December 1, 1921 



The Florists' Review 



41 



Henry Albert Schroyer. 



Stricken with a sudden attack of 

 paralysis while in his place of business 

 several months ago, Henry A. Schroyer, 

 prominent in the trade of Lancaster, 

 Pa., never fully recovered and Tuesday, 

 November 22, he passed away in the 

 Lancaster general hospital. Last spring 

 Mr. Schroyer "had suffered a severe ill- 

 ness while at Hot Springs, Va. 



Although the deceased was born at 

 Harrisburg, Pa., January 29, 1850, he 

 spent most of his boyhood days at Lan- 

 caster, where he attended St. James 

 parish school and the public high school. 

 At 17 years of age he began his career 

 in the trade with his father in the lat- " 

 ter's establishment on the Harrisburg 

 turnpike. In 1883 they opened a store 

 on North Queen street, later moving to 

 the present location, 146 North Duke 

 street. 



Mr. Schroyer was prominent in mu- 

 nicipal affairs. He was a standi Re- 

 publican and in 1878 he was elected a 

 member of the common council from the 

 Ninth ward, at that time strongly 

 Democratic. A member of the Young 

 Republicans, he served many times as 

 this organization's chief marshal in 

 campaigns. He was twice a delegate to 

 the Republican state convention. 



In 1888 Mr. Schroyer was elected a 

 member of the school board. In 1900 

 he was elected its treasurer and school 

 tax collector, a position he held to the 

 time of his death. He was an active 

 member, taking great interest in the 

 work. 



Mr. Schroyer was past grand officer 

 of Herschel lodge of Odd Fellows, a 

 member of Lancaster lodge of Elks, the 

 Hamilton Club, Young Republicans and 

 the Masonic fraternity, in which he 

 rose to tlie thirty-second degree, hold- 

 ing membership in Lamberton lodge 

 No. 476, F. & A. M., of which he was 

 worshipful master, in 1903; Chapter 43, 

 Goodwin Council, Lancaster Lodge of 

 Perfection, fourteenth degree, of which 

 he was past-officer; Council of the 

 Princess of Jerusalem, sixteenth degree; 

 Rose Croix Chapter and Harrisburg Con- 

 sistory, thirty-second degree; Lancaster 

 Forest No. 27, Tall Cedars of Lebanon, 

 and the Lancaster County Florists' As- 

 sociation. He was a member of St. 

 John's Lutheran church. 



His widow survives. Before marriage 

 she was Miss Anna Y. Myers, of Cham- 

 bersburg, Pa. The funeral services were 

 held in the home on Harrisburg ave- 

 nue, Friday afternoon, November 25, 

 at 2 p. m. 



James McCaffrey. 



James .McCaffrey, one of the oldest 

 gardeners in Rhode Island and one of 

 the oldest men in New York state — he 

 was about 100 years old — died at his 

 home, 95 Chatham street, Providence, 

 R. I., Friday morning, November 25, 

 following an illness of short duration. 

 He was born in Ireland, but came to 

 America with his parents when a small 

 boy. He had lived in Providence prac- 

 tically all his life. He learned the gar- 

 deners' business at an early age and, 

 until a few years ago, was actively en- 

 gaged. During his lifetime he was em- 

 ployed as gardener on several of the 



largest private estates in Providence 

 and vicinity. He is survived by four 

 sons, one of whom, Edward J. McCaffrey, 

 is a police commissioner of Providence. 



W. H. M. 



iSxB. Anna M. Jacobs. 



Tuesday, November 22, Mrs. Anna M. 

 Jacobs, wife of the late Balthasar 

 Jacobs, passed away at her home in Can- 

 ton, 111. More than fifty years ago she 

 and her husband established themselves 

 as florists at Canton. Mrs. Jacobs was 

 in active management of the business as 

 administratrix until 1912, when her eld- 

 est son, George W. Jacobs, took over the 

 business, and Mrs. Jacobs enjoyed a well 

 earned rest. 



At her death Mrs. Jacobs was 69 

 years of age. Five sons survive her. 

 Of these John E. Jacobs and George W. 

 Jacobs are in the florists' business. 

 Funeral services were held Novem- 

 ber 27. 



Anton Miller. 



Anton Miller, father of Paul C. Miller, 

 of the California Floral Co., Los Angeles, 

 Cal., died November 20, at his home in 

 Los Angeles, at the age of 76. The aged 

 gentleman had suffered a long and pain- 

 ful illness and his death was not unex- 

 pected. The sympathy of everyone in 

 the trade goes out to Mr. Miller, who is 

 one of the best known and respected 

 men in the wholesale business here. An- 

 other bereavement in the family oc- 

 curred almost at the same time, his 

 brother-in-law dying suddenly. 



BOWE'S RAMBLES. 



"Forty-five Minutes from Broadway." 



Mighty few towns can boast of so 

 modern a florist's establishment as the 

 traveler found in New Rochelle, about 

 "Forty-five Minutes from Broadway," 

 in George M. Cohan's words. This "flo- 

 rist's shop is operated by Bassi Freres, 

 who have recently moved into a splen- 

 did new building on the principal busi- 

 ness street. On entering, one of the 

 first things that catch the eye is tlie 

 conservatory at the rear of the store, 

 with playing fountain, palms and bloom- 

 ing plants. The place looks more like a 

 private place than a commercial house, 

 yet the business-getting side has not 

 been overlooked. In midsummer the 

 firm staged a sweet pea sliow; Septem- 

 ber brought an aster exiiibit, and in 

 October dahlias were the eliief feature. 

 Dainty folders announcing tliese vari- 

 ous sliows were mailed, and notices ap- 

 peared in the local press. Charles Bassi 

 said that the results were greater than 

 he expected, and that visitors thronged 

 the store during tlie shows. Many direct 

 telegraph orders were secured, in addi- 

 tion to loeal sales of seeds and bulbs for 

 future delivery. 



Charles Bassi and Louis Bassi are in 

 charge of the flower and landscape de- 

 partments, while Austin Bassi is chief 

 of the seed store, which occupies an ad- 

 joining building. 



Among Water Lilies. 



At the establishment of William 

 Tricker, water lily specialist, at Arling- 

 ton, N. J., three houses are given to 

 the propagation of lilies in the hardy 

 and tendar classes and to aquarium 

 plants. A few special varieties of per- 

 ennials adapted to water gardens are 

 also grown here. This business, which 

 was established a little more than ten 



years ago, has now come to be the 

 largest establishment of the kind in 

 America. Charles Tricker, manager, 

 says that in spite of the sentiment 

 against luxuries during the war days, 

 the business showed a steady growth in 

 orders and total amount of sales, and 

 the last two seasons have been record- 

 breakers. "I believe that my advertis- 

 ing," said Mr. Tricker, "coupled with 

 good products and prompt service, kept 

 my business going during the last few 

 years. The outlook for 1922 is bright 

 and I expect the same rate of increase 

 that I have enjoyed in former seasons." 



E. F. R. 



TO MEET AT SAGINAW. 



The monthly meeting of the Saginaw- 

 Bay City Floricultural Society will be 

 held at the east side store of the Wil- 

 liam Roethke Floral Co., Saginaw, Mich., 

 Monday evening, December 5. The spe- 

 cial feature of the evening will be the 

 showing of roses. Among the features 

 at the meeting will be one vase of twelve 

 roses, two varieties; a prize for fifty 

 Angelus rose plants, offered by F. B. 

 Ward, Bay City, Mich., and cash prizes 

 of $8, $5 and $3, respectively, offered by 

 the members of the society for one vase 

 of twenty-five roses, no less than three 

 varieties. The ladies and employees are 

 especially invited to inspect the show. 

 Henry Goetz, Sec'y. 



CHICAGO. 



The Market. 



A tremendous quantity of stock was 

 moved for Thanksgiving, but the supply 

 was so greatly ahead of the demand that 

 some of the wholesalers are said to have 

 notified their consignors, Wednesday, 

 November 23, to hold back further ship- 

 ments until called for. It was not pos- 

 sible at any time to clean the market 

 and prices averaged considerably lower 

 than last year, or any year since 1917. 

 That some of the wholesale houses are 

 able to report sales approximating those 

 of last year shows how the trade is 

 growing, as, with few exceptions, cus- 

 tomers bought less than last season. 



There is some variation in reports of 

 the Thanksgiving business, due, prin- 

 cipally, to the stage of certain growers' 

 crops. In a general way it seems that 

 there would have been none too many 

 roses and carnations had there not been 

 so many chrysanthemums and pom- 

 ])ons. Rose crops were not heavy, but it 

 was impossible to get high prices for 

 roses while chrysanthemums were to be 

 had so cheaply. The average prices of 

 mums and pompons probably were 

 twenty to twenty-five per cent below 

 those of last year. They held every- 

 tliing else down. 



In view of the lower prices and the 

 general report that orders were not of 

 large size, it is apparent that the 

 number of buyers must have been large. 

 It was. Many of the wholesale houses 

 wrote more tickets than for any previous 

 Thanksgiving. It goes to show that 

 the advance assurance of moderate 

 prices would enable the retailers to 

 work up a big business among people 

 who are glad to have flowers for the 

 Thanksgiving table, but who do not 

 care to go to large expense for them. 



'Shere has been no shortage of stock 

 sfnce Thanksgiving. A few growers are 



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