Mabch 24, 1921. 



The Florists^ Review 



25 



OBITUARY 



Arthur J. Bauscher. 



•Arthur J. Bauscher, president of the 

 Bauscher Bros, rioral Co., Freeport, 

 111., died in a Eockford hospital early 

 Thursday morning, March 17, as a re- 

 sult of a self-inflicted bullet wound. 

 The cause of suicide is attributed to 

 unrequited love. Mr. Bauscher was well 

 known in the trade and was considered 

 quite wealthy. The firm's greenhouse 

 range covers 100,000 square feet. It 

 was started by his father, John Bau- 

 scher, in 1887 and rapidly grew to its 

 present size. Arthur J. Bauscher had 

 been president of the firm for the last 

 ten years. 



Mr. Bauscher was born in Stephenson 

 county thirty-three years ago. He had 

 been married, but his wife died July 5, 

 1920. Two children, Arthur Harrison 

 Bauscher, aged 5, and Delavan Prael 

 Bauscher, aged 6, who reside with their 

 grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Prael, at 

 Freeport, survive him, as do his mother, 

 four brothers, George, Lester, Clarence 

 and John, Jr., and one sister, Mrs. Flor- 

 ence Burchkardt, all of Freeport. 



Mr. Bauscher was a thirty-second de- 

 gree Mason, being a member of Tebala 

 temple, and was also a member of the 

 Freeport lodge of Elks. 



The funeral was held Saturday after- 

 noon, March 19. 



Stewardson Brown. 



Stewardson Brown, curator of the 

 botanical department of the Academy 

 of Fine Arts and vice-president of the 

 Germantown Horticultural Society, died 

 at his home, 20 East Penn street, Ger- 

 mantown, Philadelphia, Monday, March 

 14, after a long illness. He was 54 

 years of age. Phil. 



John F. Hayes. 



The death of John F. Hayes occurred 

 at the Westbrook hospital, Portland, 

 Me., March 11, after a long illness. For 

 many years Mr. Hayes conducted a 

 greenhouse and retail store and was 

 well known in Westbrook. He was 66 

 years of age and leaves a wife and one 

 son. The funeral was held from the 

 home, 78 Rochester street, March 13. 

 Burial was at Woodlawn. 



Willis E. Hamnton. 



"Willis E. Hamilton, well-known flo- 

 rist of Belfast, Me., died at his home, 

 on Franklin street, March 10, after a 

 long illness. Mr. Hamilton was born 

 at Swanville, Me., March 22, 1857. He 

 leaves his widow, one son and one 

 daughter. The funeral was held from 

 his late residence, March 12. Inter- 

 ment was made in Grove cemetery. 



Mrs. Elizabeth K. O'Connor. 



Mrs. Elizabeth Kidde O'Connor, 

 widow of Timothy O'Connor, who was 

 for many years preceding his death in 

 1915 one of the leading greenhouse men 

 and retail florists of Providence, R. I., 

 died at her home, 87 Barnes street, Sat- 

 urday, March 19, after an illness of a 

 few weeks. She was married in Provi- 

 dence May 14, 1861, and is survived by 

 two sons, William H. O'Connor, man- 

 ager of the greenhouses belonging to the 

 estate on President avenue, and Timothy 

 L. O'Connor, who has charge of the re- 

 tail business on the corner of Union and 



Fulton streets. Mrs. O'Connor was well 

 known throughout the city and was a 

 liberal contributor to every philan- 

 thropic and benevolent movement. 



W. H. M. 



Max Aronson. 



Max Aronson, one of the best known 

 and most highly esteemed salesmen at 

 the Boston Cooperative Flower Market, 

 died March 13 at Boston, Mass., after 

 a short illness. The deceased was at- 

 tending to his duties as usual on the 

 preceding day. Mr. Aronson, who was 

 42 years of age, came to America from 

 Russia twenty-eight years ago. For 

 some years he operated a flower stand 

 at the Crawford House, near Scollay 

 square. A few years ago he went to the 

 Boston Cooperative Market as salesman 

 for Anderson Bros., of Woburn, E. P. 

 Matson, of Reading, and other growers. 



Funeral services were held from his 

 late home, 21 Holbrow street, Roxbury, 

 March 15. 



The deceased leaves a widow and two 

 children. Two brothers and two sisters 

 .ire in America, and his father is in 

 Russia. W. N. C. 



Jacob T. Schoaff. 



Jacob T. Schoaff, aged nearly 91 

 years, head florist at the Glen Oak park 

 conservatory, Peoria, 111., since it was 

 opened twenty-five years ago, died 

 March 11, at his home, 1504 North Mon- 

 roe street, Peoria, 111., after an illness 

 of six weeks. 



He was born at Williamsport, Md., 

 July 3, 1830, and went to Peoria about 

 seventy years ago. For many years he 

 followed the occupation of stencil cut- 

 ter and engraver. 



When a conservatory was opened at 

 Glen Oak park about twenty-five years 

 ago, he became head florist and held 

 that position until sickness compelled 

 him to relinquish his duties six weeks 

 ago. 



He is survived by his widow, one 

 daughter, one granddaughter and a 

 great-grandson. Funeral services were 

 held Sunday afternoon, March 13. In- 

 terment was in Springdale cemetery. 



NEW YORK. 



The Market. 



With a few d.iys of warm spring 

 weather, the supply of flowers h.as in- 

 creased largely, meeting a demand that 

 has not increased in proportion, al- 

 though it is better, consequent upon 

 lower cost of material/ in a few lines. 

 Tulips and roses sho-yf weather effects 

 and clearances are not easy. Quantities 

 of Darwin tulips j(re arriving. Other 

 tulips are moved v^'ith difficulty at a 

 low price range. N 



American Beauty ipses are in better 

 supply and prices have gone down. 

 Hybrid teas do not show any material 

 decline. Much open stock is in evi- 

 dence and iceboxes tell a story. 



Carnations are plentiful and move 

 fairly well. Laddie sells at a some- 

 what higher price thandthcr v.irieties, 

 owing to the limited sup^ly.~ 



The supply of cattleyas Is smaller 

 than usual, but the qualitv of the 

 arrivals is not of the host. Gardenias 

 continue in large supply. Lilies are 

 plentiful, with the prospect of a good 

 supply for Easter. Lily of the valley 

 is somewhat poor in quality. 



The supply of miscellaneous flowers 

 is increasing. Spanish iris is coming in 



and moves slowly. Sweet peas are ar- 

 riving in tremendous quantities and arc^;;v 

 hard to clear. Cut primulas move ^*n 

 slowly and dephiniums, mignonette, ^ 

 myosotis, stocks, pansies, violets, ca- 

 lendulas and wallflowers meet a moder- 

 ate demand. Narcissi move slowly. 

 Shrub flowers are arriving in the usual 

 quantity at this season, Deutzia Le- 

 moinei being the latest arrival. Re- 

 tailers are busying themselves largely • 

 with plant stock, which appears to be 

 in good shape for Easter. 



Various Notes. 



Adolph LeMoult has commenced busi- 

 ness in his new quarters, at 51 West 

 Twenty-eighth street: After May 1 the 

 store on the Bowery, occupied for so 

 many years, will pass out of existence 

 and all business will be transacted at 

 the new address. 



Arthur Cowee, the gladiolus grower 

 of Berlin, N. Y., was a visitor at the 

 flower show. He has been an assembly- 

 man at Albany for six years and was 

 able to divulge much information as to 

 matters pertaining to horticulture en- 

 gaging the attention of the legislature. 



Dean & Campkin is the title under 

 which a new concern has gone into the 

 seed business, at 19 Park place. Both 

 members of the firm have for some time 

 been connected with the establishment 

 of A. T. Boddington, on Chambers 

 street. J. H. P. 



Alex McConnell, on his European 

 trip, was last month registered at the 

 Ritz hotel, Paris, after having visited 

 Cannes. 



CHICAGO. 



The Market. 



Business improved steadily as last 

 week developed and at the close of the 

 week there was a much more optimistic 

 feeling than had existed during the days 

 of slow demand. It is commented that 

 city business is dull, that the buyers 

 do not need much stock and that they 

 persist in shopping for what little they 

 want. With supply somewhat exceeding 

 the demand, they are able, sooner or 

 later, to find all the flowers they need 

 at prices which looked extremely low to 

 the growers. The absence of activity 

 locally is attributed to the low deatli 

 rate; ■ there is comparatively little 

 funeral work being done. In the first 

 place, the death rate has been little 

 more than half what it was last year 

 and, in the second place, people who 

 spent $10 for a design last year are 

 spending $5 now. Otherwise the retail- 

 ers do not call business unusually dull. 



The shipping trade has been more 

 than tne mainstay of the market; it 

 has been its life. There are more buyers 

 calling on the riiicago market now than 

 at nny other time in the history of the 

 trade. Whether or not orders are large, 

 an immense nmount of stock is sent out 

 of town each day. As a rule the out-of- 

 town buyers want first-class flowers. 

 They have found that cheap stuff does 

 not pay. It is more work to handle the 

 shipping trade than it is to sell the 

 flfiwers locally, but the man who wants 

 good stock carefully handled usually is 

 willing to pay a fair price for it. 



Although the demand grew steadily 

 last week, it did not keep pace with the 

 supply of flowers. The weather was 

 more like May than March, and it is 



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