GUIDEBOOK FOR 1935 
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GLADIOLUS SOCIETIES 
The American Gladiolus Society is the 
second largest society in the world devoted 
to one flower (British Rose Society largest). 
This is ample testimony of the popularity of 
gladiolus. Affiliated with this mother society 
are 16 state and regional societies, among 
them the Ohio State Gladiolus Society. This 
society, located in the heart of the gladiolus 
growing areas, consistently stages annual 
exhibitions of a quality difficult for others to 
approach, including the national. 
The Mahoning Gladiolus Society, with 
headquarters at Youngstown, has a member¬ 
ship and annual exhibition equal to that of 
most state societies. 
The Canadian, the New England and the 
British Gladiolus societies have large mem¬ 
berships and publish “annuals” or “quarter¬ 
lies.” Great Horticultural Societies conduct 
gladiolus exhibitions in Europe and Aus¬ 
tralia. 
Annual membership fees: 
Amer. Glad. Soc. $2. Gladiolus Review 
(monthly) Sec’y. Roscoe Huff, Goshen, 
Indiana. 
New England Glad. Soc. $1. (“Annual”) 
Sec’y. C. W. Brown, Ashland, Mass. 
Canadian Gladiolus Society, $2. “(Quarter¬ 
lies”) Sec’y. Mrs. J. A. Carleton, 166 
Willow Rd., Guelph, Ontario, Canada. 
Ohio State Gladiolus Society, $1. (Including 
affiliation with A.G.S. and the Gladiolus 
Review , $2.) Sec’y. Mrs. Carl Defendeifer, 
Struthers, Ohio. 
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To New Members 
$250.00 BULBS FREE 
To the first 250 of our customers who will enclose with their order the following application 
(with fee) for NEW membership in the Ohio State Gladiolus Society, with affiliated member¬ 
ship in the American Gladiolus Society, we will give $1.00 in bulbs of our selection, of quality 
equal or superior to those purchased. This offer cuts your membership fee in half, as you read¬ 
ily see. Our membership offer of last year met with enthusiastic reception. In fact, such a large 
number joined this Ohio-A.G.S. combination membership from states other than Ohio, from 
Canada to Georgia and from Maine to Hawaii, in fact, that we are again forced to concede that 
the sky is not the limit. It will pay you to be among the first 250. 
MRS. CARL DEFENDEIFER, Secretary, Struthers, Ohio. 
I hereby apply for membership in the Ohio State Gladiolus Society and enclose $2.00 as annual dues, $1.00 
of which is for affiliated membership in the American Gladiolus Society and a one year subscription to The 
Gladiolus Review. Prize schedules of both societies and any literature issued by the state society. 
Name..... 
Street No...-. 
P. O...State 
Amateur ( ) Commercial Grower ( ) Date. 
Recommended by H. O. Evans 
