To those of you who exhibit at the shows, no explanation of the following 
is necessary. Butmany are not interested in exhibiting and do not understand, 
and so for their benefit may I explain that this is the official classification as 
used by most shows, however, 1t can be your guide in making your selections as 
to color and size of florets, just for home use. 
CLASSIFICATION KEY 
Sizes— 
Miniature Glads—100 (Florets under 2% inches). 
Small Glads—200 (2% inches through 3% inches). 
Medium Glads—300 (Above 3% through 4% inches). 
Large Glads—400 (4% inches through 5% inches). 
Giant Glads—500 (5% inches and larger). 
Color Classes— 
Class 
00 White—00 without conspicuous marking. 
White—01 with conspicuous marking. 
Cream—06 without conspicuous marking. 
Cream—07 with conspicuous marking. 
10 Yellow—10 (light). 
Yellow—11 (ight) with conspicuous marking. 
Yellow—12 (deep). 
Yellow—13 (deep) with conspicuous marking. 
Buff—16 
Buff—17 with conspicuous marking. 
20 Orange—20 (light). 
Orange—22 (deep). 
Orange—24 (red orange). 
30 Salmon—30 (light). 
Salmon—32 (deep). 
Salmon—33 (deep) with conspicuous marking. 
36 Scarlet—36. 
40 Pink—40 (light) without markings. 
Pink—41 (light) with markings. 
Pink—42 (medium). 
Pink—44 (deep). 
50 Red—50 (light). 
Red—52 (deep). 
Red—54 (black). 
60 Rose—60 (light). 
Rose—62 (medium). 
Rose—64 (deep). 
66 Lavender—66 (light) 
Lavender—68 (deep) 
70 Purple—70. 
76 Violet—76 (light). 
Violet—78 (deep). 
80 Smoky Shades. 
Smoky shades—82 (orange smoky). 
Smoky shades—83 (salmon smoky). 
Smoky shades—84 (pink smoky). 
Smoky shades—85 (red smoky). 
86 Lavender and/or Smoky Rose. 
90 Any other color; poly-chromes. 
For example the number preceding Ruby, is 252. The 200 means that the 
floret size is 200 (florets 214 inches through 3% inches) and the 52 designates that 
its color is deep red. 
