GUIDEBOOK FOR 1947 _ Page 7 
Facilities: 180 ft. of wide corridor space for preparation. Three giant freight elevators 
from auto unloading dock inside building direct to show floor. Four batteries of 5 passenger 
elevators éach (20 total). One battery of five elevators express during show hours. On the 
show floor—large, free check room, extra large and perfect wash rooms, the big and beautiful 
“Silver Grille’ dining room accomodating about 500 at one time. Under same roof—17 
story Terminal Garage, the largest in the world, the giant Hotel Cleveland, one of the world’s 
best, the great Higbee Co. department store, the 52 story Terminal Tower, where you arrive 
if by train, where your flowers arrive if by express. All on Cleveland’s downtown Public 
Square. Are you marking your calendar to be sure to come? 
THE OHIO RECENT INTRODUCTION AND SEEDLING SHOW 
September 7, 1947, at our farm, Solon, Ohio. An extremely well attended show con- 
centrating on the best of the recent introductions and fine seedlings entered specially for 
possible Awards of Merit. Here we are often able to exhibit newly imported varieties a year 
or two before their appearance in U. S. catalogs and shows. Show all day—and most of the 
night. This is a big little show where the spikes are fewer but bigger and better than in the 
big show. Awards of Merit last year at the big show, two; at R. I. show, seven. (We have 
an efficient traffic manager, lots of room, several life saver attendants, boating, swimming 
and eating. No one goes home hungry.) Visitors last year from eight states. 
ANALYSIS OF LAST PUBLISHED SYMPOSIUM RATINGS 
The Canadian Gladiolus Society Symposium, with participation limited to about ninety 
ranking growers and amateurs, classifies about 800 leading varieties ‘‘A”’ for outstanding, ‘‘B”’ 
good, “C”’ fair, ‘‘D’’ discard. 
You may notice we have been closely anticipating the symposiums in our offerings for 
-many years past. Undoubtedly our customers know this. And we are also offering now quite 
a number of varieties you will find appearing in the next symposiums. The % of ‘A”’ votes is 
based on a minimum of 15 voters reporting on the particular variety. In case of ties, variety 
_ with most votes given preference: 
We prefer not to publicize faults or in any way discredit varieties we do not list. There- 
fore, with perhaps better experience.than the average voter in the symposium, we just did 
not list several of the best 25 in the previous symposium and now find our judgment 
justified by their complete disappearance from the first 48 in the current symposium. The 
new faces in this list are in italics. 
1946 CANADIAN VARIETY SYMPOSIUM 
FIFTY LEADING VARIETIES 
% of % of 
Place Variety ane Votes Place Variety *“A”’ Votes 
1 Leading eo Se Le iy oll 96.67 29 Mrs. Mark’s Memory........ 65.91 
meerven (narm.. 30 2c 2) (94,37 30 Susannah... eeiny wO4,52 
3. Mystery... Plex ate ke 24 31 Spitfire... sgt eee Se OSSEO 
4 Silver Wings. Teme 86.36 2a OOO: 2k 2s ne 61529 
5 Athlone... Pree BY Bras 33 . Algonquin: .... sete ODSL 
6 Spotlight... cans 82.22 34 King Click... ie te 61.11 
Mery sane oe eee» 81.22 35 Dieppe.........- — he O0687 
mee reta, Garbo. .2.4..1....... +, 81.69 Sous een Ob rOVe 2. oo OO.61 
DU REE LOS UCT 2-4 es. 8.2 nee 81.25 4/.5 Aretic: Snow.-.-.-. Bee OU 
Te burma: _-... ee Ol 38 Snow Bank........ ee eau 
PLOT ON. <4: =. a eee Pe 39° Mrs. C. W. Gannett...... ~ 58.82 
12 Red Viking. ene te ONL Ue OIE sts eass sea Oe 
Remeearaprand. v2 5.3.21, -2inn....2 4% 76.00 A eek ented ins te) Fe MD CAN bree! 
Me MANO G.S a2... ha. ba teresurn.U0 42 Marion Pearl. Ji ee ne 
SO) a eS 43 Essa Marie........ (Gla dee eee 
BETTALNPRERS 20. ses ek i. » 1333 44 Yangtze... ats eet S25 
17. Golden State. eh dgde 45°) WR. Readers oe S00 
18 Elizabeth the Queen... exaine is 71.43 AG? Seanie We 02: 5 asp ee Ore 
BME ICATOY 02050) os. eee a1 FOS Ad BHA SOM is cece n re 53.33 
20" Funias Mahomet._.........-..:.. L557 POA 11 ORtESS eA it basse et A POOLS 
21. Munstrel.. SR EA OM URE | 499° Snow Princess....-0teee — 5204 
22 Purple Supreme HEA st 69770 50 Margaret Beaton.................. 52.78 
23. Miss Wisconsin............. GS 75 51 Marguerite... itt ee. 52.63 
ANTES STE ele ee PSOUGTBS 52 Sandman........ Bek SAREE 52.63 
Powerrange Golds: f Pi 66.67 BR SLOPUT OIE Aad: cee ees ae WY 
MEME TROMUEY 8 2 we io © (06.67 wir Ooortyi als Ss oe ea 52.00 
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