September 25, 1915 



HORTICULTURE 



421 



Flower Market Reports 



Seasonably cool wcatlier 

 BOSTON gives renewed courage to 

 a dispirited marliel and 

 a clieerful buoyant air is noticed in 

 the wholesale district. Values are still 

 at lowest point on everything but 

 quality is improving and quantity on 

 some tilings that have encumbered the 

 market is materially reduced. As soon 

 as outdoor flowers have been finished 

 up, by frost or otherwise, conditions 

 will brace up, but until then not much 

 permanent advancement can be ex- 

 pected. Cattleyas have suddenly be- 

 come very plentiful and prices have 

 been cut down fifty per cent. 



Trade was on the quiet 

 BUFFALO side up to last Friday, 

 when things improved 

 slightly, especially in the aster and 

 gladiolus lines, which are gradually 

 coming nearer to the end daily. The 

 let up on supply caused the prices to 

 build up. Roses are good. Excellent 

 color is seen in Killarney, and there 

 are some fine Maryland, Scott. Key 

 and Ophelia, all of which have had a 

 fair sale. Lilies are shortening up 

 and prices are gradually getting bet- 

 ter. There has been a call for yellow 

 and white chrysanthemum, lily of the 

 valley, while roses and orchids. Car- 

 nations are coming on in excellent 

 shape. Shipping trade has been good 

 and the outlook is for a good autumn 

 business. 



Trade in general has 

 CHICAGO been fairly good the past 

 week. There was a good 

 supply of flowers and they cleared up 

 well, especially all stock that was of 

 first-class quality. The hot weather at 

 the end of the week diminished the 

 supply and at this writing good roses 

 are not easy to get in large quantities. 

 The number of telegrams coming into 

 this market show the supply is short 

 outside also. Asters are now aliout 

 gone and as usual they are more in 

 demand as they disappear. Early 

 chrysanthemums are about all cut and 

 the supply has not been large. .Ml 

 kinds of roses have been in sufficient 

 supply till now and the present short- 

 age is only for a few days. American 

 Beauties are rather below demand. 

 There is a scant supply of cattleyas 

 and they are bringing good prices. Out- 

 door flowers are represented now by 

 tritoma, larkspur, hardy phlox, gail- 

 lardia, etc. Fine smilax is now seen 

 in the market but demand is slow. 



The change to cooler 

 CINCINNATI weather will proba- 

 bly bring about bet- 

 ter market conditions for it will un- 

 doubtedly cut down the quantity of 

 stock coming in and cause the supply 

 to more nearly equal the demand. 

 Roses are in large (juantities and all 

 seasonable varieties may be had. Carna- 

 tions are coming in somewhat stronger 

 and are of a much better quality. Both 

 longiflorum and ruhrum lilies are plen- 

 tiful. .-Asters are in a heavy supply 

 and good gladioli may still lie had. 

 Cosmos and dahlias are both excellent 

 and plentiful. Wild smilax is meet- 

 ing with a strong demand, caused bv 

 many fall opening decorations. 



The wholesale busi- 

 NEW YORK ness had been mov- 

 ing along very satis- 



DAHLIAS — The finest varieties $2.00 to $4.00 per 100. 



In assortment $15.00 per 1000. 



Try a shipment — they will be good valtie. 



EARLY CHRYSANTHEMUMS- White and Yellow 

 $1.50 to $3.00 per dozeu. 



TRITOMAS (Red-Hot-Pokers,) Nothing more efifective 

 for a window $3.00 per 100. 



SPECIAL RIBBONS OF EVERY KIND 



S. S. PENNOCK-MEEHAN CO. 



The Wholesale Florists of Philadelphia 

 PHlLADEtPBIA BALTIMORE NEW YORK WASHINGTON 



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WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS — ^'^^^ •''"«=" to'dealers only 



BOSTON 



Rose* I Sept^23 



Am. Beauty, Special i 12.00 10 



Fancy and Exira ' 6.00 to 



No. I ... ... 1 i.oo 10 



Russell, Hadley ! 4.00 10 



Killarney, Richmond, HiUingdon, Ward, Kxtra 1 1,00 to 



*' " *• " Ordinary.... .25 to 



Arenburg: Radiance, Taft, Key, Extra | 1.00 to 



*' " " Urdinary | ,50 to 



Ophelia, Mock, Sunburst, Extra 2.00 to 



" " " Ordinary 50 to 



CamatioEUt Fancy .75 to 



*' Ordinary ■ .50 lo 



Cattleyas | 15.00 to 



Dendrobium formosun I to 



Lilies, Longiflorum 4-oo to 



Rubrum '< to 



2.00 



.50 



U\j of the Valley 



Daisies 



Violets 



Snapdragon 



Gladioli 



Asters 



Chrysanthemums 



Sweet Peas 



Gardenias 



Adianttun 



Smilax 



Asparagus Plumosus. Strings ( 100) I 85.00 



" " & Spren. (100 Bchs.) 125.00 



•25 

 8.00 



-15 

 10.00 



.50 

 6.00 



factorily when its progress was inter- 

 rupted by the very warm spell, then 

 it went all to pieces and thus far has 

 not recovered. Roses are now being 

 sold in most cases in bulk — $1.00 a 

 box, and so on. Dahlias have been 

 very plentiful and cheap, with quality 

 excellent. Gladiolus also good, al- 

 though the recent storm put a good 

 many of them out of commission. 

 Carnations are getting more plentiful. 

 The supply of Cattleya labiata already 

 exceeds the demand and prices have 

 fallen away down, blooms of indiffer- 

 ent quality being offered as low as 10 

 cents and the very best stopping at 

 25c. Gigas, of course, commands a 

 better figure. Oncidiuras are meeting 

 with a good demand at $2.00 to $3.00 

 per 100. Southern asparagus, which 

 has been coming in heavily all sum- 

 mer, has been received in bad condi- 

 tion of late on account of the hot 

 weather. Asters less plentiful and not 

 so good as they were. 



The two weeks' 

 PHILADELPHIA heatwave broke 



here on the 17th 

 and this week quite an improvement 

 can be seen in the quality of the dah- 

 lias as to substance and finish. Other 

 flowers also show the same effect al- 

 though in lesser degree. ' The aster 



crop is on the wane, the local supplies 

 being the final cuts from the field and 

 not high-grade. There are some nice 

 asters arriving, however, from green- 

 house-grown plants and a limited quan- 

 tity of field-grown from northern 

 points which are also very good. Gladi- 

 oli are nearly over. White roses sold 

 well last week, also Russells and 

 Scott Key. Beauties are rather draggy. 

 Cosmos, tuberoses and tritomas are 

 very plentiful^about three times as 

 many as the market can absorb. Car- 

 nations are showing up a little better 

 and there is no trouble in selling the 

 few arriving with good stems, but the 

 short-stemmed ones are hard to dis- 

 pose of. Orchids are more plentiful 

 and prices have eased up considerably. 

 In chrysanthemums the Golden Glow 

 seems to be the only one in sight in 

 any quantity. Very few of the early 

 wliite varieties are to be seen. 



While the rush 

 SAN FRANCISCO experienced 

 early in the 

 month has passed, the florists are still 

 getting a lively business. It is now- 

 getting to the hot, dry time of year 

 before the fall rains, and much of the 

 outside stock is going off, both in quan- 

 tity and quality, while little new is 



