Sei'tembeh 29, 1921 



The Horists^ Review 



35 



OBITUARY 



Mx8. Joseph M. G-asser. 



When Joseph M. Gasser died at Flint, 

 Mich., in 1908, the trade realized that 

 a leader in the profession had passed 

 away, and today the trade is equally 

 grieved to hear that Mrs. J. M. Gasser 

 died at the old home at Cleveland, O., 

 Tuesday, September 20. 



In 1872 Mr. Gasser and his wife made 

 their first business venture, in the way 

 of a little stationery and candy store in 

 Cleveland. It so happened that at that 

 time the mother of Mrs. Gasser had a 

 ))eautiful flower garden at her home and, 

 out of generosity and love for her 

 daughter, she would send flowers to the 

 store as gifts. These would be put in 

 the window, where they succeeded in at- 

 tracting many customers. At last, out 

 of kindness, Mrs. Gasser would give a 

 flower or two away with each purchase. 

 After some time the demand for the 

 flowers became so great that a little 

 money was charged for them. Soon the 

 business in flowers outgrew the business 

 in candy and stationery and the speciali- 

 zation was gradually made in flowers. 



Small bouquets at 25 and 50 cents 

 apiece were sold, with a paper holder 

 thrown in, the best part of the bouquet 

 being pine and broom splints, the 

 flowers being long-stemmed primroses, 

 fuchsias, geraniums and other such 

 stock. Mrs. Gasser, who knew well the 

 art of waxing flowers, made many novel- 

 ties that attracted customers and 

 brought in profit. So from a small be- 

 ginning, by faithful perseverance and 

 careful methods, the holdings of the 

 company grew, until now it is one of the 

 greatest in the state, with the main 

 stores on Euclid avenue and a large 

 glass area. 



The funeral of Mrs. Gasser was held 

 Friday, September 23, and the floral of- 

 ferings, which filled three large trucks 

 to overflowing, were tokens of the many 

 friends that Mrs. Gasser had made in 

 her long and useful life. 



Perry E. Green. 



A host of friends in the florists' trade 

 learned with deep regret of the death of 

 Perry E. Green at his home, Menatiquot 

 lodge. West Dennis, Mass., September 9, 

 after two years of gradually failing 

 health. Mr. Green's figure was a 

 familiar one in the Boston wholesale 

 market and he will be much missed. He 

 was a comparatively young man, having 

 been born at East Cambridge, Mass., 

 in 1874. 



He entered the florists' business at 

 Quincy, Mass., after leaving school and 

 carried it on successfully for about 

 twenty-eight years. His establishment 

 was taken over by the United States in 

 1016 for the purpose of the extension of 

 the immense Fore river shipbuilding 

 yards and he then returned to Cape 

 f^od, where, at Menatiquot lodge, he 

 maintained a high-class summer board- 

 ing house, which was greatly frequented 

 by fishermen, farmers, tourists and 

 many of his old florist confreres, who 

 drnj)ped in for, visits from time to time. 

 He had a large garden, which furnished 

 quantities of splendid fruits and vege- 

 tables, while his poultry flock yielded 

 an abundance of eggs and chickens. 



While at Quincy Mr. Green special- 

 ized in bachelor's buttons and other 

 salable annuals and shipped all his prod- 

 uce to the Boston Cooperative Flower 

 Market, of which he had been a mem- 

 ber for many years. For a long period 

 he acted as one of its directors. 



Funeral services were held at Mount 

 Auburn cemetery, Cambridge, Septem- 

 ber 11, when many of his friends in the 

 trade attended, the Cooperative Market 

 and many friends sending handsome 

 floral souvenirs. W. N. C. 



Cbaxles B. Dane. 



A well known and highly esteemed re- 

 tail florist passed away September 16 

 in the person of Charles E. Dane, who 

 had conducted a high-class store at 2123 

 Washington street, Roxbury, Boston, 

 Mass. Mr. Dane was a native of Maine, 

 but had lived in Boston, Mass., nearly 

 forty years. He was 84 years old at the 

 time of his death, but had been wonder- 

 fully active until near the end. He is 

 survived by a nephew and two nieces. 

 Interment services were held Septem- 

 ber 19. W. N. C. 



G. W. Scott. 



G. W. Scott, of Seattle, Wash., a 

 founder of Scott & Son, of that city, and 

 one of the best known growers in the 

 Pacific northwest, died at the family res- 

 idence early in September. He was 76 

 years of age. Always an active man, he 

 was in close touch with his business and 

 the day before his death he had visited 

 the greenhouses. Mr. Scott was a pioneer 

 in the northwest. He went to Seattle 

 prior to the Seattle fire and with his son 

 established the range of greenhouses 

 in 1906. 



He was always willing to give younger 

 growers the benefit of his experience 

 and his passing leaves a niche which 

 cannot be filled in the ranks of north- 

 western growers. During the war he 

 was active in government work at the 

 Bremerton navy yard and he was always 

 an ardent civic worker. He was a mem- 

 ber of the Seattle Florists' Association, 

 the Grand Army of the Republic and 

 the Woodmen of tlie World. 



A wife, three daughters, Mrs. Portus 

 Baxter, Mrs. Paul Crane and Mrs. E. P. 

 Boyd, all of Seattle; a son, Walter, and 

 several grandchildren survive him. 



H. M. 

 Mrs. Kazue Enomoto. 



Many florists and growers attended 

 the funeral, September 22, of Mrs. Ka- 

 zue Enomoto, who passed away after 

 several months' illness September 19. 

 The deceased was the wife of S. Eno- 

 moto and a sister of T. Honda, mem- 

 bers of the firm of Enomoto & Co., San 

 Francisco, Cal. The funeral services 

 were held in a well known Protestant 

 church on Post street, and beautiful 

 floral offerings testified to the esteem 

 in which she had been hold. In addi- 

 tion to her husbimd and brother, she is 

 survived by a son, aged 18, and a daugh- 

 ter of 6 years. M. M. 



LOUISVILLE, KY. 



at times. Roses are the only thing plen- 

 tiful, but none has gone to waste. Co- 

 lumbia, Ophelia and Killarney are seen 

 most, and for fall weddings, which seem 

 to be plentiful this season, Killarney 

 has been put to good use. Carnations 

 are still coming in small quantities, but 

 they are beginning to look better and 

 promise to be good this year. Dahlias 

 still show the effects of the wet weather, 

 but they are a little better than they 

 were last week and have found more 

 of a demand. With the majority of 

 garden flowers off tlie market, dahlias 

 are about all that are left and these 

 would sell even if they were poorer. 

 Cosmos is coming only in limited quan- 

 tities and, as yet, has had no demand. 



Various Notes. 



Dutch bulbs are still arriving in large 

 quantities. Most of the florists expect 

 to have their bulbs in the next two 

 weeks. 



Edith V. Walker & Bros, report that 

 they have been busy with funeral work 

 the last week. 



The William Walker Co., has remod- 

 eled the front of its Fourth avenue store. 



Henry Heick, of Wertheimer Bros., 

 New York, was here last week with a 

 line of holiday goods. 



Friends of Edith V. Walker regret 

 mHch to hear of the accident which be- 

 fell her the early part of last week. 

 While playing with some children at a 

 house party, she mistook a trap door 

 for a closet and fell down the steps, 

 suffering a scalp wound. She was taken 

 to the St. Anthony hospital. Miss 

 Walker is doing nicely and expects to 

 return to her duties as manager of 

 Edith V. Walker & Bros. soon. 



The Jacob Schulz Co. has enjoyed a 

 great number of visitors at the dahlia 

 farm, on the Bardstown road. George 

 Schulz, president of the firm, said that 

 there were more this year than last, 

 which, he says, "seems impossible." 

 The place is a beautiful sight, indeed, 

 and on Saturdays and Sundays one can 

 see a great many motorists oii their way 

 to the farm. e, q^ b_ 



CHICAGO. 



The Market. 



The Market. 



An increase in business has encour- 

 aged the retailers as well as the whole- 

 salers the last week. Stock, however, 

 is not plentiful and the market is well 

 cleaned up at all times. Outside stock 

 is getting scarce and to have to depend 

 on inside stock makes it a little hard 



There is a feeling of relief and im- 

 mense satisfaction in the Chicago mar- 

 ket, a confidence engendered by the 

 sharp upturn in the shipping business, 

 which has been progressive since the 

 middle of September. Although the 

 summer business, from July 1 to Sep- 

 tember 15, was at least as good as the 

 market ever had before, there were fea- 

 tures of it that gave rise to speculation 

 as to what the new season holds in store 

 for the trade. Although we are only a 

 fortnight into the new season, the rapid- 

 ity with which the out-oftown demand 

 has increased during that time has dis- 

 sipated all doubts. We are going to 

 have another good season, possibly the 

 best season yet. It mav be that profits 

 will depend, more than thev did in the 

 boom years, on industry and good man- 

 agement, but it is apjiarent that the de- 

 mand for flowers will hold up with 

 other seasons. 



There is progressive change in the 

 character of stock on the market. Day 

 by day the supply of gladioli decreases 

 and the quality deteriorates. The 

 gladiolus no longer is an important fac- 



(CoBtinucU on nage 40.) 



