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FLYING CLOUD FARMS 
Our Exhibits of the 1936 Season 
The past season we had blooms at New York, Boston and the Empire 
State show in Ithaca, New York. 
At the New York show we had a number of the newer varieties with 
some of the older ones and several seedlings which attracted much favorable 
comment and won the Louis B. Tim trophy for sweepstakes in the open color 
classes; best seedling, named at the show, "Garden of the Nations;" largest 
bloom (7V2 inches) with a seedling "Miss New England" which was also 
given an award later by the New England Gladiolus Society seedling com¬ 
mittee. It is a pleasing pink in color and holds its substance to the edges 
of the petals and in both of these ways a step ahead of the other so-called 
Giants; most beautiful spike was also won by a seedling "Robert Shippee" 
which was given the same award a year ago; in the class for nearest to blue 
with a seedling, and the longest flower head was won with Frank ]. McCoy. 
Among the other varieties shown were: 
Blue Beauty 
Bad Homburg 
Blue Delight 
Chasseur 
Copperfield 
Da Capo 
Daffodil 
Dr. A. C. McKillop 
Evelyn Stinton 
General Balboa 
Gladys Clegg 
Glen 
Green Light 
Ideal 
John Ramsay 
Laidley 
Lausanne 
Mary Rose 
Maunga 
Minnock 
Mrs. Finnie 
Nerissa 
Ninth Symphony 
Okarina 
Pimpernel 
Polar Ice 
Ramsay MacDonald 
St. Albans 
Star of Bethlehem 
Tangerine 
Tasman 
White Triumphator 
Zauberflote 
At the New England Gladiolus Society show at Boston we showed a 
collection of over two hundred varieties and only one entry in the open color 
classes, Frank 1. McCoy which won for the second year in succession the 
championship. We also put up two seedlings for awards, having received 
Commendations in 1935, they both were given Awards of Merit, one being 
BUFFETTE and the other SURFSIDE, our two first introductions. Among those 
in our collection that attracted much attention were: 
Alkemade's Triumph 
Brightling 
Centenary Triumph 
David Prior 
Euides 
Falcon 
Mrs. G. Wade 
Gladys Clegg 
Mrs. C. P. Worley 
Miss New Zealand 
Takina 
Gertrude Swenson 
Royal Gold 
Rudolf Serkin 
Traumerei 
Tasman 
Waratah 
Daily Record 
Honor 
Lisbeth 
King Coyle 
Lausanne 
Makenu 
As no one was able to go from here to the Empire State show at Ithaca, 
New York, which was truly an enormous exhibit, we shipped some blooms 
of the newer named varieties and some seedlings. Out of over thirty com¬ 
petitors we were fourth in total points for the President's Cup; runnerup for 
the sweepstakes in the decorative division; secured a seedling award on 
SURFSIDE, only seven awards being given out of two hundred thirty-two seed¬ 
lings put up. Among the varieties that were of much interest were several 
