December 18, 1915 



HORTICULTURE 



825 



Flower Niarket Reports 



-Market conditions are 

 BOSTON responsive to the sharp 



wintry weather which 

 has prevailed for the past week. 

 Chrysanthemums are rapidly closing 

 out and the receipts of other materials 

 are small and, as a consequence, prices 

 have stiffened up all along the line, 

 although there is really very little 

 business coming in and not much is 

 expected now until the holiday rush 

 opens up. The table of price quota- 

 tions furnishes information for those 

 familiar with market ways as to the 

 price situation at present. 



Wintry weather and 

 BUFFALO the market unchanged 



from the week prev- 

 ious. Chrysanthemums have practi- 

 cally ended and this tends to throw 

 the demand toward other stock, es- 

 pecially carnations, which have been 

 too plentiful to hold up prices, but 

 Saturday last saw the clean-up of the 

 ■week and at this writing, Dec. 13, the 

 day's receipts of carnations moved 

 promptly and have stiffened in price. 

 Roses are coming mostly in long 

 grades. Lilies are fine and there 

 is also some fine stevia, mignonette, 

 sweet peas, and lily of the valley, the 

 latter too plentiful with demand very 

 light. Decorative material is selling 

 well — in fact better than for years 

 previous. This should be a good week 

 for the merchants and they are In 

 readiness for a little hustle. 



In the Chicago market 

 CHICAGO all is being made in 

 readiness for the florists' 

 busiest season and most of those in 

 the trade are looking for one of the 

 best years in their experience. There 

 are many letters of inquiry but the 

 positive orders are, as in the iiast two 

 years, coming late. Each year the or- 

 ders come later. The quantity of 

 stock is generally conceded to be suffi- 

 cient in roses and shy in carnations 

 with the possible sunshine an import- 

 ant factor. Trade the past week has 

 been good from the wholesalers' stand- 

 point and rather quiet from the retail- 

 ers', which means that shipping trade 

 has been brisk. Chrysanthemums of 

 the latest varieties are still here, but 

 they show the end of the season is 

 near. The pink shades seem to be 

 the best this week but growers expect 

 white ones also for the last. All kinds 

 of roses, with few exceptions, are be- 

 ing ciit heavily and there is every indi- 

 cation of a good crop. Orchids are 

 scarce and the American Beauty sup- 

 ply is still very limited. Holly is fine 

 and well berried. 



A fortnight before 

 CINCINNATI Christmas shows the 

 market to be in a 

 rather tight condition. Supplies are 

 not very large but are able to take 

 care of a moderately active demand. 

 If promises for Christmas come here 

 we are due to have a good supply of 

 cut flowers for that day, otherwise we 

 will run decidedly short. Roses and 

 carnations are not very plentiful. 

 Enough lilies are coming In to take 

 care of the call for them. Up to this 

 time the narcissus cut has not been 

 very large. Stevia is plentiful. Callas, 

 Illy of the valley, violets and orchids 



Christmas Beauties 



Burton Stock and Burton Quality 



We are now bookiiii? orders for lloliilay 

 Brauties of the best and clioiiest quality 

 we Lave ever offered ; long, lieuvy, deep, 

 rlcb colored buds. In quantity. 



BURTON QUALITY 



DoJ!. 100 



Special $10.00 $7.5.00 



Fancy T..!© 60.00 



Extra 0.00 50.00 



First 5.00 40.00 



Second i.OO 25.00 



50 at tbe 100 rate. 



VALLEY 



Special $4.00 



K.-vtra 3.00 



S. S. PENNOCK-MEEHAN CO. 



PHILADELPHIA 



1608-1620 LdJIow Si. 



The Wholesale Florists of Philadelphia 



NEW YORK BALTIMORE WASHINGTON 



II7W. 28diSl. Franklin and Si. P.nl St.. 1216 B Si.. N. W. 



WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS — ^^^^ 



So.oo 



25.00 

 15.00 



10.00 

 5.00 



10.00 

 4.00 



10.00 

 4.00 

 8.00 



Rosea 



Am. Beauty, Special 



" *' Fancy and Extra 



No.i 



Russell, Hadley 



Killarney, Richm'd, Hill'don, Ward 



" Ord. 



Arenburg, Radiance, Taft, Key, Ex. 



.. Qrd. 



Ophelia, Mock, Sunburst, Extra .. . 

 *' •* Ordinary 



Camatioiu. Fancy 



" Ordin:iry 



Cattleyaa 



Dendrobium f orrooaum 



Lilies, L^nxifloruin 



Rubrum 



Callas 



Uly of riie Valley 



Daises 



ViolrU 



Mignonette 



Snapdragon 



Narciisus, Paper-Whike 



Trumpet 



Hyacinths. Roman ■ - I to 



Freesia 



Calendulas 



Stevia 



Sweet Peas 



Gardenias 



Adiantum ' 



Smilax 12.50 



AsparaffusPlumosus. Strings (100) 35.00 

 " ** & Spren. (100 bchs.) | 25.00 



CINCINNATI I 



Dec^ij I 



90.00 to 100.00 



CHICAGO 



Dec. 13 



PRICES — Per 100 



TO DEALERS ONLY 



BUFFALO I PITTSBURff 



Dec. 



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to 75.00 



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 5.00 ' 

 10.00 



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15.00 

 50.00 

 50.00 



J.A.BUOLONG 



184 North Wabash Avenue, CHICAGO 



GUT FLOWERS 



ROSES, VALLEY and 

 CARNATIONS 



A Specialty 



WHOLE'JALE 

 GROWER of 



are all In a pretty fair supply. Sweet 

 peas are not very plentiful. Baby 

 primrose and forget-me-not may be 

 had, also poinsettias. which promise 

 to be plenty. Some pood late chrys- 

 anthemums are still ofl'ered. 



The local market is 

 CLEVELAND cleaning up every 



day with not half 

 enough stock to take care of the or- 

 ders. Carnations have been very 

 scarce for the past week. Roses have 

 cleaned up every day. Violets and 

 American Beauties have been very 



fine. Chrysanthemums are over for 

 this season. Callas and lilies have a 

 good demand. Narcisii and sweet peaa 

 are very scarce and not enougli for the 

 demand. Lily of the valley is very 

 fine. From all reports flowers will be 

 very scarce for Cliristnias. 



The wild storm of 

 NEW YORK last Monday upset 



b\isiness conditions in 

 every direction. Demand there waa 

 not, hence the almost entire suspen- 

 sion of the supply did not affect the 



{CoHtiiiueJ oti pat;t 817) 



