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A. H. NICHOLS 
METHOD OF CONTROL 
Start with clean bulbs. When the plants are about 3 inches 
high, spray them thoroughly with a 1 to 800 solution of Barfoot 
Garden Insecticide as described above. Continue spraying this 
way every ten days or two weeks until after blooming. If 
during the blooming season you should see a diseased looking 
spike or flower, cut off the flower spike carefully, wrap in 
paper and burn, leaving the leaves to mature your bulb. Many 
growers are careless and leave the damaged spike on the ground 
thus allowing the Thrip to mature and increase. Total destruc¬ 
tion of the plant is not necessary. Panic has needlessly destroyed 
many bulbs that could have been saved. If you follow this 
method, we feel absolutely sure you will have no trouble from 
Thrip damage. 
Again we repeat, start with clean bulbs. We have always 
treated our bulbs before planting; sprayed during the growing 
season and stored the bulbs in a room with Napthalene flakes 
scattered thickly about. We have had no trouble with Thrip. 
This year we have fitted up a new fumigating chamber, and, 
though we have had no Thrip damage, we are going to fumigate 
all our bulbs with Cyanide gas. This is to assure you that all 
of our bulbs are protected from Thrip to the best of our ability. 
For your convenience, we are stocking Barfoot Garden In¬ 
secticide so that you may order it at the same time as your 
bulbs, or send your order to us at any time. It is packed in 
the following sizes: 
Gallons, for estates, making 800 gallons.$15.00 
Half Gallons “ 400 “ 8.00 
Pints “ 100 “ 2.50 
4-Ounce Bottles “ 25 “ 1.00 
1 Vz -Ounce Bottles, 
for small gardens “ 9 “ 50 
California orders please add 3% Sales Tax. 
