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j MADISON COOPER, CALCIUM, N.Y. [ 
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in his judgment is not conducive to the general welfare of the business. 
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Vol. VI May, 1919 No. 5 
“ He who sows the ground with care and diligence acquires a 
greater stock of religious merit than he could gain by the 
repetition of ten thousand prayers.”— Zoroaster. 
Circulation of “ The Flower Grower ” 
Must be Increased. 
Last month we sent circular letters to all subscribers of 
The Flower Grower asking their assistance in increasing 
the number of subscribers to The Flower Grower. It has 
been our plan to maintain the subscription price at $1.00 
per year, but publishing costs have increased so enormously 
during the past two years that to meet this increased cost 
it is necessary that the subscription price be increased or 
the number of subscribers doubled. 
We offer a special clubbing rate to those who send in 
three or more subscriptions, but if those who cannot find 
the time to actually solicit subscriptions will send us the 
names of real flower growing enthusiasts, we will be glad 
to solicit the subscriptions from this office. There is no 
reason why the subscription list of The Flower Grower 
should not be doubled in the next six months and we con- 
fidently expect that it will be. It ought to be tripled. 
A large number of very flattering letters come to us 
commending the good work that The Flower Grower is 
doing, and it is our belief that present subscribers will re- 
spond to the appeal for assistance. 
Madison Cooper. 
Exclusion of Foreign Grown Plants. 
A brief editorial on this subject contained in our January 
number is all that has appeared in The Flower Grower to 
combat the so-called Plant Quarantine Act No. 37 of the 
Federal Horticultural Board. Nevertheless, we feel very 
strongly on this subject and believe that everything should 
be done that is possible to prevent Quarantine No. 37 from 
actually going into effect. We have in hand a very con- 
cise and well written article covering this subject prepared 
by Prof. Donald Reddick, of Cornell University. This comes 
to hand too late for publication in the present issue, but 
will appear in the June issue. Prof. Reddick is so well 
qualified to write on this subject, that those who are pro- 
testing Plant Quarantine No. 37 will be glad to have his 
very masterly presentation of the case. 
Gladioli Golden West and Pacha. 
We note that the variety Golden West is listed by many 
different growers of Gladioli, and we wonder if in the ma- 
jority of cases what they list as Golden West is not in 
reality Pacha. These two varieties are very similar in color- 
ing, but distinct when the two flowers are compared. Be- 
sides, Golden West is an upright grower, never making 
crooked stems whereas Pacha seldom makes a straight 
stem. Perhaps these two statements are rather too positive 
but they are pretty nearly the truth. Furthermore, Pacha 
makes a large corm, grows strongly and produces plenty of 
bulblets and increases rapidly, whereas Golden West makes 
few bulblets, has a comparatively small corm and increases 
very slowly. It is also not at all a strong grower, making a 
small plant as compared with Pacha. 
We have had Golden West in our collection for several 
years, securing the stock of it from W. W. Wilmore, Jr., 
and there can be no doubt about its being true. We also 
purchased stock called Golden West from a western grower 
which turned out to be Pacha. We saw these "two varieties 
closely compared at one of the annual flower shows of the 
American Gladiolus Society. Our Golden West was com- 
pared with Pacha shown by Arthur Cowee, and Mr. Cowee 
was positive as to its origin as he secured the foundation 
stock direct from Europe. It was agreed among the grow- 
ers who inspected the two samples of bloom that although 
Golden West and Pacha were very similar in coloring, yet 
there was easily a distinction. 
L. Merton Gage says that Golden West is much superior 
in form of flower and spike and the golden orange tone is 
brighter and the color is more beautifully placed and the 
flowers much firmer in substance. 
W. W. Wilmore, Jr. says that the corms of Golden West 
are an orange pink whereas the corms of Pacha are more 
of a white or yellow shade. 
An article by Mr. Wilmore in the April, 1915, issue 
and an article by Mr. Gage in the June, 1915, issue of 
The Modern Gladiolus Grower will prove interesting 
reading to those who are interested in arriving at the facts 
in the case and helping to rectify an error. It seems rather 
unreasonable that an error of this kind should continue and 
be accepted by the great majority of Gladiolus growers. 
Madison Cooper. 
Gladiolus Growers Should 
Donate to Prize List of A. G. S. 
Considering the prosperous condition of the Gladiolus 
business in this country growers have not shown as liberal 
and public-spirited a disposition in donating prizes for the 
next show of the American Gladiolus Society as they should 
have shown. We urge more attention to this matter. The 
prize list for the next show of the American Gladiolus So- 
ciety should be the largest and most liberal that it has ever 
had. Write the secretary, Prof. A. C. Beal, Ithaca, N. Y., 
for suggestions and as to what classes are still not properly 
provided for in the prize list. 
“Smilax,” in our Wayside Rambling Department this 
month, calls attention to blue varieties and offers sugges- 
tion for a prize class of red, white and blue. It is a good 
one, but the number of spikes might be reduced to nine 
different varieties, three red, three white and three blue. 
Who will offer a prize for this display for the next American 
Gladiolus Society show ? 
