July 3, 1902. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



167 



OBITUARY. 



The Late Wm- G. Bert«ma.nn. 



words, presented the retirmg Pres., J. E. 

 Northrup, an elegant silver loving eup 

 with stag horn handles, containing this 

 inscription: "To Jesse E. Xorthrup, 

 from His Friends of the American Seed 

 Trade Association. Minneapolis, June 

 26. 1902." 



Mr. Xorthrup returned his thanks in 

 a few well chosen words. 



At this jioint Mr. Howard Harries 

 called upon Mr. Mar to come forward, 

 and in a well framed speech tendered him 

 and Mrs. May a most artistic and beauti- 

 ful fern jardiniere of oxidized silver of 

 a unique and curiously wrought style 

 and shape. Mr. May. taken CH>mpletely 

 by surprise, responded quite fedingly, 

 thanking the donors for the beautiful 

 gift; 



The annual meeting time was changed 

 to the fourth week in June. Milwaukee, 

 Toledo and Cincinnati all invited the 

 association for next year, but Toledo 

 will probably be the selection of the ex- 

 ecutive committee. 



W. Atlee Burpee and family are en- 

 route to CalifoTnia, going via Vancouver, 

 B. C. Jerome B. Rice and party came 

 up by way of the lakes, arriving on Wed- 

 nesday. F. '»V. Bruggerhof and Burnet 

 Landreth arrived Thursday to attend 

 the Wholesale League meeting which was 

 in session Thursdav evening and all dav 

 Friday. 



A number of the members visited the 

 experimental farm on Friday as the 

 guests of Profs. Green and Hays. 



Those in attendance at the convention 



Allen. C. L.. Floral Part. X. T. 



Archias, L. E.. Sedalia. Mo. 



Barnard. W. W.. Chicago. 



Barrett. W. H.. .\drian. Mich. 



Barteldes. F.. Lawrence. Kan. 



Battles. F. H.. Rochester. X. Y. 



Berry. A. A.. Clarinda. la. 



Bolffiano. K.. Baltimore. Md. 



Braslan. C. P.. and wife. San Ji«e. Cal. 



Briggs. S. E., Toronto, Ont. 



Brown. A. J.. Grand Rapids. Mich. 



Bruggerhof F. W.. Sew Tork. 



Buckbee. J. T.. Roekford. III. 



Burge. C. S.. Toledo. O. 



Burpte. W. A., wife and daughter. Philadel- 

 phia. 



Burt. X. J., wife and daughter. Borlington, 

 Iowa. 



Clark. C. S.. and wife. T.'akeman. O. 



Conklin. H. E.. Binghamtoo. X. T. 



Cornell. B, P., St. Louis. 



Coryell. L. J.. Oshawa. Ont. 



Coorteen. S. G.. XDlwaakee. 



Craig. F. D.. Memphis. Tenn. 



Crtssland. E. F.. Toronto. Ont. 



Crwssland, W. H.. Minneapolis. 



Davis, tl. N.. Chicago. 



nickinsou. O. H.. and wife. Springfield, Mass. 



Pulaney. B. W.. Cincinnati. 



I»Tsinger. S. D.. wife and son. St. PauL 



Einerson. F. T.. Waterloo. Xeb. 



Ford. J. H.. Kavenna. O. 



Funk. F. H.. Bloomington, lU. 



GtxKiwin. A. H.. Chicago. 



Green. Gei-. S.. Chicago. 



Grenell. W. H.. Pierrepont Manor. X. Y. 



Harries. H.. Chicago. 



Hamilton. D. M., MiimeapoUs. 



Holden. P. G.. BIoomiDgton. IIL 



HoUenbach, P., Chicago- 

 Hunter. C- C. Minneapolis. 



King. F. B.. Rochester. 



King. P.. and wife. Minneapolis. 



KneVer. W.. Faribault. \Jinn. 



Landreth. B.. Philadelphia. 



Langbridge. W. C. Cambridge. X. Y. 



Leonard. S. F.. and son. Chicago. 



Luck. JV. H.. Des Moines. la. 



McCullongh. A.. Cincinnati. 



McKeniie. A. E.. Brandon. Man. 



McYav. G. B-. Birmingham. Ala. 



Mangelsdorf. A. F.. Atchison. Kan. 



Maple. B. H.. St- Paul. 



Massie. C. C and wife. MinneaTtolis. 



Mav. John A., and wife. St. Paul. 



MaV. L. L.. wife and daughter. St- Paul. 



Xorthrup. J. E.. and daughter. MiimeapoUs- 



Olds. L. L-. Clinton. Wis. 



Page. C X.. and sons. I>es Moines. la. 



Page. E. L.. Greene. X. Y. 



Parvin. G. H.. Cincinnati. 



Pease S. M.. Rochester. X. Y. 



Plant.' F. P.. St. Lonis. 



Bevnolds. J. I.. Kansas City. 



Bice". J. B.. wife and daughters. Cambridge. X. Y, 



Ricketts. R. R.. Springfield. Mo. 



Robinson. J. C. and wife. Waterloo. Xeb. 



Samuel. A. G.. St. Joseph. Mo. 



Schisler. H. M.. St. IjMls. 



Sheap. E. J.. Jackson. Mich. 



Sloan. J. E.. Palo Alto. Cal. 



Stokes. W. P.. Philadelphia. 



Store. W. E,. Toledo. O. 



rtterman. W.. St. Paul. 



Vauchau. J. C, Chicago. 



Walker. C. H.. Springfield. Mo. 



Webster, M. L.. Independence. la. 



Will, O. H,, Bismarek, X. D. 



Willard. S, F.. Wethersfield. Conn. 

 Windheim. H. G.. Omaha. Xeb. 

 Wood. H. W.. Richmond, Ta, 

 Woodruff. W. S.. and wife. Orange. Conn. 



X T. Z. 



W illiam G. Bertermaiiii. 



We regret to have to announce the 

 death of William G. Bertermann, the 

 well-known Indianapolis florist, which 

 took place at Sacramento, Cal., June 

 29th. 



As is well known to the trade Mr. Ber- 

 termann has been in declining health for 

 a number of years, due to kidney trouble, 

 and a fatal termination was not tmex- 

 peeted though hope was still felt. He 

 has been for some time in California, 

 hoping that the milder climate would 

 help him in his fight tvith disease. 

 Thotigh president of the American Car- 

 nation Society this year he was unable 

 to attend the Indianapolis meeting, and 

 in a recent issue we published his 

 acknowledgment of a letter of r^ret 

 sent him by a eommittee appointed by 

 the society. 



Mr. Bertermann was a comparatively 

 young man. He was bom in Germany 

 and came to Indianapolis in 1S72. The 

 firm of Bertermann Bros, has conducted 

 a large and steadily growing business, 

 and owing to the interest the deceased 

 took in every thing that tended to ad- 

 vance the best interests of the profession 

 he had a national reputation as a pro- 

 gressive and helpful member of the trade. 

 He will be mourned by a host of 

 friends. 



BOSTON. 



Not Mtich Doir£. 



Weddings, school commencements and 

 the great Boston School Festival made 

 business quite good for the last week 

 of June: but we shudder to think of 

 the weeks or even months to come. 

 July 2nd is the middle of the calendar 

 year, 1S2 days having gone and 1S2 more 

 to come, but it also just about marks 

 the end of floral trade for this sea- 

 son. 



Goods continue rather more plentiful 

 than is usual at the date and asters are 

 beginning to come in very small lots, so 

 it looks as if the supply of bloom will be 

 maintained. Prices have a slight down- 

 ward tendency upon about all lines and 

 especially in the matter of all kinds of 

 carnations except good ones. These are 

 somewhat scarce and hold prices bet- 

 ter. 



Sports and Fashioos. 



Of course a man must have a Panama 

 hat anyway and no florist is exactly up- 

 to-date unless he has a good healthy boil 

 on the back of his neck. Have you 

 noted how many are wearing them? 



And now a ball game is talked of be- 

 tween the wholesalers and the retailers. 

 And the ' ' Brimstone Comers " ' from the 

 Park-street market are ready to tackle 

 anything I 



This swell-head condition is caused by 

 the fact that they went out to Xatick on 

 Saturday and fairly walloped the ground 

 with the remnant of that old tribe the 

 ' • Wabans ' ' as exemplified by the Bose 

 Co. of that name. 



Unfortunately I was unable to at- 

 tend the massacre but the byplay of talk 

 on the part of the winners upon their 

 return from the war-path reveals the 

 fact that '"it was a famous victory!" 

 Buns seem to have been manufactured 

 so fast they could not be counted since 

 it is vet unsettled whether they bea' 



