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Vol. VII March, 1920 No. 3 
“ 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. 
The High Cost of Leisure. 
Vice-President Thos. B. Marshall is quoted as follows : 
“ One of the old ideas of the Republic was that the limit of 
striving for success was the limit of capacity and endur- 
ance.” Another quotation attributed to Vice-President 
Marshall is : “To produce more, to earn more, to econo- 
mize more, and to save more.” 
This is good logic and the advice is good and all should 
heed it. While it may seem discouraging at times to en- 
dure so many people who are nonproducers, mostly the 
so-called “ idle rich yet every individual as the first prin- 
ciple of good citizenship should strive to produce to the 
utmost. They owe it to their American citizenship, as well 
as to the world at large. Those who do not produce as 
they should or up to the limit of their reasonable ability, 
will surely fail to progress as they should. Work is the 
remedy for many of the ills of human life and about the 
worst thing that could happen to any individual is to get 
into a frame of mind or a position where he feels that he 
need not exert himself to earn a living. 
Madison Cooper. 
The Spirit of Competition. 
Competition induced by the desire to excel in any par- 
ticular line of work is the real basis of all progress. Com- 
petition is, of course, selfish in its nature, but the natural law 
of the survival of the fittest can be based on no other ground. 
We cannot all excel in many different lines, but one may 
excel in his special line. 
Even though one cannot excel in the field he happens to 
find himself in, it must not be a cause for discouragement 
or failure to compete. One is strengthened by competition 
and one of the grandest traits of character is good sports- 
manship. A good sportsman smiles under defeat if beaten 
in a fair contest, and resolves that he will do better another 
time. 
What is said above applies not only to competitive flower 
shows but to any other line of human endeavor, and we 
believe that if we all fully appreciated the underlying 
principles of competition that we would be better satisfied 
March, 1920 » 
to compete even though there is but a small chance of win- 
ning. Good sportsmanship and fair competition, with a con- 
stant effort toward improvement will develop our faculties 
which should be the chief aim in life. 
Madison Cooper. 
Climatic Compensations. 
There are always compensations for the hardship, if 
indeed it is a hardship, of making a home in a northern 
climate. Those who live in the north and experience the 
cold days and the colder nights of winter, and have their 
gardens held in the grip of Jackfrost for “ many moons,” 
should remember that in latitudes where vegetation is still 
making growth that there are many diseases and a long 
train of trouble still making headway, which are unknown 
in northern localities. 
South of the latitude of the Ohio River, the actual frozen 
season is short, yet during the entire winter season they 
are subject to frost damage which is likely to be even 
greater than would be possible further north. In the south 
they.feelthat they should be able to grow the tender plants, 
and often depending on the mild climate to grow tender 
plants results in tremendous loss. In the north we know 
that the tender things cannot be grown and make our cal- 
culations accordingly. It is pretty safe to say that actual 
frost damage in the north is far less than in the south. 
Truly all climates have their compensations. 
American Gladiolus Society Annual Flower Show. 
We are informed that after considerable work and ex- 
tensive correspondence, the executive committee of the 
American Gladiolus Society have found it impossible to 
make arrangements with the Cleveland Florists’ Club, to 
hold the annual meeting and exhibition of the American 
Gladiolus Society with the next annual meeting of the Society 
of American Florists and Ornamental Horticulturists which 
is scheduled for Cleveland next August. It was confidently 
expected that proper arrangements could be made, and on 
invitation from the Cleveland Florists’ Club representative 
in attendance at the last meeting of the American Gladiolus 
Society, it was voted that the next show should be held in 
Cleveland. fi 
As it is now too late to make other plans for a western 
meeting and show, the next exhibition and meeting of the 
American Gladiolus Society will doubtless be held in Boston 
in the spacious halls of the Massachusetts Horticultural 
Society. The matter has not been officially decided as yet, 
but we are authorized by President Meader to make this 
statement. The Massachusetts Horticultural Society have 
their regular Gladiolus exhibition on August Nth and 15th, 
and it is presumed that suitable arrangements can be made 
so that the show of the American Gladiolus Society can be 
held at the same time. 
This arrangement will doubtless be agreeable to the 
majority of interested people as last year the show and 
meeting was held in Detroit, and after showing in the east 
for 1920 it is probable that arrangements will be made early 
and definitely for a western show in 1921. 
A large list of prizes and specials is offered for Gladioli 
in the Massachusetts Horticultural Society’s regular sched- 
ule, and it is urged that the secretary of the American 
Gladiolus Society be given hearty support in making up 
the prize schedule, to which some have already generously 
contributed. f 
