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serymen laBt week at San Francisco ap- 

 pear in the Nursery Trade Department, 

 page 94, in this issue. 



NATIONAL GABDENEBS. 



The National Association of Garden- 

 ers, of which John W. Everitt, Glen 

 Cove, N. Y,, is president, and M. C. 

 Ebel, of Madison, N. J., is secretary, is 

 holding its annual convention in con- 

 nection with that of the S. A. F. this 

 year. The attendance is small and the 

 interest is in the multitude of examples 

 of good gardening to be seen in the vi- 

 cinity rather than in discussions in the 

 meeting hall. 



AMEBICAN GLADIOLUS SOCIETY. 



The American Gladiolus Society ordi- 

 narily has held its annual meeting in 

 connection with that of the S. A. F., 

 but this year decided that it was in- 

 expedient to do so. Most of the mem- 

 bership and all of the officers are in 

 the east and it is, of course, impossible 

 to ship cut blooms across the country 

 to San Francisco. Consequently the 

 society voted to hold its annual meet- 

 ing this year at Nei/i^ort, B. I., open- 

 ing August 18. It w^'^arly apparent 

 that the Newport shoiv would be the 

 largest and most interesting thus far 

 held by the society. In addition to the 

 usual number of large trade exhibits, 

 the show this year brought out exhibits 

 from a large number of private gar- 

 deners of the Newport district. 



OHIO GLADIOLUS SHOW. 



Entries Many and Good. 



The third annual flower show of the 

 Gladiolus Society of Ohio, held August 

 13 and 14 at the Hollenden hotel, Cleve- 

 land, attracted the gladiolus experts of 

 the central states to this flower show 

 and convention city. Their entries, all 

 of high quality, totaled 142, twice the 

 number at last year's exhibition. 



In addition to the vases of the gladi- 



olus men, there were the various dis- 

 plays of the Cleveland retailers to ex- 

 cite comment and admiration and also 

 the notable exhibit of Fordhook hybrids 

 of W. Atlee Burpee & Co. These 

 blooms, containing some rare and re- 

 markable shadings and colors, were de- 

 clared by the judges, F. W. Griffin, of 

 Cleveland, and W. C. Werner, of Paines- 

 ville, to be worthy of special mention. 



The Cleveland retailers put the flower 

 of the exhibition to splendid use in 

 their various displays. Table decora- 

 tions were exhibited by Knoble Bros., 

 Smith & Fetters Co., James Eadie Co., 

 Jones-Russell Co., J. M. Gasser Co. and 

 Westman & Getz. Basket arrangements 

 were shown by A. M. Albrecht, Knoble 

 Bros., J. M. Gasser Co., Jones-Russell 

 Co., Westman & Getz, James Eadie Co., 

 D. Charlesworth & Son and Ohio Floral 

 Co. Knoble Bros, exhibited a corsage 

 bouquet, and A. M. Albrecht a bride's 

 bouquet. 



An exhibit of asters was made by C. 

 Betscher, of Canal Dover, and one of 

 asters and centaureas by the Carl 

 Hagenburger Co., of West Mentor. Gen- 

 eral displays of gladioli were made by 

 the following: 



A. H. Austin Co., Wayland, 0. 

 C. Betscher, Canal Doyer, O. 

 Bldwell & Fobes, Kinsman, O. 

 Joe Coleman Co., Lexington, O. 

 ' Madison Cooper, Calcium, N. Y. 

 M. Crawford, Cuyaboga Falls, O. 

 R. A. Cawley, Palnesville, O. 

 R. E. Huntington, Palnesville, 0. 

 mn L. C. Mlzer, South Euclid, O. 

 Mttnsell & Harvey, Ashtabula, O. 

 Perklns-Klng Co., West Mentor, O. 

 James F. Bychllk, Palnesville, O. 

 E. E. Stewart, Brooklyn, Mlcb. 

 Jacob Tbomann & Sons, Rochester, N. Y. 

 Wayside Gardens, Mentor, O. 



The Prlze-Winners. 



The quality of the vases entered for 

 premiums was excellent, and the unus- 

 ually large number of entries made the 

 prize-winning standard high. The so- 

 ciety's certificate of merit awarded for 

 seedlings or other varieties never be- 

 fore shown at the society's exhibition 

 was won by the A. H. Austin Co. on 

 three varieties and by Jacob Thomann 



& Sons on one. The awards in the re- 

 maining classes were as follows: 



AMATEDR CLASSES. 



Best display, ten or more varieties, six spikes 

 each — Madison Cooper, first. 



Vase of any yellow variety, ten spikes — Miss 

 L. C. Mlzer, first. 



Vase of any pink variety, ten spikes — Madison 

 Cooper, first. 



Six spikes, any named variety — Madison 

 Cooper, first; R. A. Cawley, second; Miss L. 0. 

 Mlzer, third. 



OPEN CLASSES. 



Best display of seedlings never before ej- 

 hlbited, three or more varieties, three or more 

 spikes each — A. H. Austin Co., first; J. Tho 

 mann & Sons, second. 



Best display, ten varieties, six or more spikes 

 each — PerklnsKlng Co., first; B. E. Huntington, 

 second; Bldwell & Fobes, third. 



Vase red, ten spikes— B. B. Huntington, first. 



Vase light red, ten spikes — Munsell & Harvey, 

 first. 



Vase new red, six spikes — A. H. Austin Co., 

 first. 



Vase white, ten spikes, for N. L. ^rawford 

 prize — Madison Cooper, first. 



Vase white, ten spikes, for J. Thomann & Sons 

 prize — R. E. Huntington, first. 



Vase pure white, ten spikes — Jacob Thomann & 

 Sons, first. 



Vase new yellow, six spikes — C. Betscher, first. 



Vase any blue, ten spikes — J. F. Bychllk, first. 



Vase Panama, twelve spikes — J. F. Eychiik, 

 first. 



Vase of any one variety, size only considered — 

 A. H. Austin Co., first. 



New seedling, any color, six spikes — A. H. 

 Austin Co., first. 



Vase Europa, ten spikes — E. E. Stewart, first. 



Vase America, ten spikes — Wayside Gardens, 

 first. 



Vase Mrs. P. King, ten spikes — J. F. Rychlik, 

 first. 



Vase Mrs. F. Pendleton, ten spikes — R. E. 

 Huntington, first. 



Display seedlings, 100 spikes, one or more each 

 — Wayside Gardens, first. 



Display winning largest number of premiums — 

 R. E. Huntington, first. 



Best arranged display — R. E. Huntington, first; 

 Bldwell & F^obes, second. 



Collection red — Munsell & Harvey, first. 



New variety, never shown here, twelve spikes — 

 R. E. Huntington, first. 



Best display by one exhibitor — A. H. Austin 

 Co., first. 



New white seedling, six spikes — J. Thomann & 

 , Sons, first. 



The committee in charge of the ex- 

 hibition was composed of H. J. Alford, 

 of Garrettsville, chairman; R. E. 

 Huntington and Mrs. A. H. Austin. C. 

 Betscher is president of the society, 

 Mrs. A. H. Austin, vice-president, and 

 Wilbur A. Christy, of Warren, secretary 

 and treasurer. j F. A. F. 



General View of Efhibttion of Ohio Gladioltn Society at Cleveland, August 13 and 14, 1915. 



