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The bulb should be barely covered with the soil, and as 

 there is danger of the damping off of the shoots if over- 

 watered, it is a good plan to have the surface half -inch 



FIG. 34. GLADIOLUS MAY, ORIGINATED AND GROWN BY THE 

 CUSHMAN GLADIOLUS CO. 



of sand. Water thoroughly and place under the 

 benches, where the temperature will be fifty degrees, 



