JUNE 



1900, 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



Moss Pinks at Egandale, Chicago. 



mit an ax gonceeled in his pacli boclt- 

 et, waiding for a chance to soak you 

 ins "Gernick." 



Nit! Not in a ilousand years woult 

 dot haff anyding to do mit de pedder- 

 ment off de bissness. I woult much 

 radder haff dealings mit a man who 

 dit not haff much lofe for me dan one 

 who dit. For den I woult watch him 

 so he couldn't soak me. but when dis 

 broderly lofe bissness goes into effect 

 "pass auf" or you'll get it where de 

 chigen gets de ax. Bissness is biss- 

 ness and lofe is lofe. and when you 

 mix de two togedder you shpoil de 

 soup. No. in my obinion dot hass 

 notings mit it to do, so we must dry 

 to hatch oud some scheme to make 

 dings pedder. 



De redail florits is a bik fool. He i, 

 gondinually hatching out som? fo 1 

 idees to shpoil his bissness. Look at d^ 

 leading redail florits off today. What 

 does he run, a flower store or a mil- 

 linery shop'? Dere are some florits in 

 Chicago who garry more rippons und 

 odder millinery in stock dan a half 

 dutzend millinery stores put togedder. 

 ■Why do dey do dis? Is it nece-.si'V 

 for a florits to garry a shtock off. rip- 

 pons und odder gew-jaws to peautify 

 a bunch off flowers? Chust dink off it, 

 rippons to make flowei's look pedder. 

 Do de milliners figure dat way? No, 

 sir, dey figure on flowers to make rip- 

 pons look nice. 



What haff we got Asparagus Spren- 

 geri und plumosus. adiantum und 

 odder green shtuff for? Ain'd dey nicer 

 dan rippons on a bunch or a basket 



when useil in gonnection mit a few 

 shniall flowers? Why should we put 

 two dollars' wort off rippon on a bunch 

 of roses when we could put fifty cents' 

 wort of greens und shmall flowers on 

 it und get de same amound off money 

 for it? Maype its broderly lofe off d? 

 florits for de gustoraer. maype not. 1 

 dink its foolishness. Use more green 

 shtuff und less millinery. Green 

 shtuft' costs less und looks pedder. 

 Moral: A well bleased gustomer und 

 fewer millinery pills makes a man's 

 ledger look pedder at de end off de 

 month. 



Und annodder ding wile we are on 

 de subject off de redailer's foolishness. 

 See wat dey are doing now mit dat 

 shtuff called crepe baber. Dere was a 

 time long ago when a florits oould sell 

 a jardiniere or two in a year at least. 

 Now "nix kom heraus." as de saying 

 is. A man will puy a blaut for a dol- 

 lar or two und instead off selling h!ra 

 a jardiniere for a gouple dollars, de 

 florits drims de pot mit crepe baper 

 und odder millinery for nix. More 

 foolishness, und de sooner we shtop it 

 de pedder for us. De florits must be a 

 schemer in order to pe sugsessfull. But 

 for heafen's sake when you hatch out 

 a new scheme, see dat you get de long 

 end off it. 



We are not in dis bissness for our 

 heald, nor for lofe off our fellow men. 

 It is well und goot for some beople to 

 preach broderly lofe und odder dings 

 to adwance de flower bissness, but in 

 de end it's de allmighty dollar we are 

 afder und we must dink off somedings 



dat will pe off penefit to us as well as 

 de gustomer. 

 Well, so long. 



FRITZ BLUMENSCHNEIDER. 



THE WATER HYACINTH. 



While in northern ponds the water 

 hyacinth (Eichhornea crassipesi is a 

 valued ornamental aquatic plant, it 

 has become an exceedingl.y trouble- 

 some weed in the water courses of the 

 south, seriously impeding navigation 

 by completely blockading quiet 

 streams. 



.\ bill has now been introduced in 

 congress by a southern member asking 

 for an appropriation for testing means 

 of destroying it. 



Why not move a few acres to the 

 north? We could use them to advan- 

 tage here. A floating group of the 

 water hyacinth is a most admirable 

 feature of any pond. 



INDIANAPOLIS, IND. 



On May 31st. 1900. after all financ'al 

 obligations and other difficulties had 

 lieen duly satisfied, the old firm of 

 Bertermann Bros. (John and Wm. G.) 

 again took full charge of the business 

 of the Bertermann Floral Co. All cur- 

 rent accounts therefore will be duly 

 honored by Bertermann Bros. W. 



PEORIA, ILL. — Work has been be- 

 gun on Mr. J. C. Murray's three new 

 houses. Two will be 25x100 each and 

 one 15x61. 



