Afbil 16, 1914. 



The Florists^ Review 



31 



ROSE 



Specials 



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Both of these specials are splendii value, particularly good advertisers for week-end sales. 



Week eiidiiiH 

 April 25th, uiediuin stems, best 

 quality, our selection, in lots of 200 

 at $3.00 per 100, $20.00 per 1000. 

 All long stems, the best quality, our 

 selection, in lots of 200 at $5.(X) per 

 100, $40.00 per 1000. 



Everything in Ribbons 



We carry one of the largest 

 and most varied stocks in 

 Ribbons pertaining to the flo- 

 rist bi^siness of any house in 

 the country. If you have not 

 received one of our new cata- 

 logues, advise us and we will 

 mail you one at once. 



HEADQUARTERS FOR GREENS 



Asparagus Plumusus. bunches and strings, at 60c. 



Asparagus Sprengeri, per bunch, -J5c-35c. 



Wild Smilax, per case, $6.00. 



Wild Nutmeg, per loo sprays, $«.00. 



Mahonia, bronze and green, $1.50 per ICO; $12.50 per 



1000. 

 Boxwood Sprays, per 50-lb. case, $S.OO; 3-case lots. 



per case, $7.60. 

 Laurel Branches, per 100 lbs., $6.00. 

 Laurel Roping, per IGO yds., $6.00. 

 Chestnut Oak Foliage, per 100, $2.00; per lOOO. $16.00. 

 Mexican Ivy, per looO, $7.50. 

 Natural Cycas. 36-40 inch. $2.00 per pair. 



Leucothoe, green and bronze, per 100, $1.00; per 



1000, $10.00. 

 Dagger Ferns, best quality; long, perfect fronds; 



per 1000, $3.00. 

 Fancy Ferns, per 1000, $4.C0. 

 Qalax. green and bronze, per 1000, $1.50; per 10,000, 



$7.50. 

 Green Sheet Moss, per bag, $3.50. 

 Green Lump Moss, i^er bag. $\.r>0. 

 Fadeless Green Sheet Moss, per bag, $3.£0. 

 Sphagnum Moss (burlaoped), 10-bbl. bale, $4.00; 



Ti-bale lots, per bale, $3.76; 10-bale lots, per 



bale. $^50. 



S. S. PENNOCK-MEEHAN COMPANY 



THE WHOLESALE FLORISTS OF PHILADELPHIA 



PHILADELPHIA 

 I608-1620 Ludlow Street 



BALTIMORE 

 Franklin and St. Paul Streets 



NEW YORK 

 117 Wast 28tta Street 



WASHINQTON 

 1216 H Street, N. W. 



Mention The ReTlew when yon write. 



Roses, Carnations, Valley, Daisies, 



Peas, Snapdragons 

 and all seasonable flowers 



See our Classified ad for Chrysanthemum Cuttingrg 



THE rmLADELrillA CUT FLOWER CO., 



1817 

 Sansom St., 



riniiDELriiiA,rA. 



Mention Tlie Berlew when yon write- 



a decided surplus. The buyers fre- 

 quently asked for Crimson Ramblers 

 without success. Azaleas and hydran- 

 geas sold well, the latter in increased 

 numbers. Rhododendrons were in over- 

 supply. Valley in pots went well. Ge- 

 nistas in the basket sizes sold nicely, 

 as did all plants, but they went slowly 

 in the specimen size. To sum up, the 

 volume of business was great, but not 

 thoroughly satisfactory. 



The cut flower market showed a de- 

 cided increase in volume over last year. 

 Business was good throughout the week 

 preceding Easter and in many cases the 

 supply was short. Cut lilies did much 

 to buoy the plant market, the growers 

 filling heavy orders at better prices, 

 labor considered, than they could re- 

 ceive for the potted product. The 

 price was the same for each. Carna- 

 tions were far below the market needs. 

 This was the serious drawback in cut 

 flowers. Select Alma Ward brought $8 

 per hundred; select stock, $6, $5 and 

 W)metimes $4 per hundred. Sweet peas 

 were received in immense numbers, al- 

 though the quality of some of the stock 



showed that the crops were going oflf. 

 Never before were so many fine peas 

 seen here, due, of course, to the Spen- 

 cers. They brought from $2 per hun- 

 dred down, short stock of ordinary va- 

 rieties realizing 50 cents per hundred or 

 less. "Valley was a strong flower, the 

 demand exceeding the supply, which 

 was heavy. Violets proved more satis- 

 factory than for many Easters past. 

 The cooler weather explains this. The 

 local doubles were preferred at $1 per 

 hundred. Then came the Hudson river 

 doubles and, last, the singles, at any- 

 where from 30 cents per hundred up. 

 The demand for corsage flowers, which, 

 besides violets, valley and peas, in- 

 cludes gardenias, pansies and, to a lesser 

 extent, cattleyas and yellow daisies, 

 was excellent, being a pronounced fea- 

 ture of the market. 



The weak spots in the market were 

 daffodils, oddly enough, and snapdragon, 

 while tulips and callas were none too 

 strong. Smilax was quite scarce at 25 

 cents for good strings. The buyers 

 would not take Sprengeri to make up 



for the shortage in plumosus, showing 

 that the shortage was not serious. 



The quantity of roses sold was large, 

 Killarney leading. There was an ad- 

 vance in price, due quite as much to the 

 fine quality or the stock as to the holi- 

 day. The best brought $15 and a few 

 extra select, almost four-footers, $20; 

 from that down to $4 per hundred. 

 White Killarney brought rather less. 

 Richmond was scarce at a little more. 

 The yellows sold well. All the good 

 Beauties brought $6 per dozen, with 

 plenty of mediums and shorts. 



The feature of the market since Eas- 

 ter is the drop in price of Beauties. The 

 powers-that-be decided that as an in- 

 creased supply would soon lower the 

 price, it would be better to do it now 

 and be done with it, so that everybody 

 would go ahead and sell Beauties. So 

 on Easter Monday Beauties went to $3 

 per dozen and have remained there. It 

 is too soon to chronicle the result. Car- 

 nations also have fallen and the fancy 

 roses are less plentiful, good mediums 

 and shorts predominating. Cattleyas 

 remain high for dark colored Mossias; 



