NOVEMBEIC 1, 1917. 



The Florists^ Review 



27 



Directors of the Chicago Flower Growers' Association with the Late Fred 



I Kveiy liii'iiiljcr of this (.'roup, plKilum-iiplKil in l'.il."i. ;iltcii(l<'il Mr. Slit'low'~ I niicr:il 



Stielow at the Extreme Right. 



Mt NilfS ( flllcl. ill., ll,M.>lnT •J^.I 



ment >Ybic-h now is W. H. Elliott '.s. In 

 those days ]ioston slii](|i('(l llowcrs to 

 Chicago, and in 1S74 Air. Stielow dr- 

 cidod to loniovo to the west, loc'atin<i' 

 at Xiles Center, a i(^w miles northwest 

 of Chicago. Here he started in hnsiness 

 for liiniself, but in tlie eowrse of a short 

 time sold out to the late It. Sihillei'. It 

 was not long afterward, however, that 

 he made a new start I'lo- himself and the 

 place is in existence teilay. As th<> 

 sons grew iip it liecjum' desiialile to en 

 large the estal)lisliiiiiiit, in diiiei' tn oe 

 cnjiv tlieii- rnei-;;ii'^. ;iihi a new I'ange 

 was built ill 1!M1, lo which frequent ad 

 ditions haxc been ni.-olc until it now 

 contains about 7(i,(»(l" feet of glass, with 

 o5,0UU feet in the rdd range. The new 

 liouses are gi\en eiitiitdy to Milad.x', 

 Ophelia, Kii^^cll, KilL-iriicv l*>iilli;int , 

 Wiiite Kiiliiniey ;iiid Siinl.urst roses. 

 The older houses arc used tdr <-ariiations, 

 • •alias. siia|H|raL;oii^, clirys.-iMtiieinunis 

 aiiil t'i'\ert'e\\ . --iilil ill <'hic;igo by tii<' 

 Flower (iioweis' As^oci.-it ion, with some 

 bedding ]daiit- tor inune sales. Maiidi 

 14, 1!M(!, Mr. Stielow letireij tioiu biisi 

 ness, turning the gieciii ^e^ o\cr to 



his four s(,|i^, tlie I ide>t of Wiiom, I'l'c I 

 el'i(d<, .ll., Iicciillie thi' he;i(| ot' tile lillll, 

 llow ]<llii\Vll ;is Stiidow I'.j-o^. < 'o. 



Mr. Stieiow \\;i-. oiic ol' the o il;;! II i /e 1'^ 



of tile < 'll icjlt^cl i'leWCI- tiroWels" .\~-S(i 



elation, wliicli ^\,•|^ lUiined in llMl. ;iiid 

 he sei'\ ed a< a director I'lom th;it time 

 until the ];t-t ;i!Miua] ineetiiig, at wliich 

 liis son. Artliui. was decteil in his |pl,ace. 

 A speciiil nieetiii:: ol the clirectors was 

 belli at tlie otlii-e in I'hicago Octotier :in. 

 at whitdi lesoliitioiis of I'egret weiu 

 adopted. 



For many years "Mr. Stielow was .'n- 

 five in all the affairs of tlie communit\- 

 of Xiles Center. lie was one (d" the 

 carl\- settlers there and when the town 



grew to the p(Miit ol' orgaiii/in;.; the 

 .Niles Center X'cdunteer l''iic ('oni|iaii\ 

 he was its \ ice president duriiiL; its 

 first yetirs. lie \\;is a nieinlier of the 

 village board of tiiistees from its (u 

 gani/ation in 1 SSM to ISitL'. 



Mr. Stiidow is sur\i\ed be his wil'e, 

 Sophia .Meyer Sfi(|o\\, t'our daughters 

 and four sous. The latter, I'red. Walter, 

 Ai-thui- and Willi.am, ha\c lieeii Ipidiight 

 U|i in the luisiiiess with him ;iiid are iio\\ 

 its ouiieis. 



.\1 r. Sticdow \\as an uiiassiiinlii^ man 

 of most e<piable tein[perament . and hi^ 

 (|uiet, unrufTled disjuisitimi. no matter 

 what ha|i|peued. niaile him many frii'iids, 

 in the tr.ade and among his neighbius. 

 I'mieral ser\ iie^ were held at St. I'eter's 

 (diiiridi at Xiles ('enter Sunday at't<'r 

 noon, October !'*>, and the .-i t tiuida iice 

 exccecb'd the seating;' c.ap.acity ol' that 

 eijilii'e. There Were in.aiiv llow'ers. All 

 thi> Niles ('enter grower- and their 

 lamiliev Were present. Amioiil; those ill 

 the trade I'rom ('liicaL;o .•iii.l nearby 

 tipwns wlopse j u'l'siio'c was imteil weri': 

 S;nii i'eari-e ;iihl laniilv, .1. I". Ki'lwcdl, 

 \iiL;ust I'. I'otdilmann and I'ainily. 

 Ai|ip|pli roidilmann and I'ainily, I'aiil 

 K lines|H)rii. b'udip||ph Kllsworth. (leoi-^p' 

 • '. W'ldlaml, .lcpsi|p|i Sihoips. Ivlwani 

 Mi'iiret, .\nton Then, ('liarli^s M c( ';iiile\ , 

 I'reil S(hramm, .1. • '. \;iiiL:haii, Kiiiil 

 Khrhardt. Aii!^ust I'liidis. Ti-.-uik 



>^chr;imiii ;iiid ('liarles Srhrainm. Iiitiu 

 nii'lit w;is ill .s;i j'etel 's ci'iileti'iv. 



NEW ORLEANS, LA. 



.\t ;i meeting ()ct(p|ier is in ('iisaidi's 

 building, the .Xi^w <)ileaiis HiPiticnl- 

 tiiral Society s.lecti'pl M. <'ook. .\. 

 Waller .aihl j-]. N'al.b'jo as Jiulges uf thi' 

 lloiists' exliiliits to lie shown at tin- Na 

 tional i'arm and \.\\v Stipil< Show. Xcp 



\einlper III tip 1'.'. rill arrangements 

 coinmitti'i' I'lii' the lloi-ists" exhiliits has 

 aiiiiipiiiii-c'ij that .*."p.'p(i will he distriliuted 

 in |p|i/.es, all I'litries tip Ipc installi'pj the 



ni;;lit Ipel'ore the sIkpW ip|ii'I|s. Nip elltrx' 

 tee is to lie (diar.lied. A ;iood Ipuildillg 



is to Ipc srt apart 1p> the fair authorities 

 loi the hoiisin:.; ol' the plants jmil iIipw ■ 

 CIS and p|e.-oi;il lolls will lie provideil by 

 till' ma na^^einciit. An oicliest r,a will 

 pla\- in this IpiiililiiiL: e\eniiigs ijiiring 



the WC(1< ot' the show. 



Some iiiiusu;ill\ line rli i\s;i n t heiiiums 

 were liroiiglil to the meeting 111' the ilor- 

 I iciiltural Soclet\. .Se\-eral of the Mrs. 

 b'olpinson \ariet>' had steiiis about four 

 t'eet Iipiil:, with llowers measuring fi\e 

 ilodies .across. A laiLTc (loMell (^lleell 

 plant w;is lenarde.l as one of the hand- 

 siPiiiest of the i'ail\- \e||ow chrysanthe- 

 mums. It is said to lie easily -lowii and 

 ol' s|i|,.|idiil keeping i[iialities. 



TIIRIPS ON SPRENGERI 



1 am sriidiiie \ oil su iisp'ascil p|:iii1s 



111' Aspar.aeiis S|ll•eli^eri. The st(i(d\ 



^[.•W well ill the lieliclies t ll lo 1 1 U lio 11 1 



the simimei'. but now all the plants are 



diseased like t lie sp,.,-lliicUI. What Istlle 



1 rouble a nd w hat is ;i remed v .' 



W. II. h. Wis. 



The cause 111' the lioiible is tliii|is. a 

 severe attack of ihrips, which proli.able 

 was llrlpu^ht about by insullicient syi- 

 iiigiiii^' during the summer. The 



reiiiedv' is loiind ill le;^ulai spia\ili'_;- 

 with a nicotine solution twice a wetd^ 

 t'or two or three weeks, ,aiid al'terwaid 

 contiimiiig tlie spraying at intervals 

 ot' ,a week or ten d.ays until no t'resh at 



tacks (it' the ilisiM-t are noted, 



w. II. r. 



