September 23, 1911 



HORTICULTURE 



445 



Flower Market Reports 



(Ctmtinued from Au'' 



That the harvest 

 NEW YORK time in floral circles 



is not yet lure is evi- 

 denced by the abundance of material 

 in the wholesale establishments and 

 the sporadic nature of the buying. 

 While the tone is undoubtedly bet- 

 ter, yet there is nothing thus far to 

 boast about. The quality of stock is, 

 however, greatly improved and it is a 

 pleasure to look over the product of 

 some of the careful growers. Roses 

 are especially gaining in quality from 

 day to day and the select grades are 

 saleable at a correspondingly better 

 price than prevailed hitherto. 



Things picked 

 PHILADELPHIA up a little to- 

 wards the end 

 of the week; but on the whole trad- 

 ing was very sluggish. Storks have 

 Improved very materially both in 

 quantity and quality, the most notice- 

 able advance being in roses and car- 

 nations. American Beauty roses now 

 arriving are mostly from local grow- 

 ers — the eastern product which up to 

 last week was of better color being 

 now displaced. Dahlias have im- 

 proved greatly and are now much su- 

 perior as to stem and many of the 

 choicer varieties that do not flower 

 early are to be seen. Carnations also 

 are beginning to look something like 

 a flower. The only gardenias coming 

 in are outdoor stock. They are pretty 

 fair. The indoors will not be along 

 for some little time yet. Plenty of 

 cosmos of excellent quality; meets 

 with ready sale but at very moderate 

 price as a rule. Oak leaves with a 

 good tinge of brown are in. showing 

 that Jack Frost has "arriven" and 

 that the tritoma and oak foliage com- 

 bination will now be in order. Early 

 chrysanthemums have appeared, the 

 variety Golden Glow being the princi- 

 pal one so far. These meet with 

 pretty good sale. Hydrangea is now 

 showing its lovely bronze shadings 

 and is in much demand. lily of the 

 valley and lilies are both excellent 

 and abundant and the market for 

 these remains steady with rather an 

 upward tendency for local grown lil- 

 ies. The New York and other distant 

 longiflorums bring as a rule two to 

 five cents less than the home product. 

 Asters are still good and will proba- 

 bly continue a strong factor in the mar- 

 ket for some time yet. 



The market during 

 PROVIDENCE the past week has 



been sluggish, the 

 disappearance of the outdoor flowers 

 combined with the scarcity of indoor 

 blooms being in the main responsible 

 for the conditions. Asters have been 

 very short, choice stock bringing $2.00 

 per 100. nearly all indoor-grown stock. 

 A fe%v chrysanthemums have appeared 

 in the market bringing $2. Bit a dozen. 

 Roses have been plenty. Carnations 

 are short at $1.50 per 100 and the 

 supply is only fair. The flrsl killing 

 frost of the season swept over many 

 sections of the state a week ago Wed- 

 nesday night, dealing death to plants 

 and flowers of a tender nature that 

 had been left out by the unsuspecting 

 growers. Thus far no serious losses 

 have been reported. With the disap- 

 pearance of the many private outdocr 

 gardens in the urban sections florists 

 look to see an increase in the business 



Ku-f 1 



Carnation 

 Special 



New crop now arriving. Very good 

 as t<i size and substance for the se.-isou. 

 Such varieties as Mrs. Ward. Dorothy 

 (iordon, Wliiic lvr!e, tien and Bl 

 are very good, and are the leaders In 

 this market. The best stock of the best 

 growers is what we offer— In all the 

 staple varieties. 



Per 100: Fancy, .R00; Extra, $2.00. 



SPECIAL OFFER: Iu lots of 500 or 



over, we make a special offer of Car- 

 natlOn8 ror lliis week; our Selerte.ii ,-! 

 to colors and varieties; Fancy Quality 

 at J20.00 per 100O. Our special offers 

 are designed as "opportunities for live 

 business men." Wonderful values. Try 

 a sample box and judge for yourselves. 

 Perfect packing for express shipment, 

 our specialty. 



New and Choice Roses 



In addition to our regular list of all 

 the leading roses, please note that we 

 are receiving regular supplies of new 

 and choice varieties, such as Double 

 l'ink Killurne.v, Melody, Prince de Bul- 

 B ne Mrs Aaron Ward, etc. This 

 week's quotations on these are as fol- 

 lows : 



Per 100 Fancy Extra First 

 Double Pink Kill u 



ne.v $10.00 $S.0O $0.00 



Melody 6.00 1.00 



Prince de Bulgarie. . S.00 0.00 



Mrs. Aaron Ward 5.00 3.00 



Welcome uovellties these — that will 

 I our customers. 



honk SPECIAL: In line with our 

 carnation special (mentioned above) we 

 offer for this week, standard varieties 

 of roses, our selection as to colors, eti 

 in lois of two hundred or over, at $3.00 



per 100. 



FIELD GROWN 



CARNATION PLANTS 



See our advertisement in 

 Horticulture of Sept. 2. 



We still have some flue plants of most 

 »f the varieties to offer. 



Distributing Agents for the great new 

 roses for 1912 



Double 

 White Killarney 



AIM EZ> 



Killarney Queen 



Write us for particulars and pi [< 

 1 >rdera booked d h . 



S. S. PENNOCK-MEEHAN CO. 



THE F TrJf?. L s E T S s A 8F PHILADELPHIA 



NEW YORK PHILADELPHIA WASHINGTON 



109 W. 28th Street 1608-1620 Ludlow Street 1212 New York Ave. 



NEW YORK QUOT ATIONS PER 100. To Dealers Only 



MISCELLANEOUS 



Cattleyas 



Lilies, LoDgrilorum 



Lily ol the Valley 



Chrysanthemums 



Gladioli 



Asters 



Daisies 



Dahlias 



Sweet Peas (per toe bunches) 



Uam.nl. » 



Vaiaatum 



■aallax 



Asparagas Plnaiosas. striafi 



" " tSnienlmkhil 



L»t Half of Week First Half of Weak 



•noing Sept. 16 beginning Sept. 18 



1911 1911 



the coming week. The heavy rain of 

 two weeks ago came at an opportune 



time to revive some of the outdoor 

 stock. 



