October 30. 1915 



HORTICULTUEE 



581 



Flower Market Reports 



This market is well sup- 

 BOSTON plied with flowers ot 

 every description. Al- 

 though there has been one good frost 

 this week cosmos from outside still 

 comes in bright and smiling and the 

 sunny warm days have pushed along 

 all the indoor things in ever-increasing 

 quantity, violets alone exrepted. How- 

 ever, there are enough violets, too. 

 Roses have taken a distinct drop. Car- 

 nations have been increasing in quan- 

 tity as well as quality and prices are 

 very modest. Chrysanthemums are 

 plentiful, the low grade and medium 

 constituting the main stock and no 

 complaint being heard because of the 

 absence of extraordinary specimens. 

 Snapdragon begins to assert itself and 

 there are some good spikes of white 

 and pink already in evidence. Daisies, 

 white and yellow, are also in adequate 

 supply and will continue to be a regu- 

 lar staple from now on. 



Trade continues good. 

 BUFFALO There is ample supply 

 to fill all orders. The 

 only thing that has been short at times 

 is good carnations and these at the 

 present are coming in more plentifully. 

 Chrysanthemums came in quite heavy 

 and move satisfactorily, as do other 

 standard items. Dahlias came In 

 quite heavy last week, with quality 

 not as good as a week previous. At 

 time of writing— October 28— the mar- 

 ket is filling up with roses and chry- 

 santhemums, though the sales have 

 been satisfactory. 



The last week in Octo- 

 CHICAGO ber finds the market a 

 little easier. Stock held 

 back till the middle of the previous 

 week and the general scarcity that had 

 prevailed during the month in all lines 

 seemed to give way as a few days of 

 sunshine brought out the flowers. Car- 

 nations responded quickly but the de- 

 mand also increased so the high prices 

 that prevailed last week are still in 

 effect. Splendid stock of American 

 Beauty roses is being cut. especially 

 in the long-stemmed ones. Chrysan- 

 themums are moving steadily at good 

 prices and there seems to lie a larger 

 proportion of what might be called a 

 popular-sized large bloom, than of 

 either an extremely large or under- 

 sized one. Pompons are making them- 

 selves noticed now and will probably 

 make the usual inroads on the carna- 

 tion sales soon. Lily of the valley is 

 in good demand and stock is fine. The 

 demand for stock in general may be 

 said to be a little less than earlier in 

 the month owing possibly to the run 

 of October weddings and debutante 

 parties being over. 



The wholesale houses 

 CINCINNATI are becoming some- 

 what crowded with 

 stock, the primary cause of which the 

 heavy receipts of chrysanthemums and 

 the cosmos and dahlias that may still 

 be had. Blooms in the fancy grades 

 of chrysanthemums have been rather 

 scarce. Roses are continuing plenti- 

 ful and since the heavy cut of chrysan- 

 themums began to come in have not 

 been selling as readily as before. 

 Enough carnations and lilies may be 

 had to take care of every request. 



EASTER LILIES 



Unusually choice flowers, mostly 

 one and two flowers to a stem. 



$IO.OO por iOO. 



VALLEY, Special $4.00 per 100; Extra $3.00 per 100 

 CATTLEYAS, $6.00 per doz. 



S. S. PENNOCK-MEEHAN CO. 



PHILADELPBIA 



1608-1620 Uaiow Si. 



The Wholesale Florists of Philadelphia 



NEW YORK BALTIMORE WASHINGTON 



117 W. 28lli St. Franklin and Si. Paul Sl>. 1216 H St., N. W. 



WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS — ™^""<^ "''•'>«' 



TO DEALERS ONLY 



Rtoses 



,\m. Beauty, Special 



" '* Fancy and Extra 



" " No. I 



Russell, Hadley 



Killarney, Richmond, Hillingdon, Ward, Extra 



" *' " " Ordinary.. 



.\renburg; Radiance, Taft, Key, Extra 



'* " '* *' Ordinary 



i")phelia, Mock, Snnburst, Extra 



" " " Ordinary 



Camatioiu, Fancy 



*' Ordinary 



C«ttleyas 



Dendrobium formosum 



Lilies, LonKi/lorum • 



Rubrum 



Lily of the Valley 



Daisies 



Violets 



Snapdraffon 



Chrysantfaemums 



Sweet Peas 



Gardeaias 



Adiantum 



Smilax • ......... 



Aapstraffua Plumosua, Strinss ( lOo) 



" " ASpren. (looBchs.) 



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Business conditions 

 NEW YORK are not as encour- 

 aging as they have 

 been. The very warm weather has 

 made all stock more plentiful and 

 prices on most things have taken on a 

 downward tendency. Roses of all va- 

 rieties are much more in evidence and 

 good stock is selling as low as %20 per 

 1000. Chrysanthemums are rapidly 

 filling up the wholesale market, and 

 bring but moderate prices excei)t in 

 the case of choice stock such as Mari- 

 gold, which is by far the best yellow 

 in the market and is selling for 60 

 cents a bloom. Violets are showing up 

 more abundantly. Cattleyas are 

 slacking off rapidly. Gardenias are in 

 good demand. Dahlias and cosmos 

 still linger but they find no welcome 

 now. 



The general 

 PHILADELPHIA market condi- 

 tions here have 

 continued good, although not quite so 



brisk as they had been week before 

 last. The expected increase in many 

 crops materialized all right with a 

 consequent recession in prices. This 

 is especially noticeable in carnations, 

 which are much more plentiful and 

 the quality shows marked improve- 

 ment. In the rose market the status 

 quo holds a little firmer. This is es- 

 pecially true of American Beauty. It 

 seems that the growers have begun 

 pinching for Christmas and this re- 

 duces i)resent yield and holds prices 

 firm. It is too early yet for the pinch- 

 ing act in other roses, so figures 

 quoted are a little easier. Russell and 

 .Jonkheer Mock are very fine just now. 

 There is a lively market for the little 

 rosebuds like Sweetheart, Cameo. Old 

 Gold, Sweet .Marie, George Elger and 

 others of the polyantha group. Theso 

 come in nicely for the debutante and 

 the Hallowe'en girl and bring surpris- 

 ingly good prices for what little one 



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