October 28, 1911 



HORTICULTURE 



605 



Flower Market Reports 



Business has dropped off 

 BOSTON somewhat this week. 

 Chrysanthemums are ac- 

 cumulating and the result is as here- 

 tofore — a setback for the all-the-year- 

 round staples in demand and in price. 

 Roses of all varieties are plentiful and 

 of good quality, the higher grades en- 

 joying the best call. Carnations are 

 better but lower in price. Lily of the 

 valley is not up to usual high' class- 

 in fact, the most of it is in the No. 2 

 class. Violets abound, with prices 

 low for this season of the year, but 

 horse show is soon due and an im- 

 provement is to be expected. Lilies 

 are somewhat short in supply. Gar- 

 denias vary from the small bruised 

 and unsalable stuff which will hardly 

 bring the price of a good carnation to 

 the exquisite product which sells for 

 $3 a dozen blooms at wholesale. Or- 

 chids abundant and not easily dis- 

 posed of. Outside markets are un- 

 loading eattleya surpluses on this 

 market with ill effect on the local 

 stock. 



Autumn weddings and 

 BUFFALO other social functions 

 are in order, but there 

 has been no special demand on any 

 certain line; at least, it was not no- 

 ticeable. On Monday, shipments were 

 heavy, and on Tuesday (an all day 

 rain) the demand was light. Dahlias, 

 cosmos and gladioli were in heavy 

 supply and it seemed as if the sum- 

 mer days had returned. Chrysanthe : 

 mums are abundant, especially Kalb, 

 October Frost, Monrovia, Bergmann, 

 Polly Rose and Pacific. Blooms small 

 and stems from eight to twenty inches, 

 and only useful for floral work. Of 

 the better grades some good Halliday, 

 Touset, Pacific Supreme and White 

 Cloud are received. Other stock in 

 good supply. Carnations are in poor 

 demand, and accumulating to some ex- 

 tent. Colder weather is looked for, 

 which will be well for the trade in 

 general. 



A very cheerful tone 

 CHICAGO now pervades the mar- 

 ket as a whole and the 

 reports from the various houses bear 

 a striking similarity to each other. 

 Just enough stock to go around, day by 

 day, and opportunity to see what your 

 neighbor can supply when the big or- 

 ders come in late, make the fall busi- 

 ness seem fairly under way. as it sure- 

 ly is. There may be those whose 

 books show more profitable Octobers 

 but with out-door flowers lingering till 

 now. the volume of sales is very grati- 

 fying. The only flowers that can 

 really be said to be in abundant sup- 

 ply are the chrysanthemums of which 

 there are more than usual for the sea- 

 son. It looks now as if there might 

 prove to be an over supply before the 

 height of the season. The pompons 

 are now coming in also and some re- 

 port sales of these in excess of the 

 large varieties. There is a decided 

 shortening up of the rose supply, con- 

 tinued cloudy weather being j. -;>..ii^i- 

 ble for much of it. Beauties are 

 and the demand fully equals the sup- 

 ply. Carnations, especially good 

 size and quality are seen. The 

 noted this week arc in white and light 

 pink. Lily of the valley is excellent 

 Comparatively few violets are in, the 

 season for them being scarcely i pi ■ 

 here. Dahlias and a few gladioli are 



AMERICAN BEAUTY 



A sample illustration from our gen- 

 eral Catalogue of Ribbons and Supplies. 

 Pattern American Beauty or No. 1614. 

 Quality far superior to the many imita- 

 tions offered. No. 40 width, $2.00 per 



pii f 10 yds.; No. 80 width, $2.75 



pi r piece of 10 yds. 



BOXWOOD SPRAYS 



New crop. Fresh and glossy. No 

 surplus wood. 50 pound crates. $15.00 

 per 100 lbs. 



For many years have been 

 acknowledged leaders both In 

 Btyle and quality; each season 

 we nave added new creations 

 more beautiful than the last. 

 aiming always to have a ribbon 

 .if pleasing and harmonizing 

 ihades tor each novelty as It Is 

 Introduced, whether It be a 

 rose, carnation or sweet pea. It 

 matters not— "A ribbon for 

 every Bower, old and new," Is 

 our slogan, This season Is no 

 exception to this, our custom. 

 We hiving added many new 

 and beautiful shades shades 

 that cannot be found elsewhere. 

 Customers re-ordering time 

 after time, demonstrates to us 

 that the P/M quality ribbons are and 



must be by far the best. Samples and 

 prices for the asking. 



Florists' Supplies and 

 Other Novelties 



Distributing Agents for the great new 

 Roses for 1912 



Double White Killarney 

 and Killarney Queen 



(The Budlong Strain) 

 Crafted, $250.00 per 1000. Own Root, 

 $200.00 per 1000. 



S. S. PENNOCK-MEEHAN CO. 



THE Sst^of 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 %LE Rs only 



ROSES 



CINCINNATI 

 Oct. 3 



DETROIT 



Oct. 24 



BUFFALO 



Oct. 24 



PITTSBURO 



Oct. 24 



Am. Beauty, Fan. and Sp 



" Kxtra 



No.i 



" Lower grades 



Richmond. Chatenay, Fan. *Spl. . . 



" '* Lower Grades 



KiMamey , Marylaad, Fan. & Spl.. . 



'" " Low. Grades. 



Bride, 'Maid 



" " Taft, Hilliogdon . . . . 



CARNATIONS, First Quality 



Ordinary 



MISCELLANEOUS 



Cattleyas 



Lilies, Loajraooraas 



Ulyof the Valley 



Chrysanthemums 



Violets 



Swset Peas 



Gardenias 



Adlantum \ 



Srailaj 



Asparagus Plumosus, strings (100) 

 M " & Spren. (100 bchs.) 



30.00 

 10.00 



3.00 



lo.oo 

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 35.00 



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to 



50.00 



12.50 



4.00 



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12.50 

 50.00 



35.00 



20.00 

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 10 00 

 6 00 

 6 00 

 3.00 

 6.00 

 3.00 

 6.00 

 3.00 

 2.50 

 1.50 



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10.00 

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 15 on 

 10 00 



80. 



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 8.00 

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 8.00 

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50.00 

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4.00 

 25.00 



•75 

 1. 00 



1.50 



25. CO 

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15.00 

 8.00 

 3.00 

 6.00 

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 6.00 

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50.00 

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20.00 



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4.00 

 S.00 

 4.00 

 7.00 

 4.00 

 6.00 

 S.00 

 2.50 

 1.50 



10 60.00 



to 12.00 



to 4.00 



to 20.00 



to .60 



■75 



40.00 

 25.00 



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to 



to 



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to 

 to 

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20.00 

 50.00 

 40.0B 



all that is left oi the out-door stock and 

 tin last are on the counters this 

 Then is. a good supply of all kinds of 

 green stoc home grown and from 

 the south. 



The words "variable 

 CINCINNATI and easy" 



\ erj aptlj the condi- 

 tion of the market. It is variable be- 



the demand occasionally slacks 

 or a day or so. It is 



ipply is as a who! than 



lemand. The outside flowers, cos- 

 mos, dahlias, gladioli, are still in the 

 market and are holding down prices. 

 Last week the market on tea roses was 

 rht. This week thus tar it. has 

 (Continued >>>i /<?^r boj) 



