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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Ski'tkmbeu 13, lOOC. 



AuguHt F. Pofblmann. . , ; John W. Poehlmann, • ■■: . Adolph H. Poehlmann. 



The Three Members of the Firm of Poehlmaan Bros. Co., Chicago. 



tie care this can be obviated. This 

 remedy is also a preventative of thrips 

 when used in this way, a weekly applica- 

 tion being sufficient to keep clear of 

 both thrips and aphis. 



There is also ('ampbell 's Sulphur Va- 

 porizer on the market, that has helped to 

 keep down mildew when firing ceases. 

 It is an English patent, and a trifle ex- 

 pensive, but very eflfective, and elimi- 

 nates almost all of the danger of igni- 

 tion. We have all had our pet schemes 

 of using suiphur ; some of them have 

 been costly; for instance, when the pan 

 was place^ over the coal-oil stove, and 

 the flame set at what was thought just 

 right to form the vapor from the sul- 

 phur on the pan. Just at that minute 

 we were called away to attend to some 

 dut}', and on returning a couple of min- 

 utes later, to our chagrin and dismay 

 we found the pan had taken fire and the 

 sulphur formed that deadly gas so fatal 

 to plant life. Probably that whole 

 house was ruined in those few minutes' 

 absence. For this reason 1 am pleased 

 to know that this vaporizer has reduced 

 the danger to a minimum. We are using 

 eight of them at present, with excellent 

 results. 



I shall not treat of the best houses 

 for rose growing, as it is well known 

 that the lightest and airiest are suitaoie 

 for the purpose, or I might say for t..e 

 growing of any flower for winter forc- 

 ing. The builders have made great ad- 

 vance in the character of houses put up 

 in recent . years. 



THE POEHLMANN BROS. 



And Their Five Foremen. 



Tlie accompanying portraits of the 

 I'oehlmann brothers and their foremen 

 are ffom photographs taken by the Re- 

 view '.s photographer at the eiiployees' 

 picnic Sunday, September 2, at Morton 

 Grove, III., and show the gentlemen in 

 characteristic attitudes. It is not ' ' three 

 of a kind ' ' with the Poehlmaun broth- 

 ers; they are as diflFerent temperament- 

 ally as they are physically but in 

 combination make a team which pulls to- 

 gether so well that the progress made 

 by the firm the last few years has been 

 one of the notable achievements in a 

 trade which by leaps and bounds is ad- 

 vancing all along the line. 



.John W. Poehlmann, president of the 

 corporation, stands in the center of the 

 group of throe. The selling end of the 

 business is in his immediate charge. 

 You will find him, day in and day out, 

 interminably at it in the store at 35 

 Randolph street, Chicago. There arc 

 few better salesmen than this large, 

 quiet man, who never loses command of 

 the situation, no matter how great the 

 shortage or how big the glut He has 

 a capable staff but keeps a personal eye 

 on every order that goes out. 



Adolph H. Poehlmann, at the riglit 

 in the picture, is vice-president of the 

 company. He was the builder of what 

 is known as Plant B, at Morton Grove 

 and for a time had a separate business. 



but came back into the firm when it 

 was incorporated and the real progress 

 began. He is an expert grower and de- 

 votes his time to the management of 

 the big range of glass in his charge. 



August F. Poehlmann, secretary and 

 treasurer^ he of the white suit on the 

 left, is the youngest of the trio and 

 jwssessed of an indefatigable energy 

 coupled with a sound business judgment,' 

 which practically assures the success of 

 whatever he may undertake. He is more 

 than a hustler; he is a deep thinker ana 

 few men have gained a clearer Insight 

 into the underlying principles of our 

 business, nor has any one been better 

 able to foresee the future, as it has thus 

 far revealed itself. 



Possibly one of the best attributes of 

 the Poehlmann management is the abil- 

 ity to know a good man when they have 

 him. Many a good man has graduated 

 from a Poehlmann foremanship into 

 business for himself, but the quintette, 

 pictured in the second group are ■ as 

 fine a lot of growers as can be pointed 

 out at any establishment in America. 

 Mentioned from left to right, they are: 



Robert Hard was born at Leeds, York- 

 shire, England, and worked at several 

 private and commercial places in Eng- 

 land. He came to the United States 

 about ten years ago and has worked in 

 about every large town between New 

 York and Denver/ including two years 

 for the Cleveland Cut Flower Co.* At 

 present he is range foreman at Plant B,' 



(5. W. French was born at Du QtiOiu, 



