Title: Florists' review (microform)
Identifier: 5205536_46_4 (find matches)
Year: 1912 (1910s)
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Subjects: Floriculture
Publisher: Chicago : Florists' Pub. Co
Contributing Library: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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John Bausclier, Jr. John Bauscher, Jr., well known florist of Freeport, 111., died in a hospital there October 9, at the age of 57 years. Death came suddenly and is thought to have been due to apoplexy. The day before his death he wai walking around the town and speaking to many of his friends. Mr. Bauscher is survived by his wife and the following children: Mrs. Florence Burkhart, wife of Jacob Burkhart, of Silver Creek township; Arthur J. Bauscher, who has been man- aging his father's business for some years; George, Lester, Clarence and John Bauscher, Jr., all of Freeport. The funeral service was held at the Bauscher home October 11 and was at- tended by many hundreds of townspeo- ple, as he had possibly a larger acquaint- ance than aay other man in Freeport. Interment was at Oakland cemetery. John Bausch<^r, Jr., was born March 1, 1863, in Peoria, 111., and removed to Freeport with his parents in 1864. His father, John Bauscher, Sr., started in the florists' business in a small way in 1868 and conducted this business for twenty years. In 1888 his son bought the business and started in for himself. His first step was to build a greenhouse 8x16 feet, heated with old stumps taken from the logging woods. It is a far cry from such a commencement to the large range of greenhouses owned by Mr. Bauscher at the time of his death. Mr. Bauscher kept adding to his houses for the first few years and about six years after buying out his father he had eleven greenhouses, all being heated by wood in a little 8-horsepower boiler. That year he bought a 40-horse- power boiler and started to burn coal. After a few years Mr. Bauscher found the original houses were rotting, so he replaced them with three modern houses, 24x170 feet, and planted roses. He also put in another boiler and started to use steam heat at this time. Speaking of these steady improve- ments, Mr. Bauscher once said: "This is where a great many people of Free- port tried to discourage me, saying that I put too much money in this business for the size of the town, then about 12,000. But instead of being discour- aged, I bought all the glass and pipe of four small florists who had been forced out of business, and kept enlarging. A few years later he built several more large houses and by 1913 he owned 100,000 feet of glass in his sole right. This is the record of twenty-five years ')f successful toil as a florist, and his many friends in the trade and elsewhere will mourn his loss. The motto of John Bauscher, Jr., which he has used throughout his business career, might well serve as his epitaph—"Honest and Square Dealing." Mr. Bauscher was widely connected with various organizations and was a member of no less than forty-four a few years before his death. Besides many florists' organizations, he was a member of the Knights of Pythias, Loyal Order of Moose, Ddd Fellows, Elks and Knights Templar. He was a Mason and a Mystic Shriner. In addi- tion to this, Mr. Bauscher served four
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John Bauschett Jr. terms as county supervisor. Nearly all the societies of which he was a member sent flowers to the funeral. CHICAGO. The Market. Warm weather invariably brings on more stock and causes a decreased de- mand for it. Conversely, a cool spell shortens supply and stimulates demand. As we have had both conditions within the week, the market has been some- what erratic. It is the practically unanimous report that October has started off better than it did a year ago, or the year before that. Prices firmed up as soon as the gladioli and asters retired from the scene and stock has been selling at prices commensurate with its quality. Good stock has brought good prices, but the demand has not yet become strong enough to give unusual value to the low grades. City trade is fair and get- ting steadily better and better, while shipping trade continues strong. Every- one is pleased with the volume now be- ing done, and with the prospects for the near future. Chrysanthemums are late. Not until the present week has the cut been heavy enough to warrant mention near the head of the list. The result has been that those fortunate enough to cut good early flowers have obtained excellent prices for them. There will be plenty for the next six weeks, unless all signs fail, but there is beginning to be a hope that business will be strong enough to take them all at profitable prices. It will be remembered that several large growers dropped mums because of last season's low averages. The supply of pompons has not increased as fast as has that of large flowers. It means lit- tle to quote prices on these, as a bunch may be anything from a half dozen sprays to an armful. Some rose growers are pretty far off crop, but others are cutting quite heavily and in general the quality is excellent. Spe<*ial grades of Bussell have brought as much as $6 per dozen, and Premier has brought $35 per hun- dred for the few longest. Most of the sales of course are not over half these figures. Shorts again are harder to buy than the longer grades and in most houses command relatively better money. White roses once more are scarce and bring higher prices than the same lengths of other colors. A demand for red also has sprung up and is not easily met. Columbia is the most abun- dant variety. The quality of carnations is improv- ing rapidly and the demand is keeping the market clean at good prices even if some asters, mostly rather poor, still can be had cheaply and are used for work. A few gladioli continue to ar- rive, but they are in little request. Violets have arrived, but the singles are nothing to brag of as yet, and the New York doubles are so poor most of ihem go to the street boys. Caleadnla

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