March, 1918 
Obe Slower (Brower 
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[This department of The Flower Grower is intended to be one of its most helpful and 
valuable features. All questions asked in good faith and which are of general interest will 
have careful attention. The full name and address of the writer must be given, but not 
for publication.]— Editor. 
Gladioli on Same Ground 
Annually — Maintaining Fertility. 
To the Editor :— 
On my lot there is only a small piece of 
ground which I can utilize for Gladioli, and 
as I am not prepared to change locations of 
planting each year, I would like some in- 
formation and suggestions. 
In the fall of 1916 I had my ground heavily 
covered with well-rotted manure dug in. 
Another heavy coating was put on in the 
spring of 1917. I am almost compelled to 
use the same ground. Although I have 
plenty of land in other places it is not where 
I can utilize it. 
Please let me know if I can continue to 
use the ground year after year with satis- 
faction, and suggestions for putting it into 
best possible shape would be acceptable. 
Can I use commercial fertilizer or a light 
coating of sheep manure to advantage ? 
A. S. F. 
Answer: — The objection to using the 
same land year after year for the same 
crop is partly because of the liability 
of increasing of disease, but also be- 
cause of exhaustion of certain fertilizing 
elements which any given crop takes 
out of the soil. There is still another 
objection in growing Gladioli, and that 
is that if the bulblets which are acci- 
dentally left in the ground in digging 
are not thoroughly frozen each winter 
these are likely to come up and cause 
a mixture. 
We use the same ground year after 
year to some extent but really intend to 
put our best stock on ground which did 
not grow Gladioli the preceding year. A 
good rotation is to grow vegetables one 
year and Gladioli the next. A still 
better rotation would be a green ma- 
nure crop like rye and vetch after 
vegetables. 
If well rotted manure of good quality 
is used commercial fertilizer should 
not be absolutely necessary, but no 
mistake will be made in using acid 
phosphate at the rate of 500 to 1000 
pounds per acre. This may be broad- 
casted in the spring before cultivating. 
Wood ashes put on at about the same 
rate or even heavier each year will 
prove very useful. 
Sheep manure is chiefly valuable 
for its nitrogen content and is best 
used after the sprouts appear and every 
two weeks until blooming time. It 
should be put on in very light applica- 
tions broadcasted by hand and promptly 
worked into the soil. 
Thoroughly working the soil both 
fall and spring is desirable and the 
small gardener has the advantage of 
the large one in this respect — that he 
can probably get the work done — 
whereas the large gardener is likely to 
find so many things to do in the fall 
that his plowing is not done until 
spring. 
The Best Climbing Roses. 
To the Editor :— 
Will you give me names of two or three of 
the best hardy climbing Roses (outside of 
Crimson Rambler and Dorothy Perkins ) that 
have healthy foliage ? If there is only one 
Climbing Rose that is perfect in foliage, 
flower and hardy, I would rather have all of 
that one variety than more varieties that 
are less hardy and healthy and without per- 
fect foliage. p. o. c. 
New Madison, O. 
Answer : — After many years’ test we 
still consider Dr. W. Van Fleet the 
finest of all hardy Climbing Roses. 
Its firm, large, glossy leaves, and long- 
stemmed, beautifully finished shell-pink 
flowers, suggest a greenhouse Tea, 
rather than a hardy climber. If we 
had only one climbing Rose, this would 
be our selection. A worthy companion 
to it is Silver Moon, with large, showy, 
semi-double white flowers, having con- 
spicuous golden stamens. The leaves 
are large, deep green and glossy, the 
growth vigorous. Although its strik- 
ing beauty is derived from the Southern 
Cherokee Rose, Silver Moon is very 
hardy. Another vigorous climber with 
fine foliage is American Pillar, which 
has large single flowers of bright cerise, 
shading to white at the base of the 
petals, with showy golden stamens. 
The flowers are produced in clusters, 
and are very striking ; American gar- 
deners hardly appreciate the beauty of 
single Roses, and American Pillar is 
not so freely planted as it deserves. 
Another Rose with very good foliage 
is Ruby Queen, with bright cerise flow- 
ers, larger than the Rambler type, very 
freely produced; it is a rampant grower, 
hard to keep in bounds. These four 
varieties should be in every collection. 
Tausendschon, with its enormous pro- 
fusion of long-lasting pink flowers, 
that gradually shade to white, has 
good foliage, and is very hardy ; its 
habit of growth makes it very desirable 
as a pillar rose. Rubin is an attractive 
crimson climbing Rose that goes well 
with Tausendschon. All the above va- 
rieties have better foliage than the 
Rambler type, but there is a place for 
all, unless garden space is limited. If 
we were confined to two climbing 
Roses, our choice would be Dr. Van 
Fleet and Silver Moon, but there are 
also some meritorious new sorts which 
we have not yet fully tested. — Rural 
New Yorker. 
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TED GLADIOLI— Want quotations on plant- 
ing size Gladioli and black bulblets. Must be 
young, healthy stock. State size and quantity; can 
use all varieties. Will pay cash. J. J. Grullemans, 
10126 Nanford road, Cleveland, Ohio. 
Per 100 
America 
$1.50 
Alice Carey 
3.00 
Halley . 
.. 2.50 
Lucretia 
2.75 
Mrs. Francis King 
1.50 
Velvet King 
2.50 
Willy Wigman 
2.50 
Price list ol other varieties mailed free 
Henry C. Eckert, Belleville, 111. 
r'LADIOLI, No. 2 and planting sizes America, Mrs. 
'- J Francis King, Niagara, Panama, Pink Beauty, 
Independence. Sulphur Queen, Princepine and 
Pendleton. War, % inch and under, $1.25 per hun- 
dred ; y 2 in. to % in., $2.50 per hundred. Peace, Vi in. 
and under, 70c. per hundred; Vi inch to % inch, $1.40 
per hundred. Postpaid at these prices. Write for 
wholesale quotations. 
John B. Humphrey, Logan, Ohio, R. D. No. 3. 
Y\T E. K1RCHHOFFCO., Pembroke, N.Y.. growers 
'* • of the finest Gladioli, such as Pendleton. Pan- 
ama, Niagara, Pink Perfection, Europa, Mrs. Fryer, 
War, Peace, etc. Correspondence solicited. 
ALL the leading varieties of Gladioli and many 
newer ones, are offered in my new descriptive 
wholesale list, sent free. Ray P. Selover, Lake- 
side, R. D. No. 9, Auburn, N.Y. 
lWTETZNER FLORAL CO., Mountain View, Cal.. 
offer a special lot of choice Gladiolus bulbs, well 
assorted, in lots of 100 ; large bulbs, $3.00; medium, 
$2.50 ; small, $2.00. Prepaid. A bargain. 
F )R SALE— Gladiolus in mixture. Large, clean 
bulbs, 25c. per dozen ; $1.30 per hundred, postpaid 
anywhere in the 3rd zone. Will enclose one or more 
named varieties in each order, R. E. Boomhower, 
Greenville, N.Y. 
Y' l RACKERJACK— A gorgeous flower Large blooms 
of richly shaded velvety dark red. Throat sootted 
yellow and maroon. Special offer until April 15th: 
20 large blooming bulbs, 50c. postpaid- Don’t miss it ! 
Gladiolus catalog free. 
Howard Gillet, Box F, Lebanon Springs, N Y. 
C' LADIOLUS— 20 named varieties, all different. $1 : 
VJ’ 25 finest mixed, not labeled, $1,00; 100 for $3 50; 
young, vigorous, blooming sized corms, one inch or 
over in size; also hard-shelled cormelsfrom ourfinest 
mixed strain, 25c. per hundred in any quantity ; all 
postpaid. j. H. Tilton, P. O. Box 48, Salem, N. H. 
'TTTANIC and many other new, beautiful Gladioli, 
all our own originations. Seod for illustrated 
catalog. Decorah Gladiolus Gardens. Decorah, la. 
T’ 1 LADIOLUS Irrigation grown Planting Stock and 
'-J Bulblets of America, Mrs. Francis King. Giant 
Pink, Twentieth Century, Panama. Pendleton Pana- 
ma bulblets $1.00 thousand. Pendleton bulblets $1.50 
thousand, $12.50 ten thousand. Others by the peck. 
E. M. Hoyt, Arvada, Colorado. 
rNlOICE GLADIOLI such as Schwaben, Loveliness. 
Europa, Pendleton. Peace, Mrs. Watt, Blue Jay, 
Pink Perfection, etc. Send for list. F. F. Fletcher, 
Templeton, Mass. 
CURPLUS GLADIOLUS CORMS Golden King, 
*0 Jean, Panama, Wm. Mason. America, by the hun- 
dred. Mary Fennell, Europa, Niagara, Mrs. Pendle- 
ton. Peace. Mrs. King. Mrs. Watt, by the dozen. All 
large and good exhibition varieties. A good mixture 
75c. a hundred. Write E. M. Wilson, 380 May Street, 
Worcester, Mass. 
CO OF KUNDERD’S productions, such as Fair 
'dsJ Columbian, Pr. of Goshen. Pendleton, 10c K. 
Glory, 8c.; Violet Gl., Orange Gl., 40c ; Splendona, 
18c., etc. Also Schwaben and Golden King. 10c , etc. 
Prepaid. Besides grand Dahlias. Write 
R. C. H. Lenski, Bexley, Columbus, O. 
TDARE BARGAINS— Owing to limited space for 
•Ia. planting must dispose of some of my bulbs. Will 
sell them for $2.50 per 100. Will guarantee some of 
each in every lot, Pink Perfection, Mrs. Pendleton, 
Halley, Glory of Holland, etc. 
Wm. H. Leckie. 4512 No. Racine Ave., Chicago, 111. 
T70R SALE— Surplus stock of about 3.000 Gladiolus 
corms. blooming size, in mixture of the smaller 
type unnamed varieties and some named mixed : 75c. 
per hundred by express not prepaid. 
W. D. Pitcher. Buchanan, Mich. 
