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The Rorists^ Review 



Decembkb 2, 1920 



Other grades moved down also, so that 

 a good quality was procurable at $4 to 

 $5 per dozen, and clearances were ac- 

 complished all around. Retailers report 

 a satisfactory business, but many assert 

 that they could have done much more 

 business at prices more nearly normal. 

 Boses sold well because they were not 

 in heavy supply. Carnations sold for 

 the same reason, the price range, $8 to 

 $12, covering a great quantity of short- 

 stemmed flowers which ordinarily would 

 be taken only for funeral work. Paper 

 White narcissi hung fire at 75 cents 

 per bunch and had to be closed out at 

 50 cents, with Soleil d'Or at 75 cents. 

 Cattleyas met a fair demand at 

 50 cents to $1.50 each, a few bringing 

 $2 for extra quality. Lily of the 

 valley was plentiful, and moved slowly 

 within a range of $8 to $25 per hundred 

 sprays, the higher price being for a 

 quality rather better than the ordinary 

 top grade. White lilies were in small 

 demand. 



The Market. 



Friday and Saturday, November 26 

 and 27, arrivals were light in character 

 and prices were not materially changed. 

 Monday, November 29, arrivals were 



with the demand for them less than 

 ordinary. The price range is 50 cents 

 to $1.50, the latter figure including 

 hybrids. Oncidiums and cypripediums 

 are available in small quantity, but 

 sales of them appear to drag. A few 

 gardenias are coming in. 



White lilies are scarce, but sales of 

 them are not at all active. Lily of the 

 valley is fairly plentiful and moves 

 slowly. 



Sweet peas are not overplentiful and 

 meet a fair demand. Growers complain 

 that plantings now coming into flower 

 have suffered from bud-dropping due 

 to dark weather. White lilac has made 

 an appearance and 50 cents per spray 

 is the asking price. Stevia is arriving 

 in some quantity, and the quality is 

 good. Arrivals of Paper White nar- 

 cissi are increasing and sales drag at 

 50 cents per bunch. Bouvardia is plen- 

 tiful. Calendulas, myosotis, snap- 

 dragons and pansies are among the mis- 

 cellaneous offerings. Violets are some- 

 what scarce. 



Various Notes. 



In the list of new incorporations last 

 week was that of Malandre Bros., real 



Lang's Store, on a Busy Comer in Dallas, Is a Most Conspicuous One. 



light, following a period of dull 

 weather. The supply of chrysanthe- 

 mums is waning, many growers having 

 finished cutting. Among the mums now 

 coming in are Dr. Enguehard and 

 Wells' Late Pink. Spray chrysanthe- 

 mums are still in fair supply, from 

 plants reestablished under glass, and 

 they are meeting with a fair demand. 



Eoses are not plentiful, dull weather 

 limiting the cut. Arrivals, however, 

 show improved quality. American 

 Beauty is in limited supply only, but 

 there appears to be a sufliciency to meet 

 the demand for it. Hybrid teas meet 

 a spasmodic demand at $5 to $40, the 

 higher figure being for long-stemmed 

 stock in the better varieties outside of 

 Francis Scott Key, which seems now 

 to be in the American Beauty class as 

 far as price is concerned. 



Carnations are not in large supply, 

 many of the growers being off crop. 

 Reports, however, are to the effect that 

 the Christmas cut will be large. 



Cattleyas are in medium supply. 



estate agency, N. and T. Malandre, 

 2077 Broadway. 



A number of Thanksgiving day func- 

 tions called for decorations, and florists 

 in the best residential sections had 

 some good business. J. G. Leikens had 

 the W. K. Vanderbilt dinner decoration, 

 which called for a yellow color scheme 

 to harmonize with the famous Vander- 

 bilt gold dinner service. 



Marius Matheron, Baldwin, L. I., is 

 about to cut from a fine bench of 

 Christmas Gold, the new Christmas 

 button mum put out by A. N. Pier- 

 son, Inc. He has about finished cutting 

 his single-stemmed chrysanthemums 

 and is preparing to plant some of the 

 empty beds with sweet peas. His car- 

 nations, as usual, are in tiptop condi- 

 tion; among the varieties in crop is 

 a bench of the new Hope Henshaw, 

 which is showing grand color and form. 



Costas Sackelos, the Fort Washing- 

 ton florist, was married Sunday, Novem- 

 ber 28, at Italy Trinity church, to Miss 

 Diana Demetros. A wedding dinner 



was given afterward at an uptown res- 

 taurant, at which a large number of 

 guests were entertained. 



William Jurgens, Newport, R. I., was 

 a visitor in the market Monday, No- 

 vember 29. 



The floral decorations at the Midship- 

 men 's ball at the Hotel Commodore 

 November 27 were most lavish. They 

 were carried out by Heaton, the Hotel 

 Biltmore florist. Among the plants used 

 were several hundred Begonia Cincin- 

 nati in full bloom. J. H. P. 



A NEW SMALL CULTIVATOE. 



A small wheel cultivator was invented 

 a year or so ago by a New York clergy- 

 man, who was an enthusiastic gardener. 

 The cultivator teeth have a spring ad- 

 justment, permitting them to work back 

 and forth, breaking the shock and pul- 

 verizing the surface soil, so it makes a 

 perfect mulch, which conserves the soil 

 moisture, thus greatly benefiting the 

 growing crop. It is inexpensive, light 

 and durable and is particularly valuable 

 for use in small gardens or in beds where 

 the rows are planted closely. 



LANG BUYS GBEEN BANQE. 



Third Largest rirm in Southwest. 



Purchase of the holdings of the Green 

 Floral Co. makes the Lang Floral & 

 Nursery Co., at Dallas, Tex., the third 

 largest firm of flower growers south 

 and west of Chicago, according to Otto 

 Lang, president and general manager. 

 This range, consisting of about 200,000 

 feet of glass, was built by Colonel E. H. 

 R. Green, the son of the late Hetty 

 Green, at a cost of $500,000 and was 

 later owned by Seth Miller. The prop- 

 erty includes forty-seven acres of land 

 and residences for the employees. In ad- 

 dition to this acquisition, the Lang 

 Floral & Nursery Co. has purchased the 

 50,000 feet of glass of the Haskell 

 Avenue Floral Co., also of Dallas. 



Besides its recent purchases, holdings 

 of this company include its Richmond 

 Hill range of about 50,000 feet of glass, 

 35,000 feet of glass on McKinney 

 avenue and about the same amount on 

 Ross avenue. There are seventy-five 

 acres in nurseries on McKinney avenue, 

 in west Dallas and at Richmond Hill. 

 Improvements planned by the company, 

 according to Mr. Lang, include the re- 

 stocking, rebuilding and enlargement of 

 its greenhouses. For the improvements 

 to the grounds, 175,000 gladiolus corms, 

 25,000 tuberoses and many dahlia roots 

 have been bought. Irrigation systems 

 will be installed throughout the grounds. 



Bapid Growth of Business. 



The growth of the Lang Floral & 

 Nursery Co. has been exceedingly rapid 

 in the last few years. Commencing in 

 1898 with a capital of less than $1,000, 

 the company was in 1910 incorporated 

 for $46,000 and in 1912 this was in- 

 creased to $70,000. A further increase 

 was made January 1, 1920, when the 

 company was recapitalized for $200,000, 

 following some extensive improvements, 

 including the purchase for $30,000 of a 

 tract of land planted to evergreens and 

 roses, the addition of three greenhouses 

 to the Haskell avenue range, the build- 

 ing of a 2-story brick office building and 

 a large 2-story brick warehouse. Plans 

 are being made to increase the present 

 capital to $400,000 in the near future. 



With a monthly pay roll of more than 



