November 11, 1911 



HORTICULTURE 



r,77 



Flower Market Reports 



The present week with its 

 BOSTON sunny skies and chrysan- 

 themum invasion shows 

 no improvement over the preceding 

 week, and there is no immediate pros- 

 pect for any change for the better. 

 Dealers are pessimistic and see a 

 troublesome fortnight ahead. Chrys- 

 anthemums are at their height of qual- 

 ity and quantity. That good old stand- 

 by Major Bonnaffon maintains the lead 

 in populatarity and general usefulness. 

 Carnations are up to prize winning 

 quality but that does not help them 

 greatly on price obtainable. Roses are 

 also very good. Gardenias more plen- 

 tiful and improving in quality. 



Trade is good and the 

 CHICAGO market is in a very sat- 

 isfactory condition. 

 Stock is just plentiful enough to keep 

 prices right and quality is excellent. 

 Chrysanthemums are queens of the 

 day and every possible variation of 

 this favorite is now to be had, the 

 pompons receiving their full share of 

 attention. It is a question if the ab- 

 sence of the annual flower show has 

 not increased rather than lessened the 

 local sale of chrysanthemums this 

 fall. Those who grow the big fancy 

 blooms are having orders for them 

 from the exhibitors at the neighbor- 

 ing shows and they bring fancy prices 

 accordingly. Violets, both single and 

 double, are selling at moderate prices 

 and do not take an important place 

 in the market yet. Lily of the valley 

 is of several grades, the best selling 

 most readily. Roses cannot be said 

 to be scarce but there are few left 

 each day and large orders are usually 

 followed by a search for stock. My 

 Maryland is a favorite at this time, 

 quality and color both being very 

 good. Cattleyas are in good demand. 

 Cosmos grown under glass are a new 

 addition this year, some blooms at J. 

 A. Budlong's being four or more inch- 

 es in diameter and they are taking 

 well, being excellent keepers. 



Rusiness runs along 

 CINCINNATI merrily. The sup- 

 ply is large and the 

 demand very good. The call from the 

 shipping trade is large. The over sup- 

 ply of small chrysanthemums is at an 

 end, while the glut of white roses, 

 owing to very large offerings, con- 

 tinues in spite of good sales. Other 

 colors clean up quickiy each day. 

 More carnations could easily be used. 

 The darker shades are coming in 

 stronger and are selling as well as the 

 lighter ones. All good chrysanthe- 

 mums move quickly with the medium 

 sizes as the most favored by the buy- 

 ers. Easter lilies are again good prop- 

 erty for the wholesalers. The sup- 

 ply of violets, both double and single 

 is far short of the request for same. 

 Lily of the valley and orchids are en- 

 joying a good market. All lines of 

 greens are in demand and there is a 

 good supply of the same. 



The conditions preva- 

 NEW YORK lent in the wholesale 



market generally are 

 still as they have been reported for 

 the past two weeks with the situation 

 even more aggravated on some lines. 

 Accumulations of many staples are on 

 all sides and no reasonable out'et is 



BOX- 

 WOOD 

 SPRAYS 



New crop now 

 i n , exceptionally 

 fine stock, dark 

 glossy green, no 

 surplus wood. The 

 choicest lot we've 

 ever received. We 

 are the introducers 

 and the headquar- 

 ters of this valu ; 

 able green. 



50 lb. crates, $7.50. Special prices to the middleman 

 LYCOPODIUM 



Splendid quality, full and green, not dried out on account of being 

 gathered too long. Deliveries any time, the bulk coming in the latter 

 part of November and early in December. At present we quote it at 

 8c. a pound; future quotations on application. 



Distributing Agents for the great new roses of 1912 



DOUBLE WHITE KILLARNEY and KILLARNEY QUEEN The fiudiong strain: 



Grafted, $250.00 per 1,000. Own Root, $200.00 per 1,000. 



RIBBONS and SUPPLIES 



Many new patterns in exclusive ribbons this fall. Write us. Send 

 for our price list of supplies. 



S. S. PENNOCK-MEEHAN CO. 



THE fTor^of PHILADELPHIA 



NEW YORK PHILADELPHIA WASHINGTON 



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



WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS.- TRADE PR,c frD P E e AL E Rs only 



ROSES 



CINCINNATI 



Nov. 7 



DETROIT 



Nov. 7 



BUFFALO 



Nov. 7 



PITTSBURG 



Oct. 31 



Am. Beauty, Fan. and Sp 



" Extra 



No.i 



" Lower grades 



Richmond, Chatenay, Fan. 4 Sp] . . 



K " Lower Gradet 



nattarncy, Maryland, Fan. & Spl.- . 



'• " Low. Grade*. 



Bride. 'Maid 



Taft, Hillingdon 



CARNATION », First Quality 



Ordinary 



MISCELLANEOUS 



Cattleyas 



Liliea, Loafatorun... 



Lily of the Valley 



Chrysanthemums 



Violets 



Sweet Peaa 



Gardenias 



Adiantum 



Smllu 



Asparagus Plumosus, strings (im) 

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open to the holders. It is at such 

 times as this that New York growers 

 and dealers feel keenly the need of 

 the extensive shipping outlets they 

 once enjoyed, and it should be a very 

 proper subject for them to take under 

 serious consideration to ascertain, if 

 possible, the reasons for the elimina 

 tion of New York's out-of-town de- 

 mand while other large markets have 



been able to hold theirs thus far, and 

 icther it may be possible to regain 

 any part of what has been lost. It is 

 evident to everyone that for a very 

 considerable portion of the year — the 

 period increasing, too, with each year 

 — the production of flowers for this 

 market is too large for the local needs 

 and the train of evils that follow in 



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