August 26, 1916 



HOETICULTURE 



293 



Flower Market Reports 



The situation has 

 BOSTON changed very materially 



in this marltet since last 

 week. Flowers of all seasonable kinds 

 are coming in much more heavily and 

 the wholesalers are well filled up with 

 material for which there is a very 

 light demand. Roses are increasing 

 daily, gladioli and asters are a burden 

 and there are many other things to 

 help the stagnation, such as hydran- 

 geas, calendulas, buddleias and dahlias. 

 Lily of the valley is tlie only item that 

 is short of the needs of the market and 

 it brings stiff prices. 



At this writing, Aug. 

 CHICAGO 22, Chicago is having 

 Its first cool breeze for 

 many days. With the unabated heat 

 of many weeks, fiowers have had a 

 hard time and the only wonder is that 

 there are any good ones in the market. 

 Roses must of necessity be soft and in- 

 clined to open and cannot have the vi- 

 tality of cooler days. Carnations from 

 the new plants are short of stem and 

 small and in many cases have little 

 to recommend them. American Beavi- 

 ties from new plants are doing well 

 and probably as many are being cut 

 as the market requires at this season. 

 For outdoor stock the two dependables 

 are asters and gladioli and without 

 these the market would be seriously 

 crippled. Some few of the asters rank 

 as first class stock and are seen with 

 27 and 30 inch stems and good heads 

 while following these come a fair sup- 

 ply of lesser value and then comes the 

 still large proportion of small, sun- 

 burned asters of no value where the 

 individual flower is to be seen. Glad- 

 ioli are fine and probably among the 

 best of any August in their history. 

 Local trade is quiet. 



This market cannot 

 NEW YORK be described as badly 

 in need of fiowers 

 any longer. The second crop of asters 

 is now arriving in increasing quanti- 

 ties, and there are very heavy ship- 

 ments of dahlias and gladioli daily. 

 The difference in quality in all three 

 of the aforementioned staples is very 

 great and the prices vary accordingly. 

 It certainly appears that there are 

 more of the inferior quality stocks 

 than of the better. Really fine flow- 

 ers well grown and carefully handled 

 and packed are decidedly in the minor- 

 ity. It is these that make the high 

 price quotations possible and they are 

 well worth the difference. Never be- 

 fore have we seen so many imperfect 

 asters; half developed, one-sided and 

 discolored, many of them are no bet- 

 ter than rags. The same is true of 

 gladioli. Roses are gradually attain- 

 ing size and color and are bringing 

 good prices for the season. Lily of the 

 valley runs scarcer and scarcer and 

 the price has more than doubled. 



Interrogated as to 

 PITTSBURGH business conditions, 



William A. Clarke 

 of the Pittsburgh Cut Flower Com- 

 pany, replied: "They are just about 

 in the same situation as the Christian 

 in Politics, as depicted by the painfully 



FIELD GROWN 



CARNATION PLANTS 



PINK 



.Mice ! 



KXCHANTRESS SUI'KE.ME 

 Mrs. C. Edward AkehurHt... 



Pink Sennation 



.Mrs. C. W. Ward 



F^nfhantresH 



l<i>He Pink Enchantress 



Uosette 



nor<>tll.v Gordon 



(■lorinsa 



RED 



Cliainpion 



I'rincess Dagniar 



Beacon 



llarlowarden 



Victory 



WHITE 



M.4TCHLESS 



White Wonder 



White Enchantress 



A\'hite Perfection 



.Vlma Ward 



100 



-.no 



6.(MI 

 g.OO 

 7.00 

 7.00 

 7.00 

 7. .50 

 7.50 

 7.50 



7.50 

 7..50 

 7.00 

 7.00 

 7.00 



7.00 

 7.00 

 7.00 

 7.00 

 7.00 



1(100 

 $G.->.00 

 65.00 

 50.00 

 75.00 

 55.00 

 55.00 

 55.00 

 60.00 

 60.00 

 60.00 



60.00 

 60.00 

 60.00 

 65.00 

 65.00 



65.00 

 55.00 

 55.00 

 55.00 

 65.00 



VARIEGATED 



Benora 8.00 



S. S. PENNOCK-MEEHAN CO. 



THE 



NEW YORK 

 117 W. 28th St. 



Wholesale 

 Florbts of 



PHILADELPHIA 

 1608-1620 Ludlow St. 



PHILADELPHIA 



BALTIMORE 

 Franklin & St. Paul Sts. 



WASHINGTON 

 1216 HSt.. N. W 



WBOLBSALB FLOWER MARKETS — ^"^^ 



PRICES — Per 100 



TO DEALERS OJO-Y 



Rotet 



Am. Beauty, Special 



" " Fancy and Extra 



'* '* No. I and culls 



Russell, Hadley 



Killarney, Hitlingdon, Ward, Extra 



Ord, 



Arcnburg, Radiance, Taft, Key, Ex. 



" Ord. 



Ophelia, Mock, Sunburst, Euler, Ex 



" Ord. 



CarQations « 



Cattleyas 



Dendrobium f omnoftum 



Lilies 



Lily of the Valley 



Snapdragon 



Gladioli 



Asters 



Dahlias 



Gardenias 



Adiantum - 



Smilax 



AaparaffiuPIu.&SpreD. (looBhs.) 



CINCINNATI 



August ai 



30.00 

 15.00 

 10.00 



5.00 

 3.00 

 5.00 

 3.00 

 5.00 

 3-00 



to 

 to 

 to 

 to 

 to 

 to 

 to 



25.00 

 zo.oo 

 15.00 



50.00 to 



S.oo 

 5.00 



6.00 



4.00 



6.00 

 4.00 

 6.00 

 4.00 

 2.00 

 60.00 



lO.CO 



6.00 



4.00 

 2.00 



15.00 

 20.00 



6.00 



4.00 



x.oo 

 20.00 

 •5-00 



CHICAGO 



August SI 



25.00 



5.00 

 2.00 

 6.00 



2.00 

 6.00 

 3.00 

 6.00 

 2.00 



.25 

 40.00 



6.00 

 3.00 

 2.00 

 3.00 

 3.00 



30.00 

 20.00 

 10.00 

 15.00 

 8.00 



g.OO 



8.00 

 5.00 

 8.00 

 5.00 

 1.00 

 50.00 



8.00 



5.00 



4JDO 



6.00 

 6.00 



12.00 

 25.00 



to 

 to 

 to 

 to 

 to 



1. 00 



15.00 

 50.00 



BUFFALO 



August 21 



20.00 

 12,00 

 6.00 



4.00 

 2.00 



5.00 

 2.00 

 1. 00 



2.00 

 1. 00 

 1. 00 



1. 00 



25.00 



to 

 to 

 to 

 to 

 to 

 to 

 to 

 to 

 to 

 to 

 to 



25.00 



10.00 



6.00 

 4.00 



6.00 

 4.00 



10.00 

 6.00 



4.00 

 a. 00 

 3.00 



1.25 



15.00 

 50.00 



PITTSBURG 



August 14 



30.00 to 



10.00 to 



4.00 to 

 to 



6.00 to 



• .00 to 



10 



to 



6.00 to 

 2.00 to 



10.00 



4.00 



•«o 



4.00 



• so 



25.00 

 15.00 

 6.00 



8.00 

 4.00 ' 



8.00 

 4.00 



1. 00 

 50.00 



13.00 

 8.00 



1. 00 



8.00 

 3.00 



to 

 to 

 to 



1.25 



15.00 

 50.00 



conscientious visitor to a religious 

 brotherliood. wlien invited to speak 

 on this subject: "Gentlemen, there 

 aint none." Burning August skies with 

 little relief through showers have 

 played havoc witli stock o£ all kinds 

 and society, such as is in town, is not 

 inclined in the way which makes for 

 demands on the tradesmen. Excep- 

 tions should be made, however, on 

 those firms which make a specialty of 

 funeral work, which has kept up right 

 along. 



The wholesale market 

 ST. LOUIS has been in very poor 



condition for the past 

 month and the retailer has had a hard 

 time getting enough good stock to fill 

 orders. Prices are up on this stock. 

 The long dry spell was broken the 

 past week by good rains which should 

 help outdoor stock to better quality 

 and should increase the supply. There 

 is very little going on among the re- 

 tailers. Prices run along as usual. 



Conditions in 

 WASHINGTON Washington con- 

 tinue very quiet 

 while the city is battling through the 

 hottest week of the present summer. 

 All flowers are showing the effects of 



the heat and it is difBcult in some 

 lines to get top notch stock. Gladioli 

 predominate, but it appears as though 

 the season for these is waning and 

 that the present supply is largely culls. 

 Asters are more plentiful and dahlias 

 have been offered in somewhat larger 

 quantities. Hydrangea is being fea- 

 tured in many of the stores, but are in 

 very little demand. 



PUBLICATION RECEIVED. 

 We have received two booklets is- 

 sued by the Federal Trade Commis- 

 sion at Washington. D. C, one dealing 

 with the fundamentals of a cost sys- 

 tem for manufacturers, and the other 

 outlining a simple system of accounts 

 for retail merchants. These booklets 

 are being sent to manufacturers and 

 merchants throughout the United 

 States, and it is hoped that they will 

 be read carefuly and that the sugges- 

 tions will be found helpful. In giving 

 these documents space and special 

 mention we feel sure we are doing 

 something worth while for our sub- 

 scribers, our advertisers, and the busi- 

 ness men of the horticultural trade. 

 Edward N. Hurley is vice-chairman of 

 the Commission and copies may be ob- 

 tained from him on request. 



