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FOR BOTH AMATEUR AND PROFESSIONAL 
GROWERS OF THE GLADIOLUS, DAHLIA, IRIS, ETC. 
Entered as second-class matter March 31, 1914, at post office at 
Calcium, N.Y.. under act of March 3. 1879. 
PUBLISHED MONTHLY ON THE FIRST OF THE 
MONTH BY MADISON COOPER, CALCIUM, N. Y. 
Subscription price: Three years. $2.00: One year. $1.00. 
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[ Written expressly for The Flower Growtr.] 
MY WAR GARDEN WORK. 
By Stella M. Antisdale. 
I T WAS NOT UNTIL our 
Daffodils and Iris were 
gone that the thought 
came to me to sell some 
of the flowers, fruit and 
vegetables for the patriotic 
cause that was interesting 
every loyal heart. One day 
a stranger came to the flower 
garden where I was busy, 
and asked if I would sell him 
a dozen Peonies. It was then 
that I decided to do war work 
with the abundance of flow- 
ers that we hoped to have 
during the season. I obtained 
a small black-board, painted 
a Red Cross on it, had the 
board set up near my choicest 
Gladioli, and where it could 
easily be seen from the street. 
During the entire season I 
had "flowers” listed and usu- 
ally "apples” and "veg- 
etables.” The day after the 
bulletin board was in place, 
a lady stopped and bought 
some flowers. She told me 
she had two sons in France, 
and I soon knew she was 
truly interested in war work. 
She became a delightful cus- 
tomer and came to buy as 
long as I had anything to 
sell. It was a pleasure to 
prepare the baskets of fruit 
and vegetables, and numer- 
ous bouquets, that were al- 
ways included in her order. 
As my work progressed I 
became more and more in- 
terested. I wasn’t satisfied 
just to do something — 1 
wanted to do all I could. The 
summer was favorable for 
garden work, and I do not 
remember a grander October. 
A representative from the 
Cleveland War Garden De- 
partment came to see my 
gardens ; he was especially in- 
terested in the vegetables, and 
told me he had not seen bet- 
ter, in landscaping, variety 
of vegetables and in careful 
cultivation. I have always 
loved the out-of-doors, and 
have for several years grown 
flowers for the house and to 
give away, but never for 
commercial purposes. 
I had about a thousand 
Gladioli, more than half of 
the bulbs I bought last spring, 
and some of them were new 
varieties to me, so I was 
especially interested. I had 
well prepared soil and enjoyed 
the planting and care until 
there was not a stalk left to 
cut. It was indeed a pleasure 
to watch the beautiful un- 
folding blossoms. Such a 
variety of gay colors and 
sturdy stalks, and in contrast, 
the dainty Primulinus Hybrids 
with their delicate colorings. 
I have a few of the ruffled 
varieties which I watched 
with interest. Purple Glory 
is truly beautiful, but to me 
it is garnet in coloring not 
purple- mine was a real 
"Garnet Glory.” In August 
I had the pleasure of meeting 
Mrs. Austin at her home— a 
friend to all readers of The 
Flower Grower. Mrs. Aus- 
tin kindly showed us through 
her home garden, then ac- 
companied us to the "Home 
of the Elm Hill Gladioli” at 
Wayland, Ohio. I had never 
seen Gladioli grown by the 
acre, and the sight was of 
more than ordinary interest 
to every member of our | 
party. 
I am enthusiastic over 
Gladioli. We can eat our 
cake and keep it too (at least 
( Concluded on page 29. ) 
GLADIOLUS -PRIDE OF HILLEGOM. 
Of Holland origin and described in K. Velthuy's catalogue as 
the finest scarlet. It is a striking flower and one of the few on 
which the price has been well sustained since it was first introduced. 
The photograph above was taken on August 4, 1917. Each 
spike had seventeen pips and was 3 ft. 6 in in height when cut. 
Smilax. 
