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The Florists' Review 



AuODST 25, 1021 



cori)oriited a.s the fcs. 8. Priinoek-Mct'liau 

 ('o. Siiu-e a Mcparation of the jiartners, 

 till- eomjiaiiy lias l)eeii known as the 

 S; S. I'emiock Co. 



Mr. I'fnnoi'k is an ex-]ircsi(lt'iit of tlie 

 l'liila(lcli)hiii I'Morists' Club, lias been 

 a iiieniber of the (>xeciiti\i' lioarils of the 

 American Kose .Society and tli(> I'eiin- 

 sylvania llorticultinal Society ami is 

 afliliated with many other orj^anizu- 

 tioiis, auionn tlieiii the Society of 

 J'rieiuls. Last fall he was elected presi- 

 dent of the Clirysunt heniiun Society of 

 America. lie has two sons and two 

 dail<;lilers. 



Vice-president Samuel Murray. 



^Vhell the Society of American F\o- 

 rists selected for its vice jiresideiit Sam- 

 uel Murray, of Kansas City, it chose a 

 man who has li\-ed with llowcrs .all his 

 life. He was born at Brooklyn, X. V., 

 .la unary 18, ISf.li. Jn ]8t!li he was taken 

 to the lieiimor'e testate, at Kilmnn. 

 Arjjyllshire, by his father, Kobert Mur 

 ray, who w;is the head y^ardenei' there. 

 At the ai;e of It, youiifi; Samuel went to 

 work ill the j^ardeiis. However, he 

 w;iuteil t(» see iiiore ot' the land ill which 

 he w;is born. So in jsSii, at the aj^e of 

 -11, lie set t'orth .•iiid arrJN'ed in New 

 York, March .".l, LSSd. He was emjiloyed 

 iiy I'eter Henderson for about two 

 years. He then went to the ])rivate es 

 tate of .lohii Hobart Warren, at lloosic 

 Falls, X. '^'., where he was the head 

 gardener for about six years. 



He Went back to I'eter Henderson, 

 seekine a new jiositioii, and was {^iven a 

 letter to .lolni X. May, who sent him 

 west to St. .losejih. Mo. In 1SS9 he went 



to Kansas City and established a small 

 business, which has j^rown to its i)resent 

 size anil which is now well known to 

 almost all of us. 



.Mr. Murray has serscd as a director 

 of tlu' S. .\. I\ for se\-eral terms and 

 li.'is been .•icti\e in other trade organiza- 

 tions. 



SCHIilNG'S HELPFUL HINTS. 



"Whew! It's ert'ttins hot!" re- 

 marked a llorist in coiueiition hall, 

 Washington, D. C, Thursday, Auf^ust 

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

 be two dozen jieople at the closing' ses- 

 sion this afternoon. ' ' 



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

 lion,'' replied ,i coniiianion. "Max 

 Sidiling is goiny to gi\e a lecture." 



"That's rigiit," rejoined the first 

 large handkerchief 

 Let 's i>o in and get 



-Max Sidiling began 

 e;itlierin;i, save per- 



spealver, wiping .i 

 .■icross his brow. ' 

 front seats." 



And by the time 

 his talk the largest 



h;ip,s that of the opening session, of the 

 three conxention d;ivs tilleil the big 

 hall. 



.\ number of suggestions were given 

 to ret.'iilers. some i'X|)lainable only as 

 Mr. Schling ex|)laiiie(l them, with dem- 

 onstration. He emphasized the neces- 

 sity of arranging llowers close together 

 in .1 corsage and making the whole a 

 light, delicate affair, not a jionderoiis 

 mass more conspicuous than its wearer. 

 A splendid example of his art, in the 

 form of a cattleva corsage, was pre- 

 sented to Mrs. J. C. \'aughan after the 

 audience had admired it siifliciently. 



In t.able decorations Mr. Schling 



showed an arrangement easily made foi 

 a late order and adaptable to a largo 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, eovered with 

 sheet moss, plugged at the bottom with 

 jilaster of Paris and filled with cut fern 

 were filled with rambler rose sprays and 

 appropriate blooms and foliage to matcl 

 the centerpiece. These pots could b( 

 set close to the centerpiece on a smal! 

 table or moved some distance from ii 

 on a large table. When they weri 

 jilaced, a few ferns and flowers inter 

 mingled on the table, made an artistic 

 whole out of the component parts. 



The centerpiece ho showed could b^ 

 made of a glass tube on a fixed base, 

 surmounted with a piece of modeling., 

 clay, in place of the potato he used ii. 

 former demonstratioms. Into the cla;. 

 were thrust the stems of flowers and 

 ferns to make any eonformation tbi 

 decorator desired. 



]\Ir. Schling showed how useful cu' 

 sprays of coleiis, croton and such foliagi 

 plants could be made. A masterpiece 

 of a vase, emjdoying croton foliage most 

 (effectively, was presented to William 

 J'. Gude after the applause had finished 

 after its completion. 



]Many other pieces of skill and bits of 

 information were inifiarted to brother 

 florists before Mr. Schling ended his 

 L' hour talk with a series of stereopticon 

 slides showing new styles of work and 

 sjiecimens of his advertising. 



THE SPORTS EVENTS. 



Miss Martha C. Gunterberg. 



(PiiKl<l(.nt.cl>ct of the L;i. lies' 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 char.acter and old-time rivalry 

 reapjieared in full strength. 



Chicago won the team ])rize with a 

 total of 2,23 L New York being second 

 with 2,189. The team scores were: 



CIIKAGO— 1st 2(1 'M Total 



K.icrstcr 1<!.-, L'OO 134 499 



l'..llw.>rlli. C. r 127 1.^0 lie, .-573 



S.liiMiiim lOl 1,->S 14.". 404 



.\snnis 119 IC.-i IL'O ,"5fi8 



Olsciii 17:? l.%<; 'jot 530 



2.234 

 Ni:\V YOHK 



Irwin !•!.- 101 1.T4 400 



I'iirs-.n 1.''>1 140 117 40s 



r.niwri 14.-. 'J02 13J 481 



■Inicn.llv 114 140 12<1 .'iSO 



Miniilu " ir.l 144 1".0 4.-.4 



2,189 



(■M:vEr.j\ND— 



rook l.'.l 121 147 419 



out 



I'..ritinK 99 110 128 :?4.1 



Il;itc 102 l.'O 1.">1 409 



Craliam 170 17.". 155 50O 



2,09S 



w.vsnrNr.TON— 



Ni...loni;,nski 14.^ 109 144 39« 



W.st.ott 120 142 117 ,38.'. 



Sli.ifTcr. A ir.l 121 140 4'21 



MacU'liiiJii 1.-.7 12S 10.-. 4.';f> 



SlialTor. G 150 142 140 438 



2.090 

 BALTIMORE— 



i:i,(.rle 145 135 121 401 



I'orry 1.38 145 154 437 



Moss 105 105 117 327 



Itoono 121 125 179 425 



Ekiis 137 1(M 147 388 



1,985 



The scores for the individual sets 



among the men, the first eight of whom 



won prizes, were as follows: 



