DORA GILL 
REMARKS 
At this time we wish to thank our friends and customers 
for the support they have given us in the past. As costs of 
growing bulbs have been gradually decreasing, we have passed 
this saving on to you, and are not now raising our prices, 
although all signs point to higher prices this spring. We are 
cutting our description short in this catalog as we believe 
that most of our customers are familiar with most of the 
varieties in commerce today. If you do not happen to be 
familiar with some of them, we are preparing a mimeograph 
sheet, listed as bulletin No. 6, giving a complete description 
of the varieties listed. 
Thrips are, we believe, ceasing to worry growers and gar¬ 
deners. We have heard of many cases of growers who had 
practically all of their flowers ruined two years ago, and who 
had no trouble at all last year. This was due, in most cases 
to nothing but disinfecting the bulbs before planting. We 
strongly urge that all who plant gladiolus, disinfect their 
bulbs with bichloride of mercury, which is cheap and can be 
obtained at any drug store, before planting. We will furnish 
complete directions on application. If you do this, you can 
be absolutely sure that you have not imported any thrip on 
your bulbs, and if you do have any thrip later you can not 
blame your bulb dealer. If by chance you should get an in¬ 
festation from some outside source, send for bulletin No. 5, 
which gives complete directions for control. 
We wish that we had space to give detailed observations 
as to the outstanding varieties, but in the space available we 
are not able to attempt it. We have a bulletin prepared that 
will give this. If you are interested ask for bulletin No. 1. 
We are making a change in listing our bulbs in our retail 
list. While formerly we listed six sizes of bulbs we now list 
only three; Large, Medium, and Small. In these new sizes 
No. 1 and No. 2 are Large, No. 3 and No. 4 are Medium 
and No. 5 and No. 6 are Small. This simplifies the catalog 
and we hope that you are pleased with it. In the wholesale 
section the sizes are as follows: 
No. 1 bulbs over 1 / 2 " Dia. No. 4 Bulbs 1 " Dia. 
No. 2 bulbs l l A-i/ A " Dia. No. 5 bulbs y 2 - y 4 " Dia. 
No. 3 bulbs 1 -l/ 4 " Dia. No. 6 bulbs ]/ 4 - '//' Dia. 
We believe that our list is quite complete, but if you 
desire varieties that are not listed, tell us and we will do our 
best to supply them. We have several varieties that are in 
too small quantities to list. 
This will probably be the only list that we will issue this 
year, unless the prospective code is put into operation before 
the end of the selling season. So we advise placing your 
order early, as large bulbs are scare this season, and will, in 
all probability, be sold out soon. We have tried hard to 
make our prices fair, but if for any reason prices do go down, 
do not be afraid to send us your order—we will add enough 
extras to more than make up for the drop in price. 
TOBERSUN 
