Miniature and Small Glads 
The justification for growing little glads was 
demonstrated most vividly in many instances during 
the past summer. Chief personal triumphs of Sum- 
mit Gardens consisted of winning again—for the 
third time—the May-Hopkins Memorial Trophy at 
the Illinois State Show in Springfield. This is a 
sweepstakes cup that is awarded annually to the 
winner of the greatest number of points in the show. 
By far, the preponderance of points garnered was 
with small type glads. 
DENRA K Ls 
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST — (That's from 
right to left, of course). Queen of. the 1950 
- Illinois State Fair, Phyllis Clark of Rockford, pre- 
sents Summit Gardens’ proprietor with the May- 
Hopkins Memorial Sweepstakes Trophy. Men, with 
small glads and a fancy shirt you too, can go places 
at the show and with the girls. 
At the Kankakee show the week previous, Summit 
Gardens won Sweepstakes in the Commercial Di- 
vision, here again largely through a heavy showing 
of small type glads. 
These were in no sense artificial triumphs; that 
is, it was not a matter of winning points in weakly 
contested classes, for in Illinois. sweepstakes are 
calculated on the basis of so many points for each 
first, second, and third, plus the number of entries 
in each class. f 
This year I attended four of the IGS shows, the 
Missouri show, and the Central International Show 
at Madison, Wisconsin. I was highly gratified to 
observe that in all these shows the small glad sec- 
tions were strong, while the weak section now is 
the medium or 300 size section. 
Not only are showmen realizing the need for 
growing little ones, but the public likewise is catch- 
ing on fast. One has only to stand beside a table of 
the little glads and watch and listen to folks as they 
scan the entries to confirm this. The enthusiastic 
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