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OBITUARY 



J. E. Felthousen. 



J, E. Felthousen died June 18, after 

 a short illness following a paralytic 

 stroke. He was a native of Schenec- 

 tady, N. Y., and spent his whole life, 

 of seventy years, in his home town, 

 forty of which were devoted to his 

 profession. He was a pioneer in grow- 

 ing bedding plants, and by judicious 

 advertising and following the principles 

 of the Golden Rule had built up a pros- 

 perous business, which he only recently 

 lianded over to his successors, intend- 

 ing to take a well earned rest. 



W. M. 



Mrs. Pauline Schray. 



Mrs. Pauline Schray, widow of the 

 late Wm. Schray, and mother of Emil 

 and Julius Schray, died at her home 

 in St. Louis, Mo., June 26, of heart 

 failure, caused by two years' illness 

 of rheumatism. She was born in St. 

 Louis 75 years ago. Before her illness 

 she was quite active in the business 

 conducted by her two sons, known as 

 Wm. Schray & Sons. The funeral took 

 place from the home of her son, Julius, 

 4100 Pennsylvania avenue, June 29. 

 Besides her sons, she leaves two grand- 

 children to mourn her loss. Many beau- 

 tiful floral designs were sent by friends 

 of the family and members of the 

 trade. J. J. B. 



Lawrence A Casper. 



L. A. Casper, founder of the green- 

 houses now operated by the firm of J. 

 F. Wilcox & Sons, at Council Bluffs, la., 

 died June 19 from heart failure, at the 

 age of 71 years. 



Mr. Casper retired from active control 

 of the greenhouses over twenty years 

 ago, and had since devoted his atten- 

 tion to his private interests; he owned 

 a great deal of real estate. He had been 

 ailing more or less for five years past, 

 and last winter had been confined al- 

 most entirely to his home, at 1002 East 

 Pierce street. He was confined to his 

 bed for two weeks preceding his death. 



He went to Council Bluffs in 1870, and 

 about 1872 started the first greenhouse 

 in that section. The late J. F. Wilcox 

 became associated with him about nine 

 years later. The two worked together 

 in the growing industry for many years, 

 hut about 1892 Mr. Casper retired from 

 active participation in the business, 

 which was still further developed by 

 Mr. Wilcox up to the time of his death, 

 when it was taken in charge by his 

 sons. 



Mr. Casper was born in Milwaukee 

 February 29, 1844, but before the Civil 

 war had become a citizen of Galena. 

 111., where he was an intimate friend of 

 '^leneral U. S. Grant in the days before 

 ♦he war. He went to the war in one 

 "f the Galena companies and was sent 

 home from Vicksburg because of sick- 

 'ifsg. 



Tn seven different years he was a 

 'nember of the city council and for a 

 number of years a member of the city 

 park board. 



He was married in 1872 to Miss Mary 

 J'aughey, who survives her husband, 

 'he only other close relative still liv- 

 "ig is George Wilcox, a half-brother, of 

 'ouncil Bluffs. The Wilcox brothers, 

 ♦he present managers of the big green- 



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Florists' Publishing Co., 

 508 So. Deairborn St., 

 Cbioago, 111. 



Gentlomen:- 



It may interest you to know we haTe furnished 

 flowers, deoorations and refreshments for ssTen nloe weddings 

 so far this month. 



In this oonneotion we wish to say The ReTiew 

 places us in the larger markets eaoh week and enables Us to 

 make prioes on anything in the floral line at any time m 

 the quotations you print aure ailways reliable and oan be 

 depended on as the quotations in that market* 



Very trtily yours, 



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house industry, are nephews of Mr. Cas- 

 ]>er. He was a member of the local 

 lodge of Elks and of the G. A. R. 



He made his home for many years on 

 the site of the present home of Mrs. 

 J. F. Wilcox, on East Pierce street, 

 near the greenhouses, and the funeral 

 was held from Mrs. Wilcox's home 

 June 21. Burial was in Walnut Hill 

 cemetery. 



PITTSBURGH. 



The Market. 



Last week about closed the season 

 of weddings and commencements and 

 probably this was a good thing, for 

 stock of all kinds has decreased in 

 supply, besides getting poorer in qual- 

 ity every day. However, there should 

 be no complaint on that point, as stock 

 has held up wonderfully well. Roses 

 have been good and carnations really 

 fine, but the growers will now empty 

 their houses and all of the old stock 

 of roses will either be cut back or 

 thrown out. The stock planted for 

 summer will take about two weeks to 

 come up to requirements. 



Most growers say they have had an 

 unsatisfactory year, but are hoping for 

 better things next year. And really 

 the last month or two would seem to 

 indicate a change for the better, as 

 business has begun to compare more 

 favorably with corresponding months 

 of previous years. The retail shops 

 have dropped right into the regular 

 summer kind of business, which means 



they are depending almost entirely on 

 funeral work, and the employees are 

 interested principally in their vaca- 

 tions. 



Various Notes. 



Miss Anna Meuschke, daughter of 

 Henry Meuschke, of Castle Shannon, 

 Pa., was married to Lewis Herbert 

 Walther, June 24. 



John Sisley, who has been in the 

 employ of the McCallum Co. for the 

 last seven years, leaves that firm July 

 1, to enter into partnership with B. W. 

 Spragg, of Washington, Pa. The firm 

 will bear the name of Spragg & Sisley. 

 Mr. Sisley 's friends are busy wishing 

 him success in his new venture, and if 

 * * ginger ' ' will win it, his success is 

 sure. 



Ross Adgate, outside man for the 

 McCallum Co., has the sympathy of 

 the trade in the loss of his mother, 

 who died June 24, at her home in 

 Niles, O. 



Robert Herron, who has been identi- 

 fied with the retail business for the last 

 twenty-five years, buried his father 

 June 26. Clarke. 



New Orleans, La. — The New Orleans 

 Horticultural Society will hold its an- 

 nual outing July 7, taking an all-day 

 trip on the steamer Hanover on Lake 

 Ponchartrain. The committee has ar- 

 ranged for a dinner on the boat for 

 members and their friends. The ladies 

 will be along this year. The committee 

 in charge consists of Henry Scheuer- 

 man, Paul Abele and Henry Kraack. 



