August 14, 1915 



HORTICULTURE 



209 



Flower Market Reports 



The flower supply was 

 BOSTON shortened up somewhat 



during the stormy period 

 early in the week but with the coming 

 of brighter weather the surphis began 

 to pile up again and tlie temporary 

 activity ceased. What little business 

 is being done at present is confined to 

 funeral work and some insignificant 

 seaside shipping calls. Asters and 

 gladioli are being very heavily over- 

 stocked. Gladioli are excellent but 

 are far in excess of the needs and the 

 situation is I'urlher handicapped by the 

 large quantities of this flower being 

 shipped direct to consumers all 

 through this section by large New 

 York growers, at 35 to 50 cents a hun- 

 dred. Asters are far from first quality 

 as a rule. Sweet peas are practically 

 useless from the effects of the recent 

 heavy rainstorms. Small short- 

 stemmed roses from young plants have 

 commenced to come in this week. 

 There is practically no market for 

 them. Cattleyas are now very few and 

 they bring the top price. 



Trade has not improved 

 BUFFALO much. There has been 



a rather heavy supply 

 of carnations and roses. Lilies con- 

 tinue plentiful, in fact too many to 

 command any price. Floral work was 

 only lightly scattered. Gladioli were 

 plentiful and mostly of the ordinary 

 quality. America has had the best 

 sales. Friday and Saturday brought 

 on a heavy supply of asters and the 

 quality was good though the outlet 

 was blocked. On Monday, 9th, the 

 market opened up brisk. The supply 

 of roses was short and a general de- 

 mand for floral work helped the day. 



August has brought the 

 CHICAGO usual midsummer dull- 

 ness. Local demand is 

 down 10 bed rock. There is a little 

 spurt now and then for funerals and 

 shipping to outside points is fairly ac- 

 tive, these orders cleaning up the mar- 

 ket in certain lines pretty well, par- 

 ticularly as regards good shipping 

 quality of roses. Roses in medium to 

 longer length are not at all too plenty. 

 Some fine Rnssells are coming in and 

 meeting with a brisk demand. Ophelia 

 and Sunburst are also in active call. 

 Killarney Brilliant is among the best 

 in the line of pink and can be had in 

 fairly good length. Pink and White 

 Killarney also are of fair (luality, but 

 the bulk of the receipt.-; are in the 

 shorter grades. Thanks to the cool 

 weather which has prevailed most of 

 the time, Richmond is ki-i'ping up in 

 good shape. We note some very good 

 -Milady and a few Hoosier Queen. Car- 

 nations are still hanging on, some 



ASTERS 



Mid-Season Asters now 

 arriving:, much finer than 

 the early varieties, better 

 quality flowers, stems and 

 foliage, large assortment of 

 colors, more of the delicate 

 shades. 



SperiaN 

 rir«l 



1(K) IWIO 



.!5'i.00 $10.00 



. 1..W 7..-.0 



. 1 .11(1 .i.dU 



ASTER SPECIAL 



M*e offer a-* a \\e»*k-einl .s|ie<-iul in 

 hits «»■ HM)0 or o\er, our sehM-tioii as 

 to col<ir, BOod (iliality, at $."».00 per 

 I Olio. 



S.S.PENNOCK-MEEHANCO. 



The Wholesale Florists of Philadelphia 



lllII..\UELrlIl.\. 16«8-I6;0 Ludlow St. 

 NK>V YOKK. 117 W,. 28tll St. 



H.VLTI.MOUK, 1-ranlilin A St. Paul Sts. 

 MWSHINtiTOX. 121C H St. N. «'. 



WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS — ^'^■'"'"^'"-/o"d'e°2iers only 



Roses 



Am. Beauty, Special 



" " Fancy and Extra 



No. I 



Killarney, Richmond, Extra 



" " Ordinary. 



Hillingdon, Ward, Sunburst, Extra.-.. 

 " " " Ordinary. 



Arenberg, Radiance, Taft, Extra 



" " *' Ordinary . . . 



Russell, Hadley, Ophelia, Mock 



Carnations. Fancy 



** Ordinary 



BOSTON 



Aug, 12 



ST. LOUIS 



Aug. 9 



PHILA. 



Auji, lo 



20.00 



Cattleyas 



Dendrobtum formosun 



Lilies, Longif lorum ■ 



Rubrum 



Lily of the Valley 



Daisies 



Snapdragon 



Gladioli 



Asters 



Sweet Peas 



Gardenias 



Adiantum 



Smilax ' lo. 



Asparagus Plumosus, Strings (loo) ' 25.00 



*' & Spren. (100 Bchs.l 1 25.00 



iz.oo 

 6.00 

 1. 00 



2.00 



■50 



2.00 



■50 



2.00 



.50 



2.00 



■75 

 .50 



20.0c 30.00 



10.00 20.00 

 3.00 I 10.00 

 4.00 I 5.00 



1. 00 ' a.oo 

 4.00 I 5.00 

 1. 00 i 2.00 

 4.00 

 x.oo 

 8.00 

 1. 00 



.75 



40.00 

 05.00 

 15.00 

 6.00 

 3.00 

 6.00 



1. 00 



.50 



■25 



• IS 



10.00 

 50 



50.00 



4.00 

 3.00 

 3.00 

 1. 00 

 1. 00 

 1.50 

 2.00 

 .20 

 25.00 

 x.oo 



S2.00 

 50.00 



6.0D 

 3.00 

 1. 00 



35-00 



6.00 

 4.00 

 3.00 



3.00 10 

 1.50 to 



x.oo 



I3.00 



35 ■00 



20,00 



8.00 

 3-00 

 1.50 



50.00 



8.00 

 S.oo 

 4.00 

 =5 

 4.00 

 a. 50 

 3.00 

 .35 



'•as 

 15.00 



50.00 



15.00 

 6.00 

 3.00 

 4.00 

 1. 00 

 4.00 

 1. 00 

 4.00 

 X.OO 



3.00 



x.oo 



20.00 

 12.00 



5.00 



6.00 

 2.00 

 6.00 

 3.00 

 6.00 

 2.00 

 8.00 



2.00 



30.C0 to 50.00 



5.00 

 4.00 



3.00 



to 



x.oo 

 t.co 



■ so 



1,00 

 10.00 



35-0O 

 ^=;.oo 



8.00 

 6.fx] 

 3.00 



3.00 



3. 00 



.75 



X.50 



la.oo 

 50.00 

 50.00 



whites being unusually good lor the 

 season. Lilies are seen in quantity 

 and good quality, but move slowly. 

 Lily of the valley is rather short iu 

 supply. As to gladioli and asters, the 

 market is so badly glutted tliat the 

 wholesale men find it an inipossibilily 

 to move the stock at anything like a 

 decent price. In fact, a large amount 

 of the daily receipts can't be sold at 

 any price — this in spite of the fact 

 that both are on the whole of very 

 good quality. Shasta daisies, so abun- 

 dant the last month or more, are near- 

 ly cut out. Other garden flowers such 

 as coreopsis, gaillardia. calendula, 

 larkspur, etc.. are seen in abundance 

 A few good dahlias have made their 

 appearance but meet with an indilTer- 

 ent df'mand. 



Ihisiness is a littU> 

 CINCINNATI belter but not yet 



good enough to 

 cause a very material stiffening in 

 prices. The supply is large and able 



to cope witii all present needs. Ship- 

 ping business is pretty fair. The gen- 

 eral quality of the gladioli is not as 

 good as it was. Asters are just be- 

 tween seasons, the early and late, 

 wliile rose offerings include but a 

 limited amount of fancy blooms. Lil- 

 ies, longiflorum, rubrum and auratum 

 are excellent and plentiful. Early 

 dahlias, snapdragon and pond lilies 

 may also be had. Greens are plenti- 

 ful. The house-grown asparagus is 

 pxcellent. 



This uiarktl lias been 

 NEW YORK depressed to the limit 



during the past week. 

 \'ery little of the stork coming in Is 

 moved in any legitimate rhannel and 

 tlien at best very sluggishly. The num- 

 her of gladioli and asters being sent in 

 to find a market which does not really 

 exist Is beyond computation, but tlie 



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