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Mat 26, 1904. 



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Edward J. Bertermann, of Indianapolis. 



spathulata, Bouton d'or, Picotee, Golden 

 Crown and bybloemens, also flowers of 

 Gardenia Fortuniana (Veitcb's form) 

 and sprays of Crimson Rambler, Phila- 

 delphia Eambler, Queen Alexandra and 

 Farquhar roses. 



Various Notes. 



An effort by the Massachusetts For- 

 estry Association, State Board of Ag- 

 riculture and other bodies to have the 

 state legislature appropriate $300,000 

 toward exterminating the gypsy moth 

 has been defeated by a considerable ma- 

 jority and the motion to appropriate 

 $60,000 for the introduction of natural 

 parasitic foes was also defeated. It is 

 probable that this terrible pest will cause 

 widespread destruction this year, for the 

 efforts of individual proprietors and 

 local bodies will avail little. 



Active work iu fighting the elm leaf 

 beetle has commenced in a number of 

 towns and cities. The last few warm 

 days have made the beetle quite active. 

 Disparene, a form of arsenate of lead in 

 p&ste form, is generallv used. 



' W. N. Craig. 



EDWARD J. BERTERMANN. 



The accompanying portrait of Edward 

 J. Bertermann is from a sketch made 

 by the artist of the Indianapolis Sen- 

 tinel and was published with the fol- 

 lowing note: 



Edward J. Bertermann, general man- 

 ager of the Bertermann Bros. Company, 

 is one of the most thoroughly equipped 

 floriculturists west of the Alleghany 

 mountains. The company, of whose ex- 

 tensive business he has for a long time 

 had the practical business management, 

 besides the subject of this sketch, in- 



cludes three other brothers — John Ber- 

 termann, president of the corporation; 

 Walter H. Bertermann, vice-president, 

 and Irwin F. Bertermann, secretary- 

 treasurer. 



The company long since established at 

 3002 E. Washington street, extensive 

 greenhouses, where a large and varied 

 stock is grown. With a thorough knowl- 

 edge of the floral art Edward J. Berter- 

 mann has coupled the force that has 

 come to him from years of study of 

 business methods and this naturally, has 

 rendered him invaluable in bringing trade 

 of the Bertermann Bros. Company to 

 the splendid and profitable condition it 

 enjoys in the local business world at 

 this time. 



The Bertermann brothers have long 

 been actively identified with the local, 

 state and national association of florists, 

 and the magnificent success which has 

 attended the annual chrysanthemum 

 shows in this city to a very large de- 

 gree may be attributed to the wise judg- 

 ment and excellent advice of the gentle- 

 man whose portrait The Sentinel pre- 

 sents today, Mr. Bertermann, who has 

 been iq this country and city for twen- 

 ty-seven years, will shortly leave for 

 Europe and recently took out his nat- 

 uralization papers in the Superior Court 

 in order that he might go back to the 

 land of his ancestors a genuine and un- 

 questionable American citizen. 



He resides in a pretty home at 628 

 Lockerbie street, and is a warm personal 

 friend of his neighbor, James WTiitcomb 

 Eiley. 



Hanover, Pa. — F. E. Cremer has had 

 some very nice contracts for plant beds 

 iu the National Cemetery at Gettysburg. 



NEW YORK. 



The Market. 



The weather conditions are at last 

 seasonable and the market seems to have 

 settled down to its usual summer dull- 

 ness. School commencement, Decoration 

 clay demands and June brides may com- 

 bine to lift things slightly, but the gen- 

 eral sentiment is one of resignation to 

 ihe inevitable. A reduction in the over- 

 whelming supplies of the last two weeks 

 may enhance values temporarily for Me- 

 morial day, but at the present writing 

 there is enough of everything and to 

 spare. Outdoor stock is abundant, espe- 

 cially valley and lilac, which are every- 

 where and fine in quality and popular. 

 The lower grades of roses and carnations 

 come in floods and have no permanent 

 value. Cape jasmines were a drug on 

 Saturday, one firm with a shipment of 

 1,000 not having sold a dozen up to 

 closing time. Lilies continue plentiful 

 and cheap. 



Various Notes. 



Nick Schreiner, of J. K. Allen 's force, 

 will celebrate the outing holiday by mar- 

 rying Miss Mamie Flynn, June 29. 



Sigmund Geller returned home from 

 his European trip on the Kaiser Wilhelm 

 last Tuesday. 



Alex Guttman finds the added conven- 

 ience of two telephones a necessity and 

 lias no complaint to make of the season 's 

 business. 



Jos. Leikens, of Newport, was in town 

 last week making some extensive pur- 

 chases for his new store on Bellevue 

 avenue there. He seems well pleased with 

 liis progress and has the filling of the 

 Beekman estate to complete, as an anchor 

 to windward. 



The outing is next in interest to the 

 club's peony and ladies' night on June 

 13. The official program will be dis- 

 tributed next week and the list of sports 

 and prizes far exceeds that of last year, 

 while the attendance promises a similar 

 increase. The committee ask all who will 

 attend to communicate with Treasurer 

 Sehenck at once that ample provision 

 may be made for all. Among the prizes 

 already offered are: 



Fire for the ladies' bowling match by Pres- 

 ident Traendly; nine bottles of champagne by 

 John B. Nugent to the winners of the base ball 

 mutch; 16 by John Raynor and $5 by W. C. 

 Mansfield for the men's bowling prizes; prizes 

 for the one mile race and the married 

 men's flfty-yard race, by Ford Bros.; 100 yard 

 race, by Philip F. Kessler; half-mile walkinif 

 match, by W. H. Ountber; boys' flfty-yard 

 race, under 8 years, by Jos. Millang, two prises 

 $4 and $2; boys' race, under 12, by John 

 Young; boys' race, under 16, by Walter Sheri- 

 dan; girls' race, under 8, by J. K. Allen; girls' 

 race, under 12, by Chas. Schenclc; girls' 

 race, under 16, by Moore, Hentz & Nash; 

 two prizes for married ladles' race, by 

 Sigmund Geller; old maids' race, by Joseph 

 A. Millang; 100 yards special for growers, 

 and their foreman only, the Lord & Burnham 

 prizes $5 and $3; girls' race under 18, a $6 

 bolt of ribbon and a special press bowling prize 

 of a handsome bronze inkstand, by John Birnie. 

 Many more prizes and contests will be reported 

 In our next. If any other of the club members 

 desire to give further prizes they can at once 

 communicate with President Traendly. 



Immense importations of European 

 stock are arriving, among them a Bhip- 

 ment of 600 bay trees to Julius Roehrs, 

 many of them magnificent specimens 

 The demand for the bay seems continuous 

 and their use almost universal. Hardly 

 a hotel or restaurant is without them. 

 Their popularity increases and the over- 

 supply which seemed at one time to 

 threaten has not materialized. Eevolu- 

 tionized Coney Island, with its magnifi- 

 cent parks and ' ' dreamland, ' ' has found 

 the bay just the tree for its summer 



