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SPECIAL COLLECTIONS AND OFFERS 
UNLABELED COLLECTIONS. These collections are just the thing for 
those gardeners who do not care to keep the names of the varieties 
seperate, but do want a nice selection of glads. There will be a nice 
assortment of colors from white to smoky. Each collection will be hand 
selected to assure an even mixture of colors. If you want more of 
one color than another, tell us and we will try to please you. If you 
bought these collections under name, they would cost FROM 2 TO 3 
TIMES the prices asked. ; 
No. 1-L UNLABELED SPECIAL COLLECTION. 100 large size bulbs 
1% inch and up) for $5.00; 50 for $2.75. 
No. 1-M 100 medium size bulbs for $3.50; 50 for $2.00. 
No. 1-S 100 small size bulbs for $2.00. 
No. 2-L UNLABELED DE LUXE COLLECTION. 100 large bulbs, including 
many recent introductions, for $15.00; 50 for $7.50. 
No. 2-M Same, except medium bulbs. 100 for $10.00; 50 for $5.00. 
RECENT INTRODUCTION COLLECTION. These varieties can be entered 
in the Recent Introduction Classes at this summer's shows. They were 
all introduced in the last four years. The varieties included will be 
ABU HASSEN, COVER GIRL, FIREBRAND, LANCASTER, MARTHA 
DEANE, MYSTERY, ORIENTAL PEARL, SALMAN’S GLORY, SILVER 
WINGS, and SPOTLIGHT, all labeled. 
No. 3-L Two large bulbs of these ten varieties (catalog value, $16.90) for 
$12.00. Or you may order one-half a collection—l bulb of each, 
labeled—for $6.50. 
No. 3-M Two medium bulbs of each (catalog value, $11.30) for $8.00. 
One-half a collection for $4.50. 
No. 3-S Two small bulbs of each (catalog value, $7.54) for $5.75. One- 
half a collection for $3.25. 
GLADIOLUS SOCIETIES 
My interest in gladiolus dates back to a chance visit to the gladiolus 
display at the 1928 Canadian National Exposition at Toronto. When I 
moved from an apartment to a home with some ground, I added a col- 
lection of 100 “glads” to a seed order, and my enjoyment of the gladiolus 
had begun. A few years later, I happened to be in Pittsburgh one 
Sunday afternoon, and dropped in at the Penna. Gladiolus Society Show. 
One of the members introduced himself, and before I left he had my dues 
for the Penna. and New England Gladiolus Societies. My real enjoyment 
of the Gladiolus dates from that day. Knowing how much pleasure and 
BRACKEN GLADIOLUS GARDENS 
SPANISH VILLA 
JEANNETTE, PENNSYLVANIA 
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HERE IS 
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help I have received from my society memberships, I recommend mem- 
bership in any, or better yet, in all the following societies, and will help 
bear part of your first year’s dues. See the last paragraph. 
The PENNSYLVANIA GLADIOLUS SOCIETY, with membership mostly in 
Western Penna. and Eastern Ohio, holds two shows annually and issues 
a bulletin several times a year. Meetings are held every few months 
where members can get together to discuss their problems and the differ- 
ent varieties. Yearly dues, $1.00. The Penna. Society is also affiliated 
with the following three societies. Membership can be had in any of 
these three by Penna. Society members at the lower rate quoted for 
members of affiliated societies. 
The NORTH AMERICAN GLADIOLUS COUNCIL is an international 
organization having affiliations with 30 state and regional societies in the 
U. S. and Canada. It publishes a large bulletin quarterly, and holds a 3 
day meeting each January. The subscribing membership dues are $1.00 
a year, or $.75 a year to members of affiliated societies. 
The NEW ENGLAND GLADIOLUS SOCIETY is also national in scope. 
It publishes the Gladiolus Magazine 6 times a year and a large yearbook, 
The Gladiolus. It also holds an annual conference in February. Dues 
are $2.00 a year, or $1.50 to members of affiliated societies. 
The CANADIAN GLADIOLUS SOCIETY is the national society of Canada. 
16 provincial or regional societies of Canada, and the Penna. and Ohio 
State societies are affiliated with it. This society publishes a large 
yearbook which includes the Symposium rating of several hundred 
varieties. Dues are $2.00, or $1.00 to members of affiliated societies. 
Total cost of membership in all four societies is $4.25, a saving of $1.75. 
FREE BULB OFFER. 
If any customer not now a member of any of these societies forwards an 
order amounting to $10.00, and includes a check payable to any of these 
societies for the amount of the dues, he may add to his order bulbs of his 
own selection to a value equal to one-half of these dues. If the dues are 
figured at the affiliated rate, membership in the Penna. Society must be 
included and the check made payable to the Penna. Gladiolus Society. 
This offer is made in the hope that we can interest some gardeners in 
these societies thereby increasing their interest and pleasure in the 
gladiolus, and as our contribution to the support of these societies in the 
fine work that they are doing. This offer will be extended in 1949 to 
include any other society if the society requests listing and furnishes 
details of dues, publications, etc. 
SHOW DATES — 1948 
The Penna. Gladiolus Society invites you to attend its early show at 
Phipps Conservatory, Pittsburgh, Pa., on August 7th and 8th and the late 
show in the U. S. O, Building, Greenville, Pa., on August 28th and 29th. 
Sec. 562, P.L.GR. 
