JOIN A GLADIOLUS SOCIETY! 
For additional enjoyment and up-to-date information 
A real Glad fan wants all the literature on Gladiolus that he has time to read. By becom- 
ing a member of a society and reading its publications one can keep up to date on the 
knowledge of disease control, dips, methods of spraying and dusting, digging and storage, 
records of show winners, and innumerable other fascinating and valuable information. The 
price of the annual dues, in most cases a dollar or two, is very small in comparison to the 
worth of the knowledge gained. 
The three national societies are: 
The North American Gladiolus Council 
Publications: Quarterly magazines "The Bulletin” 
Membership Sec’y, Mr. Alfons Bazdorf, Lincoln Park, N. J. 
The New England Gladiolus Society, Inc. 
Publications: 6 Magazines and a Yearbook 
Membership Sec’y, Mrs. Shirley M. Adcock, Horticulture Hall, Boston 15, Mass. 
Canadian Gladiolus Society 
Publications: Yearbook and variety symposium 
Sec’y, Mrs. J. A. Carlton, 166 Willow Road, Guelph, Ontario. 
In addition to the above, the commercial bulb and cut-lower growers have an organiza- 
tion known as. “The North American Commercial Gladiolus Growers.’ Every commercial 
grower of Gladiolus in the U. S. and Canada should be a member of this organization as it 
is the only group, to my knowledge, that is devoted solely to the interests of both the Gladiolus 
bulb and cut-flower grower. For further information write the Sec’y, Mr. Orville Shelley, 
Sterling, Ilinois. 
By all means join at least one National Society and your State or local organization. You 
will be well repaid! 
Slides for Gladiolus Society or Garden Club Meetings 
During the past two or three years we have had many requests for slides on Glads that 
could be shown to group meetings. We have assembled a collection of Kodachrome slides 
showing methods of culture we use, single and three spikes of glads, winning varieties at two 
or three shows, preparing spikes for transporting to shows, and digging and storage operations. 
There is no rental fee for the collection but its use is limited to Societies and Garden 
Clubs. After viewing them, the slides must be returned promptly in order that another society 
may be able to view them. Please let us know in plenty of time the date you wish to use them. 
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