July 6, 1912 



HORTICULTUKE 



21 



RHODE ISLAND REDS 



Our grower is cutting freely of these Beauties — 



splendid, large, well colored buds, far superior to ^^^^ 



ordinary stock, all lengths, $1.00 to $3.00 per dozen. 90ai^\'^ 



DOUBLE WHITE KILLARNEY: the finest summer rose on the 

 market, $4.00 to $8.00 per 100. 



HEABQUARTERS FOR GREENS 



Galax (green and bronze), .$1.50 per 1000; .$7..')0 per 10.000. Leneothoe 

 (Sprays (bronze and green), $1.00 per 100: $0.00 per 1000. Green Sheet 

 Moss, $3.50 per bag. Sphagnum Moss, ten l)bl. bales, bnrbipped. per bale. 

 $4.00; five-l>ale lots, $3.7.5 per l)ale; ten-ljale lots, S.'i.SO per bale; twenty- 

 five bale lots, $3.25 per bale. 



RIBBONS AND SUPPLIES: Many new patterns in exclusive 

 Ribbons. Write us for prices on these and on Supplies 



During July and Amguit w will close at 5 P. M. 



S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co. 



THE ^"?£SI1s'tsof PHILADELPHIA 



PHILADELPHIA NEW YORK 



1 608-1 620 Ludlow St. 117 W. 28tH St. 



WASHINGTON 

 I212New York Ave. 



Flower Market Reports WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS.-^«*^= •""^fri«ii«* only 



The inevitable midsura- 

 BOSTON mer dullness struck this 

 market on regulation 

 time July 1, and since then there has 

 been very little doing. Roses of high 

 grade are getting scarce and will be 

 more so. Sweet peas are over-plenti- 

 ful from out-door sources. Lilies are 

 too numerous and there are enough 

 cattleyas to fill all demands as the reg- 

 ular sunjmer shipping trade has not 

 yet started in. (I^arnations are not 

 much called for. They sell very low 

 although asters have not yet begun to 

 come- to this market. Peonies are fin- 

 ished up. 



The days of the sweet 

 BUFFALO graduate have past and 

 the ending of June re- 

 corded a great number of weddings. 

 During the month past there was no 

 extreme shortage of the bridal flowers. 

 The early part of the past week was 

 a busy one for all but on Friday and 

 Saturday business was not up to ex- 

 pectations. There were heavy receipts 

 of peonies early in the week which 

 caused carnations and other flowers to 

 drop back a notch. Out-door sweet 

 peas have come on so heavy that 10c. 

 a bunch is the retail price advertised 

 in the shop windows, together with 

 carnations at a sacrifice price. There 

 is a good supply of roses of all kinds 

 including Beauties which are good and 

 prices are reasonable. Gardenias are 

 plentiful and no call; lily of the valley 

 fine and has sold well; lilies also good 

 and demand increased. Floral work 

 was heavy in certain sections of the 

 city caused by the fatal disaster which 

 happened at a nearby summer resort 

 in which some thirty-five lives were 

 lost. The principal talk now is where 

 Is the picnic and where are you to 

 spend your vacation. 



ROSES 



CINCINNATI 



June 4 



DBTROIT 



June II 



BUFFALO 



July 2 



PITTSBURQ 



June 25 



Am. Beauty, Fancy and Special.. 



" " Extra 



No. I 



•* '• Lower grades 



Richmond, Fancy and Special 



*' Lower Grades 



Killarney, Maryland, Fan. & Spl 

 *' *' Low. Grades. 



Bride, 'Maid 



Taft, Hillingdon, Ward 

 Kaiserin, Carnot 



CARNATIONS. First (Juality . 

 " Ordinary . 



MISCELLANEOUS 



Cattleyas 



Lilies, I^ngiflorum 

 Lily of the Valley 



Peonies 



Gladioli 



Snapdragon 



Mignonette 



Daisies 



Sweet Peas 



Gardenias 



Adiantum 



Smilajc 



.\sparagus Plumosus, Strings (loo) 

 " " & Sprcn. (100 bchs.) 



25.00 

 13.00 



ia.50 



2U30 

 6.00 

 3.00 



6.00 



2 00 

 2.00 



35 oo 

 20.00 



15.00 

 S.oo 

 8.00 



4.00 



S.-ao 

 4.00 

 6.00 



125. 



30. 

 I5.C 



5 ' 

 6.C 



4 < 



6.C 

 4-c 



4.0 

 4.C 

 4-c 



.00 



2.00 

 1. 00 



40.00 

 13.50 

 l.oo 



30.00 

 35.00 

 20.00 

 12.00 



8.0a 



6.00 

 8.00 

 6.00 

 8. CO 

 8.00 

 8.00 



3.00 

 2.00 



50.00 

 15.00 

 4.00 



3.00 to 8.00 



3.00 



.50 

 •50 



1.00 



13.50 



4.00 



•75 



■75 



25.00 



1.50 



15.00 



30 00 



30.00 



15.00 

 10.00 

 6.00 

 2.00 

 6.Q0 

 3.00 

 5.00 

 3.00 

 2.00 

 3.fo 

 3.00 



6.00 

 3.00 



2.00 

 3.00 

 3.00 



■So 



6.00 

 ■75 



40.00 

 35.00 



20.00 

 15.00 



10.00 



4.00 



8.00 

 4.00 

 6.00 



3.00 



5.00 



4.00 

 8.00 



2.00 



1.50 



50. CO 

 10.00 

 4-00 

 4.00 

 5.00 

 4.00 



1.00 



.50 



10.00 



1.50 

 >S.oe 

 50.00 

 35.00 



20.00 

 15.00 

 8.00 

 3. 00 

 6.00 

 3.00 

 6.00 

 2.00 



4.00 

 4.00 



to 

 to 



25.00 



18.00 



I3.O0 



to 3.00 



to I .50 



40.00 li^ 50.00 



to 8.00 



2.00 «o Ajex 



4.00 to 

 to 



to 



.50 to 



1.00 

 1.00 



30.00 to 



1.35 



X5.00 



25.00 

 50.00 



The month of June kept 

 CHICAGO up its record for good 



sales till the last, clos- 

 ing with genuine summer weather 

 which did not in the least Interfere 

 with trade. The first day of July 

 found local sales very slow though the 

 shipping trade held good and there 

 was plenty of scurrying round after 

 first-class stock. There is no scarcity 

 along any line but there is only a 

 limited supply of really good carna- 

 tions, roses or peonies. Some fine car- 

 nations are to be had for the season 

 but each week the supply is less and 

 there are more good white ones this 

 week than colored. Of peonies the 

 poor ones far outnumber the good also 

 but there are enough first-class ones 

 to go around. The really good peo- 

 nies sell for fifty cents per dozen while 

 the others sell all the way down to 

 five cents per dozen. Asparagus 

 sprays are more abundant than can be 

 used while smilax continues scarce. 



June proved to be a 

 CINCINNATI very good month in 

 a business way. The 

 commencement demand locally fell off 

 somewhat but this loss was more than 

 offset by the heavy shipping. The call 

 for flowers and accessories for the 

 blushing June brides held its own. 

 This was especially true at the close 

 of the month. The opening of the 

 strictly summer months shows a fair 

 supply of roses of all kinds, including 

 Beauties. All have been selling nicely, 

 especially the last named. More car- 

 nations arrive than can be readily 

 utilized. The lily market seems to be 

 in better shape than at the last writ- 

 ing. Gladioli and asters sell well. Lily 

 of the valley has been cleaning up. 

 Shasta daisies, however, are not 

 among the good sellers. They are not 

 as popular this year as they were 

 other years at this time. Ferns are 

 enjoying a good call. 



