Membership Means Also 
1. That you should voice your opinions on N. E. G. S. operations. You 
are privileged to criticize and praise your officers and the society. You 
may nominate members for the elective offices. You may recommend 
members for Special Awards and for Honorary Membership and for the 
offices of Honorary Vice-President. 
2. You may address enquiries regarding Culture, etc., to the Secretary; 
please send enquiry in duplicate as many are sent to other members or 
(volunteer) officers to be answered; and enclose self-addressed, stamped 
envelope for reply. 
3. Letters describing your experiences as a novice, amateur, or com- 
mercial grower will be appreciated — many of our contributors have de- 
veloped from enthusiastic members willing to pass along information. 
4. You should try to make the Hvery Member Got a Member List each 
year. We continue to maintain a wide membership because our members 
and advertisers help N. E. G. S. get new members each year. The normal 
turnover annually is at least twenty per cent, some societies run up to 
forty per cent. With five thousand or more members, we lose some by 
death, some move to a new home with less garden space, and some may be 
lost for other reasons. 
You, as a member, should help and strenuously support the movement 
Every Member Get a New Member Each Year. 
5. You should try to exhibit your best blooms at your local garden club 
show, at your state Gladiolus society show, and at the N. E. G. S. Boston 
Exhibition. 
6. You may be able to submit articles and photographs to N. BE. G. 8S. 
for publication. We have a number of well qualified experts to pass on and 
shape up written material and to select photographs. If you submit ma- 
terial you will have helped a lot. 
7. You can help us with many of our continuing projects: (a) Parent- 
ages — we want additions and corrections; (b) Originators — we want 
additions and corrections; (c) Recent Introductions — we want additions 
and corrections; (d) Classifications — we want additions and corrections; 
(e) Advertisers — sure we want additions. 
8. Research is never completed — what do you know about Colchicine, 
Rootone, Vitamin B, etc.; diseases; Insect Pests; Sprays; Fertilizers; 
Hybridizing; Germination and Culture of Corms and Cormlets and Seed; 
hardy Gladiolus, doubles, new forms? 
9. Members comments too — ‘Congratulations for the most breezy, 
friendly, and informative Magazine since I’ve been a member (5 years); 
the darn thing’s almost human. I wouldn’t swap it for the Year Book; 
keep it up, its great.””’ P. K. Paterson, N. J. 
“T like your magazine very much. It will give help and encouragement 
during the growing season.”’ Grinnell, Iowa. 
“Let me again, as a member of the New England Gladiolus Society, 
express my appreciation for the fine work you are doing in the publications 
of the Society.” A. J. B., Lexington, Ky. 
“To those who work so conscientiously to make the N.E.G.S. what it is— 
I send my thankful appreciation and complete satisfaction for a job well 
done.” R. E. C., Riverside, California. 
10. That we want your neighbors as members, too; please send for more 
of these Join Up pamphlets and pass them along to your garden friends. 
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