August 19, 1916 



HOBTICULTUBE 



261 



Flower Market Reports 



With the exception of 

 BOSTON gladioli, flowers may 



really be called scarce in 

 this market. Some dealers are not 

 disposed to admit that there are too 

 many gladioli, but the numerous jars 

 of this flower standing around on the 

 tables in the wholesale marts are 

 mute evidence to the fact. It is equal- 

 ly true, however, that fine spikes of 

 the greenhouse brand of some of the 

 most desirable varieties sell readily at 

 good prices while the general run of 

 outdoor stock remains unsold. Asters 

 are poor and few. There will soon be 

 a good supply of the later flowering 

 and better sorts. Lily of the valley 

 is very scarce. Roses are selling for 

 prices as good as in winter for cor- 

 responding quality and there are none 

 too many of them. Business is con- 

 sidered good for the season. 



The past week has seen 

 BUFFALO a scarcity on flowers. 



There has been scarce- 

 ly enough stock to take care of the 

 trade. The severe hot weather has 

 burned up the early aster crops arid 

 what few are coming in are of poor 

 quality. The gladiolus is in about the 

 same stage. Good local stock is sell- 

 ing at sight. Canrations are small and 

 poor and the hot weather has had a 

 bad effect on lilies. Roses are small 

 and there are not many to be had. 

 Lily of the valley is not plentiful. 



Very unusual summer 

 CHICAGO conditions still prevail. 

 Instead of the usual 

 lethargy, business is good and the 

 grower who has anything to offer now 

 can get good returns. Such is the de- 

 mand, as compared with the limited 

 supply of good stock, that buyers have 

 to be on the alert to get their share. 

 The poorer stock, like the other poor. 

 is always w-ith us, but this is 

 limited to a fourth of the usual 

 mid-summer supply. American Beau- 

 ties, long so hard to get, are now com- 

 ing from the new plants, but the num- 

 ber cut is still small. Asters, the 

 standby of late summer, are to be had 

 in several grades, but few being first- 

 class. New carnations, many cut in 

 the field, are selling this year because 

 their old rival, the aster, is not up to 

 average. Roses of all kinds are in 

 fairly good supply and quality not 

 bad for the season. Gladioli are most 

 welcome at this time and quality is 

 good. There are plenty of lilies. Mis- 

 cellaneous outdoor flowers are almost 

 absent from the counters. There is 

 plenty of good green. 



Last week's receipts 

 CINCINNATI were fair while the 



demand was steady 

 and strong. This week's receipts are 

 running heavier. The supply of good 

 roses is very small. Lilies are in a 

 heavy supply and meet with a good 

 market. Gladioli are plentiful. The 

 aster supply is only fair but should be 

 heavy again before the end of this 

 week. Hardy hydrangea sells pretty 

 well. 



i EASTER LILIES 



A flower we can recom- 

 mend for hot weather. In 

 quantity with us, splendid 

 quality, shipped either in 

 tight buds or open flowers. 



$1.50 per Dozen 

 $8.00 to $10.00 per 100 



Field grown Carnation Plants, all 

 varieties; extra well grown plants. 

 For complete list see classified in this 



issue. 



S. S. PENNOCK-MEEHAN CO. 



THE ^'■gSof PHILADELPHIA 



NEW YORK PHILADELPHIA 



117 W. 28th St. 1608-1620 Ludlow St. 



BALTIMORE WASHINGTON 



Franklin & St. Paul St.. 1216 H St., N. W. 



WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS 



TRADE PRICES — Per 100 



TO DEALERS QNLY 



Rosea 



Am. Beauty, Special 



" " Fancy and Extra 



" *' No. I and culls. .. 



Russell, Hadley 



Killarney, HilTingdon, Ward, Extra 



Ord. 



Arenburg, Radiance, Taft, Key, Ex. 



•' Ord. 



Ophelia, Mock, Sunburst, Euler, Ex 



•■ Ord. 



I PITTSBURG 



I August 14 



Carnations 

 Cattleyas. 



Dendrobium fonnosum- 

 Lilies 



Lily of the Valley. 

 Snapdragon 

 Gladioli 

 Asters- 

 Dahlias- 

 Gardenias ' 

 Adiantum- 



Smilax 



Asparagus Plu.&Spren. (100 Bhs.) 



Any one of our recent 

 NEW YORK weekly reports would 

 fit all right for the 

 present week. There is no change in 

 the situation, which continues with 

 scarcely a ripple to stir the placid 

 surface of the wholesale district. 

 Never has there been a quieter August 

 for the florist trade of New York. 

 Stock coming in is not heavy but more 

 than sufficient for all possible needs. 

 Gladioli are a burden, many of them 

 of the old types that have been entire- 

 ly supplanted in the esteem of the 

 buying trade. These, with asters and 

 dahlias "rule the roost." 



There has been 

 PHILADELPHIA a little more ac- 

 tivity in the 

 flower market here this week. Good 

 stock is rather on the scarce side. 

 Gladioli are plentiful at present and 

 of fine quality. They are easily the 

 leading feature of the market. Asters 

 are also plentiful but the good ones are 

 scarce. There are signs that a few 

 more days will make a change for the 



better in the aster situation as some of 

 the finer mid-season varieties have 

 commenced. Roses are in rather short 

 supply especially in the higher grades. 

 New crop Beauties are in moderate 

 evidence. Jonkeer, Russell and Sun- 

 burst show up about as well as any 

 of them. Plenty of splendid lilies. 

 Cattleyas very scarce; not nearly 

 enough to fill orders. Hydrangea heads 

 and early cosmos have made their ap- 

 pearance and are meeting with moder- 

 ate demand. 



The past ten days, 

 PITTSBURGH which have been 



marked by ideal 

 weather conditions with just a sugges- 

 tion of autumn in the air, have not as 

 yet given any material change to floral 

 conditions. Owing to the recent pro- 

 tracted hot weather, there are no good 

 asters and practically no small flow- 

 ers. White roses are particularly 

 scarce, as also are lilies. There are 

 no carnations to speak of, the few 

 coming in being small and inferior in 

 every respect. Sweet peas, too, are 

 just about as scarce and inferior. Good 

 gladioli are plentiful, however. 



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