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GLADIOLI 



i The choicer flowering varieties we are receiving in quan- 



I tity, such as Panama, America, Halley, King, etc., splendid well 



1 grown stock. 



I $4.00 per 100 



I Our Selection, $3.00 per 100, $25.00 per lOOO 



I A very good grade in 500 iots at $1.50 per lOO 



I S. S, PENNOCK-MEEHAN CO. 



THE 



g NEW YORK 



I 117 W. 28th St. 



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Wholesale 

 Florists of 



PHILADELPHIA 

 1608-1620 Ludlow St. 



PHILADELPHIA 



BALTIMORE 

 Franklin & St. Paul Sts. 



WASHINGTON 

 1216 H St., N. W 



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Flower Market Report^ WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS - "^^ 



F'lower business has 

 BOSTON been very satisfactory 



during the past week — 

 fully up to what could reasonably be 

 expected at this time of the year. 

 The aggregate sales may not be colos- 

 sal in amount but the fact that they 

 use up nicely the product as it comes 

 in from day to day tends to stability 

 in values, lieeps tiie curbstone vendor 

 "off his feed" so far as flowers are 

 concerned, relieves the ice boxes of 

 sluggish stoclc and makes the dealers 

 feel comfortable and generally amia- 

 ble. As for the past fortnight, asters 

 and gladioli are the most prominent 

 flowers in the market at present. The 

 heaviest part of the early aster crop 

 is already off and the receipts have 

 slackened up temporarily. Gladioli are 

 increasing in quantity and they are 

 very fine as to variety and quality. 

 Prices on these are somewhat lower 

 and will no doubt still tend downward. 

 A few fairly good sweet peas are seen. 

 Carnations are conspicuously absent. 

 Roses are small but clean and sell out 

 readily at respectable prices for sum- 

 mer. 



- For the past two weeks 

 BUFFALO the weather has been 

 intensely hot and, un- 

 der these conditions, stock under glass 

 has suffered. Roses of old stock are 

 very poor and summer roses are not 

 plentiful. The supply of carnations 

 has been good up to now, but their 

 end is near. Asters are inferior and 

 the early crop is apparently a total 

 failure. Gladioli, too, have suflered by 

 the dry spell and the market is well 

 cleaned up daily. Lilies have had 

 good sales and there is very little com- 

 ing into the market which is about 

 cleaned up daily. 



The unusual summer 



CHICAGO conditions of the past 



three weeks continue. 



The local demand for first-class stock 



Rote* 



Am. Beauty, Special 



" " Fancy and Extra 



No.i 



Russell, Hadley 



Killarney, Richm'd, Hill'don, Ward 



" Ord. 



Arenburg, Radiance, Taft, Key, Ex. 



•' Ord. 



Ophelia, Mock, Sunburst, Extra . . • 1 



" " *' Ordinary 



Carnations, Fancy 



'* Ordinary 



Cattleyas 



Dendrobium formotum 



Lilies 



Uly of the Valley 



Snapdragon 



Gladioli 



Asters 



Sweet Peas 



Gardenias 



Adiantum 



Smilax 



Asparagus Plu.&Spren. (lOoBhs.) 



CINCINNATI 



August 7 



ao.oo to 35.00 



CHICAGO 



August 7 



PRICES -Par 100 



TO DEALERS QHLY 



BUFFALO I PrrrSBURC 



August 7 I August 7 



15.00 

 10.00 



5.00 

 3.00 

 5.00 

 3.00 

 s'.oo 

 3.00 



50.00 



8.00 

 5.00 

 3.00 

 4.00 



IS.OO 



35.00 



20.00 

 rs.oo 



4.00 

 6.00 

 4.00 

 6.00 

 4.00 



2. 00 



1. 00 



60.00 



x.oo 



15.00 

 3500 



20.00 

 15.00 

 10.00 



5.00 

 5.00 



2.00 



5.00 



3.00 



5.00 



2,00 



2jOO 



I. 00 



40.00 



25.00 ' 



;;o.oo 



15. '00 ; 



20.00 I 



8.00 



S.oo 



e.ooi 



5.00 i 

 8.00 



5.00 1 

 3.00 

 2.00 

 50.00 



15.00 

 8.00 



1. 00 to 

 12.00 to 

 25.00 to 



1.35 



15.00 

 30.00 



5.00 

 3.00 



3.00 

 5.00 

 3.00 

 1.30 



I.OO 



50.00 



8.00 

 4.00 

 2.00 



3.00 



I.OO 



■35 

 25.00 



I.OO 



15.00 



35.00 



35.00 



2OJ0O 

 12.00 



6.00 

 4.00 

 6.00 

 4.00 

 6.00 

 4.00 

 S.OO 



1.50 



60.00 



10.00 

 6.00 

 3.00 



4.00 



3.00 



•75 



30,00 



1.25 



20.00 



50.00 



IB. 50 

 6.00 

 4.00 



B.oo 

 4.00 



8.00 

 4.00 



40.00 to 



35.00 

 15.00 

 10.00 

 10.00 

 10.00 

 6.00 



10.00 

 6.00 



1.50 



1.00 

 50.00 



3.00 



8.00 



.50 tu 1.50 



I.OO 



12.50 



)0.00 



1.35 



15.00 

 40.00 



is in excess of the supply and local 

 retailers lose no time when stock is 

 delivered to the wholesalers. The 

 variety of stock is not so much the 

 question as the ability to buy at all. 

 Of the poorer grades, much is used in 

 the cheaper funeral work and some 

 of the balance finds its way to the 

 street fakirs. Out-of-town trade has 

 been good also, for summer supply 

 has been generally curtailed by the 

 heat and drought. Roses are small 

 and soft, carnations are -about out of 

 the question. Asters of any size are 

 welcome and there, are many more 

 small than large. Lily of the valley 

 is scarce. Gladioli are selling well 

 and the growers will get a good price 

 for them this summer. 



The general supply 

 CINCINNATI in the market is fair 

 and ample for the 

 demand. Good roses clean up readily. 

 Lilies, speciosum and longiflorums. are 

 in a good supply and meet with a good 

 market. Gladioli and asters are plen- 

 tiful and the good ones have been 

 selling very readily. 



One would think on 

 NEW YORK seeing the number of 

 florists' delivery 

 autos that draw- up in front of the 

 wholesale flower establishments every 

 morning, that the buyers for the va- 

 rious retailers whose names appear in 

 big letters on these ornate vehicles 

 had important commissions to fill, but 

 it seems to be largely habit that brings 

 them there in these listless August 

 days. In truth there is very little do- 

 ing anywhere. There is a large supply 

 of roses of not very good quality, a 

 moderate showing of asters of very in- 

 different grade, and a great abundance 

 of gladioli with plenty of longiflorum 

 and speciosum lilies. Lily of the val- 

 ley and cattleyas are scarce. Whole- 

 salers might just as well close up at 

 noon every day Hanging around wait- 

 iiiK for business these days is a "stale, 

 tlat and unprofitable" existence. 



How would you 



PHILADELPHIA like to be a war 



correspondent — 



earning a fabulous salary— and your 



chief sent you down to the Mexl- 



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