PEACE ARCH NURSERIES, BLAINE, WASH. 
Some Glad Thoughts 
Rain- 
January! 
Winter weeds growing over the Tulip 
and Narcissi fields! 
The only bright spot in the land¬ 
scape is a row of Cotoneaster Simonsii 
along the path to the bulb house. How 
welcome are the cheerful bright red ber¬ 
ries which cover the branches of those 
six- foot high bushes. 
Thoughts of the Cotoneaster’s winter 
bouquet bring to mind the fact that 
thousands of Gladioli bulbs are now tak¬ 
ing their winter sleep in the bulb house 
beyond the red berries. They are await¬ 
ing the coming of spring when they will 
go into the ground and later produce 
their wealth of georgeous bloom from 
mid July until frost. 
January and the rain are forgotten 
as we plan for next summer’s colorful 
picture. 
Good bulbs, fairly fertile soil, mois¬ 
ture and plenty of shallow cultivation 
are the things that insure fine Gladioli 
bloom. Land should be worked deeply, 
plant four to six inches deep and an 
equal distance apart in the rows with 
rows about eighteen inches apart. Depth 
depends upon the size of the bulbs. Do 
not use fresh manure, but small quanti¬ 
ties of some complete fertilizer may be 
worked into the ground if it is deficient 
in plant food. 
Cultivate, then cultivate some more. 
When second floret opens on the spike, 
cut it off and complete blooming indoors 
in a jar of water which should be chang¬ 
ed every day. Leave at least four leaves 
on the plant to ripen the bulb. 
When the forest tree leaves turn 
color in the fall, dig the bulbs, cut off 
the tops about an half inch from the 
crown and spread the bulbs to dry. Cur¬ 
ing is the most important item in sav¬ 
ing Glad bulbs. After the bulbs have 
dried for about six weeks the old bulbs 
and roots should be broken off and the 
new bulbs spread out not over three deep 
and placed in winter storage where they 
can be kept fairly dry and, certainly, 
free from frost. 
Like everything else that grows, 
Glads are attacked by pests and diseases. 
This is especially true of old and over¬ 
grown bulbs. These diseases are not hard 
to combat and may be controlled by 
either of two chemical baths. 
Disolve one ounce of Bichloride of 
Mercury in a small quantity of hot 
water 'and when thoroughly disolved, 
add to seven and one-half gallons of 
water. Soak the bulbs in this solution 
for at least seven hours. It is very im¬ 
portant that the bulbs remain in any 
treating bath long enough for the solu¬ 
tion to completely soak into the disease 
lesions. 
The lye bath is made by disolving one 
ounce of concentrated lye in 1 y z gallons 
of water. The bulbs are placed in cloth 
sacks, properly labeled as to variety, and 
the sacks are immersed in the solution 
for about ten hours. Let the liquid 
drain off and plant immediately. We 
advise Glad growers to use this treatment 
on all their bulbs, regardless of the 
source if supply. Wooden kegs of barrels 
should be used to hold either lye or 
Mercury baths. Best not use the lye bath 
more than once. Throw it away and 
make a fresh one. 
Our Glad fields have always been 
free of thrip and we beileve the use of 
the above treating methods to be respon¬ 
sible for freedom from this destructive 
pest. 
We are growers—not dealers—and 
guarantee our stock to be as represented 
when it leaves our hands, but in con¬ 
forming with decisions of the courts, 
and to protect ourselves from careless or 
uninformed persons, we disclaim respon¬ 
sibility for any crop that may be pro¬ 
duced from anvthing we send out. If 
you are unfortunate with anything we 
send you, write and give us a chance to 
help you—our customers must be satis¬ 
fied. 
Old Customer Dividend 
We like to treat our new customers 
so well that they become old customers, 
and to our old customers we declare a 
ten per cent dividend. If you sent us an 
order last year for more than one dol¬ 
lar, and send us an order this year for 
one dollar or more, you are an old cus¬ 
tomer and are entitled to select material 
from this catalog equal to ten per cent 
of your last year’s order. 
N. R. A. 
For many years the writer was active 
in the organization and management of 
co-operative fruit growers’ associations, 
mercantile ventures and newspapers. 
Those who know him know he .stands for 
more humanity and less wolf in business 
transactions. Ws endorse the Blue Eagle 
and will sign the code as soon as it is 
worked out for our line of business. 
If you are not satisfied, send ’em back 
and get your money. 
Had to Tell Us 
I am so well pleased with the col¬ 
lection of Glads rsceived from you last 
spring that I just had to tell you about 
it. R. L., Tacoma, Wash. 
