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The Florists^ Review 



AvousT 26, 1920 



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"GLAD" MEN AT BOSTON 



GLADIOLUS SOCIETY MEETING. 



Present Officers Continue. 



At the annual meeting of the Amer- 

 ican Gladiolus Society, held at Boston 

 August 14, there was a good attendance. 

 The president's and secretary's state- 

 ments in regard to the society, printed 

 below, show it to be quite flourishing. 



The present officers continue in of- 

 fice for another year. They are: Pres- 

 ident, H. E. Meader, Dover, N. H.; vice- 

 president, C. E. Hinkle, St. Joseph, 

 Mich.; treasurer, Madison Cooper, Cal- 

 cium, N. Y.; secretary, A. C. Beal, 212 

 Kelvin place, Ithaca, N. Y. The exe- 

 cutive committee is composed of J. J. 

 Prouty, Joe Coleman and Frank E. 

 Bennett, The place of J. C. Vaughan 

 on the exhibition committee is taken 

 by T. A. Havemeyer; the nomencla- 

 ture committee continues the same. 



The decision as to the place of meet- 

 ing next year rests with the executive 

 committee. Invitations were received 

 from New York, Buffalo and Toledo. 

 Frank E. Bennett, president of the 

 St. Thomas Horticultural Society, St. 

 Thomas, Ont., urged the Canadian 

 claims to the honor. 



Trade Visitors. 



Some of the out-of-town visitors to 



the gladiolus exhibition were: 



Haremeyer, T. A., New York. 

 Sperling, W. A., Ne\r York. 

 Scbwarz, Z. B., Manchester, N. H. 

 Bennett, Frank E., St. Thomas, Ontario, 

 Canada. 

 Meader, H. E., Dover, N. H. 

 Cooper, Madison, Calcium, N. Y. 

 Beal, A. C, Ithaca, N. Y. 

 Zeeatraten, C, Bemus Point, N. Y. 

 Zeeatraten, John, Mew York. 

 Lahodney, A., BrookviUe, L. I. 

 Meader, S. E., Brockton, Mass. 

 Gllcbrist, A., West Toronto, Canada. 

 Klrchhoff, Jr.. W. E., Pembroke, N. Y. 

 Hughes, T. H., New Bedford, Mass. 

 Hans, Arthur, Billerlca, Mass. 

 Brown, C. W., Ashland, Mass. 



PRESIDENT MEADEB'S ADDSESS. 



A Tenth Anniversary. 



This, our annual meeting, is espe- 

 cially noteworthy as the tenth anni- 

 versary of the founding of the Amer- 

 ican Gladiolus Society. It is extremely 

 appropriate that it be celebrated in 

 these spacious halls, as the initial meet- 

 ing was held here and the charter list 

 opened to members August 27, 1910. 



To the efforts of the late Maurice 

 Fuld and other gladiolus lovers we are 

 indebted for the auspicious starting of 

 our society, with a list of 137 names, 

 which has since increased creditably 

 and satisfactorily, with also a consider- 

 able foreign membership. 



Looking Back Ten Years. 



Looking backward over the last ten 

 years, we find a steadily increasing 

 (enthusiasm for the gladiolus, which as 

 a most beautiful, adaptable and useful 

 flower has justly taken its place as the 

 leading summer flower. Its long-con- 

 tinued blooming season, its ability to 



The address delivered by H. B. Meader, 

 Dover, N. H., as president of the American 

 Oladlolns Society, at its annual meeting in 

 Beaton, August 14, 1020. 



thrive under great variations of cli- 

 mate, soil and location, its freedom 

 from insect pests and its wonderful 

 range of color, surpassing all other 

 ' flowers in versatility of bloom, endear 

 it alike to amateur and to professional 

 growers. 



Our noted American hybridists are 

 constantly and painstakingly working 

 toward still further improvements and 

 each year shows a constant advance, a 

 notable instance being the popular 

 primulinus hybrids, which have gained 

 in public favor by leaps and bounds. 

 Ten years ago the possibilities of the 

 primulinus hybrids were practically un- 

 known. What wonders may we not ex- 

 ipect in ten years more of progress f 



The Maxell of Progress. 



The adaptability of the modern gla- 

 diolus for greenhouse and coldframe 

 forcing is becoming better known each 

 year and florists are rapidly recogniz- 

 ing the ease of indoor culture and the 

 profit from forced blooms, which meet 

 with ready sale. 



There are many more varieties now- 

 adays suitable for forcing, finer and 



larger blooms and better colors than 

 there were a decade ago. 



In spite of the continual advance of 

 the gladiolus, we look forward to still 

 greater improvement and feel that we 

 are still on the threshold of the fu- 

 ture, justly anticipating, with the pass- 

 ing of time, the pleasure of greeting 

 newer marvels of beauty, evolved by 

 work and patience, the twin pillars of 

 progress in horticultural endeavor, as 

 well as in other fields. 



There are many things I should like 

 to say, but time presses and our meet- 

 ings are infrequent, also we have much 

 serious business. 



Acknowledgments. 



Before closing, I would recommend 

 that we take some action respecting 

 the death of our friend and founder, 

 Maurice Fuld, making suitable recog- 

 nition of his work in the society. His 

 genial, attractive personality, his pleas- 

 ant smile and cordial handclasp will 

 be missed. 



I wish to thank my associates in 

 office for their aid and cooperation and 

 would urge every member to use his 



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