The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade . and some re-serve material should be in readinessto replant the bed for an autumn dis-play. These nemesias grow less than 1%feet in height, even at their best, andthey make excellent pot plants. Theymay be had in flower from May toSeptember, according to the time ofsowing. Though the Suttoni strain isthe best known, having been longestin the field, othev nurserymen are nowraising their own strains, some grow-ing less than one foot in height. THE GLADIOLUS. American Gladiolus Society Medal. The American Gladiolus Society hashad manufacture
The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade . and some re-serve material should be in readinessto replant the bed for an autumn dis-play. These nemesias grow less than 1%feet in height, even at their best, andthey make excellent pot plants. Theymay be had in flower from May toSeptember, according to the time ofsowing. Though the Suttoni strain isthe best known, having been longestin the field, othev nurserymen are nowraising their own strains, some grow-ing less than one foot in height. THE GLADIOLUS. American Gladiolus Society Medal. The American Gladiolus Society hashad manufactured a new medal, whichwe illustrate, of unique and originaldesign, the illustration showing theface side; the reverse Is a simplewreath of gladiolus flowers, with spacein the center for the necessary en-graving. One is made in sterling sil-ver, colored silver gray, and theother is finished bronze. Both are sandblast finish, and are made and designedby the Boston Badge Co., Boston,Mass. These medals will be given torepresentative horticultural who will offer them in their schedulesto be competed for by amateur exhibi-tors of gladiolus blooms at their sum-mer shows, the silver medal as firstprize, and the bronze medal as secondprize. The following societies havebeen given a set of these medals fortheir coming summer exhibitions:Massachusetts Horticultural Society;Newport Horticultural Society; South-ampton (L. I.) Horticultural Society;St. Catharines (Ont.) Horticultural So-ciety; Pasadena Horticultural Society;Melrose Horticultural and Improve-ment Society. L. Merton Gage, Secy. The Gladiolus as a Florists Flower. Few flowers are more valuable toflorists than the gladiolus. When itis remembered that the forced bloomscan be had from the middle of April,and that the flowering season lasts tillthe end of September, it will be rec-ognized that few flowers have so longa season. The earlier flowering varieties arethe more easily handled for florists ?work, on account of thei
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