KAYLOR NURSERIES, BLAINE, WASH. 
we believe we offer the home gardener 
the largest and best selected list of var¬ 
ieties of any grower in this state. The 
Peony list contains most of the high 
grade varieties. We test out everything 
we offer and believe every item is good. 
If you are one of those who have 
never sent us an order, remember now 
is a good time to start. We hope to en¬ 
roll you as one of our satisfied custom¬ 
ers—all of whom ; ve feel are our friends. 
Miss Pocotello 
Some Garden Donts 
If you plant Glads or Peonies in the 
shade or where they will have to fight 
tree roots for a living, dont expect them 
to give you fine flowers. Tulips and 
Narcissi will do for these places—they 
are thru blooming by the time the trees 
make heavy demands upon the soil. 
Dont over-fertilize or over-water 
Glads or Peonies. Most folks do both. 
Never use fresh manure on any peren¬ 
nial or bulb bed. If you have fairly good 
garden soil, work it deeply, mixing in 
old manure or a complete fertilizer. 
Dont crowd.* Three times the diam¬ 
eter of the bulb apart in the row with 
rows 15 to 18 inches apart is a good plan. 
A safe rule is three times the diameter 
of the bulbs deep. This does not apply 
to lilies. 
Dont let the weeds grow, in fact 
keep cultivating so frequently they do 
not start. 
Dont let bulbous plants set seed. 
Tulip and Narcissi bloom should be re¬ 
moved before the petals fall. Glads 
should be cut as soon as the second flor- 
it opens, and removed to a jar of water 
in the house. They bloom much better 
this way and the plant has a chance to 
develop a good bulb for next season. 
Dont cut off the leaves. 
Dont have to plant all your Glads 
at one time. This is fine if you plant 
all three sizes. We begin planting in 
late March and finish about June 1. 
Dont plant untreated Glads. In the 
ten years we have been buying bulbs we 
have never yet received a shipment that 
was entirely disease free—and we have 
had them from all over the world. All 
our bulbs are treated at harvest time. 
If you buy from a grower who does not 
do this, or you have bulbs left over from 
last year, give them a soaking and plant 
while still wet. One ounce of Bichlor¬ 
ide of Mercury dissolved in seven gallons 
of water is good. Good plan is to re¬ 
move all .the shucks before treating. 
Burn the shucks. Every gardener knows 
he has to spray or otherwise fight plant 
diseases and bugs, so why not use some 
care with Glads? 
Dont be scared stiff about thrips. 
If we have ever had one on the place 
we do not know it—and one usually does. 
Think our fall treating in lime-sulphur 
and our care with all bulbs brought in 
from other districts is responsible. Should, 
thrips sho w up—they can come in from 
the neighbor’s garden—it will be neces¬ 
sary to spray. We do not know much 
about this, but the spray recommended 
is one ounce of Paris Green, two pounds 
of brown sugar and three gallons of 
water. Use considerable force and re¬ 
peat about every week. 
Dont delay digging the Glads until 
they die down. Here on Puget Sound 
if they die down before frost it is a sign 
of disease. They are ready to dig in 
about six weeks after blooming. We 
start about October 1. Shake off the 
soil, cut off the top, close up, and spread 
the bulbs in shallow trays—wire screen 
bottoms if possible. We believe sun cur¬ 
ing is as injurious to Glads as it is to 
Tulips and Narcissi. Dry as rapidly as 
possible but in a well ventilated place 
under cover. Remove old bulbs and 
roots as soon as they will snap off and 
store the bulbs in a cool frost proof 
place. Stir them up a few times during 
the winter. 
Dont expect to grow Tulips, Crocus, 
Lilies and some other bulbs in the same 
bed with moles and mice. Get rid of 
the animals or they will get the bulbs. 
