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THE GLADIOLUS 



Many countries have furnished /Vmerica with flowers for her 

 gardens. The rose, the chrysanthemum, and the peony come from 

 far distant lands, the dahHa from Mexico and the gladiolus from 

 South Africa, which has given us also many other noteworthy 

 plants, particularly greenhouse bulbous plants and, of late, annual 

 flowering plants of distinctive character. 



The gladiolus is a summer-flowering plant perpetuated by 

 corms which must be taken up in the autumn, stored over the 

 winter, and planted in the spring. It is grown to give color to 

 our gardens and to furnish us with a summer cut flower ; these 

 uses create a demand sufficient to make the growing of the corms 

 a business for many specialists. 



Interest in the Gladiolus 



Our grandmothers grew gladioli in their gardens, but the flow- 

 ers were small, of modest colors, and of no exceptional beauty. 

 By hybridization and selection the habit and growth of the 

 plants, the size of the flower spikes, and the color, size and sub- 

 stance of the flowers have been so improved, that the enthusiasm 

 for, and interest- in, these plants is ever increasing. 



To foster this enthusiasm the American Gladiolus Society was 

 organized on May 27, 1910, at Boston, and the first meeting was 

 held in Rochester, N. Y., in August of the same year. The society 

 is now in a flourishing condition, increasing rapidly in member- 



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