SEPTEMBER 14, 1S99. 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



395 



ance in formulating an attractive win- 

 ter program. The annual election of 

 officers will be held next month. 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Market. 



The extreme heat of the past week 

 has not been conducive to an improved 

 quality of stock. Roses, especially, 

 have suffered severely and more or 

 less dissatisfaction is expressed in the 

 different departments of the cut 

 flower trade, and only an unusual 

 amount of funeral work has kept the 

 business from being called dull. The 

 supply of stock is increasing daily and 

 a large percentage is unsalable as 

 most of it is soft and small; Kaiserin 

 and Meteor are the only exception. 



The hot weather has also affected 

 the shipping trade somewhat. The 

 market quotations are practically the 

 same as last week, prices are unset- 

 tled, and a large portion of stock is 

 sold at low figures. 



Most of the growers have all their 

 carnations housed and they report that 

 all varieties are doing splendidly and 

 have made good growth. 



Tuberose stalks are very plentiful 

 and sell slowly; same can be said of 

 gladiolus and asters; good smilax is 

 -a little scarce and in fair demand. 



Death of William C. Pape and Charles L. 

 Weber. 



William C. Pape, general superin- 

 tendent of public parks, was shot and 

 killed in front of his home, 3329 Penn- 

 sylvania avenue, Friday evening, Sep- 

 tember 8, by a political ward bummer 

 known as Big Frey. "Billy" Pape, as 

 he was called by his acquaintances, 

 political, business and social, was 

 widely known and highly esteemed, 

 both as a successful florist and as a 

 city official. He was in the prime of 

 life, being only 45 years old, and the 

 head of a large family. He leaves a 

 wife and seven children, the oldest be- 

 ing 22 and the youngest 6. 



The funeral occurred Sunday after- 

 noon and was one of the largest ever 

 held in South St. Louis. All the city 

 officials from the mayor down and 

 nearly all the florists in the city were 

 present. Mr. Pape was a member of 

 the St. Louis Florists' Club. 



The interior of the house where the 

 body lay in state was one mass of 

 floral designs of all descriptions. At 

 the grave the ceremonies of the dif- 

 ferent lodges were very impressive, es- 

 pecially the one of the Woodmen of the 

 World. This consisted of lowering 

 into the grave a box containing a live 

 white dove, which was released and 

 flew toward the sky as the first shovel 

 of dirt was thrown upon the lid of 

 the casket. This is symbolical of the 

 releasing of the soul from the earthly 

 prison. 



Mr. Pape was a devoted husband 

 and loving father and was liberal and 

 kind to his neighbors and friends. His 

 death will be mourned by all St. 



Louis and especially by the florists, 

 for "Billy" was their best friend. 



Charles L. Weber, brothar-in-law of 

 F. C. Weber, died suddenly of heart 

 failure Saturday night. Mr. Weber 

 was not a florist, but was acquainted 

 with all the florists in St. Louis and 

 attended nearly all the conventions 

 of the S. A. F., going with us to spend 

 his vacations. Mr. Weber was well 

 liked by all who knew him and had a 

 large circle of friends in the trade. 



Bawling. 



The members of the Junior Flor- 

 ists' Bowling Club feel very indignant 



over the report in the last issue of 

 The Review that they expect a handi- 

 cap in the coming series of games 

 with the older club. They say they 

 want no handicap and expect to beat 

 the older club on even terms. They 

 are practicing hard every Tuesday 

 night and expect to be in good shape 

 by October 1, at which time the older 

 club will begin its regular rolling 

 again. Some of the boys go down to 

 the alleys every Monday night even 

 on these hot nights, because they love 

 the sport 



Park Commissioner Rid?ely and 

 Mayor Ziegenhein today (Tuesday) ap- 



pointed Fred Pape superintendent of 

 public parks, to succeed his father, 

 who was killed last week. The ap- 

 pointment was dictated by sentiment 

 as well as by ihe young man's fitness. 

 Fred has the best wishes of all the 

 craft. 



Visitors in town are: J. W. Cunaga, 

 Shelbyville, 111., and Fred Schuittker, 

 late of Columbia, Mo. Mr. Schuittker 

 will locate in St. Louis if he finds a 

 suitable place. j. j. b. 



PILLAR ROSE. 



The accompanying engraving which 

 we have reproduced from the Garden- 

 er's Magazine, is from a photograph 

 of a plant of Victor Verdier, grown as 

 a specimen pillar rose and shown by 

 W. Paul & Son, at an English exhibi- 

 tion. 



If some of our skillful growers will 

 produce such plants as this in quantity 

 we believe that during the present 

 strong demand for fine pot plants they 

 would be able to get an adequate price 

 for them as well as advancing the in- 

 terests of the Queen of Flowers 



CINCINNATI. 



Society Meeting. 



The regular meeting of the Cincin- 

 nati Florists' Society was held Thurs- 

 day afternoon, September 7, at R. Wit- 

 terstaetter's, Sedamsville. There was 

 a good attendance, with the usual 

 number of visitors present. 



The committee appointed to raise 

 subscriptions for carrying on the 

 monthly exhibitions has done splendid 

 work. Albert Sunderbrauch alone 

 raised $82, with a few more to hear 

 from; also a gold medal from our 

 democratic nominee for governor, 

 John R. McLean. The medal will 

 probably be awarded for the best seed- 

 ling carnation, and Witterstaetter is 

 right in line for it with his new pink, 

 the "Enquirer." It is looking very 

 promising and will be a hard one to 

 beat. All of Dick's stock is in good 

 shape and his place never looked bet- 

 ter at this time of the year. 



Another committee reported $19 

 raised from ron-members of the so- 

 ciety who hold stands in the flower 

 market. From all sources we will 

 have no trouble in raising the desired 

 $175. 



The schedule for the ensuing year 

 was discussed and will be revised be- 

 fore our next meeting. Some rigid 

 rules will be adopted to govern the 

 exhibitions for this season. 



Henry Schwarz, who is raising the 

 subscription Tor a portrait of the late 

 R. J. Murphy, reported $7 collected 

 thus far. 



Hereafter the society will meet at 

 the club rooms in the flower market. 



B. 



MONTGOMERY. ALA.— W. B. Pater- 

 son reports a bright prospect for ex- 

 cellent business the coming season. 



