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T PI E G A R 1) E N MAGAZINE 
April, 1915 
The Wonderful New 
Orchid Gladiolus 
You would like to grow something new, 
something entirely different, then send 
ioc in stamps and let me send you pre- 
paid a fine bulb of one of these beautiful 
varieties. 
KUNDERDI TYPE 
For 50 c I will send three fine ruffled varieties, 
correctly labeled, and a bulb of the variety 
here illustrated. 
You ought to read our beautifully illustrated 
catalogue of 20 pages which gives a history of 
these marvelous “new creations.” It contains 
a large and extra select collection of all new, 
(all our own) productions in both ruffled and 
plain petaled types. 
"Mrs. Frank Pendleton" (perhaps the Premier of all glad- 
iolus in the world to-day) is one of our productions "Red 
Amaryllis,” awarded First Prize for “best red” at the Amer- 
ican Gladiolus Society’s convention in Boston last August. 
"Myrtle’’ “the most beautiful pink yet produced in a Gladi- 
olus,” awarded The Massachusetts Horticultural Society’s 
Silver Medal. 
You will enjoy reading our catalogue 
Describing these altogether different, altogether new forms 
and races of beautiful gladiolus. It also contains newest 
and best cultural and storage notes, etc. 
Send for it, send for it now 
A. E. KUNDERD, Originator 
Goshen Indiana 
Photography, Good Sport 
but the results are not always 
satisfactory. Ask practical help 
from the photo-man with 
THE READERS' SERVICE 
A WHOLE FLOWER GARDEN 
lor the price of a couple of dozen blooms 
Fine Named Varieties 
20 AMERICA . . Waxy Pink 
20 AUGUSTA . . Clear White 
20 Mrs. KING . . . Scarlet 
20 KLONDYKE . . Yellow 
20 PR IN CEPS . Large Crimson 
100 
Good Strong Bulbs 
All for 
$ 1.85 
Guaranteed to please or your money back 
ASTERDALE GARDENS, Youngstown, Ohio 
Meetings and Exhibitions in April 
2. Pasadena, Calif., Horticultural Society: meeting. 
3. New York Botanical Garden, Bronx Park, N. V.: lecture. 
5. New Bedford, Mass. Horticultural Society: meeting. 
9. Connecticut Horticultural Society, Hartford, Conn.: meet- 
ing. 
10. Dobbs Ferry, N. Y., Horticultural Society: meeting. 
New York Botanical Garden, Bronx Park, N. Y. : lecture. 
12. New York Florists’ Club, New York City: meeting. 
Rochester Florists’ Association: meeting. 
13. State Florists’ Association of Indiana, Portland, Ind.: meet- 
ing. 
14. Nassau County Horticultural Society, Glen Cove, L. I.: 
meeting. 
Shedowa Garden Club, Garden City, L. I.: illustrated lecture. 
15. Essex Co., N. J., Florists’ Club, Newark, N. J.: meeting. 
16. Pasadena. Calif., Horticultural Society: meeting. 
17. New York Botanical Garden, Bronx Park, N. Y.: lecture. 
21. Tarrytown Horticultural Society: meeting. 
23. Connecticut Horticultural Society, Hartford, Conn.: meet- 
ing. 
24. Dobbs Ferry, N. Y., Horticultural Society: meeting. 
New York Botanical Garden, Bronx Park. N. Y,: lecture. 
Secretaries are invited to forward dates of forthcoming meetings 
Garden Clubs in the United States 
1. Their Development and Grouping 
T HE spread and development of garden clubs in 
the United States, within the past few years, has 
been so rapid on the one hand, and so varied on the 
other, that the time seems ripe for setting forth the 
aims and methods of some of these organizations, both 
for the assistance of those who are planning new clubs, 
and in answer to those critics who say “How frivolous! 
Can’t you find a useful activity, or something more 
serious than gardens?” 
Without a doubt, one might do so. One might 
even do without a flower garden entirely — many do. 
But such a course adds but little to the beauty of the 
countryside, and less to the lightheartedness of this 
too solemn world. Hence, the garden clubs, which in 
greater or less degree stand for civic beautification, 
children’s and cottage gardens, and the universally 
recognized “friendly garden spirit,” become, after all 
factors with which to reckon in the life of a community. 
The neighborhood of Philadelphia, with its beautiful 
suburbs, and ideal garden climate, was a logical start- 
ing point for a garden club movement, and in 1904 the 
Garden Club of Philadelphia was founded by a number 
of enthusiastic garden lovers, and, together with the 
two younger Philadelphia clubs formed at about the 
same time, stands as the pioneer club in this country. 
Its charter was granted in 1908, and it was not until 
a year or two later that other clubs began to spring 
up here and there — the Lenox, Ann Arbor, and New 
Rochelle clubs in 1910; the Illinois and Shedowa clubs 
in 1911 — and it is only within the past two years that 
the movement has become general. 
In the abstract, all these clubs would appear to have 
identical aims, “ the improvement of home gardens; pre- 
servation of wild flowers; civic planting; exchange of 
experiences; a color standard,” etc., but when one begins 
to investigate, one finds such different methods, and 
such differing ideals, that the groups into which they 
fall are worth study and comparison. 
At first, the social element prevailed, and although it 
was necessary that one should “ take a personal interest” 
in one’s garden, yet the clubs were small, and not as 
practical as some of the newer ones. As a matter of 
course, any club must retain the right to reject a really 
undesirable candidate, but “desirable” is an elastic 
term, and some of these newer clubs, in organizing, began 
to resent the social distinctions implied by membership 
limited in number; some began to demand more practi- 
cal qualifications for membership; some communities 
desired organizations for civic improvement; and in 
others, the women were able to plan for the expenditure 
of much money for books, speakers, research, importa- 
tion of plants, etc. 
It is a self-evident fact that a club in a large and 
wealthy summer colony can, and will, be run very dif- 
ferently from a club in a small country village, as a mat- 
ter of degree, if nothing else. Owners of large estates 
have to contend with problems which differ greatly from 
those confronting the owner of a hundred-foot lot, and 
they have also very different means with which to work. 
The club whose members have huge and varied gardens, 
greenhouses, and corps of trained gardeners, must of 
necessity be managed differently from the club whose 
members “garden by means of a Pole,” or do their own 
digging. Hence the difficulty of a really useful federa- 
tion; the social element is much too apt to crop out, for 
it is a far cry from the garden club de luxe, to the club 
whose members pay no dues, and the qualification for 
membership in which, is that the candidate must be 
more than fifteen years old, and must “raise some 
flowers on a plot not smaller than three by five feet”! 
Nevertheless, since all roads lead home, each and 
every kind of garden club has its place and its use, and 
it is the aim of these short articles to set forth the differ- 
ent methods of procedure, so that he who runs may read, 
and she who wishes to “start a garden club,” may select 
and adopt for the good of her community, such points 
as are best adapted to its use. 
The clubs may be roughly grouped as follows: 1. The 
purely social. 2. The active semi-social. (This is by 
far the largest group, and must be sub-divided into the 
more and the less wealthy classes.) 3. The democratic, 
working club, into which the social element enters only 
as it shows itself in a spirit of fellowship, and in meeting 
for mutual help and pleasure. 
These clubs are limited in membership, usually ad- 
mitting not more than twenty-five members, and cau- 
tious in their selection of candidates. As a rule, they have 
few speakers, and those often amateurs, or else lecturers 
with fine lantern slides of gardens. Their dues are 
usually higher than those of the other groups. In some 
cases, members write and read original papers; in others, 
magazine articles, etc., are brought and read. The 
poetic and sentimental side of gardening is perhaps 
more fully considered than in the other groups. In many 
individual cases, good practical observation is done by 
members, and the results announced at meetings, but 
in the main, a group of congenial, garden-loving, old 
friends meet with little or no formality, for “garden 
gossip,” garden observation, and tea. In some cases 
prizes are offered, and a certain amount of coopera- 
tion attempted, in connection with local professional 
horticultural societies. Many of these clubs do not 
care to communicate, to any great extent, with other 
organizations, but prefer to be purely local in their in- 
terests and activities. In other words, while wholly 
pleasant, and wholly within their rights, they are not, 
as individuals or as organizations, “good mixers,” and 
it is rather to the other groups that we must look tor 
any widespread activity and advancement, until the 
members of this first group awake to their civic respon- 
sibilities. 
Garden City, L. I. Mary Youngs. 
The Fourth National Flower Show 
T HE National Flower Show Committee has issued 
a preliminary plant schedule for the Fourth Na- 
tional Flower Show, which will be held in Philadelphia, 
March 25th to April 2nd, 1916. This event is under the 
direction of the Society of American Florists. Copies 
may be obtained on application to Mr. John Young, 
Secretary, 53 West 28th Street, New York. 
The National Flower Show Committee invites sug- 
gestions and recommendations for the improvement of 
the schedule, which will be given careful consideration 
before the final issue. As the schedule now stands, in- 
ducements are made for the exhibition of many plants 
not usually seen in the exhibition halls. Special sec- 
tions cover orchids, bulbs, and hard wooded flowering 
plants generally. A gold medal is offered for a hybrid 
orchid raised in America. The exhibition will take 
place in Convention Hall, Broad Street and Alleghany 
Avenue. Fifteen thousand dollars is offered in pre- 
miums. 
This is the first visit of the National Flower Show 
Committee to Philadelphia. Three years will have 
elapsed since the preceding National Show, which was 
held in New York City in 1913. 
The Readers' Service is prepared to advise parents in regard to schools 
