| FOR BOTH AMATEUR AND PROFESSIONAL \ 
| GROWERS OF THE GLADIOLUS, DAHLIA, IRIS, ETC. j 
| Entered as second-class matter March 31, 1914, at post office at | 
| Calcium, N.Y., under act of March 3, 1879. 1 
PUBLISHED MONTHLY ON THE FIRST OF THE [ 
MONTH BY MADISON COOPER, CALCIUM, N. Y. j 
Subscription price : Three years, $2.C0 ; One year, $1.00. 
The American Gladiolus Society. 
Ninth Annual Exhibition of the American Gladiolus Society held in Buffalo, N. Y., 
August 14, 15 and 16, 1918. 
B UFFALO was selected this year 
as the place of holding the an- 
nual flower show of the Ameri- 
can Gladiolus Society because of 
its central location. It was 
hoped to bring out the exhibit- 
ors who have not been able 
to show further East. While 
the result in this direction was 
satisfactory, yet there were a 
number of prominent growers 
in the West who could have 
shown in Buffalo who made 
no attempt to do so. This 
was partly accounted for by 
hot weather conditions. This 
resulted in the deterioration 
of stock making it unfit for 
the show bench. 
Everything considered the 
ninth annual show of the so- 
ciety was a most pronounced 
success. The Iroquois Hotel, 
where the show was staged, 
gave up their commodious ball 
rooms and facilities of the 
hotel, and the management 
deserves much praise for its 
courteous and businesslike 
treatment of the affair. The 
co-operation of the local flor- 
ists was most excellent and 
they furnished a goodly sup- 
ply of vases for staging of the 
large number of flowers dis- 
played. They were also help- 
ful in giving publicity to the 
show and the attendance by 
local flower lovers was all that 
could be expected. Many out- 
of-town visitors were also 
present and a number of Gladi- 
olus enthusiasts from the 
Canadian side showed their 
appreciation of the beautiful 
display. While the show was 
advertised as continuing for 
four days, it was agreed among 
the members and exhibitors 
that it should be terminated 
on the third day, August 16th. 
Four days is rather too long for a 
Gladiolus show, especially if the weather 
is warm, and the first day of the show 
in Buffalo and the day preceding was 
extremely warm, and the flowers ar- 
rived pretty well bloomed out so that 
they would have been in rather poor 
condition for a four day’s show. 
While all of the exhibitors 
deserve much credit for the 
painstaking work which their 
entries show T ed, yet the dis- 
play of John Scheepers & Co. 
stood out above any other as 
containing the most perfect 
bloom and the most meritori- 
ous varieties. This display 
contained about 700 spikes of 
flowers and embraced forty- 
six different varieties. This 
stock, as we understand it, 
was all grown on the T. A. 
Havemeyer Estate on Long 
Island where John Scheepers 
trys out new varieties of Gladi- 
oli and other bulbous plants. 
As usual the variety, Golden 
Measure, was a prominent fea- 
ture of the Havemeyer display. 
Badenia and Muriel were 
represented as were some of 
Kunderd’s specialties, Mrs. 
Dr. Norton, Purple Glory and 
Giant White; also Mrs. Aus- 
tin's Evelyn Kirtland and Le- 
moine’s Madam Mounei Sully 
were prominently repre- 
sented. Altogether this display 
was worthy of a special note 
and of the prizes which were 
awarded it. 
Buffalo being the nearest 
location to the Editor’s home 
at which the society’s show 
has ever been held, he made a 
special effort to stage a large 
number of blooms and had 
been accumulating a supply 
for this purpose in his cold 
storage room for more than 
two weeks prior to the show. 
Some of the stock which so- 
journed for some days in the 
cooler did not show up as 
well as it might have done if 
GLADIOLUS — M A RIE KUNDERD. 
Described by the originator, A. E. Kunderd. as the grandest of 
all whites, as early as Chicago White and of a very pure color with 
an almost invisible soft pink line in the center of the lower petals. 
One of Kunderd’s 1918 introductions. 
