28 NOWETA GARDENS 

ROSE O’DAY 
“Rose O’Day is a good one. I like it very 
much. I had beautiful spikes of Beauty’s Blush 
but due to the late spring planting it bloomed too 
late for the shows.’’—J. H. Ramage, Ohio. 
_“‘Each time I receive an order from you it is 
like Christmas, and like Christmas I am always 
well pleased.’’—R. E. Schwarting, N. Y. 

BECOME A MEMBER 
1. If you are seeking an evening of pleas- 
ant entertainment, put a dollar in an en- 
velope and address it to Mrs. M. J. Walenta, 
Secretary of Maine Gladiolus Society, South 
China, Maine. Their 100-page annual is the 
surprise of the year and deserves to be wide- 
ly distributed. 
2. The Minnesota Gladiolus Society offers 
three issues of the Minnesota Glad Fan and 
a year’s subscription to the Minnesota Horti- 
culturist for $1.50. The Minnesota Horti- 
culturist magazine offers nine issues per 
year. Send dues to Harold A. Christensen, 
Christine Lake, Como Station 3, St. Paul 8, 
Minnesota. 
3. The North American Gladiolus Coun- 
cil, an international organization, presents 
an excellent quarterly magazine that is 
chuck full of timely interests. Send your 
dollar bill to Alfonse Bazdorf, Lincoln Park, 
New Jersey. 
4. The New England Society has the larg- 
est membership. Regular membership en- 
titles you to their 215-page annual and six 
bi-monthly magazines for $2.00. Write Arn- 
old N. Drake, Horticultural Hall, Boston 15, 
Mass. 
The societies treat such material as: 
1. Up-to-date information on dips and 
sprays. 
Diseases, fertilizers. 
Best new varieties. 
Trial ground reports. 
Symposiums. 
Hybridizing hints. 
Parentages. 
To encourage new members: 
Include your subscriptions with your bulb 
order, and we will send you the value of the 
subscription in bulbs. Make a list of prefer- 
ences, and we will fill as we are able. 
NE eel el Sd 
“Received my bulbs today. That very generous 
gratis count merits an immediate expression of 
‘GRATITUDE’. When I focused the ‘SPOTLIGHT’ 
of my interest upon the precious contents of the 
container at a time comparable to the ‘ROSE O’ 
DAY’ there was a ‘GLEAM’ in my eyes and a 
countenance exemplifying ‘ROSE DELIGHT’. 
Here, it seemed to me, was an object worthy of 
a ‘POET’S DREAM’. When these and others will 
have developed into their exqui ite beauty it will 
be the veritable fairyland of ‘SNOW PRINCESS’ 
to which one will want to hie himself with the 
swiftness of ‘SILVER WINGS’.’”’ — Rev. Harry 
Schultz, Mich. 
“The extra bulbs of Gleam, Gratitude and 
Poet’s Dream you sent me last year did very well 
and I liked them all, they are most artistic. 
Poet’s Dream is my favorite.’’—Erich Becker, Ore. 
“Wedgwood is blooming and just had to tell 
you it is about the most beautiful lavender on 
the market. Who wants them big?’’—Wm. E. 
Manderbach, Pa. 

BETTER TIMES. 
WEDGWOOD. 
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