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GLADIOLI 



THAT the Gladiolus is one of the most 

 beautiful of our summer-flowering 

 plants every one knows, producing 

 for us, as it does, every variety, of shade and 

 color combination. What few realize is the 

 fact that Gladioli can be propagated as easily 

 as the potato, and with no more trouble in the 

 matter of winter storage. With the coming 

 of every spring there are always so many things 

 in the way of fruits, vegetables, shrubs, etc. to 

 attend to that the expenditure one plans is apt 

 to be claimed in the flurry of planting without 

 thought of the Gladiolus. Yet with very little 

 additional expense, work and patience one may 

 have a garden full of Gladioli after all. 



Some of the seedsmen offer at a compara- 

 tively low price per thousand the little one- 

 year-old bulblets that need another season's 



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