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Ol)e Slower (Brower 
February, 1918 
The Future of Flower 
Gardening in America. 
(Continued from page 19.) 
for the services of the professional 
flower gardener. And as this desire 
for the beautiful grows greater, the 
number of flower gardens throughout 
the country will increase until the sup- 
ply meets the demand. But that will 
be a long distance in the future, and I 
even question if the supply will ever 
equal the demand, for there must al- 
ways be more people who would like 
to have flower gardens around their 
homes than there are those who actu- 
ally have them. Who was it that said, 
"Every Garden Means a Home?” I 
might go further and say, " Surely 
every Flower Garden means a happy 
home.” 
Nine or ten years ago I first went to 
Europe to inspect seed crops with my 
father. We traveled through England, 
Scotland, Ireland, Holland, France and 
Germany and got out into the rural 
districts of each country. I was greatly 
impressed that in every little town the 
homes were surrounded, not by the 
lawns that one finds in America, but 
wherever space permitted there was a 
flower garden. Rambler Roses, Wisteria, 
or other climbers were to be found 
over the doorways, and on the small 
plots of ground on either side of the 
little path leading to the house were 
old familiar flowers. It is needless to 
say that this warmth and beauty about 
the homes has added much to the hap- 
piness and contentment of the national 
life. 
In America, and all new countries, 
we have been so busy developing our 
national resources and material wealth 
that we have neglected some of these 
finer things that we are now learning 
more to appreciate. Flower Gardening 
in America has not yet reached its 
normal level. The people of America 
are just beginning to awaken to the 
advantages and charm of the flower 
garden. So in the future we can ex- 
pect to see far greater progress made 
in flower gardening in America than 
in any European country. 
Because of special conditions existing 
today flower gardening has received a 
severe shock. But the desire for flow- 
ers persists perhaps even more strongly 
than ever before. It is actual necessity 
that prevents many people today from 
surrounding their homes with the up- 
lifting influence of flowers. Never was 
there such need in the world for the 
influence of the delicate beauty which 
is produced only in the flower garden. 
We who have made gardening our life 
work should now do all we can to glad- 
den the hearts of the sick. Yes, be- 
cause of the waste of war actual flower 
gardening has suffered — but when 
peace comes and the pendulum again 
swings the other way, flower garden- 
ing will find that it has even a greater 
place in the sun— Flower Gardening in 
America has indeed a glorious future. 
Don’t miss the attractive collections 
of Gladioli offered at low prices in this 
issue. They contain bargains. 
Vegetable Gardening. 
It^will be noted that our advertisers 
who sell flowers as a commercial enter- 
prise are many of them offering garden 
seeds and vegetable plants. This is 
commendable and surely everyone is 
interested in vegetables during war 
time. It is our hope next month to 
print an article describing what one 
man actually did with a war garden 
last year. This man was not an ama- 
teur but an experienced grower and 
he gives his results in dollars and cents 
after allowing for labor, etc. All 
flower growers necessarily have vege- 
table gardens as the two naturally go 
together. 
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CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING. 
Growers having surplus stock for sale will find 
this department effective in disposing of it. Five 
lines ( about forty words) $1.00 per insertion. Ad- 
ditional lines 15c. each. 
Y''LADIOLI, No. 2 and planting sizes America, Mrs. 
Francis King, Niagara, Panama, Pink Beauty, 
Independence, Sulphur Queen, Princepine and 
Pendleton. War, Vi inch and under, $1.25 per hun- 
dred ; Vi in. to % in., $2.50 per hundred. Peace, Vi in. 
and under, 70c. per hundred; Vi inch to % inch, $1.40 
per hundred. Postpaid at these prices. Write for 
wholesale quotations. 
John B. Humphrey, Logan, Ohio, R. D. No. 3. 
pRIMULINUS HYBRIDS— 60c. per dozen, $4.00 per 
1 hundred, prepaid East of the Mississippi River ; 6 
at dozen rate; 25 or 50 at hundred rate. These are a 
fine strain and a few should be in every garden. 
Gladsheim Gardens, Southport, Conn. 
pLADIOLUS PRINCE OF WALES. Here is a 
'■-* chance to secure an extra good variety. I have 
several thousand small size Prince of Wales (% inch 
and less) which I will sell or exchange for any meri- 
torious variety. What have you to offer? Also have 
Panama and Niagara, same size. John Zeestraten, 
Mansfield, Mass. 
TTD TC Interesting catalogue, free to all Iris lovers. 
H. W. Groschner, Specialist Grower of 
fine Iris, Napoleon, Ohio. 
A LL the leading varieties of Gladioli and many 
-‘x newer ones, are offered in my new descriptive 
wholesale list, sent free. Ray P. Selover, Lake- 
side, R. D. No. 9, Auburn, N.Y. 
A/TETZNER FLORAL CO., Mountain View, Cal., 
offer a special lot of choice Gladiolus bulbs, well 
assorted, in lots of 100 ; large bulbs, $3.00; medium, 
$2.50 ; small, $2.00. Prepaid. A bargain. 
POR SALE— Gladiolus in mixture. Large, clean 
L bulbs, 25c. per dozen ; $1.30 per hundred, postpaid 
anywhere in the 3rd zone. Will enclose one or more 
named varieties in each order, R. E. Boomhower, 
Greenville, N.Y. 
pLADIOLUS CATALOG FREE-Describes Prae- 
cox Hybrids, and other splendid varieties. Special 
offers in collections. Liberty Mixture, $1.25 per 100; 
Groff’s Hybrids, $1.50 per 100 ; express collect. Single 
bulbs, postpaid; Rouge Torch, 20c.; Schwaben, 15c.; 
Mrs. Pendleton, 10c. Howard Gillet, Box F, Le- 
banon Springs, N.Y. 
F' LADIOLUS— 20 varieties, all different, $1.00:25 
'~J finest mixed, not labeled, $1.00 ; 100 for $3.50 ; 
young, vigorous, blooming sized corms, not old, 
wornout stock ; also, hard-shelled cormels from our 
finest mixed strain, 25c. per hundred in any quantity ; 
all postpaid. J. H. Tilton. P. O. Box 48, Salem, N.H. 
'TTTANIC and many other new, beautiful Gladioli, 
all our own originations. Send for illustrated 
catalog. Decorah Gladiolus Gardens, Decorah, la. 
IRRIGATION Grown Blooming Size Planting Stock 
J- and Bulblets of America, Mrs. Francis King, 
Twentieth Century, Giant Pink, Panama, Pendleton. 
Write for Special February Prices. 
E. M. Hoyt, Arvada, Colorado. 
CLADIOLI, Dahlias and Iris. Best commercial va- 
Vr rieties as America, Halley, Lucretia, etc. Price 
list free. Henry C. Eckert, Belleville, 111. 
L'HOICE GLADIOLI such as Schwaben, Loveliness, 
A' Europa, Pendleton, Peace, Mrs. Watt, Blue Jay, 
Pink Perfection, etc. Send for list. F. F. Fletcher, 
Templeton, Mass. 
CURPLUS GLADIOLUS CORMS-Golden King, 
Jean, Panama, Wm. Mason, America, by the hun- 
dred. Mary Fennell, Europa, Niagara, Mrs. Pendle- 
ton, Peace. Mrs. King, Mrs. Watt, by the dozen. All 
large and good exhibition varieties. A good mixture 
75c. a hundred. Write E. M. Wilson, 380 May Street, 
Worcester, Mass. 
■DIG OFFER— To get acquainted— 100 blooming size 
■*-' Gladioli for $2.00 prepaid. This is the biggest 
offer ever made, as the mixture consists of the fol- 
lowing named varieties and they will all he labeled: 
Europa, Peace, Pendleton, K. Glory, C. White, 
America, Schwaben, Halley, Baron Hulot. Princeps, 
F. King, Primulinus Hybrids, Willie Wigman, Snow 
King, Charmer, Fascinator, etc. Only one of these 
assortments to a person. F. M. Palmiter, Janes- 
ville. Wis. 
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| Growers of Choice Gladioli = 
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GLADIOLI 
Lemoinei and Nanceianus 
Catalogue, printed in English, on application. 
MAPLESHADE GLADIOLI j 
■ THE CHOICEST OF THE OLD, AND SOME ' 
VERY FINE NEW VARIETIES. 
. Send for price list. 
Wilbur A. Christy, 315 N. Tod Ave., Warren, 0. 
WILDFLOWERS The haunts, habits 
| and uses of our native plants, their behavior un- 
der cultivation, and the origination of new forms 
by sports and hybridizing is the special field of 
THE AMERICAN BOTANIST 
$ 1 .25 a year 
SAMPLE free 23 VOLUMES issued 
Willard N. Clute & Co., Joliet, 111. 
Derby Gardens Gladioli 
LIST ON APPLICATION. 
WHOLESALE. RETAIL. 
John H. Umpleby, Lake View, N.Y. 
GLADIOLI 
WHICH CATALOGUE WOULD YOU LIKE, 
WHOLESALE OR RETAIL ? 
John Lewis Childs, Inc. 
Flowerfield L. I. 
J. H. MCKIBBIN 
GLADIOLUS GROWER 
DIVISION ST. GOSHEN, IND. 
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I size (about three quarts.) Every set makes 
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