. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. 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 Bau
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. 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-
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