Febkuakv 21, 1010. 



The Florists^ Review 



25 



OBITUARY 



Conrad Bergstermann. 



Conrad Bor^stcririann, of St. liOiiis, 

 Mo., (lied February liO, from a siuldoii 

 heart stroke. He had apparently en- 

 joyed the best of health up to the time 

 of his death. Those who saw him at the 

 dance of the St. Louis Florists' Club, 

 February 18, little thought they wouhl 

 attend his funeral a few days later. 

 He was a mendior of the St. Louis Flo- 

 rists' Club and of the Uetail Florists' 

 Association. ITe was born May 0, 1857, 

 at BorfTJoh, near Osnabruck, Gcitnany, 

 where he learned the florists' trade. 

 In 1885 he t-ame to this country and 

 immediately found work at his trade 

 in St. Louis. Fifteen years ago he or- 

 fianizcd the firm of Pape & Berfrster- 

 mann, but thriM' years later he sold his 

 interest and built a store and green- 

 house at 3117 South Grand avenue, 

 where he had a prosperous business 

 until his death. 



His wife died eight months ago. Ed- 

 win Nibling, ISfrs. Hulda Ruff, his step- 

 children, and Oscar Ruff, a son-in-law, 

 are left to mourn his loss. The funeral 

 took place February 23, from his late 

 residence, ,'^117 South Grand avenue, to 

 Concordia cemetery. The members of 

 the Florists' Club and the Retail Flo- 

 rists' Association attended in a body. 

 There were great numbers of floral of- 

 ferings. J. ■'. B. 

 Roderick Royce. 



Roderick Royce, veteran nursery- 

 man of Shellsburg, Ta., died at liis 

 home February 8, after an illness of 

 several months' duration. Mr. Royce 

 was born in ^Monticello, N. Y., Febru- 

 ary 21, 1845. In 1867 he married Miss 

 Charlotte Divine, of Liberty, N. Y. 

 The following year the young couple 

 moved to Shellsburg, Ta., where Mr. 

 Royce started his nursery business. 

 Ho was first associated with J. L. 

 Budd, and later with Oscar Bergen. 



NASHVILLE, TENN. 



The Market. 



Spring seems to have broken its way 

 through the coM winds and heavy 

 rains at last, and we are having plenty 

 of the early outdoor flowers. K\en 

 hyacinths are blooming in jirotected 

 places. Farmers are plowing and gar- 

 deners are planting their calibages, po- 

 tatoes and j)eas. Daffodils are appear- 

 ing on the streets and in the restau- 

 rants, and soon there will be loads of 

 them evervwhero. Tulijis and hya- 

 cinths ill I'ots ."ire ha\ ing their ilay, ami 

 they are selling, ton. It seems to take 

 a warm spring day to sell a pot of 

 tulips. Ill roses the shortage of a week 

 ago is rapidly disappearirig. Another 

 week of good weatlier will gi\e us ;i 

 good supply of everything. Funeral 

 work has been heavy, and this, with 

 the regular business in cut flowers, has 

 consunieil most of the stock. C'orsage 

 bouquets seem to be more in demand 

 this spring than cner b(>fore. 



Hardy ornamentals arc selling rapid- 

 ly now. In fact, those who deal in 

 these are finding it liitiicult to keep up 

 with their orders. As usual, there is a 

 large demand for bulbs, now that they 

 are beginning to bloom. It secerns that 



Conrad Bergstermann. 



the ])uldir ne\('r will l(>arii that things 

 must be ])lanted some time before they 

 are expected to bloom. The seed trade 

 i< finding business good, especially in 

 early garilen and farm seeds. 



Various Notes. 



The Hillcrest School Farm is plant- 

 ing roses in the field this week. The 

 I)lanting will iiududi* thousands of the 

 most popular rambltMs. 



J. F. Corbitt h:is liis plac full to 

 overflowing with bedding ]il;iiits, c\cn 

 having them on cliches .-ind under the 

 edges of the licnrlics. 1 ha\c nc\er 

 S(>en so miii-h gnnd stink at his placi' 

 before. 



• loy "s windows were espeiially (J-^co 

 ratcij for Washington's birthday, one 

 containing a large monument iiornnvcd 

 Irom the ilcalers in sndi thinus. sur 

 inounted with an excellent lui'-t ot 

 Washington. In front of the nionu 

 Tiient was a cherry stump with .-i small 

 axe stiidving in it. The other wiiiijow 

 showed the best plants and tlowiM's ot" 

 the season. Many peojile stopped to 

 loidv at the windows. 



(ien\- Mros. ha\e theii- wIimIows df^i'O 

 lated with excellent jiiit ]ilant<. They 

 continue to i-ut (|uantities of tine rosi^s 

 and \i(dets. They an' selling the 

 dwarfgi'ow ing Whitniani tern sport 

 for table ferns. This is about the best 

 table I'ern 1 ha\e seen. Their sweet 

 ]peas are coming fretdy now, with (^xtra 

 long st(Mns. 



Mclntyie Bros, had almost a monoji- 

 oly ol' the good sweet p(\'is ol' the citv 

 until recently. They nre still cuttitii: 

 plentv ot' 0!(diids. 



Leslie Little haci ;i mishap in hi-^ 

 i^i cenlKMise l.'ist week. While he was 

 away the boys painted his jdpi's and 

 then built a good fire. The fumes troin 



th(^ jiaint killed most ot' his [plants liack 

 bailly, and entirely killed the lettuce he 

 hail in a }'art of the house. F. B. 



MOTT-LY MUSINGS. 



A. Wiegaiid's Sons < 'o., of Indiauap- 

 olis. sa>s that the (|Uantity ot' funeral 

 woik ot' late has been unusually large, 

 (ieoiue Wiegand had plaiineil to take 

 lii> family to Florida, the rigor of 

 the 1 ndi;inap(dis \vinteis iilYeeting him 

 nioie than in his youiiLCer days, but 

 Homer peisnaded him to abandon the 

 trip to help d'.iring the busy season. 

 We weie speaking of the art attained 

 in design work and how the far ad- 

 vaiM'i'd in the luot'ession have educated 

 their patrons, when .Mr. Steiukamp re- 

 lated a lie. lit incident. Mr. Stein- 

 kanip's pnitiier, Mr. I'.aur, one day 

 nnswered a jihone call fnun a particular 

 patron, who ordered a tok(Mi of sym- 

 pathy foi- ;( deceased friend of ^."i years. 

 Mr. Ilaur was called up shortly after- 

 w;trds by the same peison. who stated 

 th.at a mistake had l.e^'ii made in the 

 age, that it should be I'C years. This 

 change was made ai'MU'lingly .and the 

 design rearrani^cd to suit. 



• lohii A. i;\ans. of IJii hmond. In 1., 

 s.'iys his s;ilt ball is gi\ing iiidimited 

 satisfaction to the ii^im-. The \ i.-tims 

 'lie a double lieatli. being burned with 

 thirst and drowned \\ith w.ater. 



•lohn Heideiireich, ot' Indi.aiiapolis, as 

 usu.al is strong on nioon\ines, growing 

 the largest retail stoc|< in tiie city. 

 lie lielie\e< there will be a continua- 

 tion ol' ^ooij lin^l lies^. 



•'. -1. ohnicr. ol' \Ve><t Palm Beach, 

 Kla., has lour acres covered with lath 

 houses and i^ shipping lai'LTC cuts of 

 Aspai.-i^us pliiniosus. ai-coi.| i nrr to K. G. 

 ( Jilletl, of ( iiicinnati. W. ^^. 



