it first in a small quantity of warm water then pour into the larger lot. Use earthen, glass or 
wooden dishes or you can use cheap metal containers but Bichloride corrodes metal. 
It is not necessary to peel bulbs but if they are large and the skins cling closely to the bulbs 
it will be better to peel them. Longer soaking will do no harm. It is not necessary to peel bulbs 
at any time whether disinfected or not. 
In addition to killing any thrip or thrip eggs Bichloride is supposed to kill disease germs too. 
Disinfecting will delay blooming somewhat so plan on a week or ten days longer to blooming 
Bulbs can be disinfected at any time previous to planting or can be planted when still wet 
They can also be disinfected after they have started growth. 
I always disinfect mine for disease just on general principles, tho whether it does affect 
disease or not I am not sure. Semesan can be used but costs more. It is a very efficient disin¬ 
fectant. 
Tho you may plant perfectly clean bulbs you may have thrip if your near neighbors plant 
thrippy bulbs. So try to get your neighbors to disinfect their bulbs too. It might be a good plan 
to get together with your neighbors and disinfect all the bulbs of a neighborhood at one place. 
Tho you and your neighbors plant clean bulbs it is possible that you may still get thrip as 
this insect can be carried a long way by wind or birds. They can fly 1000 ft. or so themselves. 
So to be sure you will have no thrip it is safest to spray the plants about once a week or 
oftener from the time they are five or six inches high. For spraying, the molasses or brown sugar, 
Paris Green formula is as effective as anything. 
2 lbs. brown sugar 
1 ^ pints dark molasses 
1 tablespoon Paris Green or 
2 tablespoons Arsenate of Lead 
3 gallons of water. 
If you use Paris Green better put in a handful of Hydrated Lime to prevent burning. Some 
people put in some tobacco extract like Black Leaf 40. Keep it well stirred. Put on in a fine mist 
and not too heavy applications. 
If you are so situated that you have running water near your glads and if your soil is porous 
so that water runs thru it readily I believe you can keep thrip down by spraying with water 
every night or possibly night and morning. Just spray the tops thoroughly. Thrips do not like 
water but propagate fast in hot dry weather. I have broken up a bad infestation a couple of times 
just by spraying with water and have known of others doing the same. 
I feel positive that good glads can be grown even in a badly infested region if clean 
bulbs are planted and spraying is done every few days during the growing season. But 
do not delay spraying till you find thrip in the buds. You cannot entirely rid your glads 
of them at that stage. 
A New Spray—Rototox 
Tho molasses or brown sugar and Paris Green is probably as effective a spray as any it does 
make a nasty mess on the plants and is not so convenient to use as a commercial spray. Also 
as sometimes thrip do not bother till late in the season when some varieties are in bloom and 
others just in bud and you don’t want to spray with a sticky mess I want to recommend ROTO¬ 
TOX. This is an insecticide that is perfectly clean, leaves no sediment on the plants, is harmless 
to humans and animals but is death to most all insects. I have not used this myself but it has 
been successfully used by many people I know and in whom I have explicit faith. 
ROTOTOX contains ROTONONE that acts as a stomach poison and PYRETHRUM 
that is a contact insecticide. Dr. Roark of the Dept, of Agriculture considers Rotonone 15 times 
as effective as Nicotine and 30 times as effective as Arsenate of Lead. PENETROL (oxidized 
petroleum carbon, sulfonated) acts as a spreader and carrier for the other ingredients. 
Whether you want an insecticide for your glads or for any other insects in your garden I 
would recommend ROTOTOX. It is about the most up to date insecticide formula on the market. 
Prices are as follows: Postpaid. Terms cash or C. O. D. 
Trial oz.$ .35 1 Quart.$ 3.00 
8 oz. 1.00 1 Gallon. 10.00 
1 Pint. 1.75 5 Gallons. 45.00 
ROTOTOX is not sold in stores. Write direct to the manufacturers. 
ROTOTOX 
813 Yale Street 
East Williston, N. Y. 
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