December 28, 1912 



H R T I C U L T U E E 



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A decoration at New Years would not be in keeping if it were not In red, and 

 what is bandsomer and more showy or more brilliantly red than a decoration 

 o£ Poinsettias? An unusually choice lot, we will have, medium, large and extra 

 large, at $30.00 and $40.00 per 100. 



H£AOOUARTERS FOR CREfcNS 

 WILD SMILAX: ,$5.00 per case. 



(iKKliN OB BRONZE GALAX: •'<1..W per 1,000; $7.50 per 10,000. 

 I,KI I'OTHOE SPRAYS (green and bronze) .1:1.00 per 100; $7.50 per 1,000. 

 GREEN SHEET MOSS: $3...50 per. bag. 

 SPH.\GNITM MOSS: Ten bbl. bales, nicely burlapped, each $4.00; 5 bale lots, 



$:i.75 each ; 10 bale lots, $3..50 each ; 25 bale lots, $3.25 each. 

 ME-MCAN IVV: $1.00 per 100: $7.50 per 1,000. 

 BOXWOOD: 50 lb. cases, $7.50 each. 

 I).\GGEK FERNS: .$2.00 per 1,000. 



RIBBONS AND SUPPLIES: Many new patterns in exclusive Ribbons. Write us for prices 

 00 these and on Supplies. 



S. S. Pennock-Meelian Co. 



THE WHOLESALE FLORISTS OF PHILADELPHIA 



PHILADELPHIA 



I(i08-lli;« I.udlow St. 



NEW YORK 



117 W. 38111 St. 



WASHINGTON 



1216 H St., N. W. 



Flower Market Reports WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS 



TRADE PRICES — Per ICO 



TO DEALERS ONLY 



The Christmas trade 

 BALTIMORE seems to have been 

 better this year than 

 in preceding years. The weather dur- 

 ing the past weeli was ideal, warm and 

 clear, and no extra wrapping ot cut 

 flowers and plants was necessary. All 

 the plants were fine, especially poin- 

 settias, begonias and azaleas. Cut flow- 

 ers notwithstanding the advance in 

 prices, are selling better than In for- 

 mer years, and the stock is of extra 

 fine quality. Roses are excellent, but 

 there is no abundance of them. Car- 

 nations and violets are plentiful and 

 good. Bulbous stock is abundant with 

 a light demand. 



It was a glorious Christ- 

 BOSTON mas for all; growers, 

 wholesalers and retailers 

 all tell the same story for the Boston 

 trade. All this, notwithstanding the 

 fierce snow blockade which intruded 

 its unwelcome presence on the 24th, 

 and made havoc with the delivery 

 service generally. The retail dealers 

 say that the storm did not hurt them 

 any as far as the sales were con- 

 cerned, but only in the transportation. 

 In fact, judging by the crowds that 

 packed all the city stores, there was 

 all the business that could possibly be 

 accommodated, and this with an army 

 of extra helpers, some ot them not 

 any too good. The plant people were 

 all cleaned up several days ahead of 

 the big holiday. The retail people dis- 

 posed of everything, azaleas alone ex- 

 cepted and these only because they 

 were inferior — mostly green leaves 

 with a few stubby blooms and not fit 

 for any useful purpose. The best 

 seller of all was the poinsettia and of 

 this standard Christmas plant there 

 was a genuine famine at the wind-up. 

 As usual the plant trade prospered 

 at the expense of the flower trade in 

 so far as the latter was handicapped 

 by prices that the public would not 

 stand for. The cut flower trade was 

 by far the biggest and best on record. 

 Prices asked before the holiday were 

 well maintained on everything that 

 showed acceptable quality. The items 

 most affected by the raise were roses 

 and carnations and. In each case, the 

 red varieties were the sprinters. No 

 evidence of salting were seen and no 

 criticism of the quality generally can 



ROSES 



BOSTON 



December 26 



CHICAGO 



December 34 



ST. LOUIS 



December 24 



PHILA 



December 24 



Am. Beauty, Fancy and Special.... 



** ** Extra 



No.i 



" " Lower Grades 



KJUarney, Richmond, Maryland . . . 



Bride, 'Maid 



Hillingdon, Ward, Melody 



Taft, Sunburst 



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Cattleyas 



Lilies, Longiflorum . .. - 



Lily of tlie Valley 



Paper White Narcissus 



Stevia 



Violets 



Daises 



Sweet Peas 



Gardenias 



Adiantum 



Smtlax 



Asparagus Plumosus, Strings (100). . 

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be justly made. Never before have 

 carnations held their ground so well 

 up to and through the special demand 

 as they did this year. Retail buyers 

 were unwilling to pay the price in 

 many cases, however, and whether it 

 be regarded as desirable or otherwise, 

 the fact remains that many an azalea 

 was sold to parties seeking carnations 

 because of the price asked for the lat- 

 ter. In this connection it is well to 

 remember that the money for growing 

 the azalea goes across the Atlantic. 

 The wholesale market did not show 

 the surplus that was feared by many. 

 The retail buyers seemed courageous 

 and bought freely and fairly and 

 showed a disposition to take a chance 

 on their own account, so no fault can 

 be found in that respect this year. 

 This confidence in the ultimate result 

 was well placed, for once, and* none 

 of those who invested can offer any 

 reason for complaint. All the stores 

 are like dismantled barracks on the 

 morning after the fray. Much trouble 

 and loss was occasioned to the large 

 handlers of greens through a rigid 

 enforcement of the moth quarantine 

 rules locally, but more particularly in 

 the case of Canadian shipments, the 

 Dominion government having put on 

 restrictions much more drastic than 

 the Federal laws. 



A most satisfactory hol- 

 CHICAGO iday trade has been ex- 

 perienced by wholesal- 

 ers up to this date, Christmas eve, the 

 great bulk of which has been shipping. 



Prices held up to previous quotations 

 with very few exceptions and Saturday, 

 Sunday and Monday all hands were 

 kept busy till well into the night. All 

 kinds of stock cleaned up and the ar- 

 rivals of Monday and Tuesday were 

 expected to be needed for local trade. 

 This was something of a disappoint- 

 ment for the high prices turned much 

 of the demand into the hands of the 

 dealers in greens and prepared stock 

 and sales of cut flowers lagged on 

 Tuesday, even when lower prices pre- 

 vailed. It is too early to speak the 

 final word, but the retailers have a 

 stock of blooming plants tempting 

 enough to appeal to anyone and larger 

 than ever before, and indications are 

 that sales in plants, which have stead- 

 ily increased each year, will be a rec- 

 ord breaker this season. Some tulips, 

 daffodils, narcissus, quantities of 

 stevia, plenty of cut poinsettias. paper 

 whites, lily of the valley, etc., were 

 added to the supply of roses and car- 

 nations and afforded plenty of choice. 

 Carnations remained till Tuesday the 

 most scarce of all, stock and . prices 

 held firm from $6 to $12, according to 

 grade and color. Indications now are 

 that there will be more than can be 

 used to advantage for the first time 

 this season, though Christmas morning 

 may find the market brisk enough to 

 take care of all the carnations that ac- 

 cumulate Tuesday. Very few chrysan- 

 themums were left for Christmas and 

 were not popular with customer^. 



(Continued on Fage Qfi * 



