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growth to produce mature flowering corms. 

 One thousand of such bulblets will produce 

 from seven to nine hundred mature flowering 

 bulbs. 



If you have not been able to save all of the 

 little bulbs you think you will need by a method 

 described later in this chapter, order your 

 additional supply from your seedsman early in 

 February, and instruct him to ship these bulb- 

 lets to you as soon as danger from frost is 

 past. Do this with' all your seeds, plants, and 

 bulbs and the resulting increase in both the 

 quantity and quahty of the goods you get will 

 be a revelation in prolific results. Most per- 

 sons wait till the rush of planting time comes 

 before they order, and then cannot understand 

 why some things have been damaged in pack- 

 ing or shipping. 



As early in Spring as the ground can be 

 worked nicely, and as soon as all danger from 

 heavy frost is past, prepare your seed-bed as 

 you would prepare it for onion sets. Your 

 infant Gladioli should be set out just as you 

 would onion sets except that the rows must be 

 from eighteen to twenty-four inches apart, 

 and that the bulbs must be placed at least two 



