

August 31, 1916. 



The Rorists' Review 



15 



ing bench room you need not be with- 

 out it. Fill some baskets and suspend 

 them in one of your houses. From even 

 a few baskets it is possible to cut a 

 large number of bunches. Line the 

 baskets with rough moss — sheet moss 

 is good — and give the plants a gener- 

 ous compost. Once well established, 

 they will need lots of water. 



Cyclamens. 



Have you remembered to sow your 

 cyclamen seedf If not, do so at once, 

 as no time is to be lost if nice bloom- 

 ing plants are wanted for Thanksgiving 

 and Christmas next year. Do not be- 

 lieve the man w^o tells you that a year 

 is ample time to produce fine plants. 

 You will find that such plants, no mat- 

 ter how ably cared for, will look pretty 

 puny when compared with those sown 

 a few months earlier. Purchase the 

 best seed obtainable and in separate 

 colors, such as red, pink, salmon or 

 white. Do not buy cheap mixtures; a 

 large percentage would carry small 

 flowers and be of unsalable colors. Sow 

 in pans or small, shallow flats of light, 

 sandy soil. Cover lightly and, after 

 watering, protect with glass and paper. 

 Place them in a warm, moist house. Do 

 not allow the seed pans or flats to be- 

 come dry. As the seedlings appear, 

 remove the glass, but do not expose to 

 direct sunlight. 



Small Feins for Dislies. 



Almost any country florist knows 

 how to propagate nephrolepis, but it is 

 quite another matter to raise small 

 table ferns in variety. Some special- 

 ists raise these by the millions from 

 spores and they can do so much better 

 and more cheaply than the man who 

 has to grow a little of everything. Now 

 is the time to buy a good stock of these 

 ferns from one of the big specialists. 

 It is not necessary to have them from 

 pots; many are sold cheaply in small 

 trays or flats, and if these are placed 

 in small pots when received, given 

 some shade and carefully watered, they 

 will soon make nice plants for fall and 

 winter use. The various forms of 

 pteris make fine ferns for table center- 

 pieces; so do some of the adiantums, 

 aspidiums, lygodiums, cyrtomiums, poly- 

 stichums and onychiums. Some of the 

 selaginellas also are fine for the same 

 purpose. 



Beiried Solanums. 



The Jerusalem cherries, owing to the 

 copious rainfalls, have this season made 

 a strong growth in the field and are 

 now quite heavily berried. As a con- 

 tinuation of wet weather may make 

 the plants unduly large, it would be 

 well to lift and pot them now. See 

 that some soil adheres to the roots. 

 After potting, water thoroughly, shade 

 from direct sunshine, and spray freely 

 until the plants cease wilting. The 

 field plants are always so much larger 

 and better berried than pot-grown ones 

 that the wonder is that anyone con- 

 tinues the latter method of culture in 

 summer. 



PEOGRESS OF THE F. T. D. 



In greeting my worthy successor, W. 

 F. Gude, of Washington, D. C, as presi- 

 dent of the Florists* Telegraph Deliv- 

 ery, I feel that there are some state- 

 ments pertinent to this organization 

 due the members and past officials. 



It has been my pleasure to see this 

 organization grow from nothing to 360 



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IRWIN BERTERMANN. 



Indiana is known as the birthplace of poets and authors, and those who know 

 •'■ Irwin Bertermann will recognize that, as a native Hoosier, he came naturally 

 by some of his best qualities. Mr. Bertermann is 36 years of age; he spent his 

 first two decades in growing up and in acquiring an education, but the other 

 sixteen years have been devoted exclusively to advancing the flower business, that 

 of Bertermann Bros. Co., Indianapolis, in particular and that of all other florists 

 in general. Mr. Bertermann was treasurer of the first National Flower Show, at 

 Chicago, and was the first secretary of the F. T. D., succeeding J. A. Valentine 

 in the presidency, which he now turns over to W. F. Gude. Mr. Bertermann also 

 served last year as chairman of the S. A. F. committee on national publicity for 

 flowers. 



members, consisting mainly of the best 

 retailers in the country; also, to have 

 this organization advanced from $300 

 in arrears in the guarantee fund to ap- 

 proximately $6,000 gross balance. The 

 annual business transacted by the mem- 

 bers of this organization is estimated 

 at well over a million dollars per year. 

 This wonderful growth has been due in 

 part to the untiring efforts of several 

 of the members, particularly Philip 

 Breitmeyer, of Detroit; Paul Schulz, of 

 Louisville; George Stumpp, of New 

 York; W. J. Smyth, of Chicago; W. J. 

 Palmer, of Buffalo, and numerous others. 

 The officers and directors of the asso- 

 ciation have worked untiringly and 

 have given their time and money to 

 promote this organization's welfare. 

 There has never been a misunderstand- 

 ing between any of them and, on the 

 whole, progress has been one of har- 

 mony and general upbuilding. I wish 



to pay particular tribute to the untir- 

 ing efforts of Secretary Pochelon and 

 Treasurer W. L. Eock, whose work is 

 scarcely appreciated as yet. The ad- 

 journed meeting in Chicago, October 11 

 and 12, undoubtedly will be well at- 

 tended and a source of much benefit to 

 the whole fiower profession and plans 

 are under way which will be of decided 

 value in the sale and promotion of flow- 

 ers throughout the country. 



I wish again to thank all those who 

 have been instrumental in the success 

 of the Florists' Telegraph Delivery, not 

 forgetting the trade press. 



Irwin Bertermann, 

 Past President. 



Hutchinson, Kan. — The Underwood 

 Greenhouse Co, has been authorized to 

 issue $30,000 in bonds, to be used in 

 taking over the present range and in 

 making enlargements. 



