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HOETICULTUKE 



August 16, 1913 



All Florists Are Cordially Invited 



to call and see our stock when in Chicago on the way to or from 



the Convention. 

 I am nearly doubling my glass area this year, and make a special- 

 ty of Bedding plants and blooming plants for Christmas and 

 Easter. Take Madison St. car in Chicago to Gale Ave., River 

 Forest (opposite Concordia Cemetery). 



ERNEST OECHSLIN, 



River Forest, 111. 



THREE CHICAGO PLANT G 



The growing of pot plants for the 

 wholesale trade, in Chicago, has de- 

 veloped in the last ten years. Pre- 

 vious to that time most stock had to 

 be shipped in and there was not near- 

 ly the demand for pot plants that ex- 

 ists now. Supply has created the de- 

 mand and the first to pave the way for 



ROWING ESTABLISHMENTS. 



their season and the best strains art? 

 grown. Poinsettias, azaleas, roses, 

 rhododendrons and all other winter- 

 blooming stock are grown as well as 

 Boston and Whitmanii ferns. Mr. 

 Oechslin is building three new houses 

 this year. Visitors are always wel- 

 come at their place which is reached 

 by surface cars, and is only nine miles 

 from the center of the city. 



Poehlmann Bros. Co. entered the 

 field as plant growers only a year 

 ago but now have nearly 100.000 sq. ft. 

 of glass devoted to all kinds of blooms 

 and decorative plants for the whole- 

 sale market. Poehlmann Bros, are 

 well-known for their thoroughness, 

 and their reputation for growing rut 

 flowers of the highest quality will soon 

 be equalled by that of their ability to 



Ernest Oechsun 



this now very important branch of 

 the trade was Frank Oechslin. Born 

 in Schafthausen, Switzerland, 45 years 

 ago, and coming to this country when 

 only 13, he seemed to have a natural 

 aptitude for plant culture which was 

 directed and developed by working 

 with well-known eastern plantsnien. 

 But Chicago called him with her great- 

 er opportunities and after being em- 

 ployed eight years by John F. Kidwell, 

 he started in business by renting the 

 greenhouses on Madison street known 

 as the Garfield Park Greenhouses. Ten 

 years ago he bought the first lots and 

 built the first house of his present 

 large plant, at 4911 Quincy street, 

 which is now one of the show places 

 of the city. 



Ernest Oechslin, three years young- 

 er than his brother, has a very attrac- 

 tive range at 180 Madison street, River 

 Forest. Here all the plants most fa- 

 vored for pot culture are grown. Cy- 

 clamen are much in evidence during 



Fr.\nk Oe(iisi.in- 



produce the highest gi-ade of pot 

 plants. Poehlmann Bros, will have a 

 large exhibit of plants at the conven- 

 tion and the manager of their plant 

 department will be there to answer 

 questions. 



Editor HORTICULTURE: 



Gentlemen: — Please withdraw my 

 entire advertisement as I am all sold 

 out. Very truly yours. 



FRANK P. PUTNAM. 



Lowell, Mass. 



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Nahant, Mass. 



PEONIES 



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