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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



February 29, \91'2. 



ing, and those that survived and grew 

 last summer showed plainly the effects 

 of such treatment, iu increased disease 

 conditions and smaller bulbs. But» 

 where the bulbs were well mulched and 

 kept free from frost they were fine 

 and healthy, showing conclusively that 

 environment was largely responsible 

 for poor conditions. I have left out 

 bulblet stock over winter and, where 

 well covered with snow and the ground 

 well drained, they came through nicely 

 and did at least as well as when they 

 were taken up and replanted. The 

 rows were a veritable mass of small 

 bulbs, not as large, perhaps, but vastly 

 more of them grew. This, however, can 

 not be done with certainty. General 

 conditions are against the practice. 

 Moisture and cold in the storehouse 

 will have a weakening effect on the 

 bulbs, making them more susceptible 

 to the attacks of fungus. Just because 

 the bulb will live is no reason why it 

 should not have reasonable care during 

 the winter, and also no reason why a 

 rigid system of selection should not 

 apply to the bulb as well as to the 

 flower when selections are made for 

 cross breeding. 



Another practice that I believe is 

 detrimental to the healthy bulb is the 

 continued selling of bulblets and small 

 planting stock. Of course the high 

 prices are tempting, but they are paid 

 for in the end. If the same careless 

 practice of selection were used by the 

 potato grower, any variety would soon 

 go out of existence. The right practice 

 is to sell what might be called old 

 bulos, three years old or over from 

 seed or bulblet, and keep the young 

 stock continually on the advance in 

 growth. In other words, take advan- 

 tage of the Creator's evolution of 

 growth and the result can not be other- 

 wise than good, and there is a con- 

 tinual growing of better stock to place 

 on the market. And again, these so- 

 called old bulbs are in the pink of 

 condition to bring the best results when 

 forced by the florist and others. When 

 you add a careful selection during 

 harvesting and cleaning, keeping these 

 bulbs separate, growing the bulblets 

 separate and taking proper care of 

 stock, you have about as good condi 

 tions as ordinary mortals can produce. 



Another injunction that may be 

 added is, don't grow bulbs more than 

 two years in succession on the same 

 land. Seed down and grow clover for 

 two years. This will take more land, 

 but pays in the end. If these simple 

 conditions are followed, with good 

 £Are during the winter months, I see 

 no reason why the larger part of all 

 diseases can not be eradicated. You 

 can not cure a consumptive with foul 

 air. You can not grow good gladiolus 

 bulbs with carelessness and bad tem- 

 peratures. The gladiolus was not in- 

 tended by the Creator to be grown 

 under the forcing conditions now ap- 

 plied, and extra care must be used all 

 along the line to keep conditions up to 

 standard, to say nothing of progress. 

 I believe the industry is but in its in- 

 fancy, but to get the best out of it 

 men must step to one side for the 

 moment and sacrifice a little of present 

 profit for future good. I believe this 

 18 being done, and in the end those 

 that follow a rigid system of selection 

 and using the best of care will be well 

 rewarded, when tie time comes that 

 onr seedsmen will more earnestly de- 



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A reference to one little experiment 

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 from eastern stock; 100 bulbs were 

 selected, the choicest to be found. From 

 these were grown 126 bulbs, largely 

 No. 1. As to the opposite method, 100 

 bulbs were selected from the poorest 

 to be found as to disease and other 

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 were grown. It would seem as though 

 such an experiment would show any 

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