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The Florists' Review 



AnacsT 25, 1921 



corporated as the S. S. Pennock-Meehan 

 Co. Since a separation of the partners, 

 the company has been known as the 

 S. S. Penuock Co. 



Mr. Fiennock is an ex-president of the 

 Philadelphia Florists' Club, has been 

 a member of the executive boards of the 

 American Rose Society and the Penn- 

 sylvania Horticultural Society and is 

 affiliated with many other organiza- 

 tions, among them the Society of 

 Friends. Last fall he was elected presi- 

 dent of the Chrysanthemum Society of 

 America. He has two sons and two 

 daughters. 



Vice-president Samuel Murray. 



When the Society of American Flo- 

 rists selected for its vice-president Sam- 

 uel Murray, of Kansas City, it chose a 

 man who has lived with flowers all his 

 life. He was born at Brooklyn, N. Y., 

 January 18, 1860. In 1862 he was tak^n 

 to the Benmore estate, at Kilmun, 

 Argyllshire, by his father, Robert Mur- 

 ray, who was the head gardener there. 

 At the age of 14, young Samuel went to 

 work in the gardens. However, he 

 wanted to see more of the land in which 

 he was born. So in 1880, at the age of 

 20, he set forth and arrived in New- 

 York, March 31, 1880. He was employed 

 by Peter Henderson for about two 

 years. He then went to the private es- 

 tate of John Hobart Warren, at Hoosic 

 Falls, N. Y., where he was the head 

 gardener for about six years. 



He went back to Peter Henderson, 

 seeking a new position, and was given a 

 letter to John N. May, who sent him 

 west to St. Joseph, Mo. In 1889 he went 



to Kansas City and established a small 

 business, which has grown to its present 

 size and which is now well known to 

 almost all of us. 



Mr. Murray has served as a director 

 of the S. A. F. for several terms and 

 has been active in Other trade organiza- 

 tions. 



SCHLING'S HELPFUL HINTS. 



"Whew! It's getting hot!" re- 

 marked a florist in convention hall, 

 Washington, D. C, Thursday, August 

 18, at about 2 p. m. "Bet there won't 

 be two doze* people at the closing ses- 

 sion this afternoon." 



"I'll bet you there'll be more than 

 200," replied a companion. "Max 

 Schling is going to give a lecture." 



"That's right," rejoined the first 

 speaker, wiping a large handkerchief 

 across his brow. "Let's go in and get 

 front seats." 



And by the time Max Schling began 

 his talk the largest gathering, save per- 

 hap.s that of the opening session, of the 

 three convention days filled the big 

 hall. 



A number of suggestions were given 

 to retailers, some explainable only as 

 Mr. Schling explained them, with dem- 

 onstration. He emphasized the neces- 

 sity of arranging flowers close together 

 in a corsage and making the whole a 

 light, delicate affair, not a ponderous 

 mass more conspicuous than its wearer. 

 A splendid example of his art, in the 

 form of a cattleya corsage, was pre- 

 sented to Mrs. J. C. Vaughan after the 

 audience had admired it sufficiently. 



In table decorations Mr. Schling 



showed an arrangement easily made for 

 a late order and adaptable to a large or 

 a small table, in case the florist is not 

 definitely informed in such a rush order. 

 A center decoration was made and then 

 a dozen or so 2% -inch pots, covered with 

 sheet moss, plugged at the bottom with 

 plaster of Paris and filled with cut fern, 

 were filled with rambler rose sprays and 

 appropriate blooms and foliage to match 

 the centerpiece. These pots could be 

 set close to the centerpiece on a small 

 table or moved some distance from it 

 on a large table. When they were 

 placed, a few ferns and flowers inter- 

 mingled on the table, made an artistic 

 whole out of the component parts. 



The centerpiece he showed could be 

 made of a glass tube on^ a fixed base, 

 surmounted with a piecie of modeling 

 clay, in place of the potato he used in 

 former demonstrations. Into the clay 

 were thrust the stems of flowers and 

 ferns to make any •onformation the 

 decorator desired. 



Mr. Schling showed how useful cut 

 sprays of coleus, croton and such foliage 

 plants could be made. A masterpiece 

 of a vase, employing croton foliage most 

 effectively, was presented to William 

 F. Gude after the applause had finished 

 after its completion. 



Many other pieces of skill and bits of 

 information were imparted to brother 

 florists before Mr. Schling ended his 

 2-hour talk with a series of stereopticon 

 slides showing new styles of work and 

 specimens of his advertising. 



THE SFOBTS EVENTS. 



Miss Martha C. Gunterberg. 



(PrcetdenUelcct of the Ladies' S. A. F.) 



Bowling Tournament. 



The most time-honored and popular 

 event of the convention sports program 

 was, of course, the bowling tournament. 

 This was held on the alleys at 918 G 

 street Thursday evening and drew a 

 large number of spectators, who, with 

 the bowlers, regaled themselves with 

 ample refreshments provided by the 

 local florists. Competition was of the 

 keenest character and old-time rivalry 

 reappeared in full strength. 



Chicago won the team prize with a 

 total of 2,234, New York being second 

 with 2,189. The team scores were: 



CHICAGO— 1st 2d 3d Total 



Foerster 165 200 134 499 



Pollworth, C. C 127 130 116 373 



Schramm 161 158 145 464 



.\8mus 119 123 126 368 



Olsem 173 1W5 201 530 



2,234 

 NEW YORK— 



Irwin 165 161 134 460 



Plerson 151 140 117 40f> 



Brown 145 202 134 481 



Traendly 114 146 126 386 



Manda 154 144 156 454 



2 189 

 CLEVELAND— 



Cool£ 131 121 147 419 



out 



Ponting 99 116 128 343 



Bate 162 156 151 469 



Gralinm 170 175 155 50O 



2,098 

 WASHINGTON— 



Niedomanslil 143 109 144 39« 



Westeott 126 142 117 388 



Shaffer. A lf)4 ,121 146 421 



Macl^nnan li)7 128 165 4.W 



Shaffer, G 150 142 148 438 



2.090 

 BALTIMORE— 



Eherle 145 135 121 401 



Perry 138 145 154 437 



Moss 105 105 117 327 



Boone 121 125 179 425 



Ekas 137 104 147 388 



1,985 

 The scores for the individual sets 

 among the men, the first eight of whom 

 won prizes, were as follows: 



