Join the Connecticut Gladiolus Society. If you live nearby, you will be warmly welcomed by its members. 
Send dues of S2.00 to Howard T. Munson, Warehouse Point, Connecticut. 
Descriptions are as accurate and reliable as possible without waxing unduly enthusiastic or becoming 
monotonous with endless repetition concerning health, vigor, placement, the number open, and the like. Each 
year many of the older varieties are dropped from my gardens to make room for the more promising newer 
ones. 
1934 reports on thrips are very cheerful. Almost without exception, thrips were less harmful. Many 
growers discontinued spraying after midseason. However I suggest that preventive and control measures be 
not relaxed. 
Successful control measures include the following: 
(1) Treat the bulbs with Cyanogas-G or other fumigant upon cleaning the bulbs in the Fall. Small 
quantities of bulbs may be put in paper bags or shoe boxes and sprinkled with napthalene flakes—1 ounce 
per 100 bulbs. Let the flakes evaporate. (2) Store in a cool, dry place and keep at a temperature of 40-50 
degrees. Do not let the bulbs freeze. (3) Treat or soak in a solution of bichloride of mercury (corrosive 
sublimate) before planting. Husk the bulbs previously, if possible. Soak for two hours in a solution of 
1.1000, one tablet to one pint of water. Use stone crocks, glass jars, or wooden tubs—not a metal container. 
Large numbers of bulbs may be tied in sacks and kneaded on the floor in lieu of husking. Thorough soaking 
will destroy all thrips and their eggs. (4) Spray every week or ten days after the plants are six inches high. 
Do not wait until the bud spikes appear. It is too late then. Effective spraying will control those thrips that 
have survived or that may appear from nearby infestations. The cheapest and most effective spray now 
seems to be a combination of molasses or white sugar, and paris green or arsenate of lead—one pint of mo¬ 
lasses to two tablespoons of paris green to three gallons of water. Keep the solution well stirred. An over¬ 
dose of paris green will severely burn the foliage or even kill the plants. Arsenate of lead will not burn, 
sticks to the foliage better, but shows up plainly on foliage. Black-leaf 40 may be added if desired. Appar¬ 
ently, thrips have a “sweet tooth” and thus get the poison. Other and more expensive materials are Cubor, 
Red Arrow and Lethane. (5) Destroy all refuse such as old blooms, tops, and old corns. (6) Plant early. 
Early varieties will probably come thru without spraying. 
L (large), Med. (medium), S (small) are the standard trade sizes. Large bulbs are l\i" or over in di¬ 
ameter or sizes 1 and 2. Medium bulbs are from to 1%" in diameter or sizes 3 and 4. Small bulbs are 
under %" in diameter or sizes 5 and 6. Large bulbs can be depended upon for the finest spikes of bloom. 
Medium-sized bulbs should be very satisfactory. Small bulbs of some varieties bloom nicely; of others not 
so well. But, in planting, give the small bulbs as much space as the larger bulbs. 
The following per 1000, F. O. B. Windsor: 
No. 3 
No. 4 
No. 5 
No. 6 
No. 3 
No. 4 
No. 5 
No. 6 
Aflame. 
$5.00 
$3.00 
Golden Dream . 
.$6.50 
$5.00 
$3.50 
$2.00 
Betty Nuthall 
.$9.00 
$7.00 
5.00 
3.00 
Golden Dream, per 5000. 
14.00 
8.00 
La Paloma . 
11.00 
8.00 
5.00 
Carmen Sylva . 
2.50 
Mrs. Leon Douglas . 
. 8.00 
6.50 
4.50 
2.50 
Carolius Clusius . 
. 9.00 
7.00 
5.00 
Mrs. P. W. Sisson . 
. 8.00 
6.50 
4.50 
2.50 
Catharine Coleman . 
. 9.00 
7.00 
5.00 
3.00 
Olive Goodrich . 
5.00 
3.00 
I)r. F. E. Bennett . 
. 8.00 
6.50 
4.50 
2.50 
Orange Queen . 
4.50 
2.5C 
Dr. Moody . 
. 9.00 
7.00 
5.00 
Pfitzer’s Triumph . 
. 9.00 
7.00 
5.00 
3.00 
Giant Nymph . 
. 6.50 
5.00 
3.50 
2.00 
Pride of Wanakah . 
3.50 
2.00 
Giant Nymph, per 5000 
14.00 
8.00 
Primrose Princess . 
3.00 
Gold Eagle . 
. 6.50 
5.00 
3.50 
2.00 
W. H. Phipps . 
. 8.00 
6.50 
4.50 
2.50 
ERNEST S. CLARK, Jr., Windsor, Connecticut 
