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The Florists^ Review 



August 17, 1910. 



.1. .\. l[css. treasurer ul' tlie S. A. 1\. 

 cacli ^ii\<' lii'it't' aililrcsscs, c-dii^iat ulat - 



\\[j^ llic Texas sdciety (ui llio ]iio<jross 

 it is iiiakinji aii(| uiyiiiy afliliation with 

 the S. A. \\ 



AMERICAN GLADIOLUS SOCIETY. 



Holds Annual Meeting. 



Tile c'\liiliiti(>n aihi eoiiveiitieii of tiie 

 .\iMeiiian (Madioliis Soiiety A\as held at 

 lliii tiriilt ural hall, liiistou, Au^^ust 11 to 

 ]."., ill ciiiiiuM-t idu with the suiiiiner sliow 

 nl till' Massachusetts Horticultural So 

 ritty. The season in the east has lieen 

 a must peculiai' one, there ha\ in<jj lieeii 

 ••111 excess of dai'k and wet days, witii 

 suiisiiiiie fai' helow the normal. A,^ a 

 cdiiseijiK'nce, jil.adioli, Avliich had to be 

 |iiaiited later than usual owiny to the 

 wet cduditiiin of the f^i'ound in spring, 

 are tloweiin;i' rinudi later than usual 

 and for the vicinity of Boston two 

 weeks later Avould haxc suited the 

 flowers better. Howcnci', tliere was ;i 

 I'Cally A\'oiiderful display of tlowers of 

 hi^ih (|uality, whi( h filled the main exhi- 

 Idtion and lecture halls. 



The Business Meeting. 



The annual ineetin<i of the society 

 was h(dd August IL', when there was an 

 (>xc(dlent .attendance of enthusiastic 

 speci.alists. I'l-esident ('. F. I'airbanhs 

 iiccu|iied the (diaii'. 



There was ;i lon>r discussion o\er 

 ^\ hat constitutes an amateur and a 

 cdinniittee of tiiree was appointed to 

 re])dit on tlie .•imateuis' standinii in the 

 society. The committee appointed was 

 Madison ( '. ('ooiiei', .\rthui' Cowee and 

 1. S. Hendri(dison. 



S. v.. Sjiencei' and others spoi\e on the 

 desir.ability of secuiinj; more mendKMs. 

 Maurice Fuld suf;yested sendini,^ out 

 i|u;irterly bulletins, whiidi met with gen- 

 eral fa\i)r. .Messrs. ( "hamberlain, 

 .Mortimei', Cooper anij Fairbanks w (Mc 

 .apipdinted to see about the prep.aration 

 and jirintin^ of tlu'se bulletins. 



I 'resident Fairi>anks resigned, but the 

 society unanimously' Aotod not to jier- 

 mit it and IVlr. Fairbanks, amid .ap- 

 plause, accepted oflice foi' .another year. 

 Secretaiy Henry Youtdl, of Syr.acuse. 

 and Treasurer A. F. Kunderd, of (io- 

 slien, Ind., also were reideeted. 



('le\(dand was f a\()red by ^fessrs. 

 I'tild .and Cowee for next year's nu'et- 

 inji. The claims of Hartford, tJonn., 

 .and other cities also weie urycd. Finally 

 it was \-oted to leaxc the selection of 

 the next meetinii pl.ace in the hands of 

 the executi\'e committee. 



I'rof. A. C. Heal, beinij c.alled upon, 

 spoke of the trials of <iladioli at Cor- 

 mdl. He said tli.at this year only about 

 thirty varit>ties are beiny tested, that 

 foui' bulletins on <;'ladioli .are beinj; is- 

 sued .at Cornell, the first on • ' The llis- 

 toiy and F\()lution of the (iladiolus"; 

 the second, ''Culture'"; thiiil, " \'arie- 

 ties": fourth, "Diseases.'" It is hojied 

 that these can be issued so that they 

 can be ])ajfed consecutively. The bul- 

 letins e:in bo obtained throu<j;h any resi- 

 lient in New York state and a cojiy will 

 be mailed to each member of the Amer- 

 ican Ciladifilus Society. 



Arthur Cowee spoke on th(^ duty on 

 imparted (rl.adiolus bulbs and said it 

 was noteworthy that serious diseases of 

 this popular bulb had been introduced 

 from Holland. He felt that the Ameri- 

 can (iladiolus Society should be ready, 

 in \ iew of the fact that a tdiange of 

 administration is jiossible, with tarifT 

 recommendations. Other members fav- 

 ored leaving; this matter to be dealt 

 witli by the tariff and le^jislatixe com- 

 mittee of the S. A. F. ami a motion 

 to this elTect w.as .adopted. 



The Exhibition. 



It is doubtful if till 



Ameiican 



(iladiolus Society ever had a larjjjer or 

 more represontati\c display of flowers 

 than on this occasion. New varieties 

 were numerous ;ind some of tlu^se 

 sliowt'd sti'iking advances in si/e, color 

 .and texture. The wonderful advance 

 ni;ide in the primulinus hybrids was 

 noteworthy. These were undoubtedly 

 the most talked of and adiniied flowers 

 stayed. Tli(>y are so much nu)re grace- 

 ful ami decorative than the laryer- 

 flowered but stiller gladioli that tiu-y 

 ap]>ealed to the jniblic instantly. The 

 society slnuild endeavor to manage the 

 artistic staging of gladioli. Stereotyped 

 rows of Aases containing single si)ikes, 

 or larg(> \ases containing twenty-five or 

 more, soon ]i;ill. Far more attention to 

 artistic arrangement should be given 

 and retail florists should lia\e ;i chance 

 to show how they can stage these 

 flowers most cfTcctively. 



There was a large attemlance of the 

 public ami florists with notel)ooks Avere 

 busy taking the names of varieties 

 which appealed to them. .Many spikes 

 were shown from bulbs which had cost 

 ^'t each. In some oases as nmch as 

 .+2.") per bulb has been paid for novel- 

 ties. Some of these do not compare 

 with older varieties, but occasional 

 ones arc extremely line. The following 

 boiled down list contains the names of 

 some of the most striking, beautiful 

 and desirable of the newer varieties: 



Muriel, a beautiful pink lavender; 

 ]\lme. Mounet Sully (Lemoinc), creamy 

 white, dull carmine center, fiiu'; new 

 jirimulinus hybrids, raised by Kunderd, 

 showing flowers of wonderful si/e .and 

 in beautiful colors; ^lary Kennidl 

 (Kunderd), a beautiful pink hncnder: 

 White Ivory (Kunderd), jmre white, 

 lavender streaks; .Mrs. A. K. Kunderd 

 (Kunderd), Ix'.autiful delicate pink; 

 Tango, :\Irs. Moulton and Mrs. Watt, 

 three new forms of bright, rich crim- 

 son; Kvelyn Kirtland, an Ohio seedling, 

 dtdicate s.almon with a darker suffusion; 

 (iretchen Zang, anoth<'r good Ohio 

 variety; Daisy Wand (Kunderd); Mrs. 

 Dr. Norton (Kunderd), as shown by L. 

 .Merton Gage, a variety of rare be.auty, 

 awarded the first-class certificate of the 

 American (Il.adiolus Society; Goliath, 

 fine new dark violet; Ileliotrojie 

 (Lemoine), a gloiified Haron Hulot; 

 I'riiu-e of Wales (Kelway). lov(dy 

 salmon pink'; there is said to be an- 

 other Prince of Wales, of Dutch origin, 

 (piite distinct; VA Capitan, white with 



Competitive Classes at the Boston Exhibition of the American Gladiolus Society. 



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