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AiiKURt 18. 1917 



illl Kinds of Plants 



Everything that Blooms for the Christmas Trade 

 and Something for all the Year Round 



FERNS FOR DISHES ONE OF OUR SPECIALTIES 



Large Stock of BOSTON and WHITMANI FERNS 



PALMS, DRACAENAS in Variety 



PANDANUS and Other Decorative Stock 



VISITORS ARE INVITED TO VISIT OUR HOUSES AT ANY TIME 



.>lMilUon S(. cur wi'Nt to (iriTo Ave. <4S<h>), then thr<-r IiIik-Us Muiith, nr <iiirll<>l(l I'lirk Itninrti itf Mt-(rupolltan Elevat«<l 



tn CU'iTo Av4'., find thvn four blocks north. 



FRANK OECHSLIN 



4911 W. Quincy Street, Chicago, III. 



Kurowski, vice-president and general 

 manager, with A. Hanimerstrom. man- 

 ager of the New York branch will rep- 

 resent the J. C. Moninger Co. at the 

 Convention. 



The Chicago Feed and Fertilizer 

 Co., organized four years ago, is ac- 

 ceptably meeting the needs of commer- 

 cial growers, private gardeners and 

 country- clubs. For them a thorough 

 investigation of the needs of their soil 

 is assured and such fertilizers as are 

 best adapted are recommended. A 

 chemical analysis is furnished at cost. 



The present offices of the company 

 have become too small and they are 

 now moving into larger ones just 

 south of their present location at 4166 

 S. Halsted Street. The officers are 

 pres. .John P. Bowles; vice-pres. and 

 gen'l manager Frank S. Mackey; 

 sec'y and treas., David Dickson. 



The factory at Osborne, Ind., is in 

 charge of R. T. Williams, and a large 

 amount of new machinery has been 

 installed the past year. The arduous 

 duties of sales manager fall upon H. 

 E. Humiston. who also has personal 

 charge of the greenhouse research 

 dept. He is well-known, having been 

 connected with the trade for many 

 years, a part of which he spent as 

 practical grower. He will attend the 

 New York Convention. 



The largest greenhouse establish- 

 ment in the world is said to be that of 

 Poehlmann Bros, at Morton Grove, 

 fourteen miles northwest of Chicago. 

 Placed end to end they would extend 

 seven miles. For convenience, the 

 houses are designated as Plants A, B 



ani ( . A 1)6. ng devoted to carnations, 

 li.ies, oich.ds and miscellaneous stock, 

 H to roses and C to plants. Morton 

 Grove is the objective point of nearly 

 every florist coming into Chicago and 

 it is quite possible that no other es- 

 tablishment of its kind, w-elcomes so 

 many visitors. August Poehlmann, 

 president and treasurer of the com- 

 pany resides in Morton Grove and al- 

 ways has a kindly welcome to the 

 trade. He is noted for his generosity 



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i;i .giving out information which has 

 cost him time and money to acquire. 

 Records are kept of eacli bench and 

 the plan to keep the stock limited to 

 the varieties that prove most success- 

 ful is strictly adhered to. Poehlmann 

 Bros, are second to none in the culture 

 of the American Beauty rose to which 

 they give much space. They were the 

 first firm to bring the Mrs, Russell 

 rose to its now recognized commer- 

 cial importance and they have a sup- 

 ply all the year round. All other 

 roses that are in demand are found 

 here also. 



In carnations nine varieties are 

 found in the 170.000 plants housed 

 tliis year. White Wonder, Perfec- 

 tion, Enchantress and Matchless in 

 whites; Enchantress for light pink; C. 

 W. Ward and Ackhurst for deep pink 

 and Beacon, Thenantho.s and Cham- 

 pion for red. 



The four orchid houses, each 26x250 

 ft. filled with commercial varieties are 

 always of interest to visitors. Poehl- 

 mann Bros, have their own orchid col- 

 lector and rare indeed are some of the 

 specimens he gathers. A unique col- 

 lection of between 2ii00 and 3000 phal- 

 anopsis is a ver>' interesting and 

 lieautiful sight now. It was brought 

 from the Philippines last year. Their 

 culture is rather difficult, as Is well 

 known and for these reasons the phal- 

 anopsis, grown so successfully by 

 Poehlmann, has been dropped by most 

 of the orchid growers here. 



The plant department, opened five 

 years ago. has about 200,000 sq. ft. of 

 glass and an immense shipping trade 

 is done. A very large stock of fine 



