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HORTICULTURE 



June 24. 1916 



J. M. SIVIA 



FLORISTS 



& SOIMS 



NEW YORK and 

 WASHINGTON 



Announce the removal of their New York store to 



505 MADISON AVENUE, AT 52d STREET 



WASHINGTON. D. C. 

 I5lh and H Strccli 



Floral and Landscape Work 



NEW YORK WiiMorf-A.toria 

 and 505 Mfidtton Ave. 



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NEWS ITEMS FROM EVERYWHERE 



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CHICAGO. 



Fred LautenscliUiBer is iilanning on 

 the Houston trip for tliere are always 

 florists who seem to be lying in wait 

 for him at the conventions with orders 

 in their pockets. 



John J. Stuppy of St. Joseph, Mo., 

 and family, are in Chicago. Mr. Stup- 

 py is on his way East and Mr.s. Stup- 

 py and children will visit relatives 

 here during his absence. 



The new gladiolus Myrtle, now on 

 exhibition at E. C. Amling's is of a 

 very attractive clear pink. It is grown 

 by A. P. Bonvallet, Wichert, 111., who 

 expects to introduce it later. 



Those who attended the funeral of 

 W. F. Kasting from Chicago were 

 George Asmus, \Vm. J. Keimel, M. Bar- 

 ker and A. Ringier. Mr. Kasting was 

 to have visited Chicago on his way 

 home from St. Louis. 



The store vacated by Lyon & Healy 

 at Wabash avenue and Adams street is 

 being divided into small stores and 

 several florists are reputed to have 

 signed leases. No one has been found 

 who is willing to admit it at tliis time 

 but it will probably house a flower 

 store in the near future. 



One of our enterprising nurserymen 

 arranged with a department store a 

 large exhibition of named peony 

 blooms, for the ostensible purpose of 

 giving pleasure and instruction. Both 

 parties concerned are willing to take 

 the sales that are sure to follow. This 

 is a practical way of creating love for 

 the big flowers and selling the plants 

 and it is to be hoped more "commer- 

 cial exhibits" will follow. 



The John C. Moninger Co. is receiv- 

 ing some very gratifying letters from 

 The Miller Floral Co., whose three 

 steel houses they have just completed 



IXOWERS BY TEI.EORAPH 



SAN FRANCISCO 



CAI.IF0K>I.4 



Pelicano, Rossi & Co. 



123 KEARNY ST. 



al l-.u InllmUili, i liui, ilMd ,Slfplii;ll 



Hyde. Carthage. Mo., who has received 

 material for a house 84 by 6iMi in fine 

 order. Their greenhouses being erect- 

 ed for Montgomery Bros., at Hadley, 

 Mass.. and for Van Allen at Newport, 

 are progressing, and another eastern 

 order just placed is for Russell Bros., 

 Inc., of Syracuse, N. Y., calling for 

 four houses, 21 by 125. Rudolph 

 Kurowski says Houston is too far 

 away for the Moninger Co. to send one 

 of their model greenhouses but the 

 firm will probably be represented 

 there. 



ST. LOUIS. 

 The florists of St. Louis received a 

 great shock on Thursday, June 15th, 

 with the announcement of the sudden 

 death of Win. F. Kasting. Mr. Kasting 

 arrived here on Monday, June 12th, as 

 a delegate from New York to the Dem- 

 ocratic Convention. He paid visits to 

 his friends in the trade on Wednesday 

 in company with J. J. Beneke, Secre- 

 tary of the Florist Club, visited the 

 wholfsale district and was apparently 

 in good health and arranged an auto- 

 mobile trip to visit the trade on Thurs- 

 day morning. That evening he took 

 suddenly sick with heart trouble at the 

 Maryland Hotel and died there on 

 Thursday morning at 10.30. His re- 

 mains were taken in charge of by his 

 brother-in-law. Mr. La Tour, who came 

 with Mr. Kasting and left for Buffalo 

 that night. The Florist Club and the 

 five wholesale houses wired floral em- 

 blems to be sent to the funeral. 



CINCINNATL 



Chas. A. Moss, who was formerly in 

 the Cincinnati Park Department under 

 Reuben Warder and is now located at 

 Spartanshurg, S. C, was in this city 

 recently. 



Gus Adrian, Jr.. and Miss Cora 

 Pherson were married on the ITtli. 

 The first their family and friends knew 

 of the marriage was the following day 

 when they were leaving for the Che- 

 naux Islands to spend their honey- 

 moon at that place. 



PITTSBURGH. 



George McCalluni and ('. C, Phillips 

 are planning for a two-weeks' Ashing 

 trip next month on the (^heat River, 

 West Virginia. 



Mr. and Mrs. E. H. McGrath left on 

 Thursday to spend a week in Chicago, 

 where Mr. .McGrath, who is manager 

 of the Blind P'loral Co. has business 

 interests. 



Mr. and .Mrs. William A. Clarke and 

 Mrs. E. A. Williams were members of 

 the Pittsburgh party which left on last 

 week to attend the Knights Templar 

 conclave in I>os Angeles. 



The Ludwig Floral Company sent 

 an unusual floral tribute for the funeral 

 of William F. Kasting. The piece was 

 designed of white carnations In envel- 

 ope form with the postmark, stamp 

 and address in immortelles. 



The advantages of featuring floral 

 decorations is being more and more 

 recognized by commercial firms. Last 

 week the Joseph Home Co. observed 

 its 2nd two-days' rose fete. Exquisite 

 long-stemmed Beauties and Rambler 

 Roses were used in tall wicker stand- 

 ards and festoons overhead with 

 charming effect. The Kauffmann Co. 

 initiated their 45th anniversary with 

 the window adorned entirely with fo- 

 liage plants and peonies. Ray J. Dasch- 

 bach. manager of the floral department 

 supervised the work of course. 



Randolph & .McClements were the flo- 

 ral decorators for a wedding which was 

 the most picturesque event of its kind 

 hereabouts. The church decorations 

 were foliage plants, ferns and pink hy- 

 drangeas. White wicker standards sur- 

 mounted by baskets of white peonies, 

 with loops of rose satin ribbon marked 

 the aisles. Ophelia roses, white or- 

 chids and orange blossoms formed the 

 bridal bouquet. Large garden hats 



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