THE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF NEW YORK 



ship, and through its official organ, The Flozvcr Grower, published 

 monthly at Calcium, N. Y., keeps the members in touch with the 

 various phases of the work of the society and the latest develop- 

 ments in the gladiolus world. 



Exhibitions also foster interest in the flower, and keep both 

 professional and amateur informed as to progress. The Amer- 

 ican Gladiolus Society has an exhibition each year, in connection 

 with its annual meeting, in dififerent parts of the country, thus 

 giving all enthusiasts an opportunity to show or be shown. The 

 Horticultural Society of New York, in cooperation with the New 

 York Botanical Garden, gives an annual exhibition at the Museum 

 Building of the Garden, usually in the month of August, affording 

 a rare treat for people of New York and vicinity. 



In 1911 trial grounds, for the study of the great number of 

 varieties and the unravelling of the tangle of synonymy surround- 

 ing many of these varieties, were established at Ithaca, N. Y., in 

 connection with the Department of Floriculture of the State Col- 

 lege of Agriculture. The work was under the direction of Pro- 

 fessor Alvin C. Beal, chairman of the Nomenclature Committee 

 of the American Gladiolus Society, who has done much to foster 

 the increasing interest in the gladiolus. The study of the varie- 

 ties has been mostly carried on by Alfred C. Hottes, now assistant 

 professor of floricuhure in Ohio State University. As a result of 

 the trial ground work, a series of three studies were published in 

 1 91 6, as Extension Bulletins Nos. 9, 10 and 11, of the New York 

 State College of Agriculture. They are : I, Botany, History, and 

 Evolution of the Gladiolus, Alvin C. Beal ; II, Culture and Hy- 

 bridization of the Gladiolus, Alfred C. Hottes; III, Varieties of 

 the Garden Gladiolus, Alfred C. Hottes. The last is a list of 

 varieties and their synonyms, and complete descriptions of them, 

 as grown on the trial grounds. These three bulletins constitute 

 a complete reference work for lovers of the gladiolus, giving up- 

 to-date information on its development and culture. It is hoped 

 that all our garden flowers may be studied in the same way, and 

 the results of such studies made available in similar form. 



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