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TheWeekly Florists' Review. 



iSPTEXBSS. 4, VMt 



soreis" and in Ids silk hat and swallow 

 taU was a "tirdl" 



Xoang Mr. WieoEoeber of Oikago d; 

 his a]Bia mazer — C:t""" — '■ " — ?= ■^^ 

 as IiiHEelf, bj bis - 



spon£« 



the 



is a credit to :i? r 



erstion, and ^ 



Detrcit 



:£e Toniiz -^ 



:. /. iress of wel- 



7:;bsTt Bot- 



and over- 



gr«€tuigs. 



i-re was a 



_ ---•?.tion- 



- ;. A 



rr. dinners, tie 

 7 rivers and 



ArsTix Shaw. 



[rs. Wilcox of 

 missed an ' 

 idiole ec- 

 — ibax grea: 





I- 



We' - - 

 In -:-^..- 

 A :r:r:i- .- 



Jdihra-- 

 - -li was rsf ; ■■-■"' 



"-."S-: of siinL 

 1 2. r opnlar tone, -„- ^- 

 :. K Winterson. C. W. : : 



shr, Philip J. Folev ani .. _- ;: 



Lorae. They put a let of welcome : 

 -to the proceedings s^i era: tie a. _■ 

 ites of orh^ eities c; : :: help enjoy- 

 i —^ sirnation. Ti.r jl.-:z- was eon- 



^■;y. tb-? -vrzrnt interest taier: 

 ■ was an ex 



-. A, 



"Berre -.. 



It w: 



izz 



C. '^. Ward aeeon^anied Harian P. 



Kel=-:7. zi.e galax fciing, to his mnserr 



at Kar-'.-iT-a. >\ C_ 2,000 feet nearer the 



1 T riff t f o n city. 



jwn of the sonthsr 



" WoodsBaa, of 



diseorocT. 



— .-- -.; were, as nsual. 



O'ilara a Tbeir q>eeeha at 



BUtmcT^ - . ,-. CMaia-s re- 



MI_-^AU-KEE— NINETEEN -THREE. 



- - n of a city for the 



--ftevilie, a new de- 



"7 the Chicago 



:ed tremendous 



-~- ^-'* -eTi.;7r:i a great deal of 



" - ""-? itvitaticr- '-- ' -" '^ : " 

 - a hiTL in - 



16 cr tne rear 5ea:=. 



ox Shake- 



'<r^^ -f 



i representatiTes of 

 ~gton in moring to 

 - Sniwankee nnaid- 



ind shows the 



Cincinnati's 



also 



red 



.• ••;:- e:rher 



iwav." Thar 



VILUAM G. BERTERMANN. 



CAd<ti«es read by K. G H;.; 3: :!ie M^aiorta, 

 meeting of the Society o; I_a:^:ia Fl.r;s;s s: 

 lacUanapolis. In honor o{ u^e ia;e Wi^iazn G. 

 Bertermann.] 



It is imposable to do full justice to 

 the memory of William G. Bertermaun, 

 for he abounded in exc-ellent traits of 

 charaeter, and I hesitate to undertake 

 the ta^ assigned me, fearing I may not 

 be able to do him the honor due his 

 ehanieter and life work. Mo3t of those 

 present hare had the pleasure of know- 

 ing him intimately and well, and, Hke 

 myself, thoroughly appreciated and val- 

 ued his unchanging friendship. 



My acquaintance dates back some 

 twenty years, but not until the founding 

 of our state society did I come to know 

 him thoroughly. One of his finest qual- 

 ities was the intense earnestness with 

 which he went into an undertaking; 

 V very one who knew liim was impressGrl 

 - this marked trait of character. From 

 T "err inception of our state organiza- 

 r threw into it every force anrl 

 re<:e5saTy to make it a success. 

 . .ler time, labor nor money to 



L; plans and purposes of the 

 = ;-ic:7. As car faithful and painstaking 

 secretary for so many years, we owe him 

 SH'^ his memory a large debt cf gratitude 

 f;i the success which crowned our many 

 ■jndenakings. > 



William G. Bertermann was both 



I Thoughtful and resourceful. It was my 



pleasure to be taken into his confidence 



- ' "■ '^'-^ -plained to me bis ideas 



- vigorous mind, espe- 



--^ ;j matters pertaining to 



.'Tig of our anrnigl meetings and 



"-:ns. very few of us realized 



V great amount of thought which he 



--ve to our interests while ser\-ing us. 



1 was very often surprised and delighted 



with the novelty of his plans and the 



energy with which he c-arried them to a 



sneeessful eonehision, for many of the 



: - - resented to him were intricate 



ime. He was pre-eminently 



'■? rZanning, and the fame 



^as in a large measure 



— ^ ■•-:„ lorethonght, diseretioii 



rgetic work of our secretary. He 



— — rats, and his eSort was always 

 : r the novel and the artistic, and he 

 - ; = :sse^ a knowledge of the public taste 



7 ; ally wonderfuL 



: e welfare of the profession 

 ever a: heart, and one of his oftenest 

 expre^ed and most fervent desires was 

 that the members of t til's society and 

 the craft in geneml mignt come to a 

 better appreciation of our proxessiou in 

 relation to the natural and artistic de- 

 velc^ment which has been taking place 

 in this eoimtry of ours and which is 

 still going forward. He thought that 

 the majority of florists should be more 

 ■rarefnl in their dress, in the appoini- 

 rr rzts of their places of business, and as 

 the dignity of demeanor as befitted 

 =e who were thrown in contact with 

 e most beautiful things of nature. 

 This thought was constantly with him 

 and he often spoke of the reform neces- 

 sary in these partieulars. 



William G. Bertermann was appointed 

 on the executive committee of our Na- 

 tional Society while 1 was serving af 

 president, and I was amazed at the time 

 and thought he gave to this ofSce. 

 Through a reorganization of the executive 

 body we were favored with his servieee 

 for one year only; it would have been 



