IF YOU LOVE GLADIOLUS 
You Will Want This Great Book 
G ORGEOUS, beautiful, and easy to 
grow, the Gladiolus is king of the 
summer garden, counting his admir¬ 
ers by the million. Thousands in New 
England, and hundreds in other parts of 
this country and throughout the world 
look forward each j^ear to a great event— 
the publishing of the annual Year Book of 
the New England Gladiolus Society, the 
largest and most important publication 
issued concerning Gladiolus, their progress, 
and their cultivation. 
The 1934 edition of this famous Year 
Book will be ready about February 1. 
A copy of it will be sent to every paid-up 
member of the Society. 
A feature of the 1934 Year Book will be 
a comprehensive article on Gladiolus of 
New England Origination, by Coit O. 
Colburn. This article will be invaluable to 
gladiolus lovers everywhere who are inter¬ 
ested in learning the individual merits of 
more than 100 glads first produced in New 
England gardens, some of which have al¬ 
ready attained first rank in the gladiolus 
world. 
“I Catch My First Glad,” by Harry R. 
O’Brien, “The Plain Dirt Gardener” and 
other informative and instructive articles 
by such authorities as Frank 0. Sheparcl- 
son, Eugene N. Fischer, A. A. Aren i us, 
Percy Symons, Wm. Edwin Clark, and 
Edgar Anderson. 
News of recent introductions, methods of 
cultivation, fertilizers, hybridizing, reports 
of glad shows, discussion of proposed new 
classifications, a valuable correlation of 
hundreds of Ridgeway’s standard colors 
with the Fischer Color Chart, compiled by 
F. M. Bibby; reports of gladiolus develop¬ 
ments in foreign lands, and many other 
notable features will be included. 
The 1934 Year Book will be bound in 
strong and handsome, flexible cloth covers. 
Every garden lover will want it. 
The N. E. G. S„ Year Book For 1934 
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If You Love Color You’ll Want This Famous Chart 
Eugene N. Fischer, artist and world-famous 
hybridizer of gladiolus, has produced the most 
beautiful, most easily understood, and most 
practical color chart for the use of flower 
lovers, and all others who use or study color. 
This chart has been reproduced in full color— 
showing 108 distinct color values—for the New 
England Gladiolus Society, and has created a 
sensation throughout the world among those 
interested in color. Authorities say “of great 
value,” “a great benefit to exhibitors,” “sche¬ 
matic arrangement excellent,” “just the help 
needed,” “the foremost work of its kind." 
Given FREE to Every New N. E. G. S. Member 
APPLICATION BLANK FOR NEW MEMBERS 
New England Gladiolus Society 
C. W. BROWN, Secretary , 193 
Ashland, Mass. 
Please enroll me as a member of the New England Gladiolus Society, and 
mail a copy of the 1933 Year Book, 1934 Year Book and Color Chart, for which 
I enclose $1.00 for dues for 1934. (Cloth bound year books 50c extra if desired). 
(PLEASE PRINT NAME AND ADDRESS) 
Name __ 
Street and Number 
Professional 
Amateur 
Mark Out One 
Post Office ___ State _ 
Make checks payable to the NEW ENGLAND GLADIOLUS SOCIETY. 
Credit this membership to Alton C. Howes, N. Olmsted, Ohio. 
