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RIDGEV1EW GLAD FARM 
PHILIP BRIDE, Proprietor 
231 Ridge Street 
Phone ♦ . 2-2931 Glens Falls, INLY. 
Member of Glens Falls Garden Club, American Glad Society, New England Glad 
Society, Schenectady Horticultural Society. 
GLADIOLUS, DAHLIAS, IRIS, PEONIES AND OTHER PERENNIALS 
All orders of $1.50 or over from this list postpaid in U. S. 
DISCOUNTS: Orders of $2.00 or over will receive 10%; $10 and over 15%, and 
$25.00 and over, 20% extra on gladiolus, excepting collections on which we give extra 
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All glad bulbs should be disinfected as thrips or their eggs may be destroyed 
easily by the following methods: 
Napthalene flakes scattered among the bulbs, 1 oz. to each TOO bulbs, covering * 
bulbs with heavy papers or enclosing in tight paper bags. This sTmuld be. done after 
bulbs are cured (five or six weeks after digging). Allow flakes to remain three'weeks/ 
and then remove bulbs and keep in cool temperature, 5 orTO above freezing. 
Fumigation can be done three or four weeks before planting, providing bulbs are 
stored in cool place during the winter. 
Soaking should be done just prior to planting. Any of the following solutions 
help prevent disease and also destroy bugs and eggs: 
Bichloride of Mercury, % oz. to 4 gals, water, soak three hours. 
Common lye, 1 can to 20 gals., or one tablespoon to each gallon of water, 
soak six to eight hours. 
Dissolve ingredients in a little hot water then mix well in cold water. 
The above should not be used in metal containers as they corrode metal. 
Spraying may be done with following: 2 lbs. brown sugar, 2 tablespoons paris 
green, 3 gals, water. Spray when plants are 1 ft. high and once weekly until buds ap¬ 
pear. 
Our bulbs are disinfected, and be sure yours are. 
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If interested in large plantings we can furnish bulbs at wholesale. Let us know 
your wants. We also have several varieties not on list. If there are special varieties 
you want, let us know. 
Gladiolus will grow' in almost any soil, but not so well near trees or too near 
buildings. They like lots of sun and a well drained soil. If your ground is rich do 
not use much fertilizer. Bone meal and sheep manure are very good lightly raked in 
the soil after bulbs are planted. 
Gladiolus can be planted in a trench 7 or 8 inches wide in a double row from 2 
inches apart or more, according to space and number of bulbs you wish to plant. Plant 
bulbs about 5 or 6 inches deep in light soil or about 4 inches in heavy soil and the small 
bulbs from 3 to 4 inches. Keep the weeds out and cultivate often as you want to, as 
they like it. Your reward will be finer flowers. 
Cut the flowers when first blossoms show and by changing the water daily and 
removing withered blossoms they will keep a week or more. Be sure in cutting the 
blooms to leave 4 of more leaves on the plant to mature the bulb. 
Dig the bulbs when the leaves turn brown, cut tops and dry for a few weeks; 
then remove old bulbs and root and store until planting time in cool, dry room or 
cellar, but be sure they do not freeze. 
