The American Rose Annual 
In 19 16 the Society first published the American Rose Annual, 
which has proved to be a most valuable work. This book is edited 
and published by J. Horace McFarland, of Harrisburg, Pa., and 
each year it contains material of immense value to all rosarians, be 
they amateur or professional. It contains many timely topics dis- 
cussed by the most noted authorities on rose culture, and also much 
historical information regarding varieties of roses and their origin, as 
well as a record of the work of breeders of present-day varieties. It 
is confidently asserted that not only as a year-book of rose progress, 
but as a presentation of the best spirit and practice of outdoor and 
indoor rose-growing, the American Rose Annual is unique. Its dis- 
cussion of cultural methods, insects, diseases, and many other topics 
makes this publication alone well worth the cost of membership in 
the American Rose Society. 
The 1916 edition is nearly exhausted, but a few more copies are 
available at $2 each. Copies of the 1917, I9i8,and 1919 editions may 
be obtained by members of the Society^from the Secretary's office at 
$1 each. 
Every member of the Garden Club of America should be a mem- 
ber of the American Rose Society. The love of roses is universal, and 
the Society fosters everything progressive along rose-growing lines. 
The Society is thoroughly alive and it should receive the same support 
from American rosarians as that given the National Rose Society by 
the English garden lovers. E. A. White, Secretary. 
The American Gladiolus Society 
No garden flower has a more wonderful range of color than the 
gladiolus, and when one studies them the more he is impressed with 
the fact that only the orchid family can equal them in charming pat- 
terns of color combination with exquisite variations of form. All 
lovers of this flower should enlist under the banner of the American 
Gladiolus Society which is active in fostering the culture of gladioli 
throughout the country. 
In order to encourage amateurs to join the society, the former 
initiation fee has been eliminated, and it is hoped that every lover of 
this beautiful flower will come into this rapidly-growing society. Wc 
ought to have at least one thousand members, all of them enthusiastic 
growers who are wilUng to tell their friends of the splendid results ob- 
tained in growing this flower. The society wishes to aid local societies* 
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