August 25, 1921 



The Florists' Review 



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liibits are irulicatod in the rccomiiii'iKla 

 tlons of tlie judfjes on this section, Max 

 Schling and A. E. Gude, which were as 

 follows: 



JI. Kii'p <^o., I'hiladi'lphia — Ooncnil cxliiliil. 

 icrtiflcate of merit; luce effect basket, liQiKirahle 

 mention. 



HenHhaw Floral Co., New York — liuster ware, 

 Icitlhly commended. 



H. liayersdorfer & Co., Plilladelphia - White 

 metal (lower eontainer, liiBlily coniuieiKied; lamp 

 i)f porcelain (lowers, liiflily conuneiuled. 



S. A. Weller, South Zanesville, 0. — Ijonella 

 ware, liiglily commended. 



Zane Pottery Co., South Zanesville, 0. — -Wilse 

 pottery container, highly commended. 



Ove (Jnatt Co., Laporte, Ind. — Prepared 

 wreath, honorable mention; ceramic wreath, 

 highly commended. 



Wertheimer Kros., New York — Silverine rib 

 bon with gold ribbon 4728, liijjhly commended; 

 door crepe, also hiRhly commended. 



.Foseph G. Neidinger Co., Philadelphia — Pre- 

 pared wreaths and novelties, liighly commended. 



.Schloss Hros. Itibbons, Inc., New York — Fringe 

 brilliantine, double fair ribbon, bridal scarf, 

 liighly commended. 



S. S. Penno<"k Co., Philadelphia — Flowered 

 rihl>on, highly commended. 



Lion & Co., New York — Crepe corsage ribbon, 

 liighl.v commended; Liberty l)ond gilt-edge cor 

 sage ribbon, highly commended. 



.M. 11. Ijcvine Co., New York — Rainbow net 

 ling, highly commended. 



A. L. Kundall Co., Cliicago — Combination flo 

 rists' counter and work table, honorable men- 

 tion; line of baskets, Uandall's (iein, highly 

 lommended; fiber paper bos, colored greeH and 

 gray, highly eommended. 



Cohen & Hiller, Inc,, New York — Metal cloth 

 ribbon, highly commended. 



(5eorge li. Hart, Uochester, N. Y. — Prepared 

 loliage and wreaths, highly commended. 



M. Adler, New York — Sheffield vases, highly 

 commended. 



Will Rehder. Wilmington, N. C. — Sarraeenic 

 llura, highly commended. 



Orchard I'aper Co., Ht, Ixiuis, Mo, — Wrapping 

 paper with watermark, higlily commended, 



S, Hanfling Co., New York -IJoughboy shoes, 

 highly commended. 



Iturlington Willow Ware Shops, Hiirlington. 

 la. Rlack and gold linish willow ware basket, 

 higlily commended. 



THE NEW OFFICERS. 



President Samuel S. Pennock. 



Samuel S. Pennock, the newly elected 

 president of the Society of American 

 l''lorists, last week received the rare 

 eoiiipliiiient of being accorded tlie high- 

 est floriciiltiiral honor in the country 

 wliile .-ilisent from the convention at 

 wliicli the election was held. Seldom 

 does such an action take place, but in 

 S. S. Pennock the society has a presi- 

 dent who well deserves such an honor. 



Mr. Pennock is now in Europe on ;i 

 mission for the Society of Friends. He 

 has been in ch.arge of its work of feed 

 ing the st.'irviiig tdiildren in Germ;iii\'. 

 ^VhiIe in France he was the recipient 

 "!' anotlier honor, representing Americii 

 • IS judge at the big rose event of the 

 ve;ir in France, if not in the world, tli;it 

 'if the annual exhibition of roses at tlie 

 llagatelle Gardens, which are famed for 

 tlieir roses all over the world. 



.Mr. Pennock is president of the S. S. 

 I'i'niiock Co., the large and well known 

 wlidlesale tlorists' establislnnent in I'liil 

 ideljdiia, wlii(h li.as br;iiiclies in New 

 'I'ork, Paltimore and Washinjiton. 



Mr. Pennock was born August ;il, 

 IStii), and, tlierefore, next week wiM 

 '•elelirate his tifty-second birthday. II i< 

 birthplace was Upper Darby, Pa. Hi- 

 lather, A. Tj. Pennock, one of the pi- 

 oneers of the flower business, founded 

 the firm of Pennock Bros, in 18C3. S. S. 

 I'ennock st.'irted in the tlorists' business 

 ill 1887, with his brother Charles, at .ns 

 ■■^•Mith Sixteenth street, and was later 

 taken in as a partner. At the time of 

 his brother's death, in 1891, he suc- 

 ceeded to the whole business. He con- 

 tinued the luisiness in the same jil.ace, 

 'inder the name of Samuel S. Pennock, 

 until 1806, when a move was m;ide to 

 the present location, 1608 Ludlow 

 street. In 1906 the business was in- 



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