Newer varieties shown were Picardy — probably 
the biggest winner of all, Com. Koehl, Albatross, Tre- 
vonian, Dream of Beauty, Bagdad, Rapture, Maid of 
Orleans, Pellegrina, Mildred Louise, which all attract¬ 
ed much attention. 
The amateur classes at the shows were well filled 
and some of the best specimens were found here. Sev¬ 
eral were exhibiting for the first time and won a sur¬ 
prising share of the awards. This part of the shows 
should have more entries as the amateur growers form 
a large part of the membership. 
Our Glad Twins 
Our twin grandsons, Raymond and Russell,, cele¬ 
brated their first birthday on November 7. Of course* 
we could fill a book many times the size of this pam¬ 
phlet in telling of their exploits. Just imagine two 
boys v/ho look so much alike their mother sometimes 
mistakes one for the other, and that everything a live 
normal baby does is doubled and you will have some 
idea of their progress. They walked at eleven months 
—now they run. They weigh about twenty-five 
pounds each and for every pound, they have a ton of 
energy. What one can’t think of the other does and 
they don’t miss much. We wouldn’t give a nickel 
for another or take a million for them. 
Visit Our Farms 
We are always glad to have you visit our glad fields. 
Our glads start to bloom early in July and continue 
to bloom until frost kills them. During the season* 
hundreds of visitors from all over the country stop 
and admire them. Come any time and spend as long 
as you like in our fields. Bring your lunch. We have 
picnic tables for your convenience. 
Propagation of Gladiolus 
When buying gladiolus bulbs it is well to know 
just what you are buying. Glad bulbs are grown 
and increased in three different ways. 
The first way is from seed. This is the way new 
varieties are started. Each bulb that is grown from 
seed will have a new and distinct form, color or var¬ 
iation of colors. If the new glad is an improvement 
over existing varieties, it will be increased in number 
by the bulblets growing around it and to a lesser ex¬ 
tent by the bulbs sending up multiple spikes. Each 
bulb has eyes or sprouts and may send up one, two, 
three, or more spikes each of which will form a bulb. 
The bulblets are more numerous running in some 
varieties to hundreds to a bulb. Some varieties of 
bulblets sprout and grow very easily while others 
grow very poorly. 
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