18 



The Horists' Review 



June 22, 1916. 



Intending exhibitoiB should not delay 

 in securing space. 



Mothers' Day Fund. 



Replies are coming in freely to the 

 appeal sent out by the secretary for 

 contributions to the testimonial or fund 

 to be presented to Miss Anna Jarvis, 

 founder of Mothers' day. The list of 

 donors will be published shortly. Those 

 desiring their names included in this 

 list should make remittance now. 



John Young, Sec 'y. 



NASHVILI^, TENN. 



The Market. 



The conditions of the last two weeks 

 have been little different from those 

 of the rest of the spring, for truly we 

 h|ave not had summer weather at all, 

 ait least not for more than a day or two 

 alt a time. School commencements are 

 about oV6r, but business continues up 

 to the high mark set during the earlier 

 part of the year. It has probably been 

 the best six months of business that 

 we have ever had in this city, taking 

 it by and large. No one has had much 

 stock of any kind go to the dump. 



Carnations are holding out well this 

 spring. They will be thrown out of 

 the benches during this week and next, 

 to make room for next fall 's crop. They 

 are still of good quality. Koses are 

 none too plentiful, but their quality is 

 good. Eussell has been especially fine 

 this summer. This rose is growing more 

 popular here every day and there will 

 be fewer Beauties grown in this city 

 next season than ever before. Most of 

 the mums are being benched now and 

 everyone finds he has plenty to do, with 

 labor more scarce than it has been in 



the past. There will be few carnations 

 left in the field within a fortnight; in 

 fact, most of them are already in the 

 benches. Growers here plant many of 

 their carnations directly in the benches, 

 but they say some varieties must be set 

 in the field for a short time in order to 

 acquire vigor. 



Sweet peas have been plentiful of 

 late, amateur growers employing boys 

 and women to peddle them on the 

 streets, but the quality has been far 

 from the best this year. Asters bid 

 fair to be a success in the field again 

 this season because of the cool spring. 



Various Notes. 



The Joy Floral Co. has had its houses 

 thoroughly renovated. The roses have 

 been cut back for their summer's rest. 

 The men are finishing benching the 

 carnetions at present. The store re- 

 ports no let-up in the demand for cut 

 flowers and a good sale of hanging 

 baskets. 1 



Haury & Sons have a good display of 

 gladioli in their windows at present. 



Gteny Bros, have been having unusu- 

 ally attractive windows of late. Oscar 

 Gheay has been confined to his home on 

 account of his health. 



J. F. Corbett has a batch of roses 

 in the field that are furnishing more 

 good blooms than the same number of 

 roses usually do in the house in the 

 summer time. Why are there so few 

 who grow roses in this way? 



Mclntyre Bros, have been having a 

 nice run of wedding work of late. I 

 saw some Chinese wool flowers at their 

 place a week ago. This plant looks as 

 though it might prove a valuable pot 

 plant, especially if it can be had in as 

 good shape at Christmas as it is at 

 present. F. B. 



OBITUARY 



illllllllllllllllilllllllllllllllllllllllilllillllllllllUlllllllllimilllllillllllllllllllllllllilililiii: 



f MOTT-LY MUSINGS I 



liiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii^ 



The vegetable growers at Ashtabula, 

 O., are passing through a successful 

 season. The lettuce crop finished in 

 April brought good prices. Now the 

 first crop of cucumbers is being mar- 

 keted, with good returns. These, with 

 tomatoes, constitute the trio of vegeta- 

 bles grown in this locality, under glass. 

 The leading growers are Gallup Bros., 

 Dunbar & Hopkins, whose range of 

 modern houses makes an imposing sight 

 from the railroad; the Griswold Green- 

 house Co., E. A. Adams & Sons, who 

 have a compact and most conveniently 

 arranged plant; C. C. Phelps & Son, 

 last, but not least in size. All bespeak 

 prosperity. 



The Adams boys imparted some in- 

 teresting information regarding the 

 variations of cucumbers. The most 

 popular variety grown is named Hop- 

 kins' Choice, a dark green, solid fruit; 

 a prolific bearer and preferred by the 

 market vaen chiefly for its evenness of 

 growth, especially during the early 

 crops. Arlington White Spine is con- 

 sidered by the growers a superior sort, 

 as it produces more seed and is, conse- 

 quently, more tender, but not so profit- 

 able to market. Gas has practically 

 been abolished now that a spraying 

 substitute has been discovered, and the 

 vines bear witness to the improved 



method. "The labor problem is caus- 

 ing us considerable anxiety and mak- 

 ing us adopt all sorts of schemes to 

 combat the shortage," said Messrs. 

 Adams. 



A. H. Davis, of Syracuse, N. Y., has 

 plans for an oflSce and salesroom, 24x24 

 feet, to be built into the greenhouse at 

 the northwest corner of the property. 

 It will add much to the appearance of 

 the establishment, as the addition is to 

 be ornamental as iirell as useful. 



The Hike & Allen Co., of Cortland, 

 N. Y., reports a busy season. "Recent- 

 ly Mr. Hike withdrew his interest in 

 the business. That gives me double 

 work," remarked Mr. Allen, "but it is 

 good for the system, and the increase 

 of business is encouraging." 



Adolph Frost, of Cortland, is of the 

 opinion that working hours at present 

 are from dawn to dewy eve. Much 

 work is to be completed that remains 

 over from Decoration day. There were 

 many in the same boat with Mr. Frost. 



Passing the noted Randall homestead, 

 at Cortland, I noted the beautiful effect 

 of three trees planted close to each 

 other. One was Paul's double scarlet 

 thorn, in full bloom ; the second a golden 

 cut-leaved pak and the third a copper 

 beech, each about thirty feet tall and 

 of perfect proportions. W. M. 



WUliam F. Kastlng. 



William F. Kasting, president of the 

 W. F. Kasting Co., of Buffalo, treas- 

 urer of the Society of American Flo- 

 rists and of the National Flower Show 

 committee, active worker in all that has 

 tended toward the advancement of 

 trade interests and probably as widely 

 known and as well liked as any florist 

 in the United States, was found dead 

 in his room at the Maryland hotel, St. 

 Louis, on the morning of June 15. Mr. 

 Kasting, who was postmaster and a 

 leader in politics in Buffalo, was a* dele- 

 gate to the Democratic national con- 

 vention, holding the proxy of Mayor 

 Fuhrman, of Buffalo. Death was due 

 to heart failure. 



It was at the town of Sachsenhausen, 

 in the principality of Waldeck, Ger- 

 many, that William F. Kasting came 

 into mortal existence, July 27, 1870. He 

 was the son of John and Maria (Gross) 

 Kasting. At the usual age he became a 

 pupil in the public scRools of Sachsen- 

 hausen and attended his studies regu- 

 larly until his fifteenth year, when he 

 decided to try his fortunes in America, 

 where a sister had preceded him, to 

 Buffalo, where William found tempo- 

 rary occupation and went to night 

 school to acquire the rudiments of the 

 new tongue. Shortly afterwards he 

 commenced his apprenticeship in the 

 florists' business, on the estate of 

 George H. Lewis, who was proprietor 

 of the Niagara hotel and the conserva- 

 tory connected therewith. After two 

 years of service with his first employer, 

 the young Kasting put in eight years 

 of work in greenhouses at Cleveland, 

 Erie, Pa., St. Louis and Steubenville, 

 O. Upon his return to Buffalo in 1892, 

 he entered the employ of Daniel B. 

 Long, at that time a well known Buf- 

 falo wholesaler, who was prominently 

 identified with the S. A. F. of that 

 period, in whose service Mr. Kasting 

 put a finishing touch to his mastery 

 of all departments of the florists' in- 

 dustry. Two years later he succeeded 

 Mr. Long in the business, which even- 

 tually became the foundation of the 

 William F. Kasting Co. Along about 

 this time, in 1894, Mr. Kasting entered 

 Bryant & Stratton's business college, of 

 Buffalo, and graduated with honors in 

 1895. 



Mr. Kasting became interested in 

 pelitics early in life. He was an un- 

 swerving Democrat, always loyal and 

 striving his best for the interests of his 

 party. He was a delegate to the Demo- 

 cratic national convention in 1896 and 

 in 1900. In the latter year he was ap- 

 pointed park commissioner by Mayor 

 Diehl, in which oflBce he served the. city 

 well for almost a decade, twice being 

 president of the board. Subsequently 

 he ran for the oflBces of councilman and 

 county treasurer, and, although he was 

 defeated in his contests with the other 

 party, he was a strong and dangerous 

 candidate, running far ahead of his 

 ticket. 



In May, 1901, Mr. Kasting married 

 Laura La Tour, who died four years 

 ago, three children surviving, William, 

 now aged 14; Laura L. and John R. 

 Mr. Kasting 's sister, Mrs. Mary Bixon, 

 also survives. 

 The deceased was eminently success- 



