THE GLADIOLUS FANCIER’S GUIDEBOOK FOR 1934 
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Our landmark. Visitors welcome blooming time 
Located on the east side of S. O. M. Center Road (State Highway 91), second farm south of 
North Miles Road, Solon, Ohio. 
At the National Show, 1933, we made some 
fine winnings in the section for recent intro¬ 
ductions. At the Ohio Show, 1933, we again 
won the silver medal for our commercial 
collection display and, of course, we repeated 
our common performance of winning the 
most points in the three spike Exhibition 
classes. At the Mahoning Show, 1933, we 
won the Exhibition, Primulinus Grandiflorus 
and Primulus seedling awards and the $50.00 
silver vase for the Champion Seedling with a 
ruffled beauty you will hear more about 
some day. 
FLOWER ARRANGEMENT 
A few suggestions may help. 
Use plain containers, avoiding top-heavy 
sorts. Yellows or any of the pinks in green 
containers. Light pink in blue. Lavender 
and salmon pink in cream. Reds and scarlets 
in black. Smokies in gray. Violets and 
purples in yellow. White, cream or any 
color in silver, pewter or clear glass. 
Give every spike freedom of space, hardly 
touching its neighbor, if at all. 
Shorten stems only to accomplish a 
definite purpose. 
Of course, any of the varieties in any par¬ 
ticular color class, being tints and shades of 
the same color, combine harmoniously. 
Assorted light and dark violets are stun¬ 
ning. 
In combinations of color keep the dark 
low and central. 
Separated by whites or creams the most 
difficult colors will lose their power to clash. 
With several spikes of a variety having a 
throat marking, add a few of the color of 
such marking (thus — to a bouquet of 
Senorita add a few Scarlet Bedder). 
Many blotched and smoky sorts are com¬ 
plete harmonies in themselves. 
Combine complementary colors, red with 
blue and green, violet and purple with 
yellow. 
If other foliage is desired use Cedar, 
Artemesia Silver King, Gypsophila Bristol 
Fairy, Maiden Hair Fern. The last two are 
particularly good with the smaller glads. 
Try light pinks, white or cream with Arte¬ 
mesia Silver King in blue container. 
If other flowers are desired in combina¬ 
tion, use Delphinium, Liatris, Lilies, Budd- 
leia. The latter, like dahlias, last better if 
a few inches of the stem is first placed in hot 
water for a minute or two, depending on the 
woodiness of the stem. Try scarlets with 
tritomas, orange sorts with Marigold 
Guinea Gold. Try white and cream gladi¬ 
olus with pale blue delphinium. Popularity 
of whites and creams is increasing by leaps 
and bounds, both in flowers and in house 
furnishings. 
