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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



OiroiiKit I'O. 1910. 



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THE FLORIST'S WIFE. 



1 \ |iap'M' li'ail l>i-t'>l-«' llii iiicrlini: I'l I la- SI 

 l...i|j> l.ailifs" Hoiiie Circle by Mrs. ,Iulii\ 1.. 

 K.H-iii«, 'riiiirsilav," Sci>li'iiil"'r 1.".. I'.Uii.J 



Having 1 ii asl^nl to rcail an I'ssay 



la-fi.rc tliis .lull. 1 hav.- sclcrtcd a siil>- 

 icct wiiich 1 cmisiilcr of ;ir<'at impor 

 laiicf ti> I'vciv laily, inistfcss of a home. 

 .-Hill especially to llie mistresses or 

 iiiaiiayers of florist--' homes. 



'I'iie ;iiiiiro|iriate use of trees, shnilis. 

 \ilies .•mil helliaeeolis plants ill the 



.olornmi'iit of eity. vill,'ii;e, suiimlian or 

 lountiy home <iroiinils jiixes a chaiiii 

 .-mil lieaiity which aie as interest iiitJ. iii 

 -triietive .-ind ])leasiM;i to the passers-hy 

 .1- to the occnpaiit of the home. 



Whose duty should it lie more ihan 

 ihat of the ilorist "s wife, dauyhlei- or 

 -Wfetlieait, to foster the idea ;iiid yi\e 

 .-i---istance to her nei^ldiois and friends. 

 .•IS to liow and when to platit trees, 

 shrubs, vinos and lieddiny pl;ints.' ^'oii 

 .ill know how solieitoiis we are in tell 

 one another how to fashion ;i new dn--- 

 111 hat. or liow to cook a new di'^h. or 

 lianjr new style drajieries. Why not use 

 .IS <'reat otIVtrt to promote the beaiitifx 

 iny (d' home eiuunds.' We. slandiny so 

 miMdi nearer to the cr:ift smati. can oli 

 lain expert ad\ ice as to the proper time 



and inetliods to 1 m]doyed in the 



work, aiul ] consider it our dut\' to see 

 ihat our home jiioniid- stand as an e\ 

 .•imide to othcMs who h.ive not the .'id 

 vantage'- we have. 



It is not my aim to tell \iui liow to 

 lav out yoiii^ irroiinds or wiiat to |)lant. 

 for that shoidd lio left to i-;ich one's 

 taste and aecordin<f to --p;ice ,'ind local 

 ity. liut whiit I sincerely expect id" all 

 IS to keep -^N-liatevir you jdant in a pro- 

 sentnlile condition at all times, t'oi- noth 

 ing is mole de]iloralil.e to lieludd than a 

 ]daee whii-li ^v;is nicely Laid out ;nid 

 then neglected. T.et me w;irn you now 

 tiot to make too el;il>oi-;ite prep;ir;it ions, 

 unless yon are cert.'iiii that \du will lie 

 able to maintain the proposed cro.'ition; 

 for a single flower lied in a well kept 

 lawn is proforalde to ;i lot of tlowers 

 seattored over a lar^ie are;i and left 

 to shift for tliomsehes. Think of tln^ 

 nlternativo of the -niorning glory, with 

 its o|)on counteii.'ince lialf\\;iy up the 

 ■-ide of your house, tioiMiiig a friemllv 

 oood morning to the iiwe in lu'r bed. 



with a blanket id' .•ilternantheras co\'er 

 ing her feid ; or the dise.-irded ketchup 

 bidtle milking faces at the empty to 

 niato can .■iinong ]ilantaiu. do(d< and Jim 

 son we(>ds. 



K\ery successful attempt to .•idorii 

 your houie griHinds has a \'alualde inllu- 

 eiice ujion the commiinitx' in which \'ou 

 are situated. Such grounds furnish an 

 object lesson which others will attempt 

 to fidlow, and in this \vay they ser\-e 

 till' useful i>iirpose of stimulating in 

 111 hers ;i lo\-e fur t hi' beautiful ill na 

 tiiie. It also li;is ;i temlency to increase 

 the income of the llorists. [•'ortiinatel v, 

 the be;iuly wliicli is produced bv oiii;i 

 mental |ilanting cinnot be sellishh' kept 

 for the excHnsi\e use ot' its owner: 

 e\ery passer by can take the full meas- 

 ure of his capacity without in the least 

 detracting from the v;iliie of the plan 

 tat ion to its owner, b\ei-\- pi^rson who 



pl;illls a tree is ;i public belief.-ictor. 



VIOLETS WITH SWEET PEAS. 



'an you ttdl me what is the matter 

 with my violets.' I am emdosing a few- 

 leaves and if you can give me any 

 information regarding them it will be 

 appreciated. 1 have a greenhouse. 'J2x 

 7n, (diiefly in viidets, and tlicMe is some 

 thing wrong with them. We ;ilso have 

 our sweet peas in the same house and I 

 ;ini enclosing some of them. They are 

 not doing as well .-is they might. Will 

 ,\ou tell lis what to do with them.' f 

 am located in eastern .Missouri. 



S. II. 



The fuliage lit' the single \iolets for 

 w;iriied u:is badlx ;illected by leaf S|iot. 

 This does nut usually att;ick single 

 \ iohds, ;is it does doubles, and Oven 

 when it does the plants will grow out 

 of it. The single \iolets should not be 

 housed before tlie\ h;i\e had one or 



-two freezings to check leaf growth. 

 They should not lia\e gone in. in vonr 

 i-limate. lietoie the iiiiddle of ( let iiIht. 

 Too e;ii-ly |il;iiitiiig c;iiises many failures 

 in single \iii|ii culture. ^inir night 

 tein|iei:it lire should lie kept as nejir 4il 



' .leyrees ;is possible in winter, but if von 

 lia\e sweet jieas in the same house and 

 are intending to llnwer them earl\-. the 

 temperature must be raised "I or^S de- ' 

 glees when the ],o:i^ start to show luids, 

 Thi- will make it pretty warm for 

 \iolet-~. which, howe\er, are usiialh- run 

 oiii under gl:iss fi-ein tin- middle to the 

 eihl of Maiidi. 



I'ick olV all diseased leave-. (ii\e the 

 noiise abundant ventilation night and 

 day. Scratch ovoy the surface soil and 

 keep rubbitih ideaned up on the p.aths 

 or under the benches, if you use 

 bemdies. Never mind if the tempera- 

 ture gets down near freezing; it will 

 not affect the violets. 



The sweet jiea foliage w:is all brown 

 when rei-eived. The haiilrn ajiparontlv 

 is 'weak. Your rows should not be 

 closer th;in four feet .apart, and are bet ' 



ter even wider, provided the bead room 

 is am[)le. Perhaps your seed was sown 

 thiidcly .-iiid the seedlings not thinned. 

 The indix idiial ])lants should be four to 

 six inches ajiart to liecome stocky. As 

 ymi are growing the two i-rops, it will 

 be best to run the house cool, to suit the 

 \iolets, until the middle or end of Feb- 

 ruary; then gradually raise the temper- 

 ature for the swei't peas, inilling out the 

 \ iolets as tliev run out. C. W. 



JOHN BERTERMANN. 



Tiiere are few retail florists who are 

 more widely or more favorably known in 

 the trade than John Bertermann. of the 

 (inn of Hertermann Bros. Co., Indiun- 

 a|iolis, Jnd. lie possesses two qualities 

 which naturally lead to such extensive 

 ac()uaiutance — he is up-to-date in his 

 business methods and is also public-spir 

 ited, taking an active interest in the gen- 

 eral welfare of the craft and attending 

 an unusually large ])roportion of florists ' 

 gatherings, both local and national. His 

 store in Indianapolis is one of the hand 

 somest and best equipped in the country 

 ;iiid oY course hamllea :i high class of 

 trade. At the last convention of the 

 .\, (', 8., in Pittsburg, lie assisted in the 

 organization of the Retail Florists" De- 

 livery Association and was elected a 

 member of the board of directors of the 

 new society. 



.lolin Pertermaiin was lioni Ajiril Ho. 

 |N.")||, at Wilhelmsliohe, Hessen-Cassel. 

 (iermany. He started to learn the flo- 

 rists' business May 19, 1864, in the gar- 

 dens of the emperor of Germany. Dur- 

 ing the Franco-German war, 1870-1871. 

 he was detailed to special decoration duty 

 in the Hessen Cassel, during the time 

 that Xapoh'on. emperor of France, was 

 |irisoner there. 



Ills brother. William Herterinann. 

 s;iiled for ,\m(>rica in IS"!' and John fol- 

 lowed hiiii in 1S7(), with the intention of 

 starting a flower bu.siuess in the new 

 world. They were unable at the time to 

 carry out their intentions, and John took 

 a position at Newport, Ky., where he 

 worked six months with a private con- 

 cern. For some time after that he was 

 empioyed by H. P. Critchell. at Car- 

 thage. O. 



December 3, 1>57S, the two brothers 

 moved to Indianapolis and found employ- 

 ment with C. Ivange, whose business was 

 locateil in Fast Washington street. They 

 worked for Mr. T>ange until February. 

 Is7'.t, .-it which time they purchased his 

 husiness. The next year they built a 

 greeiiiionse at the corner of liiborty and 

 .New Vork streets, and in l.'^Sl! moved 

 tlu' store from Kasl Washington street to 

 tlH> present location at L'41 Massachusetts 

 a\eniie. 



In 1S91 death called W'illiam Berter- 

 niann away, which left the business in 

 charge of John Tiertermann, under the 

 present firm name of Bertermann Bros, 

 Co. 



In inOo John Bertermann pundiased 

 a farm containing 103 acres, located at 

 Cumberland, east of the city, and in the 

 following year lie erected on this farm 

 a range of greenhouses which are used 

 exclusively for growing carnations. 



Akron, O. — M. tiiMuind. em|)lo_\ee of 

 M, .1. (iilbo A: Sons, reports that this 

 linn is ei'ecting two houses, each bSxIlu. 

 which, with last year's additions, will 

 iiive .'lil.OiK) square fei't under glass, 

 'i'liese houses ;ire truss construction, 

 with iron i^iitters. 



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