October 21, 1911 



HORTICULTURE 



573 



Flower Market Reports 



This market shows a de- 

 BOSTON cidedly downward trend, 



due very largely to the 

 influx of chrysanthemums, which in 

 the past few days have been accumu- 

 lating and now show every indication 

 of an imminent glut. Quality is good 

 and variety is widening. Then carna- 

 tions, unfortunately, are moving along 

 towards a full crop and the combina- 

 tion is more than the market is able to 

 bear without weakening. Roses are in 

 abundant supply also. Prices have 

 dropped but even at the lower figures 

 they are not moving very readily. 

 Lilies are rather on the short side. 

 Violets fairly abundant but rather 

 poor so far this year. Altogether the 

 market seems lacking in ambition. 



The Chicago market is 

 CHICAGO in very good condition. 

 There is plenty of stock 

 without being an oversupply in any 

 line except for a day or two. Chrysan- 

 themums of the medium grade are a 

 possible exception to this, not being 

 up to the standard in quality. Those 

 who have a large shipping trade find 

 it difficult to dispose of them and in 

 some places an accumulation is seen. 

 One of the largest growers says the 

 sales of large quantities of first-class 

 chrysanthemums is not up to the aver- 

 age October on account of the out- 

 door flowers, which are still in excel- 

 lent condition. Salvia is exceptionally 

 good and affords material for house 

 decorations. Cosmos and dahlias, the 

 latter coming in quantities from Mich- 

 igan, and gladioli are all playing their 

 part in the total sales. Violets, both 

 doubles and singles, are more in evi- 

 dence than desirable. The best ones 

 sell, but prices are weak. Sweet peas 

 are also here and like violets appear 

 to have arrived too early for best 

 results. Carnations are of excellent 

 quality and inclined to be scarce so 

 that price went up to three and four 

 dollars on Saturday and Sunday, but 

 dropped again on Monday as stock 

 came in more plentifully. First-class 

 green of all kinds is in. Some very 

 fine asparagus sprays are now coming 

 from the south. 



The demand is hold- 

 CINCINNATI ing up steadily and 

 growing day by day. 

 The supply of some lines is scarcely 

 able to meet this demand while others, 

 such as fall flowers are more than 

 sufficient. Cosmos and dahlias are 

 offered in very large quantities and 

 the quality is so good that one call for 

 them is better than at any other time 

 in past years. They also tend to keep 

 down the price of the smaller chrysan- 

 themums. Roses are all of most ex- 

 cellent quality and clean up quickly 

 every day. The supply of pink is 

 somewhat shorter than that of white. 

 In carnations the amount offered and 

 the call for the same is about "horse 

 and horse." The white and Enchan- 

 tress predominate in numbers. On 

 Monday of this week a large shipment 

 of asters came into the market. Many 

 of them were taken up at once. The 

 lily market is tight. Chrysanthemum 

 offerings include white, yellow and 

 pink of all sizes and all have been 

 finding a tolerably good market. The 

 call for lily of the valley and cattley- 

 as is good. The green goods line is 



Ju«t the Thing for 

 Chrysanthemum Season 



FLORISTS' 



GALVANIZED 



BUCKETS 



Hand made; of the best gal- 

 vanized iron; far more durable. 

 and will wear four times as long 

 as any other vase on the market; 

 more easily handled and when 

 not in use can be stacked, taking 

 up very little room. Do not 

 break, do not rot, do not chip, 

 do not wear out. And, best of 

 all: flowers keep longer. 



No. 







1 



2 



3 10 In 



Per Doz. 

 $3.00 



3.50 



4.00 



4.50 



4.00 



6.00 

 10.00 

 15.00 

 15.00 



Per 100. 



$20.00 



25.1 m 



30.00 



35.00 



30.00 



40.00 



65.00 



105.0(1 



130.00 



Inside measurement. 



Sphagnum 



Your opportunity to buy cheap. 

 Per 7 bbl. bale, $2.25; ten bale lots at 



$2.00 each. 

 Per 10 bbl. bale, $3.50; ten bale lots at 



$3.15 each. 



Each bale covered with burlap, thus 

 insuring cleanliness around the store 

 and no waste. Get in on this. 



Distributing Agents for the great new 

 Roses for 1912 



Double White Killarney 



Budlong Strain) 



and Killarney Queen 



Crafted, $250.00 per 1000. 

 $200.00 per 1000. 



Own Root, 



S. S. PENNOCK-MEEHAN CO. 



THE Egg^l PHILADELPHIA 



NEW YORK PHILADELPHIA WASHINGTON 



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



WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS.- TRADE PR,c fr D p E e A1 T RS only 



ROSES 



CINCINNATI 



Oct. 3 



DETROIT 



Oct. io 



BUFFALO 



Oct. io 



o.oo to 



300 to 



6.oo to 



2.00 tO 



300 to 



So to 

 75 W 



Am. Beauty, Fan. and Sp. | 20.00 



ntxtra 15.00 



No. 1 ' 10.00 



Lower grades I <t.co 



Richmond, Cfcatenay , Fan. ft Spl . . . 



'* " Lower Grades 



tUUraey, Maryland, Fas. ft Spl... 



" Low. Grade*. 



Bride, 'Maid 



Kaiserin, Carnot, Taft "..... to 



CARNATIONS, Firat Quality . 



Ordinary 



MISCELLANEOUS 



Cattleyas 



Lilies, I .-oaf WLor turn 



Lily of the Valley 3.00 to 



Chrysanthemums to 



Gladioli to 



Asters to 



Violets to 



Dahlias to 



Sweet Pens to 



Gardenias | to 



Adiantum to 



Smilai 1 0.00 to 



Asparagus Plumosus, strings (100) 40.00 to 

 >■ " ft Spren. fioo bchs.) 25.00 to 



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20.00 

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well supplied and enjoying a steady 

 call. Snipping business is good. 



A good supply and a 

 DETROIT brisk demand have cre- 

 ated good feeling among 

 both the wholesalers and retail deal- 

 ers. Chrysanthemums are coming in 

 more freely and while the weather is 

 not cold enough to make quick sales 



in them they clean up well at good 

 prices. Notwithstanding several de- 

 partment store sales of ferns offering 

 Amerpohli plants at 10 cents each, 

 florists are experiencing much demand 

 for Boston fern and its varieties at 

 ♦ prices which have prevailed for years 

 past. 



(Continued on /•age S75) 



