DEPENDABLE GLADS 
21 
33. 
Queen Mary (31) 
42. 
Wasaga (new) 
34. 
Aida (20) 
43. 
Rosemaria Pfitzer (new) 
35. 
Salbach’s Orchid (50) 
44. 
Sultan (new) 
36. 
Moorish King (39) 
45. 
Yvonne (new) 
37. 
Mrs. S. A. Errey (new) 
46. 
Golden Chimes (new) 
38. 
Lotus (new) 
47. 
Bill Sowden (38) 
39. 
Salbach’s Pink (42) 
48. 
Dr. Nelson Shook (34) 
40. 
La Paloma (new) 
49. 
Red Phipps (new) 
41. 
Margaret Fulton (41) 
50. 
Paul Pfitzer (36) 
THE VALUE OF THESE TABLES 
These tables are not for the specialist particularly, but are of the greatest value 
to the average home gardener, who wants to know what varieties are generally con¬ 
sidered the best for average conditions the world over, and which for this reason are 
the most likely to make good with him. Those who vote represent a wide range of 
climatic conditions, as well as. personal tastes, and a variety to receive a high vote 
has to be very generally disseminated and tested. There are no snap judgments by 
so-called experts in these lists. 
It will be noticed that some varieties are rising in these tables, while others are 
<>'ti the way out. It has been found from these votes, since the first one in 1929, that 
once a variety begins falling in the list it seldom or never comes back. This fact is 
of use to the commercial grower, who wishes to stock up on the coming varieties. 
THE A. G. S. JUDGING SCALES 
At exhibitions of cut spikes the judges arrive at their decisions by comparing 
one entry with another, except in the case of seedlings, or with close decisions to 
make, in which case the following percentage table should be used. Glads are divided 
into three types: Exhibition, Decorative, and Small Decorative. In the Exhibition 
type the emphasis is on size and number open. The Decorative type “must have purity 
of color, charm, gracefulness, pleasing and harmonious arrangement of florets, and 
other attributes that accentuate the decorative qualities of the entire spike en¬ 
semble.” The Small Decorative type is the same as the Decorative type, except that 
the size of the floret shall be three inches and under. 
Individual Florets: Exhibition Decorative 
Color _ 15 30 
Substance _ 5 10 
Size _ 15 3 
Form _ 5 5 
Entire Spike: 
Harmony _ 15 15 
Arrangement_ 10 10 
Florescence _ 20 8 
Length of stem_ 7 5 
Foliage _ 3 4 
Vigor _ 0 5 
Condition _ 5 5 
Total in each case 100 points. 
NIGHT AND DAY 
Small Decorative 
30 
10 
3 
5 
15 
10 
8 
5 
4 
5 
5 
One of the greatest discoveries in horticulture in modern times has to do with 
the behavior of plants under a changing ratio of light and darkness. We have all 
noticed that the Careless Weed that comes up in the early spring will attain a height 
of several feet before it sets seed in the early fall, while the same weed coming up 
in late summer will set seed at the same time even though only two or three 
inches tall. This is found to be caused by the fact that as fall advances the length 
