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II I' K'TICULTURE 



August 18, 1917 



All Florists going to or from the Convention are Invited to Visit 



POEHLMANN BROS. GO'S 



IMMOUS 



THE LARGEST AND MOST UP-TO-DATE GREENHOUSE ESTABLISHMENT IN AMERICA 



The above cut shows in the foreground our PLANT DEPARTMENT, which is five years old, 

 and consists of 150,000 square feet of glass. This is devoted to POT PLANTS, such as Palms, 

 Ferns, Pandanus, Dracaenas, and other Decorative Stock, as well as all the Blooming Plants for 

 Christmas and Easter. We ship Plants and Cut Flowers all the year round. 



Take Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway from Union Depot, Chicago, 14 miles 

 northwest to Morton Grove, 111. 



Wm. Dilger of the Uilger Landscape 

 & Nursery Co., Detroit, Mich., has 

 completed the beautifying of the 

 grounds of Julius Schwill. 3.57 Fuller- 

 ton Parkway. 



Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Wullbrandt are 

 on a visit to their old home at Exeter. 

 Neb. Their place here is known as 

 The Globe Greenhouses. 53rd and 

 Madison streets. 



Earl Poehlmann. son of August 

 Poehlmann, motorin.? to the Pacific 

 coast was passing through North 

 Dakota when last heard from. He 

 was well and enjoying the trip. 



The second preliminary schedule of 

 the fifth National Flower Show, to be 

 held at St. Louis. Mo., April 6th to 

 1.5th, is being distributed here by 

 AUie Zech, secretary of the Chicago 



Florists Club. Call at Zech & Mann's 

 for one if interested, 



A. Miller, president of the American 

 Bulb Company, will be at the conven- 

 tion and says he will be glad to meet 

 old and new customers. A. L. Koehler, 

 secretary and treasurer, with Mrs. 

 Koehler. have just returned from a 

 three weeks' vacation in the mountains 

 of Colorado. Robert Newcomb, third 

 member of the firm, traveling sales- 

 man, is one of the best known men in 

 his line. He will also be in New York 

 next week, to add convincing impres- 

 siveness to the firm's slogan, "Watch 

 fi Grow," 



One of the most useful as well as 

 most expensive souvenirs to be distrib- 

 uted ?t the Convention is a Florist's 

 Note Book, presented by the Chicago 

 Feed and Fertilizer Co. It was de- 



signed by H. E. Humiston, sales mana- 

 ger of the company. The book is 8'/4 

 X llu. inches and arranged so as to 

 enable the grower to keep an accurate 

 account of plants grown, flowers cut 

 and fertilizer used in any bench or 

 greenhouse. Those who secure one of 

 these will lie fortunate and those who 

 not only secure but use them will know 

 whether their business is showing a 

 balance on the right side or not. 



Every florist, especially those inter- 

 ested in plants, who passes through 

 Chicago, should see the houses of 

 Frank Oechslin, \yho makes a spe- 

 cialty of growing plants for the retail 

 florist. While Mr. Oechslin finds mar- 

 ket for most of his stock in Chicago 

 and caters little tb the shipping trade, 

 he has always many things worth see- 

 ing. Just at this time the pan- 

 daniises, drac^na.s, Boston and Whit- 

 niani ferns and small table ferns 

 are special features. Cyclamen, poln- 

 settias and begonias are now being 

 grown on for the Christmas trade, and 

 there are many other things well 

 worth inspection. 



