days ago. Lilies have not been 

 so abundant for some time. It would 

 seem that every grower has gone into 

 the lily growing business and all crops 

 are on at the same time. Asters are 

 gradually coming on and the season's 

 outlook is promising. Some choice 

 stock is now received though not in 

 heavy supply. Beauties are still plenti- 

 ful, but sales lacking. The best roses 

 are Shawyer, Maryland and Double 

 AVhite Killarney. The latter has sold 

 exceptionally well of late. Sweet peas 

 are holding out well. The recent rains 

 have helped them along considerably. 



The awful tragedy of the 

 CHICAGO week end exemplified 



the old adage "It's a 

 poor wind that blows no one good." 

 With the summer business dependent 

 so largely upon funeral work, a thous- 

 and deaths in the city qtiickly changed 

 market conditions. The wholesalers 

 felt the change first, but a few hours 

 after the overturning of the excursion 

 boat in the Chicago River, and as the 

 days went by flowers cleaned up as 

 they had not done before in weeks. 

 The rose supply was shorter because 

 of the very wet season causing an un- 

 usual amount of mildew with many 

 growers. Prices advanced rapidly in 

 proportion to the demand and even 

 very short stemmed roses brought 

 three cents. Carnations are not in 

 very good condition and asters are 

 still short in stem for the most part, 

 but the great number of designs helped 

 to work off all of them to advantage. 

 The stock of peonies in storage came 

 in very handily and this week will 

 probably see the last iLsed up. Gladi- 

 oli have not been much in favor this 

 year and the pails have stood on the 

 counters waiting for customers who 

 did not come, but they served to help 

 out in the sudden strain put upon the 

 market. Ferns have been looked up- 

 on so long as a staple that cannot 

 fail, that this midsummer experience 

 is a new one. The constant rain fn 



% ASTERS 



^ Never before, so early 

 W in the season, have we 

 \^ been able to offer our cus- 

 ' tomers such a fine lot of 

 Asters at such reasonable fig- 

 ures or in such large quantities. 

 In pinks, whites, lavenders and 

 purples at 



Special $ 2.00 per 100 



15.00 " 1000 



Fancy 1.50 " 100 



10.00 " 1000 



First 1.00 " 100 



7.50 " lonn 



S.S.PENNOCK-MEEHANCO. 



The Wholesale Florists of Philadelphia 

 P1III-.\DEI.PHI.4, 1008-10;0 LmUow St. 

 NEW YORK. 117 W,. 38th St. 



B.\LTIMORE, FrankHn & St. Paul Sts. 

 W.VSUINGTON, 1216 H St. N. W. 



WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS — "^■'"'''"^/g^d'^lers only 



Roses 



Am. Beauty, Special 



** " Fancy and Extra 



No. I 



Killarney, Richmond, Extra 



" '* Ordinary 



Hillingdoo, Ward, Sunburst, Extra 



" *' " Ordinary. 



Arenberg, Radiance, Taft, Extra 



" " " Ordinary .. . 



Russell, Hadley, Ophelia, Mock 



Carnations, Fancy 



*' Ordinary 



Cattleyas 



Dendrobium formosun- 

 Lilies, Longriflorum • - • 



Rubrum 



Uly of the VaUey 



BOSTON 



July ^9 



ST. LOUIS 



July q6 



Daisies • 



Asters 



Snapdragon 



Gladioli 



Sweet Peas ■ 



Gardenias 



Adiantum 



Smilax 



Asparagus Plumosus, Strings (loo) • 

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



lO.OO 



6.00 



I. DO 

 2.00 



•5" 

 2.00 



■50 

 2.00 



•50 

 2.00 



■75 



.50 



20.00 



2. 00 



1. 00 

 .50 



1. 00 

 1.00 



.15 

 10.00 



■50 

 10.00 

 S5.OO 

 25.00 



12. OC 

 8.00 

 3.00 

 4.00 

 1.00 

 4.00 

 1. 00 

 4.00 

 1. 00 

 8.00 

 1. 00 



•75 

 25.00 



4.00 



z.oo 



3.00 



1. 00 



1. 00 



3.00 



6.00 



.20 



25.00 



1. 00 



12.00 



50.00 



35.00 



20.00 

 10.00 

 5.00 

 3.00 

 2.00 

 5.00 

 3.00 



5.00 

 2.00 



35.a> 



40.00 



4.00 



3.00 

 •30 



2.00 

 3.00 



•as 



xo.oo 

 1. 00 

 10.00 

 35-00 

 15.00 



3.00 

 1. 00 



40.00 

 50.00 



5.00 



4.00 

 ■50 



4.00 

 4.00 



.50 



12.00 



1.25 



13.00 

 50.00 

 20.00 



PHIIA. 



July 26 



20.00 

 12.00 

 5.00 

 6.00 

 2.00 

 6.00 

 2.00 

 6.00 

 2.00 

 8.00 



2.00 



30.00 to 50.00 



5.00 



4.00 

 2.00 



to 



.50 to 

 to 



1.00 

 10.00 



35.00 

 35.00 



i.oo 



6.00 



3.00 



2.00 



3.00 



•75 



50.00 

 50.00 



northern Wisconsin has flooded the 

 fern land and a shortage is the re- 

 sult. 



Local business is 

 CINCINNATI very dull. The sup- 

 ply of stock of all 

 kinds is very heavy while the demand 

 is not at all active. As a result the 

 market is overloaded and prices are 

 low. The cut of roses is large but 

 business in them is not very active. 

 Gladioli are having a very bad sea- 

 son as far as sales are concerned. They 

 are very plentiful. Asters are now 

 coming in very heavy antl are back- 

 ing up. Lilies are Excellent and of- 

 fered in large quantities. Other of- 

 ferings include some very fine hardy 

 hydranpea, pond lilies and auratunis. 



The amount of busi- 

 NEW YORK ness being done in 

 tile wholesale market 

 is still very small with no tangible evi- 

 dence to indicate any early improve- 

 ment. Gladioli are the heaviest prod- 

 uct now offered and every available 



place is crowded with them. America, 

 Halley, Mrs. King. Pink Beauty and 

 others of the newer varieties have 

 practically supplanted the old favorite 

 kinds formerly grown in quantity tor 

 this market. Holland grown bulbs of 

 American varieties at slaughter prices 

 liave simply broken the back of the 

 gladiolus market here and elsewhere. 

 Roses are not very abundant nor very 

 good but there are enough. Carna- 

 tions are about down and out but there 

 are asters in plenty. These are really 

 good for so early and the outlook for 

 good asters was never better. As to 

 what they will bring— "that's another 

 story." Cattleyas are much reduced 

 in quantity and it is possible to get an 

 occasional good figure for really good 

 Mowers. Lilies continue to come in 

 f;ir beyond the capacity of the market, 

 the low figures prevailing for .some 

 weeks past still continuing. Dahlias 

 of particularly good finish are seen 

 lure and there. Everything else is in 

 adequate supply. 



(Con/in 11 ri/ on Pt\gf t^y) 



