JOND 12, 1913. 



The Florists' Review 



9 



our exhibitions and as our only source 

 of income is from the membership dues, 

 we have to rely upon the generosity of 

 the trade and a few members to sub- 

 scribe to and guarantee the prize list. 

 The society is doing good work. The 

 Cornell bulletins, issued yearly under 

 our auspices, contain valuable informa- 

 tion and are free to members of the 

 American Sweet Pea Society. 



The sweet pea is growing in popu- 

 larity and is now a source of revenue 

 to the florist practically all the year 

 around. With increased membership, 

 we hope to do more and better work. 

 The annual dues are $2 per year; life 

 membership, $25. We also specially 

 appeal to the trade for subscriptions 

 toward the exhibition fund, as you all 

 benefit indirectly by these exhibitions, 

 whether in the interest of the sweet pea 

 or other specialized flowers. We trust 

 sincerely that we may hear from you 

 at an early date. 



For further information write to the 

 secretary, Harry A, Bunyard, 

 342 West Fourteenth Street, 

 New York, N. Y. 



KASTINQ TO BE POSTMASTER. 



The Review's Washington correspon- 

 dent learns that W. F. Kasting, well 

 known in trade circles, will probably 

 be the next postmaster of the city of 

 Buffalo, N. Y. He has been recom- 

 mended for the place by the three Buf- 

 falo congressmen. He is president of 

 the Wm. F. Kasting Co., which conducts 

 a wholesale cut flower and supply busi- 

 ness. He organized the business in 

 1896. The business that year aggre- 

 gated $40,000. Last year it amounted 

 to over $200,000, his congressional 

 friends assert. He is the proprietor of 

 ■the Erie Floral Co., of Erie, Pa., with 

 twenty-one acres of land, three of which 

 are covered with glass. Mr. Kasting is 

 also president of the New York Federa- 

 tion of Floral Clubs, which society in- 

 cludes every florists' club in New York 

 fltate, with a membership of 1,500. He 

 is past president of the Society of 

 American Florists, which received its 

 charter from Congress, and he has been 

 treasurer of the society for the last four 

 years. He also is a director of the 

 United Fertilizer Co., an Illinois cor- 

 poration of which August F. Poehlmann 

 18 president and N. J. Wietor treasurer. 

 Mr. Kasting is a park commissioner of 

 Buffalo, having been appointed by three 

 successive mayors. Mr. Kasting also 

 IS president of the Seneca Fire Insur- 

 ance Co; has been president of the Ger- 

 ™*? hospital for eight years; organizer 

 and director of the Security Savings 

 + ° +V ?f Association; delegate twice 



A^ democratic national convention 

 and five times delegate to Democratic 

 state conventions. He has recently re- 

 Tired as president of the Buffalo Or- 

 Pheus Society, the leading singing so- 

 ■Piety of the city and of international 

 reputation. He is also a member of the 

 "uffalo Chamber of Commerce and other 

 ousiness and civic associations, as well 

 as social and fraternal clubs. He is 43 

 years old. E. H. P. 



ASPECT AND VENTILATION. 



linU® ^*^® a piece of ground that wiU 

 o a a greenhouse 30x90 feet. The 

 Wnnu^'^v"^^ have to run east and west. 

 I filr }'^ ^® ^" "ght for carnations t 

 sid^y. ^'^ ^^'■^^ ^e«t of glass in the 

 ^' and arranged for side ventilation. 



^eddins Bouquet by David Clarke's Sons, New York. 



If this is done, and the ventilation 

 continuous at the ridge, would it be 

 necessary to have vents on both sides? 

 Also, please state which side should 

 have them. F. M. 



Practically all houses for cut flowers, 

 at least in the north, now are built east 

 and west, to get the fullest benefit of 



the sun. One row of ventilators will 

 be ample; in fact, in a house without 

 side ventilation one row at the ridge is 

 all that is needed for air, the purpose 

 of the double row being not to admit 

 additional air, but to permit the 

 grower to avoid drafts on his plants. 

 Nowadays probably eighty to ninety 

 per cent of the houses have the ven- 



