GUIDEBOOK FOR 1938 
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GLADIOLUS SOCIETIES 
There are twenty-five state or regional 
societies in U. S., in addition to the national 
society. Five or more in Canada in addition 
to the Canadian Gladiolus Society. Several 
each in Australia and New Zealand. National 
societies in England, Holland, Germany. Upon 
request we will assist you to contact your 
nearest society. You will find much of in¬ 
terest and pleasure in your local society. 
The New England and the British societies 
publish substantial annual volumes of around 
200 pages of very interesting and informative 
matter. The Canadian Gladiolus Society 
will publish an Annual this year, using 
about the same page equivalent. This society 
publishes a symposium and rating of about 
500 of the foremost gladiolus of today, classi¬ 
fying them into 21 color groups, rating them 
skillfully within their respective color groups. 
This feature alone is sufficient to make their 
publication outstandingly valuable. The 
American Gladiolus Society (under receiver¬ 
ship) has been publishing its Gladiolus Re¬ 
view intermittently with little cooperation 
from the growers. It is to the interest of 
every grower and every state and regional 
society that this central publication be main¬ 
tained but cooperative effort to that end is 
sadly lacking. 
The annual membership fees listed below 
include the respective publications mentioned. 
New England Gladiolus Society, $1. (An¬ 
nual). Albin K. Parker, Sec’y-t Norwood, 
Mass. A “special” membership, at $2., 
includes the Annual and 3 Supplements of 
about 40 pages each. 
We understand the N. E. G. S. is about to 
change it’s name to The International Gladi¬ 
olus Soc., with a new program for affiliation 
by state and regional societies. Likely, those 
with no publication of their own, and Ohio as 
well, will affiliate. For a $2 fee paid to the 
affiliating society you may thus obtain full 
membership in your local soc. (value $1.) and 
the benefits of Special membership in the new 
International’ including Annual and 3 Sup¬ 
plements (value $2.) $3. worth for $2. and see 
our offer below to cut the $2 in half for you. 
Canadian Gladiolus Society, $2. (Annual.) 
Mrs. J. A. Carleton, Sec’y., 166 Willow 
Rd., Guelph, Ontario, Canada. 
British Gladiolus Society, Grower mem¬ 
bership, 10/6 or $2.63; Amateur member¬ 
ship, 5/- or $1.25. (Annual). A. E. Blake 
Amos, Sec’y., 109 Lexden Straight Rd., 
Colchester, Essex, England. 
Empire State Gladiolus Society, $1. 
(Monthly Bulletin). A. N. Fisher, Sec’y., 
113 Tompkins St., Cortland, N. Y. 
Ohio State Gladiolus Society, $1. (Occa¬ 
sional Bulletins). R. P. Kelley, Sec’y., 207 
Buckeye Bldg., Akron, Ohio. 
Indiana Gladiolus Society. $1. (Quarterly 
Bulletin). John L. Coomler, Sec’y., Fair- 
land, Ind. 
Minnesota Gladiolus Society. $1. (Month¬ 
ly Bulletin). A. J. Mandehr, Sec’y, 1134 
Palace St., St. Paul, Minn. 
Iowa Gladiolus Society. $1. (Monthly 
Bulletin). This membership may be direct 
or through affiliation with either the Sioux 
City, Ames, Cedar Rapids or Algona 
Gladiolus Societies, without additional 
cost. Address Iowa Glad. Soc., Secretary’s 
Office, State House, Des Moines, la. 
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JOIN A SOCIETY. WE MAKE IT PAINLESS FOR YOU. 
Here is how. This offer is only to secure 
new members, not renewals and cuts your 
membership fee in half, as you will readily 
see. 
To all customers sending in orders of not 
less than $5. If you will also transmit to me 
your check or money order for any of the 
above Societies, made payable to the Sec’y 
of such society, in the full amount for one 
year new membership fee, we will transmit 
same to such sec’y and you may add to 
your order bulbs of your own selection from 
our catalog to the amount of one half of such 
membership fee. 
This offer applies to the new $2. member¬ 
ship through your local society if it affiliates 
as outlined in paragraph above describing 
N. E. G. S. Example: Pa. customer sends us 
check for $2. payable to Pa. G. S. thereby 
obtaining Pa. regular membership and N. E. 
G. S. (or International) Special membership 
benefits. 
To all customers, including foreign, whose 
purchases at Retail total $25 or more, pro¬ 
vided such customer is not already a member, 
we will give a paid-up membership in the 
Canadian Gladiolus Society for 1938. For 
this new membership we will have to trans¬ 
mit $2 cash. 
“/ wish to thank you very much for the membership 
you gave me to the Canadian Gladiolus Society. They 
sent me a few days ago their quarterly for Jan., ’36 and 
Jan., '37, both of which I carefully read. I find their 
literature most interesting.” 3-19-37. B.F. P., Roanoke, 
Va. 
