. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. igi2. The American Florist. 359. THE RACES AT RAVINIA PARK, AUGUST 23, 1912. THE NEW MEDAXS. The face or obverse side of our new medals represents a spike of gladio- lus flowers with "American Gladiolus Society" engraved around the rim. The reverse side is a simple wreath of gladiolus blooms, with space for en- graving. The design is unique and beautiful. The medal is made in ster- ling silver, colored silver gray, and is also made in bronze. It was designed and made by the Boston Badge Co., Boston, Mass
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. igi2. The American Florist. 359. THE RACES AT RAVINIA PARK, AUGUST 23, 1912. THE NEW MEDAXS. The face or obverse side of our new medals represents a spike of gladio- lus flowers with "American Gladiolus Society" engraved around the rim. The reverse side is a simple wreath of gladiolus blooms, with space for en- graving. The design is unique and beautiful. The medal is made in ster- ling silver, colored silver gray, and is also made in bronze. It was designed and made by the Boston Badge Co., Boston, Mass. The medals will be given to the representative horticul- tural societies which will offer them, in their schedules, to be competed for by amateur exhibitors of gladiolus blooms at summer shows. The conditions re- quire that the individual exhibits shall consist of fifteen named varieties, three spikes each; the same to be cor- rectly labeled. The silver medal is for the first prize and the bronze medal for second prize. The following socie- ties have been given sets of these med- als for their summer exhibitions: Massachusetts Horticultural Society, Boston, Mass.; Newport (R. I.) Horti- cultural Society; Southampton (L. I.) Horticultural Society; St. Catharines (Ont.) Horticultural Society; Pasa- dena (Cal.) Horticultural Society; Melrose (Mass.) Horticultural and Im- provement Society; "Worcester County Horticultural Society, Worcester, Mass.; and Elberon Horticultural So- ciety, Asbury Park, New Jersey. I have received two letters from the secretary of the National Gladiolus Sociaty and the two numbers of their National Hand Book and have sent them copies of all of our bulletins. The secretary, Mrs. Atkinson, writes that it is the earnest desire of the National Society to exchange views and co-operate with our society in straight- ening out questions of nomenclature. NEW MEMBEKS. The correspondence has been very large for the past year, and includes many letters solici
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