August 21. 191f 



HORTICULTURE 



259 



SUMMER 

 FLOWERS 



£Vi NO MATTER how hot the weather, there are always 

 -^ some flowers that the florist can recommend and feel 

 sure will give satisfaction. LILIES are one of these 

 flowers — good keepers, good handlers and good value. In 

 quantities with us all summer, and of splendid quality, at 



$1.25 per doz., $6.00 per 100 



EVERYTHING IN RIBBONS AND FLORISTS' SUPPLIES 

 WRITE FOR OUR CATALOGUE 



S. S. PENNOCK-MEEHAN CO. 



THE WHOLESALE FLORISTS OF PHILADEIPHIA 



PHILADELPHIA 

 16081620 Lsdiow St. 



^EW YOFk 

 117 W. 281h St. 



BALTIMORE 

 Frfrkiin ecd St. Fcul Sis 



WASHINGTON 

 1216 HSt.. N. W. 



Flower Market Reports 



It is a very dull and life- 

 BOSTON less market this week. 

 There is an excess of flow- 

 ers, ol course, and with no trade out- 

 let the only fate for much of the ship- 

 ments to the wholesale markets is the 

 cart which carries away refuse. Quality 

 is all right but that alone does not 

 make trade, and this is the deadest Au- 

 gust Boston florists have ever had to 

 face. Roses have not been very heavily 

 overstocked, but are not beginning to 

 heap up as the new planted stock comes 

 along. It is the gladioli, asters, lilies 

 and miscellaneous outdoor products 

 that makes most of the trouble. 



Business is very weak. 

 BUFFALO The receipts of gladio- 

 lus have been very 

 heaTy and with no outlet, there being 

 no set price and everything having to 

 be forced. The early crop of asters 

 is nearly over, with some fine stock 

 of the branching type slowly coming 

 in, though the sales on these, too, have 

 been very slow. There are enough 

 roses. Carnations are about done for. 

 Lilies are still plentiful and sales also 

 slow. There is very little floral work 

 to consume hardly any portion of the 

 receipts, and most of the merchants 

 are taking vacations right in their own 

 stores. 



Business was rather 

 CINCINNATI dull last week. Not 



even the opening and 

 close were very active. A large supply 

 of good stock is coming into the whole- 

 sale houses. Shipping business Is only 

 fair. Rose offerings include some very 

 good American Beauties, Taft and Ra- 

 diance. Carnations from the young 

 stock are beginning to come In and up 

 to this time have found a very ready 

 market. Lilies are plentiful and excel- 

 lent. Late asters may now be had in 

 all colors in quantities. Gladioli are 

 coming along steadily and are plenti- 



WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS — ^•^"^"•"^^to'de^ers only 



Roses 



Am. Beauty, Special • 

 FaDc 



BOSTON I 



Aug. 19 I 



ST. LOUIS 



Aug. 16 



Faucy and Extra 



No. I 



ICiUamey, Richmond, Extra 



" " Ordinary 



Hillingdon, Ward, Sunburst, Extra-. •. 

 " *' " Ordinary. 



Arenbcrg, Radiance, Tait, Extra 



'* '* " ()rdinary ... 



Russell, Hadlcy, Ophelia, Mock 



Camationa. Fancy 



" Ordinary 



Cattleyas 



Dendrobiunn formosun 



Liliev, Longifloruin 



Rubrum 



Lily of the Valley 



Daisies 



Snapdragon 



Gladioli 



Asters 



Sweet Feas 



Gardenias 



Adiantum 



Smilax* ' - • - 



Asparagus Pluroosus. Strings (100). 

 " " & Spren. (100 Bchs.> .. 



12.00 

 6.00 

 1. 00 

 2.00 



.50 

 2.00 



•50 

 2.00 



.50 

 2.00 



•75 



■SO 



20.00 



20.0c 

 10.00 I 



3.00 

 4.00 

 1. 00 i 



4.00 ; 



X.OO ; 

 4.00 I 

 I.OO ] 



8.00 I 

 1.00 



•75! 



30.00 

 20.00 

 10.00 



5.60 



3.00 



5.00 



3.00 



6.00 

 3.00 



I.OO 



40.00 

 05.00 

 15.00 



6.00 



3.00 



6.00 



8.00 

 3.00 



1.50 



3.00 



I.OO 



-50 

 .25 



I.OO 



•25 

 .15 



10.00 



.50 



6.00 

 85.00 



25.00 



to 50.00 



to 



to 

 to 

 to 



35.00 to 50.00 



PHOA. 



Aug. 16 



to 



to 



4.00 



3.O0 

 3.00 

 X.OO 

 I.OO 



1.50 



I.OO 



.20 



6.00 



4.00 

 3.00 



.30 



300 

 1.50 



I.OO 



.15 



8.00 

 5.00 

 4.00 



•25 

 4.00 



2.50 

 3.00 



■35 



1. 35 



15.00 

 50.00 



35.00 



20.00 to 



12.00 to 



6.00 to 



1.00 to 



.50 to 



3.00 to 



3.00 to 



3.00 to 



2.00 to 



2.00 to 



I.OO to 



.50 to 



5.00 to 



35.00 

 18.00 



10.00 

 6.00 



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6.00 



3.00 



6.00 



3.00 



10.00 



2. 00 

 1.00 



35.00 



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•50 



.20 



15.00 



35-00 

 25.00 



3.00 



2.00 



■50 



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30.00 

 50.00 

 50.00 



ful. Other offerings include auratum 

 and rubrum lilies, dahlias and pond 

 lilies. 



Great drifts of asters, 

 NEW YORK white, blue, lavender 



and pink, character- 

 ize the entire wholesale cut flower dis- 

 trict this week. They are of all types 

 and qualities, some very good and 

 some very bum but on the whole much 

 belter than those offered a week ago. 

 Gladioli seem not quite so numerous 

 as they were but there are still plen- 

 ty of them and they have to be offered 

 very low to get a taker. Roses ari' 

 looking pretty good, even the little 

 midgets from young stock showing 

 clean foliage and bright color. Cat- 

 tleyas are very few but even those are 

 not readily disposed of. there being no 

 trade that demands them. The trad- 

 ing at present is of the "catch-as 

 catch-can" sort and there Is nothinii 

 In the situation that warrants any 

 synopsis. 



There is but lit- 

 PHILADELPHIA tie change in the 



business s i t u a- 

 tion here. The slight improvement 

 previously reported continued and with 

 some diminution of receipts and there 

 was rather less unsold stock. This re- 

 fers mostly to indoor crops. There Is 

 still a little too much outdoor stock. 

 Asters continue good as a rule, 

 although there are still some tailend- 

 ers of the inferior early-flowering 

 varieties coming in. There are not 

 nearly so many gladioli. Quality con- 

 tinues excellent. Hoses are tn fair 

 supply, but rather soft and do not 

 keep very well. .■Kmiuig the best are 

 Russells and Beauties. Carnations are 

 practically over for the time being 

 and what few keep coming In are of 

 poor quality. Orchids are still very 

 scarce. There are a few gardenias, 

 but they are mostly of southern origiu 

 and the demand for them is slow. 

 Miles are still plentiful, with prices 



