November 13, 1915 



HORTICULTURE 



645 



OPHELIA /p 



A wouderful seller and a favorite with everyone I R^'^f^ 



who buys it. 



In quantity with us and of splendid quality. _ 



Vaiuy ¥10.00 per 100 *5UAi.lf 



E->:tra 8.(H) per 100 



First 5.00 per 100 



><<-<on<l s.()() per 100 



Chrysanthemums and Pompons 



ill pots -extra lim- qualitj. .'f:;.iMi. .$4,iiri, .$.",.110 and .$G.(iu per dozen. 



S. S. PENNOCK-MEEHAN CO. 



The Wholesale Florists of Philadelphia 



PHILADELPHIA NEW YORK BALTIMORE WASHINGTON 



1608. 621 LudloB .<!. 117 «V. 28t(. St. Franklin and St. F.ul St». 1216 B Si.. N. W. 



Flower Market Reports 



We have seldom seen the 

 BOSTON wholesale flower market 

 in so unpromising and 

 hopeless condition as at this time, and 

 the worst feature of it is that pros- 

 pects do not favor any immediate im- 

 provement, but on the contrary, the 

 bottom does not seem to be reached 

 yet, and we may see it much worse 

 before it is any better. Chrysanthe- 

 mums, lilies and carnations are con- 

 gested beyond description. Roses are 

 probably just as badly accumulated 

 but the surplus is tucked away in the 

 storage boxes and consequently does 

 not tell its predicament as openly as 

 do those things which must stand 

 around in vases in full view. Orchids, 

 lily of the valley, violets and. indeed, 

 every other flower common to the 

 trade at this season are in supply far 

 beyond the needs of the dull market 

 now ijrevailing. Naturally, there are 

 no fixed values at such a time. 



Business quiet. Re- 

 BUFFALO ceipts heavy on most 

 lines and especially on 

 roses of which there is an enormous 

 supply and the demand weak. Chrys- 

 anthemums are plentiful enough 

 though at the end of last week they 

 cleaned up well. Turner. Bonnatfon, 

 Dr. Enguehard, Adelia. Ivory, Jose- 

 phine, Maud Dean and Brutus are all 

 of exceptional good quality. V'iolets 

 moving only fair, plenty of carnations 

 and lily of the valley. Lilies about 

 equal the demand. Beauties scarce 

 and price holding firm. 



Flower Show week and 

 CHICAGO chrysanthemum season 

 at its height, give the 

 market a gala appearance. All other 

 flowers are temporarily in the hack- 

 ground. Business is fairly good and 

 all kinds of stock arc moving, though 

 there are days when the market could 

 take care of more orders for the warm, 

 bright sunshine is brinRln;; the flow- 

 ers along at a rapid rate. There are 

 a great many chrysanthemum plants 

 coming into the market all this week, 

 nearly all the large houses keeping a 

 good supply or taking orders from 

 sample plants. Carnations are rather 

 ahead of demand. Roses of all kinds 

 are to be had in any quantity and 

 American Beauties are In good supply 

 and of excellent quality. 



WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS 



TRADE PRICES -Per 100 



TO DEALERS ONLY 



Rosea 



.Am. Beauty, .Special 



*' " Fancy and Extra 



No. I 



Russell , Hadley 



Killarney, Kichmond, Hillingdon, Ward, Extra 



*' " " ** Ordinary.. 



Arenburg; Radiance, Taft, Key, Extra 



*' *' *' '* Ordinary* 



Ophelia, Mock, Sunburst, Extra 



'* *' " Ordinary 



Camatioiis, Fancy 



" Ordinary 



Cettleyas 



Dendrobiam formosum 



Lilies, Longiflorum 



Rubrum 



UIt of the Valley 



Daisies 



Violets 



Snapdrason 



Chrysanthemums 



Sweet Peas 



Garde«ias 



Adiantum 



Smilax 



Asikarasus Plumosua, Strings ^100) 



" " & Spren. (100 Bchs.) 



BOSTON 



Nov. II 



ST. LOUIS 



Nov. 8 



12.00 to as.oc 



8.00 to 10.00 



3.00 to 5.00 



4.00 to 8.00 



4.00 to 5.00 



i.oo to 3.00 



4.00 to 6.00 



1.00 to 3.00 



4.00 to 8.00 



•50 

 •50 



3.00 to 



to 



3.00 to 



.50 to 



.40 to 



.60 



1.00 to 13.00 



20.00 to 35.00 



16.C 

 50.C 



35-c 



20.00 

 10.00 

 5.00 

 5.00 

 2.00 

 1.00 



. to 

 . to .. 



25.00 

 15.00 



8.00 

 10.00 

 6.00 

 3.00 



5.00 



3.00 

 1.00 



.50 



10.00 



4.00 



3.00 



•35 



•25 



4.00 



5.00 

 .50 



1.0c 

 10.00 



35.00 



20.00 



6.00 



4.00 



2. CO 



•75 

 50.00 



12.50 



6.00 



4.00 



• 50 



■35 



6.00 



25.00 



1.25 

 12.50 

 50.00 

 35.00 



PHILA. 



N V. 8 



30.00 

 12.00 

 8.00 

 4.00 

 4.00 



2. CO 

 4.00 

 2.00 



4.00 

 2.00 



•50 



60.00 



40.00 



6.00 



3.00 



2.00 



• so 



•35 



s.oo 



500 



•5° 

 30.00 



>5.oo 



35.00 



25.00 



8.00 



10.00 



20.00 



8.00 



3.00 



8.00 



3.00 



8.oe 



3.00 



2.00 



1.00 



75.00 



50.00 



10.00 



6.00 



4.00 



•75 



•50 



5.00 



25.00 



•75 



4'.»» 



1.00 



30.00 

 50.00 

 50.00 



The market is some- 

 CINCINNATI what overloaded with 



stock, while the de- 

 mand is not all it might be. The 

 daily cut of chrysanthemums is more 

 than able to care for all demands 

 upon it. Both Pompons and the 

 Anemone varieties are in a large 

 supply. The rose cut, too, is very 

 large and excellent. Carnations and 

 lilies are each plentiful. 



This market is more 

 NEW YORK than supplied with 



every possible line of 

 cut flowers. The heavy crop that 

 comes naturally at this particular date 

 in which chrysanthemums take the 

 lead, of course, is aggravated by the 

 continued series of warm, sunny days 

 which pushes everything along at a 

 rapid rate but which awakens one com- 

 pensating possibility — that when the 

 wintry blasts do come, there will be 

 "something doing" for every good 

 flower that strikes the market. At 

 present, nothing is scarce and the re- 

 tail people get their stock at their own 

 price and in quantity as they choose 

 to take it. They all report trade as 

 exaspcratingly slow. 



General <ondi- 

 PHILADELPHIA tions have re- 

 mained fairly 

 good. On the whole there is not very 

 much to complain of. Roses continue 



plentiful and in fine shape, American 

 Beauty, Russell and Hadley being 

 leaders. There is also an extra fine 

 showing in Shawyer at present and 

 we have never seen Ophelia to better 

 advantage. The Killarneys are fine 

 but too many, which hits the returns 

 and raises a storm. The producer 

 sits at home and smokes his pipe and 

 waits for his check. When it isn't 

 big enough — wow! look out! Does b» 

 blame the market? No, siree. There 

 are cutthroats and scoundrels around 

 and he hies him to the city and starts- 

 in to raise cain. O yes, there are still 

 a few such left. They don't keep^ 

 track of the market hy frequent visits 

 to the city but instead froth at the 

 mouth when things are not up to 

 their exaggerated anticipations. Car- 

 nations are about as satisfactory aa 

 could be expected. The best demand 

 is for the higher grades. The vast 

 majority are medium flowers however, 

 and so plentiful as to he rather 

 draggy. The chrysanthemum is of 

 course right in the flush of her splen- 

 dor as the Queen of Autumn. Roman 

 Gold is a remarkable favorite — not so 

 big hut fine form and color and a 

 great keeper. But the par excellence 

 is still Bonnaffon. Probably more 

 good points to the square inch than 

 any other variety of its color. It sells 

 well no matter how big the flower. In 



