GUIDEBOOK FOR 1952 Page 3 
SOCIETY LITERATURE 
In the U. S. there are 55 or more state and regional societies. 
in Canada. 
The New England Gladiolus Society (NEGS) has about 40 affiliations and 
issues annually 6 magazines of some 70 pages each and a year book of about 220 
pages. $3.00 per year. 
_ The North American Gladiolus Council (NAGC) has about 50 affiliations and 
issues four Bulletins of about 110 pages each. $2.00 per year. 
The Canadian Gladiolus Society (CGS) has about 35 affiliations and issues 
a 200 page annual especially valuable for its complete symposium of some 1000 
varieties in odd years and a Recent variety symposium of some 6-800 varieties in 
even years. $38.00 per year. 
‘The Ohio State Gladiolus Society (OSGS) issues quarterly bulletins, the 
W.R.U. Valleevue Test Garden annual report on its gladiolus, iris, dahlias, hardy 
chrysanthemums, hemerocallis, tulip, amaryllis, lily, etc. trials and other literature. 
$1.00 per year. The Ohio society is the only one of about 12 state societies cur- 
rently issuing regular publications affiliated with all three above. 
OSGS with NEGS $3.25. OSGS with NAGC $2.50. OSGS with CGS $3.00. 
OSGS with NEGS and NAGC $4.75. OSGS with NEGS and CGS $5.25. OSGS 
with NAGC and CGS $4.50. All four $6.75, a saving $2.25 on the $9.00 total 
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involved if taken separately. 
These various combinations are obtainable only through the Ohio society. 
Send your combination “subscription” to 
Wood, secretary, Rudolph, Ohio 
making checks or money orders payable to the Ohio State Gladiolus Society. 
You also secure regular membership rights. 
COLOR CHART 
The mounted Fischer Color Chart (108 
color blocks) is again available. Send 
$2.00 to New England Gladiolus Society, 
300 Massachusetts Ave., Boston 15, 
Mass. We also try to keep a few on 
hand for quick delivery to points west. 
CLASSIFICATION INDEX 
A booklet of about 24 pages, identi- 
fying size, color, originator, year first 
available via U. S. price lists and num- 
ber of days to bloom. About July 1st 
send 15 cents to North American Glad- 
iolus Council, 314 Fountain St., Havre 
de Grace, Md. for latest edition. 
NEW BOOK ON GLADIOLUS 
A comprehensive book on Gladiolus is 
now in preparation for publication early 
in 1953 by Thomas R. Manley, Horticul- 
turist at W.R.U. Valleevue Farm and 
Garden Center of Greater Cleveland, 
where he has been in charge of the 
various test gardens. His work in test- 
ing Gladiolus since 1947 is well known. 
The book will be fully comprehensive 
with chapters on history of the species 
to modern hybrids, separately treating 
best methods of culture for exhibition 
bloom from selection of varieties to plac- 
ing bloom on the show table and the 
problems of the commercial grower 
from the selection of land and varieties 
to bulb production and marketing of 
bulbs and blooms. 
Included also a chapter on hybridiza- 
tion with a list of parentages, one on 
major gladiolus societies and national 
organizations, one on shows, their sched- 
ules and judging, etc. Several of the 
chapters will have the collaboration of 
other well known experts on the sub- 
jects involved. 
THE OHIO ANNUAL 
EXHIBITION, 1952 
The Ohio state show, again at the 
wonderful Higbee Co. Auditorium on 
Cleveland’s Public Square. Under same 
roof the R. R. Terminal Tower, the 
Cleveland Hotel and the Terminal 
Garage (largest in the world). Monday 
and Tuesday, August 18 and 19, 1952. 
Note this date is a week earlier than 
heretofore. 
This show abounds with an extra- 
ordinary percentage of new varieties, 
the high quality of bloom is known far 
and wide, and it is one of the largest 
in the country. 
CeAINaDsIeD 
In recent years we have turned in 
many thousands of various society mem- 
berships for our customers. Since most 
of them now get more voluminous show 
reports than we have been supplying, 
we feel that the continuation of the 
W.R.U. Valleevue test garden reports 
and our expanding Symposium Tabula- 
tion of Ratings by Color Groups are 
now the most desired information. 
See our WHITE ELEPHANT SALE 
on page 30. Again we must close out 
many excellent varieties, even many not 
yet introduced in U. S., to obtain time 
and space for new material operations. 
This year we offer them in small lots 
of assorted sizes, priced per lot at but 
a small fraction of their true worth. We 
plan every lot to be an outstanding bar- 
gain. We must close them out. Order 
ony as possible to avoid disappoint- 
ment. 
