Mat 6, 1921 



The Florists^ Review 



25 



OBITUARY 



Frank J. Brosch. 



Frank J. Broach, the son of Anton. 

 Brosch, Lynchburg, Va., died at his 

 home Thursday morning, April 21, from 

 erysipelas, which resulted from an in- 

 fected tooth. Mr. Brosch was born at 

 Lynchburg, July 5, 1891. He was promi- 

 nent in Virginia military circles and 

 there were notes of sympathy received 

 by the family from Governor Davis 

 and Adjutant General Jo Lane Stern, 

 of Virginia. Mr. Brosch was in service 

 during the time of the trouble on the 

 Mexican border and was a member of 

 the Lynchburg Shawnees, which was 

 sent to France as a part of the Bain- 

 bow Division, He was later a^ed to 

 the field headquarters of General 

 Pershing. He was noted as a marks- 

 man and was several times the repre- 

 sentative of his troop in marksmanship 

 contests. He was a lieutenant during 

 his service in the army. His experi- 

 ence in the florists' business was gath- 

 ered with F. E. Pierson, Tarrytown, 

 N. Y.; the Montrose Greenhouses, Mon- 

 trose, Mass.; H. E. Comley, Boston, 

 Mass., and his father. He was a mem- 

 ber of the Grace Memorial Episcopal 

 church, the Masons, the Woodmen and 

 the American Legion. Eepresentatives 

 of all these were at the funeral services, 

 which were held in military style at 

 the Grace Memorial church. He is sur- 

 vived by his father, one brother and 

 three sisters. 



DaTid Ives Bushnell. 



David Ives Bushnell, 75 years of age, 

 the senior partner in the firm of D. I. 

 Bushnell & Co., a wholesale seed firm, 

 St. Louis, Mo., and a pioneer in the 

 grain business in St. Louis, died of 

 bronchial pneumonia at the Baptist 

 sanitarium at 2 o'clock Saturday morn- 

 ing, April 30. He had been in business 

 in St. Louis sineei 1872 and was one of 

 the oldest and m st active members of 

 the Merchants' Exchange. 



He was also an archaeologist of note 

 and was a leader in the Missouri His- 

 torical Society for many years. Mr. 

 Bushnell identified himself with many 

 charitable undertakings during his life- 

 time, particularly the Provident Associa- 

 tion and the Missouri Tuberculosis So- 

 ciety. 



He is survited by a brother, of Shef- 

 field, Mass., a divorced wife and his son, 

 D. I. Bushnell, Jr., of Washington, D. 

 C. Mr. Bushnell lived at 4254 Oilve 

 street. 



His business will be continued by the 

 surviving partner, Eobert W. Pommer. 



Alfred Demeusy. 



Alfred Demeusy, carnation grower of 

 Flatbush, Brooklyn, N. Y., died at his 

 home Sunday night, May 1, suddenly, of 

 heart failure. While in poor health for 

 some time, he had not been confined 

 to his home and was working in his 

 greenhouses on the preceding Friday. 

 He was in his sixty-third year. He was 

 born in southern France and came to 

 America about thirty-eight years ago, 

 obtaining employment with the old firm 

 of Dailledouze, Zeller & Gard. Three 

 years later he started in business for 

 himself on the present property, grad- 



ually building up a good business. He 

 was a member of the New York Florists' 

 Club, the S. A. F. and the American 

 Carnation Society. He leaves a widow, 

 a son and a daughter. The funeral wati 

 arranged for Wednesday, May 4, jwith a 

 church service. J. H. P. 



Johnathau G. D. Ne\v:ton. 



Jonathan G. D. Newton, who was 81 

 years of age, died April 22, at his home, 

 20 Newton street, Hartford, Conn. His 

 death resulted from injuries sustained 

 in an elevator accident in one of the 

 large buildings. Mr. Newton was born 

 on Staten island, January 19 1840. The 

 early part- of his life was spent at Nor- 

 folk, Va. Later he entered the whole- 

 sale fruit and produce business at New 

 York. In 18i81, he and his family moved 

 to Hartiord. For several years he oper- 

 ated a truck farm at ParLville and later 



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Lieut. Frank J. Brosch. 



conducted a -orists' store at 810 Park 

 street. He is survived by a widow and 

 three sons, Frank, Herbert and \»ilbur. 



John O. Erdman. 



John C. Erdman died at his home on 

 Belair road, Baltimore, Md., Friday, 

 April 29. He was 85 years of age. He 

 founded the firm now conducted as Erd- 

 man & Ulrich and retired from active 

 work about twenty years ago. He is 

 survived by four sons, George C, Wil- 

 liam C, Charles W. P. and Elmer. He 

 also is survived by two daughters, Mrs, 

 Cecilia Etter and Virginia Erdman. 

 There are eleven grandchildren. The 

 funeral was held May 2 at the Druid 

 Ridge cemetery. 



Mrs. Jacob J. Fuchs. 

 Mrs. J. J. Fuchs, the wife of Jacob J. 

 Fuchs, who has operated a store on Car- 

 son street, Pittsburgh, Pa,, for a number 

 of years, died Thursday evening, April 

 28, after an illness of six months. She 

 had been in ill health for some time. 



Be-sides her husband, Mrs. Fuchs leaves 

 four sons and two daughters. 



S. Taylor Sheaffer. 



S. Taylor Sheaflfer, the president of 

 the Indiana Floral Co., at Indiana, Pa., 

 died Monday morning, April 25, after 

 an illness of two days. His death came 

 as a sudden shock to all of his friends 

 Mr. Sheaflfer had been in the florists 

 business for a number of years and is 

 well known to most of the florists in 

 Pennsylvania. 



Mrs. Percy B. Rigby. 



Mrs. Percy B. Rigby, wife of tlie 

 New York member of the S. S. Pen- 

 nock Co. and manager of the com- 

 pany's store at 117 West Twenty- 

 eighth street in that city, died Monday, 

 ,\iay 2, after an illness of throe raontiis. 



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WASHINGTON, D. C. 



The Market. 



Business last week was exceptionally 

 good. The large number of social events, 

 the convention of the Daughters of the 

 American Revolution and a great deal 

 of funeral work has kept everyone on 

 the job. 



The demand for good roses has been 

 especially good, many being sold up to 

 $30 per hundred. Cheaper grades were 

 sold as low as $8 per hundred. 



Easter Lilies have been in great de- 

 mand, the small supply making it hard 

 to fill the few orders. Calla lilies have 

 sold well also, the best bringing $2 per 

 dozen. 



Carnations brought a better price last 

 week, some bringing as high as $8 per 

 hundred. 



Good sweet peas have been scarce. 

 Only a few of the growers have sown the 

 later varieties, and the old crops are fast 

 showing the advancing season's effects. 



Valley has also been scarce, good stock 

 bringing $8 per hundred. 



Delphinium has been received in good 

 shape, the price ranging from $2 to $4 

 per dozen. 



Peonies from local growers made their 

 appearance last week. It looks as 

 though there will be but few left for 

 Memorial day. 



Various Notes. 



George Cooke had one of the largcbt 

 wedding decorations of the season Sat- 

 urday, April 30, when this firm elabor- 

 ately decorated the three large ball- 

 rooms at Rauscher's with Lady Gay ram- 

 blers. 



Mr. Daly, of Gude Bros. Co., was 

 confined to his home last week due to 

 illness. 



William F. Gade's nomination for rent 

 commissioner has been approved by Con- 

 gress. He fills the vacancy on the board 

 brought about by the resignation of 

 Captain James F. Oyster, who has been 

 made a member of the board of com- 

 missioners of the District of Columbia. 



Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Gude have gone 

 to WemersvUle, Pa. We are glad to 

 hear that Mr. Gude is taking a good 

 rest and that he shows a marked im- 

 provement already. Edgar and ICdwin, 

 the twins, are taking good ^care of the 

 large place during his absence. 



Otto Bauer, manager of the local 

 store of the S. S. Pennock Co., has pur- 

 chased a home by the seaside, where he 

 expects to spend many pleasant week- 

 ends this summer. G. A. E. 



