June 13, 1914 



HORTICULTURE 



877 



Flower Market Reports 



Business is below noi- 

 BOSTON mal for this (late, but is 

 somewhat better than it 

 was last week. There is a heavy 

 Steele of everything in the market and 

 prices in quantity are necessarily low. 

 In roses the best sellers are Double 

 White Killarney, Killarney Queen, 

 Cardinal and Sunburst. Lily of the 

 valley is also a lively subject thi.-^ 

 month. Of the things that are not 

 quoted in our regular price columns, 

 but which are having a fair demand 

 just now, there are peonies from $4 

 to $8 per 100; cornflowers at 7.5c. to 

 $1; gladioli at %i to $S. Peonies from 

 a distance are weather beaten and be- 

 draggled but the local crop which is 

 just opening, is all right as to quality. 



The condition of the Chi- 

 CHiCAGO cago market remains a 

 great disappointment to 

 those who are accustomed to having a 

 good business in June, as a sort of 

 preparation for the dull months follow- 

 ing. There does not seem to be any 

 basis for hope of a change in the near 

 future, the government thermometer 

 registering 93° and a strong, hot wind 

 from the southeast taking the life out 

 of the stock. The Saturday trade, 

 though nothing like a normal week- 

 end business, was a little more en- 

 couraging than the balance of the 

 week, but this week unless stock is 

 excellent, it does not move at all. A 

 few really good carnations are seen 

 but the great bulk are soft and sleepy. 

 There is some demand for a good 

 quality of roses for June weddings and 

 commencements, but stock is apt to be 

 small and weak-stemmed. A fair sup- 

 ply of Beauties are coming and these 

 sell, especially the longer ones. Ship- 

 ping is light. Peonies have proven 

 unsatisfactory as a whole and many 

 growers will face a loss. 



This city and vicin- 

 CINCINNATI ity is still in the 



throes of the hottest 

 spell of the year. Last week we had 

 a brief respite but this week the sun 

 came out again with all and more of 

 its former fury. The rural districts 

 need rain badly. Flowers are in a 

 very heavy supply but a large part of 

 them are showing the effect of the hot 

 weather. The demand ranges from 

 slow to ordinary. Last week was 

 commencement week and resulted in a 

 fair call for flowers. Most of the 

 florists came in for their share of this 

 business. Blooms mostly sought after 

 were yellow roses. American Beau- 

 ties, corn flower and coreopsis. At 

 the time of this writing all seasonable 

 flowers may be had in quantities. 



Complaints of dull de- 

 NEW YORK mand and unprece- 

 dentedly low figures 

 on staple cut flowers are prevalent in 

 the wholesale market district again 

 this week. The Memorial Day slaugh- 

 ter left the market in a most demoral- 

 ized condition from which there has 

 been no recovery thus far. Receipts 

 of flowers have continued very heavy, 

 peonies, lilies and roses predominat- 

 ing. Sweet peas also are far in excess 

 of the capacity of the market. Moun- 



90aux<' 



^"^ Rose Sprays 



/. -^ For beautiful decorative ef- 



& . I fects there is notUing hand- 



.^igttt^ vA I somer or choicer than the long 



tf^ ^ f ; graceful sprays of the many 



■^ XT > varieties of Ramblers, pmk, 



-It^ white and red. Tlie first cuts 



■^ will come from our Washing- 



ton store, then Baltimore, 

 , . — .-, Philadelphia and New York, 



■^'^ giving us a longer season to supply 

 :^^,T.T^JiBa^^ our customers than any other house in 

 the country, 



S5,00 to $25.00 per 100, according to 

 the length of sprays. 

 VAILEY Uoz. 100 



^—^^^^^^ Extra „ „ ''•'"' 



CATTLEYAS ..^ *<••<"• 



A few extra choice Gigas 1.60 



Headquarters for Greens. 



Natural Cycas, :;«-4(l inch, *-00 Per pair. 



Leucothoe, green, Ifl.OO per 100, *i.50 



per 1000. ^ ^ . A 



DaBBer Ferns, best quality, long, perfect fronds, 



IVpar^Bus Plumosus, bunches and strings, 50c ea. 



AsparaBus Sprengeri. 25c and 33e per bunch. 



Bnvwood Sprays, 50-lb. cases, $i.uO eacn. 



tilllax? greeS and bron.e, $1.50 per 1000, $7.50 per 

 case of 10.000. 



Green Sheet .Moss, $3.50 per bag. 



r.reen Lump Moss, $1.50 per bbl. 



Fadeless Green Sheet Moss, $3.50 per bag. 



Sphagnum Moss (burlapped), 10-bbl. bales $4 00 

 per bale, 5 bale lots at $3.75 per bale, 10 bale 

 lots at $3.50 per bale. 

 EVERYTHING IN RIBBONS. We Carry one of the largest and 

 most varied stocks in Kibbons pertaining to the florist business 

 of any house in the country. It you have not received one ot 

 our new catalogues, advise us and we will mail you one at once. 



S. S. PENNOCK-MEEHAN CO. 



THE WHOLESALE 1 LORISTS OI PHILADKIIHI A. 



Philadelphia, 160S-1C2() Ludlow St, Washington, 1216 H- St. N- W- 

 New York, 117 W. 28th St. Baltimore, Franklin & St. Paul bts. 



WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS — 



TRADE PRICES 



-Per 100 

 TO DEALERS ONLY 



Roses 



Am. Beauty, Special 



" " Fancy and Extra 



No. I 



Killarney, Extra 



" Ordinary 



Richmond, Hillingdon, Extra 



•* " Ordinary 



Maryland, Ward, Taft, Sunburst, Extra 

 " " " " Ordinary.. - . 



Russell, Shawycr 



Carnations, Fancy 



" Ordinary 



Cattleyas 



Lilies. Longiftonim 



Lily of the Valley 



Snapdragon 



Mignonette 



Dasies, white and yellow 



Sweet Peas 



Gardenias ■ 



Adianlum 



Smilax 



Asparagus Plumosus, Strings (loo) 



" " & Spren. (loo Bchs.) 



BOSTON 



June II 



ST. LOUIS 



June 8 



PHILA. 



June 8 



15.00 

 8.00 

 2.00 



15.00 

 6.00 



20.00 



15.00 



5.00 



25.00 

 18.00 

 10.00 

 6.00 



3.00 



6.00 



4.00 



6.00 



3.00 



3.00 

 1. 00 

 50.00 

 10.00 

 4.00 

 4.00 

 5.00 

 1. 00 



.40 

 1.25 



12.50 

 50.00 

 25.00 



20,00 

 12.50 

 3.00 

 4.00 

 1. 00 

 4.00 

 1. 00 

 4.00 

 1. 00 

 2.00 

 2. 00 



•50 



35.00 



4.00 



1. 00 



1. 00 



35.00 

 16.00 

 10.00 



8.00 



3. DO 



8.00 

 3.00 

 8.00 

 3.00 



10.00 



3. DO 



1.50 

 50.00 

 8.00 

 4.00 

 4.00 



tain laurel in bloom is being sent in 

 from the country and helps to increase 

 the burden. Quantities of pyrethrums, 

 sweet Williams and similar products of 

 the herbaceous garden are also in the 

 way. Lilies have never been offered 

 so cheap but even at $15.00 to $20.00 

 a thousand they remain unsold. Many 

 outdoor Jacqs and other .lune bloom- 

 ing roses are seen on all sides. Carna- 

 tions are not so plentiful as they were 

 and are evidently receding rapidly, but 

 like everything else, they bring very 

 little. Cattleyas are superb and there 

 are lots of them — gigas of great 



beauty being now at their height. 

 Whatever one may think of the rela- 

 tive value of the other material which 

 floods the market in .lune there can 

 be but one opinion of the intrinsic 

 worth of these splendid cattleyas, that 

 it is far more than the price at which 

 they must be sold at present, Lily ot 

 the valley is really the best seller on 

 the list and will probably hold its own 

 for some time to come. Receipts are 

 heavy and quality fine. Roses show 

 the enervating effects of the recent 

 hot wave. The cut is still enormous 



{Conlmiied on pagt Syq) 



