July 1, 1916 



HORTICULTURE 



21 



Flower Market Reports 



BOSTON 



This market is just now 

 making a quick change 

 overturn from bustling 

 activity to summer listlessness. All 

 the events that go to make June a 

 good time for the florist are finished 

 for this year; graduates have gathered 

 In their diplomas and departed to get 

 a rest-up before beginning life under 

 new conditions: brides have disap- 

 peared t(? secluded retreats wi,th their 

 captures and nobody cares for the 

 time being whether the florist prospers 

 or not — or even exists, except where 

 the unwelcome visitor with the sythe 

 breaks in and tlien there comes a 

 ripple on the becalmed surface. If a 

 call should come for such use, there 

 are plenty of serviceable flowers Init 

 should the demand Include lily of the 

 valley then the price must he paid — 

 about double that ot recent years. 

 Lilies are plentiful but white roses are 

 not. Carnations are very mucli over- 

 stocked, with quality ranging all the 

 way from exceptionally fine blooms 

 down to the worst imaginable rub- 

 bish, and values run lower than ever 

 before at anytime of the year. Ameri- 

 can Beauty and Ophelia roses are 

 among the best sellers and we might 

 also include Hadley. There are still 

 some peonies but no place for them 

 now that the jollifications are all 

 over. It is a good time for the florist 

 to take a vacation. 



No one complains yet of 

 CHICAGO the extreme falling off 



of business that is al- 

 ways a part of the "good old summer 

 time." True, the amount of money 

 taken in is not equal to that of the 

 winter time, but no one expects it and 

 for the last week in June conditions 

 are very satisfactory. Peonies are all 

 cut, which is something to be thank- 

 ful for and the cold storage plants do 

 not contain so many as in previous 

 years, which is regretted by no one. 

 The counters are holding a great 

 many wide open blooms and many 

 growers are going to find their profits 

 decreased by this condition which has 

 prevailed all through the peony sea- 

 son. Carnation sales do not use all 

 the good stock now coming in and 

 there are many of the poorer grades 

 to add Vb them. The latter part of 

 the week moves off more flowers than 

 all the rest in local sales and shipping 

 orders are fairly numerous this week. 

 Sweet peas are now plentiful but a 

 very large proportion are of low grade. 

 There are plenty of roses of all kinds. 

 Larkspurs are especially prominent 

 this week In the list of out-door 

 flowers. 



The receipts of stock 

 CINCINNATI are more than suffi- 

 cient and prices are 

 low. Shipping business holds up pret- 

 ty well. Roses are in a heavy sup- 

 ply. Carnation receipts are letting 

 down rapidly from day to day. Gladioli 

 find a ready sale. The cut of lilies is 

 adequate. Orchids and lily of the val- 

 ley are having a heavy call but this 

 will be over after this week. Other 

 offerings include water lilies, larkspur, 

 rambler roses and coreopsis. 



Summer Roses 



Both Russell and Jonkheer 

 Mock are holding up well. 

 They are two of our best hot 

 weather roses. 



$r>.0() to SIO.OO per 1U(1, with some 

 i-vtra long Russell at $12 and $15 

 per 100. 



CI-OSEI) .VI.I> MAY JCIiY 4TH. 



During July and August: CIos-' 

 ing Time 6 1". M. 



S. S. PENNOCKMEEHAN CO. 



The Wholesiile Florisia o( Flilladel|>lila 



PHILADELPHIA 



1608-1620 Ludlow St. 



INEW YORK 



117 W. 28th St. 



BALTIMORE 



Franklin & Si. Paul Sts. 



WASHINGTON 



1216 H St.. N. W. 



WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS — 



Rosea 



Am. Beauty, Special 



" " Fancy and Extra 



No.i 



Russell, Hadley 



Killarney, Richm'd, Hill'don, Ward 



" " " " Ord. 



Arenburg, Radiance, Talt, Key, Ex. 



'• *' " " Ord. 



Ophelia, Mock, Sunburst, Extra .. • 



" *' '* Ordinary 



Carnations, Fancy 



" Ordinary 



Cattleyas 



Dendrobium formosum 



Lilies 



Lily of the Valley 



Daises 



Mignonette 



Snapdragon 



Peonies 



Gladioli 



Calendulas 



Stocks 



Sweet Peas 



Gardenias 



Adiantum 



Smilax 



Asparagus Plu. & Spren. (looBhs.) 



CINCINNATI 



June 2D 



TRADE PRICES — P«r 100 

 TO DE ALERS ONLY 



CHICAGO I BUFFALO I PITTSBURG 



J une g6 I June 26 | June 19 



20.00 

 15.00 

 8.00 

 8.00 

 6.00 

 3.00 

 6.00 

 3.00 

 6.00 

 3.00 



2,00 



50.00 

 10.00 



30,00 

 20.00 

 15.00 

 15.00 

 8.00 



S-oo 



8.00 



5.00 



8.00 



5-00 



3.00 



1.50 



60.00 



12.CO 

 6.00 



3.00 

 4.00 



5,00 

 6.00 



4.00 

 2.00 



2. 00 



15.00 

 25.00 



6.00 



3.00 



3.00 



■50 



1. 00 

 20.CO 



35-O0 



20.00 



15.00 



10.00 



3.00 



6.00 



to 

 to 

 to 



25.00 

 20.00 

 15.00 

 20.00 



8.00 



4.00 



6.00 

 2.00 



1. 00 

 50.00 



6.00 

 3.00 



•25 



2.00 



3,00 

 3.00 

 3.00 



10.00 



5.00 



2.00 



1.5" 

 75.00 



10.00 

 6.00 

 1.50 

 5.00 

 6.00 

 6. CO 

 6.00 



.50 to 

 to 



1. 00 to 



12,00 to 



25.00 to 



1.25 



20.00 

 50.00 



20.00 

 15.00 

 10.00 



6.00 

 3.00 

 5.00 

 3.00 



25.00 

 20.00 

 15.00 



8.00 

 6.00 

 6.00 

 4.00 



8.00 



6.00 

 2.50 

 2.00 

 50.00 



4.00 



2.00 to 2.50 to 



1,00 to 2.00 1.50 to 

 40.00 to 50.00 40.00 

 to 



6.00 to 10.00 8.00 



4.00 to 6.00 4.00 



.50 to 1.00 



1. 00 to 2.00 



3.00 to 6.00 



3.00 to 4.00 



3.00 to 6.00 



1.00 to 3.00 



1.50 to 3.00 



.50 to 1. 00 



10.00 to 15.00 



1. 00 to 1.25 .75 



15.00 to 20.00 13.50 



20.00 to 30.00 1 30.00 to 



15.00 

 10.00 



6.00 



4.00 



6.00 



3.00 



to 



to 



6.00 to 



3.00 



to 



to 



2.00 

 6.00 



.50 to 



.30 to 



20.00 

 12.00 

 8.00 

 12.00 

 10.00 



4.00 



IC.OO 



4.00 



3.00 



2.00 



75-00 



10.00 

 5,00 



6.00 

 8.00 



3.00 



•so 



15.00 



50.00 



This market is well 

 NEW YORK supplied with pro- 

 miscuous flower stock. 

 The windows all through the whole- 

 sale district are aglow with campanu- 

 las, coreopsis, sweet williams, sweet 

 peas, gaillardias, centaureas, daises, 

 larkspurs, peonies and other glowing 

 products of the outdoor plantation. Of 

 roses not many are in sight but 

 there are plenty laid away in the 

 ice boxes and they may be had 

 at low figures unless they are white. 

 The seeiver after white roses will find 

 things badly stacked against him, es- 

 pecially if he is looking for medium 

 quality. There are more of the high- 

 grade type in proportion than of the 

 lesser uut there are only few places 

 where the high-grade will fit at this 

 time. Lily of the valley is scarce and 

 will so continue for obvious reasons. 

 Carnations run very poor as a rule and 

 there is little call for them. A good 

 many rambler rose sprays are seen and 



they are worthy of a better market 

 than is possible at this date. If they 

 only could have come in two or throe 

 weeks earlier then there would have 

 been "something doing." 



Conditions here 

 PHILADELPHIA continue fairly 



satisfactory. The 

 supply of flowers has shortened up and 

 is about equal to the demand which is 

 as brisk as could be expected at this 

 season of the year. In the rose mar- 

 ket the American Bea\ity situation is 

 greatly improved by the influx of 

 some nice stock from '*Down East" 

 which helps out our shortened local 

 supplies very nicely. Russell and 

 Hadley are holding their own very 

 well. Plenty of other good roses all 

 down the list. The carnation situ- 

 ation is without special feature. Good 

 demand for such lots as show extra 

 (luality but the .great bulk arriving 

 are naturally showing the effect of ad- 

 vancing season. Cattleyas are more 



Continued on page 23) 



