Sweet Bash- Ocimum Basilicum — fairly large plant of regular form, 
much resembling Sweet Pepper but of a livelier green and a 
juicy texture. 
Ocimum minimum — much smaller and more compact, would 
make a good low growth. Flowers of both insignificant. 
Thymes Thymus citriodorus is a lovely soft green, a fine ground cover 
with pink bloom and lemon scented leaves. It hugs the ground 
very closely and runs out on stones and warm spots in a delight- 
ful manner. 
Thymus lanuginosus makes a beautiful woolly gray mat, most 
effective as a cover in rockery, bed or walks. Color very unusual 
and not at all common here — only listed by Miss Wright. I 
made mine from cuttings from a friend's plant, which is easy 
to do. 
Thymus vulgaris- — another domestic note to close on! — of 
dwarf habit, a thick mass of stems with a sullen green tone that 
is most valuable as an accent. 
Mary Helen Wingate Lloyd. 
Plant Societies 
American The 13th annual exhibition of the American Gladiolus Society 
Gladiolus wa s held at Kalamazoo, Michigan, on August 16th to 17th. 
Society Reports from the Secretary and President vote it the best general 
display ever given ; thousands of spikes were shipped from points 
many miles distant. 
Many new and beautiful varieties were shown: A. E. Kun- 
clerd, who is accredited with having developed more varieties 
than any individual, coming easily first, with V'aughan's fine 
display of seedlings a close second. A luncheon was given at 
the Peony farm of Dr. "W. E. Upjohn and a reception for Mrs. 
Francis King, whom all garden associations and flower lovers 
delight to honor. A truck load of blooms was sent to the 
Hospitals of Kalamazoo, after the close of the Exhibition. 
The schedule of prizes includes many offered by Growers, 
and a large non-commercial class, these being in most cases won 
by the Growers. The award of most interest, however, to the 
readers of the Bulletin, was that of the Garden Club of 
America Silver Medal which was won by A. E. Kunderd of 
Goshen, Ind. This medal was offered for the best undisseminated 
Gladiolus. Seedling no. 732, a light tinted rose-pink with creamy- 
white throat, carried off the honor. 
M. L. G. 
American There has been a veritable epidemic of Dahlia ShoM T s 
Dahlia throughout the country during the month of September. Com- 
Society mencing on September first with a big show of the Dahlia 
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