=) ntroducing 
THOMAS R. MANLEY 
“Tom,”’ as he is known to most glad 
growers, graduated from college with 
Phi Beta Kappa honors. After getting 
out of service he was floriculturist of 
the Wheeling Park Commission in 
Wheeling, West Virginia. Then he be- 
came superintendent of the Valleevue 
test gardens in Cleveland, Ohio, where 
he gained international prominence. He 
finally decided he wanted to get into 
the commercial game and has joined up 
with Champlain View Gardens. 
Tom has been growing glads since he 
was fifteen years old and is a real “‘dyed 
in the wool” fanatic, in the last stage of glad interest. He lives and breathes glads, 
but also is interested in iris and general horticultural subjects. At Valleevue he devel- 
oped techniques used in judging varieties in the test garden. 
Tom is also a writer, having had articles in ‘‘Flower Grower” and ‘Popular 
Gardening”’ and other publications. At present he is writing a book on glads that will 
be the most up-to-date one on the subject. 
With Tom on our staff, Champlain View Gardens is really going places. We are 
starting a breeding program. Having the finest varieties available to work with, we 
certainly expect to produce some outstanding seedlings. But of course that takes 
time. It usually takes from five to six years or more from the year of pollination to 
the time a variety is ready for introduction. 
We also shall conduct one of the largest test gardens in the country, where seed- 
lings and new varieties will be judged without fear or favor. Every year many people 
want to sell me seedlings I haven’t seen. All breeders think their “babies” are world 
beaters. If anyone wants to sell me a seedling we must grow it in our trial ground 
first to see how it stacks up with the best. 
Tom will be production manager and will see that you get good healthy bulbs. He 
is also an efficiency expert, and will institute many methods for improving the op- 
eration of our organization. 
Tom is one of the best show growers in the country and we expect to go in for 
growing for the shows, not to compete with our customers but just to exhibit and 
promote new varieties. Many good varieties drop by the wayside just because they 
are not given a chance to show what they can do. 
If you have any glad problems don’t hesitate to write us and: either Tom or I will 
help you all we can. 
Yours for better glads, 
ELMER GOVE 
