November 16, 1912 



HORTICULTURE 



689 



DOUBLE WHITE KILLARNEY 



The best White Rose on the market today. Quality now better than at 

 any time since we began to handle it. 



ALL KILLARNEYS, BOTH PINK AND WHITE 



SPECIAL per 100 .flO.OO and $12.00 EXTRA per 100 $0.00 



FANCY per 100 $8.00 FIRST per 100 $5.00 



SECOND per 100 $3.00 



VALLEY: Special, $4.00 per 100; Extra, $3.00 per 100. 



WHITE ORCHIDS : $3.00 per doz., $40 00 per 100. 



GARDENIAS: Special, $4.00 per doz. Fancy, $3.00 per doz. First, $2.00 per doz. 



HEADQUARTERS FOR GREENS 

 WILD SMILAX: $5.00 per case. 

 <iREEN GALAX: $1.50 per 1,000; $7.50 per 10,000. 

 BRONZE GALAX: $1.50 per 1,000 



I.KI <OTllOE SPR.WS (sreen): $1..50 per 100; $7.50 per 1,000. 

 GREEN SHEET MOSS: $3.50 per bag. 



SPHAGNUM MOSS: Ten bbl. bales, nicely burlapped, each, $i.0O; 5 

 bale lots, $3.75 each ; 10 bale lots, $3.50 each ; 25 bale lots, $3.25 each. 

 MEXICAN IVY: $1.00 per 100; $7.50 per 1,000. 

 BOXWOOD: 50 lb. c:i.ses each $7..'30 



RIBBONS AND sl'PPLIE!S: Many new patterns in exclusive Ribbons. Write us 

 for prices on these and on Supplies. 



S. S. PennocK-MeeKan Co. 



THE WHOLESALE FLORISTS OF PHILADELPHIA 



PHILADELPHIA, 1608-1620 Ludlow St. 



NEW YORK, 117 W. 28th St. 



WASHINGTON, 1216 H. St., N. W. 



Flower Market Reports 



(Continued on Page 651) 



In common with the rest 

 BOSTON of the country this mar- 

 ket is suffering fiom the 

 rapid accumulations consequent upon 

 the chrysanthemum season, accen- 

 tuated by the continued warm fall 

 weather. Nothing is moving faster 

 than the supply warrants and nothing 

 Is in demand that cannot he furnished 

 in quantity at buyers' price. Quality 

 is excellent on all varieties of roses 

 and carnations, on violets, lilies, etc., 

 and as to chrysanthemums there is no 

 limit on quality or quantity, although 

 it is a fact that the $3.00 to $8.00 

 grades are most easily unloaded. The 

 retail trade is fairly good for the 

 season and it is only the grower and 

 wholesaler who has cause for com- 

 plaint. It is just possible that the 

 anxiety may shift on to other shoul- 

 ders before the Thanksgiving holi- 

 days. 



Not alone has the 

 BUFFALO weather been bad but 

 business on the same 

 basis throughout the entire week ex- 

 cept Saturday. The flower show had 

 a tendency to keep away the buye s 

 and speculators and stock of all kinds 

 accumulated throughout the week. 

 This was a week of chrysanthe- 

 mums and in which a good 

 many of the late varieties were 

 brought in and when Golden Wed- 

 ding, Maud Dean and Mrs. Jerome 

 Jones varieties are seen we know that 

 the height of the chrysanthemum sea- 

 son is at hand. Bonnaffon, the well- 

 known yellow, was seen in good quan- 

 tity and quality also white and yellow 

 Eaton, Golden Eagle, Mrs. Wilks and 

 other varieties and prices were not of 

 the best. There seems to be a heavy 

 supply of singles this season, which do 

 not move satisfactory though double 

 yellow and button varieties have the 

 best demand. There were plenty of 

 roses, the bad weather checking to 

 some extent, but the accumulation of 

 the early part of the week caused 

 prices to fall to low ebb. In the 

 Beauty line the medium grades have 

 taken better and the quality is excel- 



WHOLESA LE FLOWER MARKETS — '^«^'^^p«'^^S1)^-l'e^ only 



BOSP<? I BOSTON \ CHICAGO I aT. LOUIs I HHILA 



■^"^^° I N ovember 14 | November 12 | Novemb er 12 | November 5 



Am. Beauty, Fancy and Special.... 



" " Extra .... 



No. I 



" " Lower Grades 



KiUarney, Richmond, Maryland... 



Bride, 'Maid 



Hillingdon, Ward, Melody 



Taf t , Sunburst 



Carnations 



Cattleyas 



Lilies, Longiflorum 



Lily of the Valley 



Violets 



Chrysanthemums, Fancy 



" Ordinary 



Daises 



Sweet Peas 



Ciardenias 



Adiantum 



Smilax 



Asparagus Plumosus, Strings (loo)-. 

 *' '* & Spren. (100 Bchs.). . 



15.00 

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lent at pi'esent. Richmonds are be- 

 coming better and Wards and Sun- 

 burst are great favorites. Doubl,^ 

 White Killarney are only in short sup- 

 ply. Good giganteum lilies are scarce. 

 A nice lot of mignonette is coming in, 

 also sweet peas, pansies. violets and 

 lily of the valley, the latter having 

 exceptionally good call. Good carna- 

 tions are not over plentiful. 



The chrysanthemum sea- 

 , CHICAGO son is at its height. 



There is an unusual 

 number of pompons this year and this 

 week is the first that there has been 

 any more offered than could readily 

 be sold. Prices on the whole are 

 averaging up as well as in other years. 

 American Beauties are in very good 

 demand and quality Is excellent. 

 Roses are not keeping up so well. 

 Ward and Sunburst are especially in 

 demand, the latter being seen in ex- 

 tra high grade; both have proven pop- 

 ular here. Richmond is shortened up 

 a bit, but there are enough generally. 

 Carnations are quite scarce as they 

 have been all the fall. Lilies are sell- 

 ing rather slow and the price has 

 dropped. A few callas are appearing. 

 Plant trade is beginning to settle 

 down to the fall demand and there 

 is a large variety of plants to be had. 

 Very good specimens of Gloir de Lor- 

 raine and Cincinnati begonias and 

 cyclamen are now seen, which to- 



gether with the chrysanthemums lend 

 color to the plant offerings. Peppers 

 have been in good demand and the 

 stock is not sufficient to meet the de- 

 mand. It is evident that the depart- 

 ment stores are going to be lively 

 competitors for florists to contend 

 with. Their trade seems to increase 

 each week. 



The general market 



CINCINNATI conditions are noth- 

 ing to brag of ex- 

 cept as far as the quantity and quality 

 of stock is concerned. The supply is 

 large and the quality is, as a whole, 

 very good. The demand is. however, 

 not equal to the task. The good chrys- 

 anthemums have been finding a pretty 

 steady market. The same, however, 

 is not true of their smaller brethren, 

 the pompons. The latter seem to be 

 moving very slowly this year. The 

 rose cut has shortened considerably 

 and this fact has probably saved a 

 glur. Carnations have, up to a few 

 dnys previous to this writing, been 

 selling nicely. Since that time they, 

 too, seem to have struck a light slump. 

 Other flowers have been cleaning up 

 fairly well. 



The wholesale market 



NEW YORK here is completely 



demoralized. With a 



continuation of the warm weather 



which has now joined hands with the 



(Contimted on page bqi) 



