Deci mber 9 1911 



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POEHLMANN BROS. COMPANY 



33-35-37 Randolph Street, CHICAGO 



When in doubt where to buy your Christmas Flowers TURN TO POEHLMANN'S 



We undoubtedly have the best the market affords. Prices according 

 to quality. Specialties, — Beauties, Teas, Carnations, Valley, Lilies 

 and Orchids. Like all others we are not infallible but as a rule we 

 have what you ask for. 



Backed up by the growing stock in our greenhouses we are in a strong position to provide for your wants. 



Weekly price lists of cut flowers will be mailed to those desiring same. 

 Have your name added to our mailing list. 



Watch for our Advertisements ! 



Sometimes we have specials which are pood value. 



POEHLMANN BROS. CO. 



CHICAGO NOTES. 

 Outlook for Christmas Stock. 

 Unusual conditions bave marked 

 tin' year just closing and the weather 

 reports have several times broken all 

 previous records. Notwithstanding 

 this, houses are tilled with as fine a 

 grade of Bowers as the i losing month 

 of the year is until to ti nil. Much 



building has been d since the last 



holiday season, the Ion price of glass 

 and the ever hopeful disposition of 

 the florist being an Irresistible com- 

 bination. Much of the usual specular 

 lion mi the Christmas stock centers 

 on the American Beauty now, which 

 has been dei Idedl ] ofl ci op w 1th most 

 of the largest gro oi a few 



weeks. Red carnations arc expected 

 to come to i he front and produi i 

 that are needed no matter how large- 

 ly the plants are out-numbered by the 

 white varieties for the public de- 

 mands red. Richmond roses seem 

 likely to fulfill all reasonable demands 

 if the weather is bright. As usual the 

 only bulbous Stock to be depended 

 upon in quantity is paper whites and 

 Roman hyacinths. Chrysanthemums 



are not expected to hold out much 

 longer and few will be left for the 

 holidays. As ever the plant men will 

 have a large share of I -tmas 



dollars turned their way. 



The Geo. Wittbold Co. 

 A visit to The Geo. Wittbold Co.'s 

 Edgebroofc plant was made last week 

 and everything found in tine condi- 

 tion in addition to their extensive 

 nurserj business this firm specializes 

 in plants for florists' use as well 

 as cut flowers for their two retail 

 stores hi i the market. Some of their 

 most attractive offerings for the holi- 



days are ferns for dishes. Dracaena 

 fragrans. Massangoatia and ti rminalis, 

 cibotium and it full line of palms and 

 other decorative stock. Azaleas are 

 selling rapidly. There are poins. t 

 tias fully eight feet tall, crowned with 

 immense brilliant bracts, and the 

 Christmas bulb stock will include 



s choice red tulips. 



Poehlmann Bros. Co. 



The Poehlmann Bros. Co. have now 

 six orchid bouses filled with plants. 

 American Beauty houses are apparent- 

 ly going to he just in I heir prime for 

 a big Christmas cut. 60,000 tarnation 

 plants are grown In 

 year's stoi h and foi eman Guy W. 

 French counts Scarlet Glow as his 

 most profitable red, a bench of which 

 has bloomed continuously for two 

 years. Mr. French says he does not 

 feed his carnations till the days be- 

 gin to lengthen and always picks 

 close, with wide-awake Mock as a re- 

 sult. Poehlmann Bros. Co. added 

 thirteen 250 ft. houses this year and 

 their carnation range is the largest in 

 the world. 



Chicago Carnation Company. 



The Chicago Carnation Co. always 

 welcomes visitors to Joliet. and a 

 ticket is provided for anyone wishing 

 to take the trip from Chicago. Twen- 

 ty-one varieties of carnations are be- 

 Ing grown for cut flowers this year. 

 During its fourteen years" existence 

 the new varieties Introduced by the 

 Chica e Ion Co. have In several 



instances proved valuable permanent 



acquisitions to the carnation world. 

 Washington, introduced last year, has 

 given almost universal satisfaction, 

 being of a richer color than l.awson 

 and out-blooming that variety. It is 



worth] oi note that Washington was 

 the only variety sent out iast year 

 that whs exhibited in 100 lots at the 

 i fall shows and received first 

 A brilliant red seedling, The 

 Herald, will be put upon the market 

 next year. It has received a certifi- 

 cate wherever shown and took first 

 prize at St. Louis. The Arm is also 

 testing twelve thousand seedlings. 



Frank Oechslin. 



ink (Jechslin's plant, to which he 



added an entire i»« range of Fo- 



lej construction and with Kroeschell 



heating, the past summer, is now one 



e finest place- devoted wholly to 

 otti d plants tor the « hole- 

 sale tra e. Ami i I hristmas 



al notice was taken of Begonias 

 Glor] of Cincinnati and Lon 

 which are as fine a lot of plain 

 one would wish to see. Three houses 



■ i amen and two of poinsei 

 are In prime condition. Between two 

 and three thousand azaleas will also 

 . and with Primula ob- 

 eonica, erica, hyacinths and tulips an 

 excellent variety for the holiday sea- 

 son is assured. 



A False Report. 

 A false report was printed in the 

 Chicago papers recently stating that 

 1 hicago Flower Growers' Associa- 

 ted d olved N ." ■ .planation 

 : Iven lor thi error unl< 

 was a mistake in the copying from 

 the records. On the d a the 



lation had added one name to the 

 list ot directors, and the- tiles at Spring- 

 field had evidently been searched by 



•■Is. 

 The "Allied Industries." 

 Kroeschell V<i<±. Co. made a record 



