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Gardeners and Florists’ Annual for i9i8 
Haven, Conn.; N. Harold Cottam & Son, Wappinger Falls; C. Louis 
Ailing, New Haven, Conn.; A. E. Doty, New Haven, Conn.; F. R. 
Austin, Tuckerton, N. J.; P. W. Popp, Mamaroneck, N. Y.; Leonard & 
Weber, Trenton, N. J., and Mills & Co., Mamaroneck, N. Y. 
Among the outstanding varieties besides those certificated were Jean 
Kerr, Mrs. F. Grinnell, Sunshine, Mrs. Pfister, King of the Autumn, 
Dahliadel, white century; Tango, scarlet century; Gracchus, A. D. 
Livoni, Arabella, Marguerite Bouchon, Delice, Sweetheart, as well as a 
representative selection of the older varieties. The membership stood at 
273, and the balance in the treasurer’s hands was $466.15. 
American Gladiolus Society 
The annual meeting and exhibition were held at the Botanical 
Museum Building, Bronx Park, New York City, during the S. A. F. 
convention. The show lasted fi-om Aug. 21 to 26; the meeting took 
place on Aug. 24, Pres. T. A. Havemeyer presiding. 
The show, while not as large as some of those of previous years, 
was of excellent quality, but unfortunately it was not as well advertised 
as it might have been. Many of the well-known Gladiolus growers ex- 
hibited. A feature of the exhibition was the prize-winning group for 
not less than 250 sq. ft., won by Cedar Acres (B. Hammond Tracy), 
Wenham, Mass. T. A. Havemeyer, Cedar Hill Nursery, Glen Head, 
N. Y., won a prize with a new golden yellow, rich and glowing, called 
Golden Measure, and Thos. Cogger captured a first with a new rutiled 
variety. Miss Helen Franklin, a creation of A. E. Kunderd, Goshen, 
Ind. Others who won prizes were John Lewis Child, Inc., Flowerfield, 
N. Y. ; C. Zeestreten, Bemus Pt., N. Y.; John S'cheepers & Co., Inc., 
N. Y. City; Madison Cooper, Calcium, N. Y. ; Vaughan’s Seed Store, 
New York and Chicago; Wm. Simms, Cliftondale, Mass., and H. E. 
Meader, Dover, N. H. 
Plans were made to arouse a wider interest in the society and the 
shows and increase the membership. Prof. A. C. Beal, of the Depart- 
ment of Floriculture, Cornell, spoke on the Gladiolus test gardens. The 
question of where to hold the next show was taken and it seemed likely 
that it would be held in a Western city. 
The election of officers resulted as follows: President, A. E. Kun- 
derd, Goshen, Ind.; vice-president, H. E. Meader, Dover, N. H.; treas- 
urer, Madison Cooper, Calcium, N. Y., who later became secretary. 
College Teachers in the Rose Garden at Cornell 
