EXTRAORDINARY VALUES 
. . . are offered this year. You will find this to be especially true 
of our assortment offers for those who do not particularly care to 
grow the different varieties under name but who do insist on having 
the most beautiful flowers. 
BULB PERFORMANCE 
For the maximum performance or exhibition spikes— 
Large (over 1^") bulbs are much to be preferred; 
Medium (% to Ij^") bulbs are of blooming size but usually 
not as large and requiring more time to bloom; 
Small to %") bulbs will at times bloom late in the season 
and are noticeably smaller in size; 
Bublets cannot be depended upon, either to bloom or for ger¬ 
mination, many fail to grow under the very best of 
conditions. 
IMPORTATIONS 
We import each year such varieties as apparently supercede 
those already in commerce. Following we give a brief list of the 
outstanding originators, both U. S. and Foreign, their name or abbre¬ 
viation in parenthesis follow immediately after the variety name 
throughout the catalogue: 
(K) A. E. Kunderd, Ind. 
(A) Mrs. A. H. Austin, Ohio 
(D) R. Diener, Calif. 
(B) C. W. Brown, Mass. 
(S) C. Salbach, Calif. 
(PF) Wm. Pfitzer, Holland (Groff) Canada 
(Velthuys) Holland. (Crow) Canada. 
(Fallu) Australia (Palmer) Canada. 
(Brrey) Australia. (Lemoine) France. 
(Doney) New Zealand. (Maire) Scotland. 
and yours truly, Ohio. 
CULTURAL DIRECTIONS 
Upon receipt of bulbs open package to permit air and keep cool 
until planting time, away from frost. The bulbs may be planted in 
an alternate double row. This is more effective than a thin single 
row. Plant bulbs about three inches apart in the row; the rows are 
about eighteen inches apart. The bulbs should be covered with about 
three inches of dirt; in light or sandy soil cover four or five inches. 
Fertilize if you wish after bulbs are up three or four inches, with 
any good fertilizer. Gladiolus prefer an acid soil. Soil should be 
kept fresh, moist and loose, not wet. Flowers may be cut with one 
open and will last for a week or ten days when given fresh water and 
one-fourth inch cut diagonally from stem daily. 
The bulbs should be dug in the fall when leaves turn brown. Cut 
the tops off close to bulb. Cure them thoroughly in a well ventilated 
frost-proof place, for about four weeks; stir them occasionally. The 
roots should then be removed, bulbs put in shallow containers and 
stored for the winter in a cool, dry and frost-proof place. 
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