SUMMER CARE — 
Cultivate the soil frequently throughout the summer 
to keep down weeds, prevent caking, and retain the 
moisture. Water when necessary by soaking the soil 
thoroughly. Never sprinkle just to moisten the top soil. 
Deep watering stimulates healthy root action. A mulch 
of peat moss will help retain moisture and serve as a food. 
Cut the flower spikes when the first bud opens. In 
cutting leave at least four leaves on the plant to mature 
the corm. A very satisfactory method is to insert the 
point of a sharp knife in the stem just puncturing it, then 
with the thumb opposite and above the knife make a 
quick bend of the stem toward the knife. It will snap 
off readily. 
DIGGING — 
Dig the bulbs carefully when the foliage is turning 
brown, but always before freezing weather. Cut the stems 
off close to the bulb and dry the bulbs in the open air for 
a few days away from frost. 
STORAGE — 
Store them in a frost-proof cellar or shed for about two 
weeks to cure them, then remove the old dried up mother 
corm at the base and remove the cut stem. After clean¬ 
ing place them in a clean, well ventilated, moderately 
humid storage cellar. A temperature of forty degrees 
and a humidity of 70 to 8 0 per cent is desirable, but a 
fruit storage cellar can be used satisfactorily. Store the 
bulbs in shallow open top boxes or flats. If they are 
stored on top of each other, use a block between them for 
ventilation. 
INSECTS — THRIPS — 
Should you unfortunately be bothered with thrip, they 
are easiest controlled in storage. Place the bulbs in a paper 
sack and add 1 ounce naphthaline flakes per 100 bulbs. 
Leave the flakes in the sacks for two weeks then remove 
them. Keep the bulbs at about 6 5 degrees during the 
treatment. Place in storage immediately after treatment. 
Dipping in corrosive sublimate 1 ounce to 7 /z gallons, 
also has proved satisfactory. A good spray for control 
in the garden includes: 3^2 ozs. lead arsenate, 4 ozs. 
Derrisol, 1 lb. glue and 10 gals, water. Spray twice a 
week for two weeks. 
DISEASES — 
Scab and dry rot are the only important diseases of 
Glads. They can be controlled by planting on clean well 
drained soil and dipping the bulbs in corrosive sublimate 
1 oz. in 7/2 gallons. Add 1/3 the original amount of 
corrosive sublimate to the solution for the dip, then dis¬ 
card the solution. 
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