'March 7, 1914. 



HORTICULTURE 



345- 



Flower Market Reports 



The blizzard which visit- 

 BOSTON ed cities south of us very 

 accommodatingly went to 

 sea without coming to see Boston. 

 After a thrashing rain storm on Sun- 

 day, the snow has been disappearing 

 rapidly and there is a springlike tone 

 to the air. Flowers of all kinds are 

 coming forward much more rapidly 

 than the market demands and prices 

 have fallen on everything except 

 American Beauty roses, which still re- 

 main very scarce. The supply of 

 Easter lilies is rather light, but there 

 is an abundance of fine callas. Roses 

 are very fine and lots of them, includ- 

 ing the newer varieties. Carnations, 

 violets and lily of the valley, plenti- 

 ful and extra good. Violets are find- 

 ing a better sale now and quantities of 

 them are seen in corsage use in the 

 shopping streets. Cattleyas are in 

 plentiful supply, but the blooms gen- 

 erally run under size. All bulbous 

 stock is in excessive quantity and 

 selling very cheap. Sweet peas have 

 improved greatly in quality, in the 

 ordinary run and fine Blanche Ferry 

 is extremely popular, holding its own 

 well with the proud Spencers. Hardv 

 ferns are in short supply and of rather 

 poor quality. 



Bright sunshine days 

 BUFFALO are bringing in the 



heaviest supply of the 

 season; there are roses galore, any 

 grade and color, also carnations, lilies, 

 peas, violets and practically every 

 thing along the line and plenty of it. 

 Lilies, which a week ago were a scarce 

 thing at times are seen in regular 

 Easter style. There has been a quiet- 

 ness throughout the whole week. Sat- 

 urday the bargain sale day was only 

 a slight relief to the wholesaler. Bulb- 

 ous stock is too plentiful, peas are 

 coming on too heavy and violets have 

 to be forced to sell at any price. The 

 scarcity of Beauties has passed and so 

 has the demand, and this also relates 

 to lily of the valley. Floral work has 

 been light and the accumulation of so 

 much stock has caused the prices to 

 break. It is hoped that the coming 

 week will brighten up things and put 

 the market on a better basis. 



The week has brought 

 CHICAGO a decided change in the 



market. Beginning 

 with the middle of the closing week in 

 February, sales began to fall oft and 

 even the Saturday trade did not show 

 a normal demand. March has had 

 three days so far of very light busi- 

 ness and stock is accumulating rapid- 

 ly. The bright sunshine is increasing 

 the supply which would have been ex- 

 tremely gratifying a short time ago, 

 but which this week is only a burden. 

 The change is felt more keenly in 

 roses because the cut has been so 

 small generally since the holidays. The 

 first Spanish iris was seen this week 

 at Poehlmann Bros., and was cut from 

 their place. Rubruni lilies are also 

 among the latest arrivals in this mar- 

 ket. There is no marked change in the 

 amount of bulb stock coming now is 

 the complaints of growers of La 

 Reine tulips, some of whom report only 

 one-tenth of their bulbs as ilowering. 

 Formosum lilies, immense in size and 

 carried on five-foot stems are offered. 

 Carnations can be had at all prices 

 and all qualities. Very long-stemmed 



KILLARNEY QUEEN 



From our New York Store can be 

 ohtained some exceptionally choice 

 Kllliirney Queen and Indiana at $6.00, 

 5;S.OO. $10.00 and $12.00 per 100. A few 

 extra long Queen at $15.00 per 100. 



Plenty of other good Roses: Tafts, 

 Sunbursts, Pink and White Killar- 

 neys, Wards, Beauties, etc. 



Facilities for shipping from New 

 York to Montreal are unusually good, 

 and we would be very glad to have 

 our Montreal Customers bear this in 

 mind and order from our New i'ork 

 Store. 



FOR ST. PATRICK'S DAY: 

 Green Carnation Dye, per package, 60c. 

 Shamrocks in Pots: 



3'/. inch $40.00 per 1000 



2 " " 30.00 " 



1 " 26.00 



Write for our preliminary list ot 

 Easter Plants. 



RIBBONS — Many new patterns in 

 exclusive Ribbons. It you have not 

 received one of our new catalogues, 

 advise us at once and we will mail 

 you a copy. 



S. S. PENNOCK-MEEHAN CO. 



The Wholesale Florists of Philadelphia. 



NEW YORK 

 117 West 28th St. 



PHILADELPHIA 

 1608-20 Ludlow St. 



BALTIMORE 

 Franklin & St.Paul Su. 



WASHINGTON 

 1216H.St^N.W. 



WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS — ^"^^^ 



PRICES — Per 100 



TO DEALERS ONLY 



Roses 



Am. Beauty, Special 



*< " Fancy and Extra 



No. I 



Killarney, Extra 



" Ordinary 



Richmond, Hillingdoo, Extra 



" " Ordinary 



Maryland, Ward, Taft, Sunburst, Extra . 

 " '* '* *' Ordinary . ... 



Russell, Shawyer 



Carnations, Fancy 



" Ordinary 



Cattleyas 



Lilies. Longiflorum . .. 



Callas .... 



Lily of the Valley 



Paper Whites, Koman Hyacinths 



Freesias 



Daffodils 



Tulips 



Violets 



M ignonette 



Daisies 



Sweet Peas 



Gardenias 



Adiantum 



Smilax 



Asparagus Plumosus, Strings (lOo) 



" " & Spren. (loo Bchs.) 



BOSTON 



March 2 



50.00 



20.00 



10.00 

 6.00 

 2.00 

 6.00 

 2.00 

 6.00 

 2.00 



10.00 



2. 00 



1.50 



20.00 



8.00 



2.00 

 1. 00 

 1.00 



1. 00 

 2.00 



•35 



2.00 



2.00 



.40 



20.00 



75 



12.00 



35-00 



10.00 



75.00 

 30.00 

 15.00 

 10.00 



4.00 

 10.00 



4.00 

 10.00 



4.00 

 15.00 



3.00 



2. 00 



35-0O 

 10.00 

 10.00 

 4.00 

 2.00 

 2.00 

 2.00 

 3.00 



■50 



6.00 



3-00 



1. 00 



25,00 



1. 00 



15.00 



50.00 



35-00 



ST. LOUIS 



March 2 



30.00 

 15.00 

 8.00 

 6.00 

 3.00 

 6.00 

 .t.oo 

 6.00 

 2.00 



2.00 



1. 00 



40.00 



10.00 



10.00 

 3-00 

 3.00 

 3.00 

 2.00 

 2.00 

 •15 

 4.00 



.20 



1. 00 

 12.00 

 3500 

 15.00 



40.00 

 25.00 

 10.00 

 8.00 

 4.00 

 8.00 

 4.00 

 8.00 

 4.00 



3.00 



1.50 



50.00 



1 2- 50 

 12. 50 

 4.00 

 4.00 

 4.00 

 3.00 



3 00 

 ■35 



5.00 



i.as 



1-25 



15.00 

 50.00 

 25.00 



PHILA. 



Mareh 2 



60.00 



40.00 

 5.00 

 8.00 

 4.00 



12.00 to 

 6.00 to 

 8.00 to 

 4.00 to 



10.00 



3.00 



to 



to 



to 



40.00 



10.00 

 10.00 



3.00 



2.00 

 2.00 



3.00 



•50 

 3.00 

 1.50 



•50 



10.00 

 1. 00 

 17.00 



65.oo> 

 50.00 

 20.00 

 10.00 ' 

 6.00 

 I5.0&' 

 8.00 

 10.00 

 6.00 - 

 20.00 ' 

 4.00 

 2.00 

 60.00 

 20.00 ■ 

 20.00 • 

 4.00 

 3.00- 

 4.00 

 3.00 

 5.00 

 i.OO* 



6.00 

 3-00 



I.OO- 



20.00 



I. JO 



25.00. 

 50.00 



50.00 



Beauties remain about the same, but 

 there are more of the medium lengths. 

 White carnations, as has been their 

 custom heretofore, are shortening in 

 supply as the green dye season ap- 

 proaches. Perhaps it is a natural re- 

 volt from an unnatural color. 



Monday and Tues- 

 PHILADELPHIA day of last week 



were pretty good 

 business days but with the advent of 

 Ash Wednesday the buyers seemed to 

 "get cold feet" and quit buying ex- 

 cept for hand-to-mouth absolute wants. 

 The natural consequence was an ac- 

 cumulation of flowers, a drop in prices 

 all along the line and a poor clean-up 

 Saturday. Today, Monday, as we write, 

 a blizzard is raging and few deliveries 

 have come in on account of stoppage 

 of traffic on the railroads, so orders 

 are being filled from Saturday's flow- 

 ers — that is, what few orders there are. 



Monday is usually one of the best days 

 of the week for business, but it is a^ 

 negligible quantity today. Taking the 

 situation as a whole things are not as^ 

 good as they might be but everybody 

 is trying to be cheerful and no doubt 

 will pull through somehow. All 

 flowers are now plentiful and of very 

 fine quality, so that all we need now is 

 better weather and forget about Lent, 

 both of which desiderations are sure- 

 to happen very soon. "God rest ye, 

 merry gentlemen; let nothing you dis- 

 may." 



The market was in 

 ST. LOUIS such a condition the 



last week that all the- 

 wholesalers were loaded up to the 

 guards with all seasonable stock 

 daily and at prices very low in all 

 grades. Violets and sweet peas v^'ere- 

 so plentiful that not half of them were- 



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