| FOR BOTH AMATEUR AND PROFESSIONAL | 
f GROWERS OF THE GLADIOLUS, DAHLIA, IRIS, ETC. f 
l Entered as second-class matter March 31, 1914, at post office at = 
Calcium, N.Y., under act of March 3. 1879. 
| PUBLISHED MONTHLY ON THE FIRST OF THE [ 
I MONTH BY MADISON COOPER, CALCIUM, N. Y. I 
i Subscription price : Three years, $2.00 ; One year, $1.00. 
Winter Storage of Summer Blooming Bulbs. 
f Written expressly for The Flower Grower.] BY BERTHA BERBERT- HAMMOND. 
Dry, wrinkled ill-looking thing 
Lifeless roots around you cling 
Beauty seems gone forever. 
Ugly, ill-shapen and bare 
Brown and shriveled, shall I ever 
See you again so fair?” - [Annie C. Shaw. 
On account of repeated 
failures to carry bulbs 
safely through the winter, 
many amateur gardeners 
have come to consider the 
winter storage of sum- 
mer blooming bulbs and 
tubers, an operation that 
requires the knowledge 
and skill of the profes- 
sional florist, but in this 
they are in error. With a 
moderate amount of care 
and precaution, the aver- 
age flower grower, instead 
of being obliged annually 
to procure new planting 
stock, may successfully 
carry over from year to 
year, an ever increasing 
stock of bulbs and tubers, 
and now that many varie- 
ties are not as plentiful or 
as inexpensive as formerly, 
he will be amply repaid 
not only for the extra care 
and trouble, but also for 
all past failures and dis- 
appointments. 
One fruitful source of 
failure, is the tendency of 
the amateur to subject all 
his varieties of bulbs to 
the same treatment, and 
most of the failures can 
be traced directly to such 
improper practice. As the 
various sorts of bulbs dif- 
fer in nature, they require 
different conditions, and 
the first essentials to suc- 
cess, is to acquaint one- 
self with the winter needs 
of the bulbs to be stored, 
and then endeavor to sup- 
ply these requirements as 
nearly as possible. The 
following concise and simple direc- 
tions, as to the proper winter treat- 
ment for some of the popular sum- 
mer blooming bulbs and tubers if 
his 
GLADIOLUS— E. J. SHAYLOR. 
Originated by A. E. Kunderd, Goshen, Ind., and introduced through 
1918 catalogue. 
It was named by the originator, for Mr. E. J. Shaylor, of Auburndale, Mass., 
who has done so much for Peony growing in America. 
It is a tall vigorous grower and has large blooms of a beautiful pure deep 
rose color. Has a large number of blooms open at one time. 
Gladiolus E. J. Shaylor is a rapid multiplier and makes a splendid growth of 
foliage. It is distinct in appearance and always attracts the attention of visitors 
at the field. Mr. Kunderd expects it to become popular when it is well known. 
carefully followed should result in 
success. 
Probably the most deservedly popu- 
lar and widely grown of the summer 
bulbs are the improved 
varieties of Gladioli. In 
the autumn when these 
bulbs are ripe enough to 
harvest, lift the plants, 
allow them to dry in the 
sun for several hours, then 
cut the tops off close to the 
bulbs. When dry, a small 
collection may be placed 
in paper bags and hung 
from the ceiling of a cool 
but frost-proof cellar or 
buried in boxes of dry 
sand. A large number of 
the bulbs or corms may be 
more easily and econom- 
ically cared for by storing 
in shallow crates in such 
a manner that the air 
may have access to the 
corms, keeping them cool 
and dry and preventing 
their premature sprouting 
or decay. The small bulb- 
lets or cormels that are 
usually found attached to 
the parent corm when it is 
dug should be removed 
and hung up in paper sacks 
or they may be stored in 
clean, moist sand. In the 
spring peel off the hard 
outer covering and plant 
these cormels about four 
or five inches apart cover- 
ing them with two inches 
of sandy soil. The bulb- 
lets may bloom the second 
year, but will probably not 
be at their best until the 
third or fourth season. 
The tubers of the Dahlia 
(perhaps the second flower 
in popularity) are not dif- 
ficult to winter. After the 
tops have been first killed, 
lift the clumps carefully 
