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Slower (Brower 
March, 1919 
American Gladiolus Society. 
Gladiolus Growers 
The American Gladiolus Society 
wishes to make the next exhibition 
the largest exhibition of Gladioli ever 
staged in America. Some growers have 
already sent in their prize offers. We 
should have many more of them. We 
should have more prizes for table 
decorations, bouquets, etc., to illustrate 
the many uses of the Gladiolus. If you 
have not sent in your offer, please do 
so at once. If you are not already a 
member and wish to offer a prize for 
any variety, send in your offer and it 
will be published. If your offer is 
mailed promptly it will be announced 
in the next number of The Flower 
Grower for the benefit of prospective 
exhibitors. We want a large and, at 
the same time, a representative exhibi- 
tion of the best varieties grown today. 
Address until May 1 as follows : 
A. C. Beal, 
6904 Sunset Blvd., 
Los Angeles, Cal. 
The following special prizes are of- 
fered for the next exhibition of the 
American Gladiolus Society, which 
probably will be held in Detroit, Mich., 
if suitable local arrangements can be 
made. Announcement of time and 
place will be made in these columns as 
soon as this can be definitely settled. 
SCHEDULE OF PRIZES. 
Non-Commercial Growers. 
Charles F. Fairbanks, Boston, Mass. 
Best vase 10 spikes Pink, one va- 
1st 
2nd 
3rd 
riety 
Best vase 10 spikes Red or Crim- 
$4.00 
$2.50 
$.150 
son, one variety . 
Best vase 10 spikes Yellow, one 
4.00 
2.50 
1.50 
variety _ ... 
Best vase 10 spikes White, one va- 
4.00 
2.50 
1.50 
riety. .... 
Best vase 10 spikes Blue, Purple 
4.00 
2.50 
1.00 
or Lavender, one variety. ... 
Best vase 10 spikes any other color. 
4.00 
2.50 
1.50 
one variety _ . . ... 4.00 2.50 
T. A. Havemeyer, New York, N.Y. 
1.50 
1st 2nd 
Best vase 10 spikes Primulinus Hybrids, 
Orange $5.00 $3.00 
Best vase 10 spikes Primulinus Hybrids, 
Yellow 5.00 3.00 
Best vase 10 spikes Primulinus Hybrids, 
any other colors 5.00 3.00 
C. S. Tait, Brunswick, Ga. 
1st 2nd 
Best vase 10 spikes America _ _ _ $4.00 $2.00 
“ “ “ “ Mrs. Frank Pendleton. 4.00 2.00 
“ “ “ Baron Joseph Hulot 4.00 2.00 
Niagara 4.00 2.00 
H. E. Meader, Dover, N. H. 
Offers stock to the values named as follows : Best 6 
spikes Myrtle, 1st prize, $5.00 ; 2nd prize, $2.50. 
W. E. Fryer, Mantorville, Minn. 
Best 12 spikes Mrs. W. E. Fryer ; 1st prize, 50 bulbs 
of that variety. 
Henry F. Michell Co., Philadelphia, Pa. 
Largest and best display. First prize, Michell silver 
medal. Second prize, Michell bronze medal. 
W. E. Kirchhoff Co., Pembroke, N. Y. 
Best 3 spikes General Pershing. First prize, $10.00 ; 
Second prize, $5.00. 
Jelle Roos, Milton, Mass. 
Best 6 spikes Mrs. Dr. Norton. First, Silver Cup; 
second. Silver Medal ; third, Bronze Medal. Best 12 
spikes Mary Fennell. First, Silver Cup; second. Sil- 
ver Medal ; third, Bronze Medal. 
Joe Coleman, Cleveland Road, Ravenna, O. 
Best 6 vases, 6 varieties, one spike each, predomi- 
nating color. Blue, Purple, Lavender or Mauve. 
First prize, $3.00 ; second prize, $2.00. 
Carter’s Tested Seeds, Boston, Mass. 
Best vase 25 spikes Primulinus Hybrids, $10. 
A. H. Austin Co., Wayland, Ohio. 
Best 10 named varieties, 1 spike each. First, $5 ; 
second, $3 ; third, $2. 
C. Betscher, Dover, Ohio. 
Best 6 spikes Red variety. First prize, one Peony, 
F. E. Willard, value $10 ; second prize, 10 bulbs Gladi- 
lus Crimson Glow ; third prize, 5 bulbs. Crimson Glow. 
Best 6 spikes White variety. First prize, one Peony, 
Chestine Gowdy, value $10; second prize, 10 bulbs 
Crimson Glow ; third prize, 5 bulbs Crimson Glow. 
Best 6 spikes Pink. First prize, one Peony, Prim, 
value $10 ; second prize, 10 bulbs Crimson Glow ; 
third prize, 5 bulbs Crimson Gloiv. 
Best 6 spikes Yellow. First prize, one Peony, Long- 
fellow, value $10 ; second prize, 10 bulbs Crimson 
Glow ; third prize, 5 bulbs Crimson Glow. 
Best 6 spikes Crimson Glow. First prize, $10 ; 2nd 
prize, $7.50 ; 3rd prize, $5. 
J. F. Munsell, Ashtabula, Ohio. 
Best 6 vases, 6 varieties, one spike each, predomi- 
nating color. Red or Pink. First prize, $3 ; second 
prize, $2. 
G. D. Black, Albert Lea, Minn. 
Offers stock of Blackhawk, Jumbo or Summer to the 
values named below ; 
Best collection 10 named varieties. 3 spikes each. 
First prize, $5 ; second prize, $3 ; third prize, $2. 
OPEN TO ALL. 
Richard Diener, Kentfield, Cal. 
Best spike of Dr. Frederick J. V. Skiff. First prize, 
$15 ; second prize, $10. 
Willis E. Fryer, Mantorville, Minn. 
Best 12 spikes, Mrs. W. E. Fryer. First prize, 50 
bulbs of that variety. 
H. E. Meader, Dover, N. H. 
Best 12 spikes Myrtle. First prize, cut glass vase, 
value $10 ; second prize, 25 bulbs of that variety. 
Mrs. Francis King, Alma, Mich. 
Best and most artistically arranged basket or 
hamper fifty spikes Gladioli using different varieties 
in harmonious combination. First prize, $12.50; second 
prize, $7.50 ; third prize, $5. 
Chautauqua Flowerfield Co., Bemus 
Point, N. Y. 
Best and most artistically arranged vase of 25 
spikes. Prize, $10. 
W. Atlee Burpee & Co., Philadelphia, Pa. 
Largest and best display, number varieties, quality 
and staging considered. Burpee Cup valued at $25. 
The winner taking this cup the third time to hold it 
permanently. 
B. Hammond Tracy, Wenham, Mass. 
Best vase 25 spikes Primulinus Hybrids. Prize, $10. 
C. Betscher, Dover, Ohio. 
Best vase or basket 25 or 50 spikes Primulinus Hy- 
brids. Range of color, size and color value to rule. 
First prize, one Peony, Longfellow, value $10, and one 
Peony, Chestine Gowdy, value $10. Second prize, one 
Peony, Therese, value $10. 
New Members Wanted in the 
American Gladiolus Society. 
As an evidence of his public spirited- 
ness and to help stimulate an in- 
terest in the American Gladiolus So- 
ciety and indirectly in the Gladiolus 
as a flower, H. E. Meader, the well 
known Gladiolus specialist of Dover, 
N. H., and Vice-President of the So- 
ciety, offers a beautiful cut glass vase 
valued at $10.00 for the member of the 
American Gladiolus Society who sends 
in the largest number of new applica- 
tions for membership in the society 
before the next annual meeting in 
August of this year. 
While membership in the society 
was somewhat depleted during war 
conditions, there has been a big re- 
newal of interest already and we look 
for an enormous boom in membership 
during the next few months. The 
competition for Mr. Meader’s beauti- 
ful vase is not in any way limited ex- 
cept to members of the society and it is 
hoped that much interest will be mani- 
fested. 
Make Use of Spent Bulbs. 
In these days of conservation, why not 
determine to waste less in the florists’ busi- 
ness ? Instead of throwing away forced 
bulbs of white and yellow Narcissi, Chinese 
Narcissi and Roman Hyacinths, dry them 
off, and next fall plant them along the edges 
of your solid beds. They will take hardly 
any room, and while they will amount to 
nothing the first year, they will become 
naturalized, and after that they will throw 
up many flowering spikes. We have had 
the Chinese Narcissus (Joss flowers) at the 
edge of solid beds for six years, never dis- 
turbing them more than necessary. Each 
year there are more flowers to the bulb than 
the year before. Some bulbs this year threw 
six or seven flowering stalks each. This 
week a customer offered us 500 Paperwhites 
she had forced in the house in water. We 
took them because we knew we could use 
them and make them pay for their keep. 
We have 150 feet of Paperwhites in flower 
now, along the walks in one of our houses. 
The bulbs were all previously forced before 
planting permanently, and would, by most, 
have been thrown out as useless. Besides, 
such bulbs flower earlier than any you can 
buy. The Chinese Narcissi were in bloom last 
November. — M. Lowery in Florists' Exchange. 
Young Jack Champe and the bright red Dahlia 
Kalif, grown by Raymond W. Champe, Walled Lake, 
Michigan. 
One or Many ? 
There is no word in general use in the 
trade to which more frequent violence is done 
than is perpetrated on “ Gladiolus.” The 
penultimate “o” in this word is short and 
the accent, therefore, as Latin, properly falls 
on the antepenultimate, in spite of the fact 
that the use of the long “o” accented is com- 
mon in colloquial usage. 
But the greatest violence is done by those 
who do not distinguish between the singular 
and the plural. Gladiolus is one; Gladioli 
are many. Gladioli have become extremely 
popular with the public and the demand for 
Gladiolus bulbs will be heavy right after the 
holidays. There are many millions of Gladi- 
olus bulbs of American production this year, 
but the Gladiolus growers in Holland will 
not ship the usual quantities of bulbs this 
season. 
When in doubt as to a choice of the 
words, Gladiolus or Gladioli, try the sentence 
substituting Rose or Roses ; it is a test which 
enables most florists to be sure they are 
right.— Florists’ Review. 
