January 3, 1914 



HORTICULTUKE 



21 



CATTLEYAS 



A magriificent lot, mostly Trianae, some light, some darker. 



A very good grade medium size flowers, Percivalliana and 

 Trianae at $3.00 per dozen. 



IiEADQr.\KTERS FOR (iKEENS. 



Uoxwooil, case of ."iO lbs $ 8.00 



(■alax. Hrnnze ami tireen, per 



Uejiv.v, 



11X10 



(a-. 



1.50 



of lO.fMM). . . 7.30 



Willi Siiiilax. per <-aMe 5.00 



Bronze anil <;reeil >lahonia, per 



MIO 



I'er 1000 



Leiicothoe, Green 



per 100 



I'er I0(M) 



..50 



1..-J0 

 IJ..=iO 



and Bronze, 



1.00 



7.50 



Mexiean Iv.v. per 100 1.00 



I'er 1000 7.50 



KIBBt»N.S — Many new patterns ki exclusive rihhons. If yon iiave not yet re- 

 ceiveil one of our new ratalognes. advihe us at onie anil we will mail you 

 a eop.v. 



]..aurel KopiuK. Extra 



per 100 yds 8.(MI 



Siiiilax. string 20 anil .25 



llard.v I>a^i;er Ferns, best qual- 

 ity, larfie fronds, per lOOO. . 

 Extra loHK, per 1000 



(ireen Sbeet Moss, per bag 



Asparamis StriiiKs, ea<'li 



Cut Heniloi'k, per l>iinille 3.50 



AsparaKiis and SpenKerii Bun- 

 dles, eaeli 



SpbaKiiuni .Moss, hurlapped, 10- 



bbl. bales, eiwh 4.00 



5-ljale lots. eiU'h ;{.75 



10-bale lots S.50 



1.50 

 3.00 

 3.S0 

 .50 



$.S.PENNOCK-MEEHANCO. 



PHILADELPHIA 

 1608-20 Ludlow St. 



NEW YORK 

 117 West 28th St. 



WASHINGTON 

 1216 H. St., N. W. 



BALTIMORE 

 Franklin and St. Paul Stt. 



'AV\'^ 



Flower Market Reports WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS 



There is not much to add 

 BOSTON to the notes on Christ- 

 mas trade which appeared 

 last week. The retail stores had 

 stocked up well on plants, and as 

 usual, devoted their energies to dis- 

 posing of them first, holding off their 

 flower purchasing largely until the last 

 day. A good many azaleas were left 

 over in retailers' hands, but with this 

 exception the plants moved off very 

 clean. In the rose market it is to 

 be noted that the ready sellers were 

 the medium grades — a 15 to 18-inch 

 stem class being generally acceptable. 

 The high grades evidently cost too 

 much for the average buyer, and the 

 culls and low grade product were 

 scorned as not fit to buy. Of course, 

 the bright colors had the preference 

 and white dragged badly, not in roses 

 alone, but in every line. The carna- 

 tion was all right in colors, but of 

 the whites there was a heavy over- 

 stock and lots were sacrificed at un- 

 quotable figures. Even in the colored 

 sorts they had to be fresh and bright 

 to command respectable prices. To 

 revert to the roses once more, it 

 should be said that never before has 

 Boston seen so many American Beau- 

 ties for Christmas. The well-known 

 shipping facilities of this market at 

 steady Christmas prices and the slumi) 

 in holiday values of this rose in other 

 centres brought art influx from outside 

 which bore heavily on those local 

 dealers who sought to maintain the 

 quoted rates and a break was inevi- 

 table. Richmond, Killarney and Sun- 

 burst sold quite well, but Maryland, 

 Taft, Ward and Hillingdon moved dis- 

 appointingly slow. Cattleyas were so 

 poor in quality that many were lost 

 and nobody cared. There was a sur- 

 plus of lily of the valley, although the 

 sales were lively. Single violets went 

 off all right, but doubles were rather 



TRADE PRICES - Per 100 



TO DEALERS ONLY 



Roses 



BOSTON 



January i 



Am. Beauty, Special I 40,00 



■' " Fancy and Extra | 20.00 



" No. I I 10,00 



K.illarney, Extra 



" Ordinary 



Richmond, Hillingdoo, Extra 



*' " Ordinary 



Maryland, Ward, Taft, Sunburst. Extra 



" " " "Ordinary 4.00 



Russell, Shawyer 10.00 



Carnations, Fancy 2.00 



" Ordinary i,ck) 



Cattleyas 



Cypripediums 



Lilies, Longiflorum 



Catlas.. . . 



Lily of the Valley 



Paper Whiles, Roman Hyacinths 



Freesias 



Violets. 



Daisies 



Sweet Peas .... , 



Ganieaias 



Adianlum 



Smilax 



Asparagus Plumosus, Strings (100) . 

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



5.00 

 8.00 



40,00 

 6.00 



2.00 

 1. 00 



60.00 

 30.00 

 15.^ 

 X5--X) 



D.OO 



15.00 

 6.00 



15.00 

 6,00 



20.00 

 3.00 

 2.00 



50.00 



15.00 

 8.00 



12.00 

 4.00 

 2.00 



.75 to 

 to 



1,50 to 



25.00 to 



75 to 



12.00 to 



35.00 to 



10,00 to 



1. 00 



2. 00 

 3.00 



35-00 

 1. 00 

 15.00 

 50.00 

 25.00 



ST. LOUIS 



December 15 



PHILA. 



December 15 



25.00 to 



10.00 

 6.00 



40.00 I 25.00 

 20.00 15.00 



4.00 

 8.00 

 5.00 

 8.00 



3.00 

 2.00 



15.00 

 10.00 



5.00 

 12.00 



6.00 

 10.00 



6.00 



4.00 

 2.50 



40.00 to 50.00 



12.00 

 10.00 

 3.00 

 3.00 

 3.00 

 .40 



15.00 

 15.00 

 4.00 

 4.00 

 4.00 

 ■75 



•75 



1,00 

 12.00 

 35 -oo 

 15.00 



1.25 

 15.00 

 50.00 

 25.00 



5.00 

 6.00 

 3.00 

 10.00 

 4,00 

 6.00 

 4.00 

 5.00 

 4.00 



40.03 

 12-50 

 10.00 

 12.50 

 2.00 

 1. 00 



■25 



1.50 



•50 



16.00 



to 

 to 



15.00 



35.00 

 35-00 



35-00 



20.00 

 12.50 

 10,00 

 6,00 

 12.00 



8,00 

 15.00 

 6.00 



25.00 



5.00 

 3.00 



60.00 

 15.00 

 12.50 

 15.00 



4.00 



3.00 



1. 00 



3.00 



I.OO 



33-0O 

 1.00 

 20.00 

 50.00 

 50.00 



slow. Gardenias were miserable in 

 quality. The quarantine laws made 

 havoc with the greens business and 

 the "dead line" on shipments from 

 certain sections of New England was 

 enforced rigidly both by this country 

 and Canada. 



The cut flower market has taken a 

 big slump since Christmas. Carna- 

 tuj^is suffered the most and not only 

 have prices gone down to an unprece- 

 dented level for this date, but the ice 

 chests of the wholesale dealers are 

 gorged with carnations as well as 

 paper white narcissi, mignonette, lilies 

 and other things. Roses, happily, are 

 'moving satisfactorily, American Beau- 

 ty especially so, Killarney, white and 

 pink, Taft. and Ward are selling all 

 right in the medium grades. Lily of 

 the valley is very abundant and of 

 superb quality and is being moved off 

 well on that account. 



The Christmas week's 

 BUFFALO business was such that 

 it is not known as yet 

 whether the volumn of trade exceeded 

 previous years. The buying of holly 

 began early and as the supply was 

 shorter each day from Monday on, 

 prices advanced slightly, but the qual- 

 ity was not up to previous years. 

 Other decorating greens sold as well 

 as other years. The retailers were 

 prepared with enough artifical mater- 

 ial to swing all orders and this season 

 broke all records in the sale of this 

 stuff. Plants went well and there 

 was a good supply of all blooming 

 and foliage stock. When a salesman 

 cannot secure a cut flower order, a 

 fine plant of some kind should be sug- 

 gested. In the cut flower line there 

 is much to be said. Quotations were 

 higii on everything although the high- 

 est mark was not reached except pos- 

 sibly on one or two items. There was. 



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