THRIPS 
1 he past season proved that the idea of thrips wiping out the gladiolus industry was 
an error, for the simple use of naphthalene flakes during storage and the spraying with 
any of the formulas using brown sugar (or molasses) and Paris Green (or Arsenate of 
Lead), in case of infection from some planting in the neighborhood, easily control this 
pest; the naphthalene flakes should he removed after a month for if left until planting time 
when the root growth has started a bit it seems to retard the starting of some of the bulbs 
and making an uneven growth. In the spray formula brown sugar is easiest for small 
plantings and on the poison side I prefer arsenate of lead to Paris Green for while it does 
show up more on the foliage and acts a little slower it does not burn the way Paris Green 
does when climatic conditions are not right. It is well to hear in mind that this material 
is used as a bait poison and therefore the entire plant does not need to be completely 
covered as in fighting many pests. Spray first when the leaves are 8 to 10 inches high 
and afterwards when any signs of damage are noticed. Formula is two pounds of brown 
sugar and two tablespoonfuls of arsenate of lead to three gallons of water. 
REVIEW OF THE 1933 SEASON 
During the past season the red varieties did exceptionally well, WARATAH is one 
of the finest reds we have, long well shaped spikes with the bright colored flowers well 
placed with many open makes an outstanding variety; GENERAL MANGIN which is 
an extremely strong grower with wide foliage gave many grand spikes, it is the best of 
the early reds and many spikes had a dozen open at once, it will replace ROUGET DE 
LISLE which is also one of Lemoine’s and a wonder when right but a bit fussy about 
weather and a hard germinator, yet the best of its color in spite of all this until these two 
came along. A dark red that was very fine with its tall showy spikes was ANNE 
RAHMSTORFF. ERICA MORINI is an improvement on Pfitzer’s Triumph and of 
similar type; R. Y. MAIR is another red that is outstanding but stock is still rather scarce; 
DAVID PRIOR is a scarlet and cream that is very showy and a tall grower; PIMPERNEL 
is my favorite in the “red with white center" class, the color is so clean and I prefer it to 
Wurtembergia. HUNTSMAN, scarlet and white, will be a great exhibition variety when 
stocks are more plentiful. LISRETH which won a couple of championships in Australia 
last season was very outstanding and is just released, it proved to be one of Errey’s very 
best; TOSCA exceeded even our highest expectations and is a great dark pure red, the 
flecks of almost black make it stand out. SULTAN of Crow’s can be extra good but has 
a tendency to stubby spikes except from large bulbs under ideal conditions. In the whites 
I can see nothing to compare with MAID of ORLEANS, J. V. TETS is good but often 
poorly placed, not as easy as increaser, and the bulbs are often rough looking. AME¬ 
THYST was better last year than I have seen it before, it is a great exhibition glad and its 
pleasing yet uncommon color makes it very popular. 
BENTLEIGH is another nice Australian variety not well known here but I think the 
finest buff we have grown. ZEPHIA gave us a fine lot of exhibition spikes and has done 
as well here as any of the Gilrey varieties. WANETA is a great smoky and one of those 
that appeal to the Phipps enthusiast. SUNNYSIDE and SILVERSHEEN came out 
about the same time and both are fine varieties, the latter the more reliable but when 
Sunnyside is right it sure is a champion; wish it gave bulblets a little more freely. 
SENATOR is another champion but again shy on bulblets. While we are on these tough 
ones to increase, and yet all are so fine they are worth the extra time and trouble, 
PFITZER’S ROSABELLA comes to mind, a most wonderful color but unfortunately 
again bulblets are scarce; MRS. T. RATTRAY, twenty-five years old and still a topper 
when right; MOORISH KING, the leader in the very dark red class and the novelty 
RAMESSES all fall in this tough class. 
