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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



Januaby 5, 1911. 



DETROIT. 



The Market. 



Now that the rush is over, it is to be 

 hoped that stock will be of the good 

 old kind again, with Beauties that are 

 Hot blue and carnations that are wide- 

 awake. Holiday trade in this town was 

 the best ever, and were it not for the 

 fact that those retailers who have ten- 

 der consciences feel like hold-up men 

 because they must ask high prices for 

 stock that is in some cases a week old, 

 we would all be smiling. Cut flowers 

 were in the usual big demand, but the 

 sale of i^lants is steadily increasing and 

 it was the florists who had a good 

 variety of plants and baskets at rea- 

 sonable prices who did the big business. 



Reports from all quarters, both whole- 

 sale and retail, show a decided increase 

 over last year in amount of Christmas 

 sales. One noticeable feature was the 

 poor demand for violets, but this was 

 overcome by the oall for corsages of 

 other flowers. 



With the holiday stock disposed of, 

 the quality of the flowers now coming 

 in is first-class. With the exception of 

 Eomans, Paper Whites and lilies, nothing 

 is going to waste. 



The scarcity of ground pine created 

 a big demand for laurel, and thousands 

 of yards were used. Holly was good 

 this year, being well berried and in 

 general a good green. Mistletoe was a 

 drug on the market, being so plentiful 

 that it was on sale at every street 

 corner. 



Various Notes. 



Happy New Year! Nineteen-ten is a 

 year of the past, but it left a pleasant 

 taste. Detroit has grown immensely 

 and now ranks as a big city. No doubt, 

 all of the florists have benefited by this 

 growth and prosperity. Several new 

 retail stores have entered our midst, to 

 take care of the surplus or overflow of 

 trade. Thanks to the many debutantes, 

 the social season so far was a very lively 

 one, and the florists again reaped the 

 benefit. The indications are that the 

 year just began will be another winner. 

 Many large factories and other build- 

 ings are in course of construction, so- 

 ciety's columns are well filled, and what 

 better signs do we need! The auto fac- 

 tories are working overtime. 



One of the largest recent real estate 

 transactions was the sale of the Breit- 

 meyer building by the Breitmeyer es- 

 tate. Philip Breitmeyer immediately 

 leased the whole building for a long 

 period of years. Breitmeyer 's will oc- 

 cupy their present beautiful store until 

 a new store and conservatory at 26 and 

 28 Broadway, adjoining the present 

 location, are completed. 



Autos played a prominent part in the 

 Christmas delivery here this year. In 

 fact, the florist " having hundreds of 

 deliveries to make in several days would 

 have been at a considerable disadvan- 

 tage without the auto. On such occa- 

 sions, and at the time of the year when 

 Toads are so slippery and pulling is bad, 

 one good-sized auto delivery wagon can 

 readily do the work of three one-horse 

 delivery outfits, and still have time to 

 ■spare. Many taxicabs were also pressed 

 into service for cut flower deliveries, 

 but their hire is so costly that it is 

 :almost prohibitive. 



E. C. Fetters was kept busy Decem- 

 ber 2G with numerous orders for the 

 debutantes. 



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