Change oi Ground 
It is generally recommended to grow gladiolus on different soil each year. 
Most of the growers try to do this. But I know it is impossible for many amateurs 
to change soil as their garden plot is limited and it is necessary for them to grow 
on the same place every year. This need not prevent anyone from growing good 
gladiolus. I know of people who have grown glads on the same place for many 
years and they are still perfectly healthy and free from disease and produce good 
blooms every year. 
If it is necessary to grow in the same place every year I would suggest the 
following procedure: Plant your bulbs from four to six inches deep and after placing 
them in the hole or trench cover them with an inch or two of soil then using a 
water can drench the ground thoroughly over the bulbs with Bichloride of Mer¬ 
cury solution using a somewhat weaker solution than you would use in disinfect¬ 
ing the bulbs. For disinfecting we recommend a 1-1000 solution or one ounce to 
seven or eight gallons of water. For soaking the ground would recommend about 
one ounce to twelve or fifteen gallons of water. I know of one grower who some 
years ago had some disease in his garden but this past season there wasn’t a dis¬ 
eased plant on his place and the growth was unusually strong. 
After soaking the soil, finish covering. 
Guarantee 
My Guarantee is that I do my utmost to make my customers satisfied. If a 
variety should prove untrue to name I will replace them or if they are not satis¬ 
factory on arrival I will replace them or refund the money. However I cannot 
guarantee the quality of the 
bulbs that will be harvested. 
Sometimes due to local con¬ 
ditions bulbs will get dis¬ 
eased during the growing 
season. I cannot be respon¬ 
sible for that. 
And we do not guar¬ 
antee bulblets to grow. In 
some varieties bulblets are 
very hard to germinate and 
even in the very best kinds 
they will not germinate 
100 %. Though buying bulb¬ 
lets is in most cases a cheap 
way of getting good stock 
vou do have to take ypur 
own risk about making 
them grow. Some people 
are more successful than 
others in germinating bulb¬ 
lets and the varieties vary 
a great deal among them¬ 
selves in their ease of ger¬ 
mination. So when you buy 
^owdon’Uxpectme to replace them the following year with bulbs. 1 have bought 
manv thousands of dollars worth of bulblets that did not grow but that is all in 
the same You needn’t hesitate to buv bulblets however as in most cases a large 
percentage of them will grow if given plenty of moisture. 
J. H. O'Dell, Mass., as he says: 
“Gloating over bulbs grown from your No. 3.” 
Complaints 
Do we ever <*et complaints about our stock? We surely do. Is any business 
free from complaints? Occasionally, due to possibly a mistake on our part or 
Hup to weather or other conditions, glads don t do well and we get a kick for which 
uf rmirse we are verv sorry. We alwavs try to adjust these complaints as I guarantee 
sntYsfv mv customers and in all the years I have done business have never found 
more than two or three customers whom I could not satisfy. 
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