November 27, iai5 



HORTICULTURE 



709 



Flower Market Reports 



We are writiug this re- 



BOSTON port on the day before 

 Thanksgiving and can 

 only judge by appearances as to the 

 final outcome of the trade for the holi- 

 day. But one certainty is that the 

 chrysanthemums — general run — are 

 badly "up against it" and are sure to 

 be sacrificed in q\iantities. This does 

 not include the pompons, however, as 

 the finer varieties in this class are sell- 

 ing splendidly. If it were not for the 

 depressing accumulation of unsold 

 chrysanthemums that encumber the 

 wholesale markets we think there 

 would be a fine clean-up. Carnations 

 are holding over badly but only be- 

 cause of the chrysanthemums, and 

 even of these the bright red ones are 

 enjoying a satisfactory call. Roses as 

 a general proposition are moving all 

 right. Violets show some accumula- 

 tion but at the moderate figure asked 

 they should clean up pretty well. All 

 other market staples are in normal 

 condition of supply and demand, ex- 

 cept cattleyas which are very few but 

 are not in sufficient demand to war- 

 rant any phenomenal values. All of a 

 sudden, stevia is received in Quantity. 

 Lilies are quite abundant. 



The change for colder 



BUFFALO weather has helped con- 

 ditions somewhat al- 

 though the market has seen plenty of 

 stock the past week. Roses are short- 

 ened up and sales are better. Carna- 

 tions have been very plentiful and 

 prices low. Chrysanthemums are in 

 good supply especially pompons and 

 these have had fair sales. Violets have 

 had no special demand and lily of the 

 valley had no life. Lilies are of only 

 ordinary quality. Beauties have a bet- 

 ter demand than week previous. 



Following the flower 



CHICAGO show, local sales were 

 reported by most whole- 

 salers as very good and the week of 

 Thanksgiving opens with orders for 

 that holiday coming in. Local florists 

 are placing orders more freely than 

 usual, not caring to take a chance 

 on getting stock at the last hour, but 

 the shipping trade seems likely to be 

 of the telegraph or last minute kind, 

 for, up to Monday evening, books gen- 

 erally showed few orders. Stock is 

 of fine quality and the display of the 

 late chrysanthemums seen in all the 

 large stores shows that flower still in 

 large supply. The Eatons are especial- 

 ly good. Pompons are about all cut 

 and this week will close them out. 

 American Beauties are in lair supply 

 the stock of long ones running much 

 less than in the medium lengths. 

 Roses are not exceeding the demand 

 for them and good sized cuts come 

 in each day. Sweet peas aie good, the 

 Spencers comprising nearly all of the 

 stock. Lilies, violets, lily of the val- 

 ley and gardenias are a!' in good sup- 

 ply and of fine quality. The Ilex ber- 

 ries are seen in many of the stores. 



Nothing new to be re- 



NEW YORK ported in this market 

 — which means that 

 the oversupply of flower.s and under- 

 supply of business which has charac- 

 terized the situation for the past sev- 

 eral weeks continues unchanged. A 

 good Thanksgiving Day trade Is looked 

 for. but what it will bring forth in the 

 way of better encouragement Ik not yet 

 apparent at this writing: that It can 



OPHELIA 



As the weather gets cooler, what 



-.^^^—-—.,^^^^— wonderfully beautiful coloring 



IkJ^^^^^^^'^^^^^B Ophelia takes on — a favorite with 



^^S^^L. iii- • ,^^H everyone. In quantity with us and 



-»^1 of the choicest quality 



' ^ Siiwial »r,>.00 1..T 100 



».^ ■■■•^^^ I'ai'O- "«-oo ■ 



Kxtra "•<>« ■ " 



Flrtit 3.(H) •• " 



,s»'and :f.iH) " 



A few e-xtra long h|>e<lBls at *1.").00 

 per 100. 



VALLEY 



SpM'ial »4.00 per 100 



Kxtra 3.00 '• " 



S. S. PENNOCK-MEEHAN CO. 



The Wholesale Florists of Philadelphia 



PHILADELPBIA NEW YORK BALTIMORE WASHINGTON 



160S-I620 Ludlow Si. 117 Vi. 28di Su FnnLllo mni St. r»l Su. 1216 B St.. N. W. 



WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS 



TRADE PRICES -Par 100 



TO DEALERS ONLY 



Roses 



Am. Beauty, SpedaK. 



" " Fancy and Extra 



" " No. I 



Russell, Hadley 



Killarney, Kichmood, HilHngdon, Ward, Kxtra 



" *' " " Ordinary. .. 



Arenburg: Radiance, T^ft, Key, Extra 



*' " '* " Ordinary 



Ophelia, Mock, Snnburst, Extra 



" " " Ordinary 



Camatioiu. Fancy 



" Ordinary. . - ■ 



Cattleyas 



Dendrobtum forroosum- 



Lilies, LoDBtflorum ■ .-...■ .. 



Rubrum 



Lily of the Valley 



Daisies 



Violets 



Snap<lrason 



Chrysanthemums 



Sw^eet Peas 



GardasiAS •- ■ 



Adiantam 



Snulax 



Asparatfus Plumosus, Strinni ( lOo) 



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clean up the product in sight is too 

 much to hope for. Chrysanthemums 

 are everywhere, with no staid prices 

 on any variety or class. Roses are 

 moving somewhat better. Carnations 

 are plentiful. There are practically 

 no cattleyas and gardenias are very 

 few. Lily of the valley is nicely bal- 

 anced and American Beauty roses are 

 doing very well. Lilies are very slow 

 and violets are floundering at the very 

 bottom of the list. The football games 

 have had no appreciable influence on 

 either chrysanthemums or violets. 



Since our last on 

 PHILADELPHIA November 17th to 



the present min- 

 ute November 22nd, there is a continu- 

 ing stimulus in the business situation 

 and no one can complain either from 

 the producing or consuming stand- 

 point. The commission men are work- 

 ing their end most assiduously and ar^' 

 withheld from advancing prices only 

 by the fear that they may go too far. 

 On the other hand they are worriiMl 

 for fear that they may not be asking 

 enough. For instance, they think they 

 have done well to get a dollar for cat- 

 tleyas but Inside of an hour comes a 

 telephone from — from — well never 

 mind — that they are getting a dollar 



and a quarter. So it's "fierce" if you 

 are too high and it's equally fierce if 

 you are too low. 'V'ou are between 

 the trenches and the iron works unless 

 you can strike the happy medium. 

 However, everything is going well and 

 while prices on the whole are moder- 

 ate we feel sure of a good Thanksgiv- 

 ing week. HdiiTKi'i.TiiiE ought to bo 

 a daily instead of a weekly. Who can 

 tell what a week will bring forth? 



Flowers of practi- 

 PITTSBURGH cally all kinds are 

 now in abundance, 

 as the rapidly increasing number of 

 street-boy venders bears evidence. 

 There are lots of carnations and roses 

 of all kinds, .\merican Beauties have 

 not been moving along as rapidly as 

 could be desired. Other varieties, 

 however, have been going splendidly 

 at moderate prices. .lust what effect 

 the present splendid crispy cold snap 

 will have, remains to be seen, although 

 both wholesalers and retailers are op- 

 timistic. Society work is "picking up," 

 as it were, and funeral work, from the 

 civic point of view, is all too plentiful. 

 Outside of a holiday, last Saturday 

 saw the best business in a long Ume, 



(CotUiniud on J*il£^ ytJ) 



