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Slower (Brower 
The Glad Philosopher’s 
1 Musings. I 
The writer knows a man who owns 
a garden and aspires to grow fine flow- 
ers therein, but satisfactory results do 
not often follow his efforts. Indeed, as 
a failure, this man’s garden is about 
the greatest success 1 know of ! He 
loves flowers, and plants ungrudgingly 
to get them, but an unexpected trouble 
generally develops or some calamity 
befalls, due, of course,- to his own neg- 
ligence or misdirected effort, and con- 
sequently he has to ever offer apologies 
and make excuses. Would you know 
the principal cause of this man’s fail- 
ure? Let me tell you: He never made any 
attempt to learn the how and the why ; 
he has never read a single one of the 
many books on floriculture ; he takes 
no paper or magazine devoted to gar- 
dening ; he does not even consult the 
directions furnished in the catalogues 
by those who speak from knowledge 
gained through years of experience, 
and it would be a prodigal waste of 
time for anybody to attempt to tell 
him anything, for he assumes to al- 
ready know - better than the wisest 
and most learned — how to do every- 
thing; blindfolded, a phrenologist 
might easily mistake his bump of self- 
esteem for a goose egg or a cocoanut. 
I said this man loves flowers. He 
does — when they are his own flowers. 
If you show him an exceptionally 
choice specimen bloom that you hafl 
taken great pains to produce and are 
justly proud of, his comment usually 
is, “you ought to have seen the one / 
got the other day, it was twice as large 
as that.” A visit to his garden reveals 
most conspicuously an abundant crop 
of vigorously growing weeds, but they 
do not embarrass him ; he only regrets 
he hasn’t had the time to exterminate 
them ; he does not discover the mildew 
on his rose plants ; he wishes he knew 
what to do to eradicate the insect pests 
that infest them ; he laments the dam- 
age done by the recent drouth ; he is 
sorry you did not call last week when 
his flowers were at their best ; he hopes 
to have better luck next year, etc., etc. 
I believe I told you that I know this 
man. Yes, I do, and you know him, 
too ; he and his garden abide in every 
community. 
In happy contradistinction to the 
man’s garden which proclaims its 
owner’s inefficiency is the one of a 
woman of whom it is said, “ every- 
thing she sticks into the ground grows 
and thrives.” Her garden is truly a 
“ thing of beauty and a joy forever.” 
Its fame is known far and wide, and 
slips from her plants have started 
numerous colonies of similar kinds in 
gardens of many of her acquaintances. 
When neighbors call she takes them 
out to see her garden and loads them 
down with her choicest blooms, be- 
stowing them with lavish hand and 
open heart, for she knows that the 
more she cuts the more will come. On 
festal occasions her generosity is ap- 
pealed to, and never fails to respond. 
Her flowers cheer the sick, and attest 
the consolation of a sympathizing heart 
for friends bereft of loved ones. Is it 
any wonder that they thrive and blos- 
som so profusely for her ? 
Like the man I know, this woman 
may never have read a book on flori- 
culture nor taken a magazine devoted to 
the science of gardening. She doesn’t 
need to, for she is a born gardener — 
she has the inherent knack. Flowers 
are in her heart as well as in her gar- 
den. You doubtless know her also, for 
she, too, lives in your community. 
When daughter practices her music 
lesson — how sweet the strains ! When 
our neighbor’s child practices hers — 
what discord ! When our baby cries — 
how it awakens our sympathy ; when 
neighbor’s baby cries how it annoys. 
Let us then condone the weakness in 
our friend’s nature that causes him to 
see more beauty in his own flowers 
than in ours. The universality of the 
habit makes it a human trait. 
The Glad Philosopher. 
The American Gladiolus Society. 
[Continued from page 92. ] 
1st 2nd 
No. 68— 5.00 3.00 Vase 10 spikes Primulinus Hy- 
brids, Yellow. First won by 
Madison Cooper. Second by 
O. C. Curtis. 
No. 69— 5.00 3.00 — Vase 10 spikes Primulinus Hy- 
brids, any other color. Fiist 
won by Madison Cooper. 
No. 70— 5.00 3.00— Vase 12 spikes America. 
No. 71 — 5.00 3.00— Vase 12 spikes Mrs. Frank Pen- 
dleton. 
T. A. Havemeyer, New York, N.Y. 
No. 72- 
No. 73- 
No. 74- 
No. 75- 
No. 76- 
No. 77- 
5.00 3.00 — Vase 12 spikes. White, one va- 
riety. 
5.00 3.00- Vase 12 spikes. Pink, one va- 
riety. First won by Madison 
Cooper. 
5.00 3.00— Vase 12 spikes, Red or Crimson, 
one variety. First won by 
Madison Cooper. 
5.00 3.00— Vase 12 spikes. Yellow, one va- 
riety. First won by Madison 
Cooper. 
5.00 3.00— Vase 12 spikes. Blue, Purple or 
Lavender, one variety. First 
won by Madison Cooper. 
5.00 3.00— Vase 12 spikes, any other color, 
one variety. First won by 
Madison Cooper. 
Arthur Cowee, Berlin, N.Y. 
No. 78—$ 5.00— Best vase 25 spikes Peace. 
No. 79— 5.00- Best vase 6 spikes Peachbloui. 
No, 80— 5.00— Best vase 6 spikes Papilo Rose. 
No. 81— 5.00— Best vase 6 spikes Dawn (Groff). 
No. 82— 10.00— Best vase 6 spikes Afterglow. 
No. 83— 10.00— Best vase 1 spike each of War, Peace 
and Prosperity. 
H. E. Meader, Dover, N. H. 
No. 84— Best 6 spikes Myrtle. First prize cut glass 
vase valued at $5, won by Madison Cooper ; 
second prize. 20 corms of Myrtle', third prize. 10 
corms Myrtle ; fourth prize, 5 corms Myrtle. 
The Henry F. MichellCo., Phila., Pa. 
No 85 — Best 6 spikes, all different, one vase, compris- 
ing the best display and most harmonious color 
combination, no preference being given to named 
varieties. First prize, Michell Silver Medal, won 
by Madison Cooper. Second prize, Michell Bronze 
Medal, won by Mrs. H. H. Boyce 
P. W. Popp, Mamaroneck, N.Y. 
No. 86— Best 6 vases, 6 varieties, one spike each, pre- 
dominating color Blue, Purple, Lavender or Mauve. 
First prize, $3.00, won by Madison Cooper. Second 
prize, $2.00, won by Mrs. H. H. Boyce. 
The Flower Grower, Calcium, N.Y. 
No. 87— For the best display of Gladioli consisting of 
not less than 10 spikes nor more than 20 spikes. Not 
more than 3 spikes of any one variety. No prefer- 
ence to be given to named varieties. First prize, a 
life subscription to The Flower Grower, won by 
Geo. Messing, Buffalo, N. Y. Second prize, a five- 
year subscription to The Flower Grower, won by 
H. E. Chriswell. Third prize, a two-year subscrip- 
tion to The Flower Grower. 
September, 1918 
Garden Magazine, Garden City, N.Y. 
No. 88 -The Garden Magazine Achievement Medal 
for the finest quality of bloom shown in Classes 51 
to 100, exhibitors showing less than 25 spikes not to 
be considered, won by Madison Cooper 
A. E. Kunderd, Goshen, Ind. 
Offers in each of the following classes bulbs to value 
of the prizes set forth for each class : 
1st 2nd 
No. 89— $3.00 $2.00 Best 3 spikes Myrtle. F'irst won 
by Madison Cooper. Second 
won by O. C. Curtis. 
No. 90— 3 00 2.00 — Best 3 spikes Purple Glory, won 
by Madison Cooper. 
No. 91 — 3.00 2.00 — Best 3 spikes Mrs. F. Pendleton. 
Second won by C. W. Clapp. 
No. 92— 3.00 2.00 Best 3 spikes Alice Tiplady 
No. 93— 3 00 2.00 — Best 3 spikes Lilywhite. 
No 94- 3.00 2 00— Best 3 spikes Kunderd’ s Glory. 
No. 95- 3.00 2.00 — Best 3 spikes Pride of Goshen. 
First won by C. W. Clapp. 
No. 96 — 3 00 2.00 — Best 3 spikes Mrs. A. E. Kunderd. 
No. 97 — 3.00 2.00 -Best 3 spikes Rose Glory, won by 
Madison Cooper. 
No. 98 - 3 00 2.00 Best 3 spikes YoueU's Favorite 
No. 99 — Best display of Kunderd's varieties not less 
than 10 spikes nor more than 15 spikes. First prize 
$6.00, won by H. E. Chriswell. Second prize $4.00. 
Third prize $2.00. All prizes to be paid in stock. 
Award of Merit to the Austin-Coleman Co , Way- 
land, Ohio, for three seedlings pure white, otange 
and shell pink. 
Award of Merit to The Gi ullemans Co. for general 
display of high quality stock. 
Award of Merit to John Scheepers & Co. for display 
and arrangement of excellent stock. 
Award of Merit to C. Zeestraten for general display 
of fine stock. 
Award of Merit to VV. E Kirchhoff, Pembroke. 
N. Y., for general display and quality. This exhibit 
was well staged by W. J. Palmer & Son, one of Buf- 
falo’s leading florists. 
Honorable mention of vase of five spikes Gladiolus 
Dracocephalus which promises to be valuable for 
future hybridization, exhibited by Madison Cooper. 
Special mention made by the judges of the high 
quality of the Primulinus Hybrids shown, which illus- 
trated the remarkable advance which has recently- 
been made in this class. 
Flowers Just the Same. 
Last year the lawn of a beautiful home 
was plowed up and the lot put into garden. 
Instead of a lovely green sward, bare stakes 
stood up like porcupine quills, ready to re- 
ceive the beans and tomatoes which were 
afterwards trained on them. 
Doubtless this was an act of sacrifice and 
patriotism, but we believe the country is 
going to need flowers as well as vegetables, 
and the true flower lover will find place for 
her flowers just the same as in pre- war years. 
The American Florist says truly: 
“Flowers are a necessity to a people. 
There is a limit to human strength and en- 
durance, and the relaxation that comes to 
the mind by having flowers in the home, 
garden or hospital is a thing of reality to 
those who know and love flowers. Here in 
America we are not yet fully acquainted 
with casualty lists, and when they come as 
we fear they will, flowers will express to the 
mother what words cannot express. ‘ How 
France Honors Her Dead ’ was the title of a 
picture of a French war grave, published in 
the Red Cross magazine, and the mass of 
flowers told the story that flowers carry the 
last message to those who have gone beyond. 
Our mail today brought a letter from a 
French florist, telling of the shortage of 
rose plants in France, due not to the war 
causing less production, but because the war 
is making roses a necessity to those who 
sorrow.” 
When one is in sorrow, and everything 
loved seems slipping away, the perennial 
flowers, as the fixed stars, seem something 
to tie to, and so bring comfort.— Wallace's 
Farmer. 
During a bad flower season like the 
one just past the varieties of Gladioli 
are difficult to judge. Some of the 
very best varieties at times have be- 
haved poorly this year. Few varieties, 
indeed, will show up well under all 
weather conditions. 
