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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



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SOCIETY OF 

 AMERICAN FLORISTS. 



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PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS. 



I'll). Florists' Eeview : — 1 take pleus- 

 tiu ill anuouueiiig to you thiit ou 

 I ;i unary i, 1 shall appoint ou the exocu- 

 i\e committee of the S. A. F. & O. 11. ' 

 he following gentlemen: Philip J. 

 iliuisuirth, of Chicago, and Frank 11. 

 !'iiieutlly, of New York, for the full 

 i(rm, and il. II. Kittcr, of Dayton, O., i 

 1) iill the unexpired term of H. M. Al- 

 ick. I 



1 would like to have you hold ofl" until 

 ilie second week in January before you 

 I'liblish this announcement, their photo- 

 uj'aplis or anything else, * * * as I ! 

 v'.ant all to have it the second week in ; 

 .lanuary and not before. 1 trust that ' 

 . ou will comply with my wishes. I 



Wm. 1\ Kastixg, Prosident-Elect. 

 Dec. 30, 1905. ! 



treasurer and president of the Bulfalo 

 I'Morists' Club; vice-jtresident of the 

 American Carnation Society, and vice- 

 president of tiie S. A. l'\ At both the 

 conventions held in Jiuffalo he was chair- 

 man of tlie ways and means committee, 

 whose duty it was to raise tlie money 

 and nianagi' the entertainment. Sjieak- 

 ing of raising money, were it not still so 

 fresh in mind, his cxpldit in laising some 

 thousands of (hillars I'or tlie (ierman 

 hospital al liullalo woidd merit sjiecial 

 mention; a bazaar was given and Mr. 

 Jvasting, as chairnnin oi' tlie ways and 

 moans cnminittee, sold tickets oxer a 

 wider range of territory than was proiia 

 biy ever done for a similar ;ilVair. 



In tlic |M>litical life of ilulValo, as well 

 as in its business and ciniritabli; alfairs, 

 Mr. Kasting has taken ;i leading ]»art. 



candidate lor tin' nia\or;ilty, but they 

 s;iy in llnflaiit thai such is not Mr. Kast- 

 ing 's andiiliun. lie says he is wiiolly 

 without sm-li a thing, j)olit ieally, but that 

 nni-t lie fakrii in tli<' same sensr, 

 )Hili 1 i(;ill\ , t'oi- il' yon grt the (H)nfidenio 

 ol' critain politicians in Itnlfalo tlic^ 

 will tell you that the}' ai'c going to s(.mhI 

 iJilly to congress scnne day. Mr. Kast- 

 ing (iiifs iH)t believe in einbari'assing his 

 friends liy refusal w Iumi tln'V try to 

 tiiiust desirable things upon iiim, and if 

 JH' wants to go t(j congress he will jirob- 

 ably '^(1 out and pick the plum when it is 

 ri[ie. AuKUig the other t'\i(lences of his 

 ability to got wiiat he wants, lie has a 

 cliarinin^ wife, and they have a yoiing 

 liopefnl who jjromises to have all his 

 father's energy and good nature. 



PHILIP J. HAUSWIRTH. 



it is not at all utdikely that in ap- 

 pointing P. J. Ilauswirth on the S. A. F. 

 Iionid of directors, I'resident Kasting has 

 selected the man of all others in busi- 

 ness who has the widest personal ac- 

 ipiaintaiu'e throughout the trade. Mr. 

 Hausuirlli is president of tlie. (Chicago 

 I'lorists' Club ami bears a nuist active 

 ]iart in all local horticultural affairs, 

 lie lias for nioi'e years than most of the 



PRESIDENT KASTING. 



William F, Kasting is one of the 

 voungest men who have ever held the 

 presidency of the Society of American 

 I'lorists, to which he was elected in 

 Wasliingt(ni last August, the term of 

 nice beginning January 1, 190G. lie is 

 :i leader of the younger element in the 

 society, that portion of the membersbi]) 

 '.\liich has been accused of linding its 

 jnincipal interest in the sports, but Pres- 

 ilent Kasting declares that it shall be 

 jiroveu in the present year that the 

 .'■oung men are as deeply interested in 

 the welfare of the society as are the 

 older heads, and that be will show how 

 iiie young men can hustle. "Old men 

 lor counsel; young men for work." The 

 personal popularity which won for Mr. 

 Kasting the election at Wasliington will 

 place him free of all necessity for com- 

 )>laijit as to the half-heartedness of his 

 -npport. 



Mr. Kasting was born in Cernmny, at 

 >nchsenhausen, July L'7, 1S70. The fam- 

 ily renu)ved to this country in his youth 

 • nd lived for a time at St. l^onis. For 

 jractically all his lit-e he has been en- 

 gaged in tiie florists' business. For 

 ucnty years he has been in the trade, 

 'V>r eight years in the greenjiouse end as 

 :i grower, and for twelve years in the 

 ' ludosale business. It was in ]>94 that 

 Mr. Kasting went to work for i>ani<d ]'>. 

 I.'uig, then in the wholesale cut tlow(M- 

 ■iinl supply business at P)UtVah\ It was 

 ' modest cstablisliment on \V;ishington 

 "(■ft, and in two years the young man, 

 "T he was then only 26 years old. h;id 

 '•qnired enough experience and had sav- 

 'i;:s enough to buy out the jtlace. The 

 ■ e\v jiroprietor being possessed ol' the 

 acuity of getting there, the b\i-iness 

 i"-gan to grow. Soon larger (piarters 

 '■cie needeil, and only a year or so ago 

 iiother move was nuide, to a building 

 lice used as a theater, the entire place 

 "ing occupied, and Ins interests have 

 mill ijilieil. 



I'-nt only ;i sjunll jmrt of Mr. Kast- 

 M;j '■< ciirrMy li;is lieeli clnploXed in nain- 

 "V. liis business success. Prior bi his 

 '''ctinii to the |irrsidcncy of the S. A. I'. 

 I' \\;is siu'cessi\el\' tinanci;il sccreiar\', 



William F. Kasting. 



lie h;is served the lity as ]>ark ciunnus- 

 ^ioiier, and two yeais ago he ran for 

 county treasurer on the democratii; 

 ti.'ket'. He was defealeil, luit he ran 4,000 

 \otes .ahead of his ticket. Now, the 

 man wlm at ;iny election runs aliend of a 

 'lefeated ticket is his jiarty's logical 



niciiibci's 1 cuicimI i-r 1 II ;i rcMular al- 



tcielaiit at S. .\. 1. imii\ ,-ut nin~, and 

 usually in cliar^c ol' the bnulm^. He 

 has also trasi'led uiildy with several fra- 

 ternal soci(Mies an<l never fails t.r cull 

 on the florists wherever he nniv go, >o 

 that his store in the Amlitoriiim Annex 



