August 31, 1912 



HOETICULTURE 



323 



Flower Market Reports 



Business has fallen off 

 BOSTON badly this week. Regu- 

 lar orders for seashore 

 resorts are being reduced or discon- 

 tinued earlier than has been tlie case 

 heretofore, and there are evidences 

 that the special summer trade is ap- 

 proaching the end. Asters are plen- 

 tiful and good — much too good for the 

 very meagre price realized by even 

 the best of them. American Beauty 

 roses are plentiful and selling as 

 well as at the same date in any 

 former year. Other roses run small 

 as a general thing, but there are 

 some very nice lots occasionally. 

 Sales are rather sluggish. As to glad- 

 ioli, there are plenty of them and they 

 are of nice quality; but nobody seems 

 to want them. There are no good 

 sweet peas in the market and they are 

 about through for this season. 



There is very little to 

 BUFFALO report. Growers aie 

 busy replanting carna- 

 tions and there are not many cut blooms 

 seen at present. Asters of good qual- 

 ity are not overplentiful but another 

 week should see them both in quality 

 and quantity. Too many gladioli and 

 sales have not been flourishing. Ro:"es 

 are coming in moie plentifully each 

 day. Lilies and other stock in good 

 supply. 



Business is very dull 

 CHICAGO and August closes with 

 many more flowers than 

 can be disposed of to advantage, and 

 stock has piled up. The opening of 

 schools next week will bring the peo- 

 ple back to the city and a stir in 

 trade is looked for. The one flower 

 most in evidence and perhaps least 

 sought for is the gladiolus. Counters 

 are full of stock, which will be moved 

 only to the barrels, and to be entirely 

 just one can but say that there is 

 where it belongs. If only good varie- 

 ties were bought that can lay claim 

 to beauty, money could be made in 

 growing this flower, but the price is 

 kept down and demand ruined by poor 

 off-colored stock. New American Beau- 

 ties are now to be had in extra as 

 well as in short lengths. The sum- 

 mer roses, Melody, Ward, Sunburst, 

 My Maryland and Kaiseriu are all in 

 crop and of excellent quality. Sunburst 

 leading the demand. Asters are at 

 their height and the better grades 

 move rather slowly even at a low fig- 

 ure, while the poorer ones are worth- 

 less. Some very fair carnations from 

 old plants are offered and the usual 

 outdoor summer flowers are to be had. 

 Chrysanthemums are already here, 

 but there is no demand. 



The usual sum- 

 PHILADELPHIA mer dullness pre- 

 vails. The situa- 

 tion is probably even worse now than 

 it was early in July. No life to the mar- 

 ket in any direction. We are probably 

 in for this state of things for two or 

 three weeks yet. There has heea a 

 vast improvement in the quality of the 

 aster cut during the week and these 

 are now something like what they 

 should be. Gladioli are still plentiful 

 and high grade. If anything can be 

 called a best seller at present, the new 

 crop American Beauty roses deserve 



A MAGNIFICENT LOT OF FIELD GROWN 



CARNATION PLANTS 



The Dnrothy Gordon and Rose P.uli 



Encbiintress are exceptionally fine, 



strong plants. Our guarantee g^es 



with every carnation plant we send 



out, thus insuring to yon the very 

 best of quality and satisfaction. 



1(0 1000 



COMFORT l-t.OO JfT.i.OO 



BEACON 8.00 70.00 



H.*RLOW.*RDEN 6.00 50.00 



WHITE ENCHANTRESS. 8.00 75 00 



WHITE PERFECTION... 8.00 70.00 



WHITE WONDER 900 85.00 



AMIA WARD 8.00 70.00 



GIORIOSA 900 .85.00 



MRS. C. W. WARD 8.00 75.00 



WASHINGTON 10.00 90.00 



ENCHANTRESS ".50 60.00 



ROSE PINK ENCHANT- 

 RESS 6.00 ."0.0 1 



PRINCESS CHARMING.. lO.OO 



DOROTHY GORDON 7.00 60.0^ 



WINONA 7.50 60.no 



BROOKLYN 12.00 100.00 



QUEEN 5.00 40.01 



BOSTON MARKET 5.00 40.00 



NEW AND STANDARD ROSES 



Extra Large, Very Choice Stock 



GRAFTED, 3 Inch: 



100 1000 



White Killarney 15.00 120.00 



Double White Killarney. 20.00 1.50.0,i 

 Killarney Queen 20.00 150.00 



OWN ROOT, 3 inch: 100 lOOO 



White Killarney $S.0O $70.00 



Double Pink Killarney. 8.00 70.00 



I'ink Killarney 8.00 70.00 



Killarnev Queen 12.00 100.00 



Iiouhlf White Kilarney 15.00 100.00 

 RIBBONS AND SUPPLIES. Many new patterns -in exclusive Ribbons. 

 Write us for prices on these and on Supplies. 



We will close at 5 P. M. until September 15 



S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co. 



THE ^''OtESAlE 



FLORISTS OP 



PHILADELPHIA 



PHllADELPHIA 



1608-1620 Ludlow St. 



NEW YORK 



117W.28tliSt. 



WASHINGTON :;;:;: 

 1212 New York Ave. 



WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS — ^"^"^"""^IS-d^We'r^s only 



ROSES 



I CINCINNATI 



August 27 



Am. Beauty, Fancy and Special... 



Extra 



No. I.... 



" Lower Grades 



Killarney, Richmond 



My Maryland, Kaiserin, Carnot — 



Bride, 'Maid 



Taft, Hillingdon, Ward . . . - 



CARNATIONS. 



MISCELLANEOUS 



Cattleyas 



Lilies, Longiflorum 



" Speciosum 



Lily of the Valley 



Gladioli .... 



Asters - 



Daises 



Sweet Peas 



Gardenias 



Adiantum 



Smilax 



Asparagus Plumous, Strings (loo) 

 " " & Spren. (loo bchs.) 



15.00 

 10.00 

 6,00 

 3.00 

 2. 00 

 2.00 

 2.00 

 2.00 



25.00 

 15.00 

 10.00 

 6.00 

 6.00 

 6.00 

 4.00 

 6.00 



50.C 



35-c 



DETROIT 



August 27 



20.00 

 15.00 

 12.00 

 4,00 

 3.00 

 3.00 

 3.00 

 3.00 



1. 00 



25.00 

 20.00 

 15.00 

 10.00 

 6.00 

 6.00 

 6.00 

 6.00 



2.50 



10.00 to 15.00 



3.00 to 

 J. 50 to 

 1. 00 to 



4.00 

 4.00 

 2.00 



1.50 



15.00 

 25.00 

 25,00 



BUFFALO 



August 27 



15.00 

 10.00 

 6.00 

 2.00 



2.00 

 3.00 



40.00 

 7.00 

 3-00 

 3.00 

 2.00 

 •SO 



20.00 

 15.00 

 10.00 



6.00 

 4.00 



50.00 

 10.00 

 4.00 

 4.00 

 4.00 

 2.00 



■25 

 ■50 



40.00 

 25.00 



■50 



1.50 

 15,00 

 50.00 

 50.00 



PITTSBURGH 



August 27 

 20.00 to 25.00 

 12.50 to 15.00 

 6.00 to 8.00 



50.00 to 



2.00 

 2.00 



30.00 

 15.00 



60.00 

 10.00 

 4.00 

 4.00 

 5-00 

 3-00 



1.25 

 15.00 

 50.00 

 35.00 



the title. These are exceptionally 

 plentiful and good, and all things con- 

 sidered, sell well. There has also 

 been a marked improvement in Mrs. 

 Aaron Ward, :\Irs. Taft and Killanuy, 

 new crops of all of these having now 

 commenced. While My Maryland is 

 still good and is a great summer rose 

 the buyers for some reason prefer Kil- 

 larney as soon as it can be had go^d. 

 Carnations remain about the same. 

 Some of the growers who have taken 

 special care of their old beds are still 

 sending in some pretty good flowers. 



Orchids very scarce. Some mornings 

 it's a hard job to fill an order for even 

 a dozen cattleyas at any price. Gard- 

 enias are of excellent quality with de- 

 mand very sluggish and the price at 

 the lowest notch it has reached this 

 year. There arc lots of hydrangea 

 heads and other out-door flowers to be 

 seen around but there is little use 

 sending these to town the way business 

 is at present. Same may be said of 

 dahlias. No sense in cutting many of 

 these yet except on special orders. 



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