light blue with many open; Allemania, very 
tall bright red; Blue Schonheit, fine medium 
blue; Dr. Bennett—do you know of any red 
that will beat it? Isola Bella, Pfitzer’s new 
lavender with many open and nearly all of 
the buds showing color; J. S. Bach, salmon 
rose with ten or more open, also eariy; Maid 
of Orleans, fine creamy white; Max Reger, 
striking blue; Mrs. T. E. Langford, beauti¬ 
ful peaches and cream; Mr. Wm. Cuthbert- 
son, pink with deeper edgings; Ninth Sym¬ 
phony, beautiful clear salmon-red with 
sheen; Oeganda, absolutely the darkest col¬ 
ored glad I have ever seen; Phyllis McQuis- 
ton, beautiful pink; Picardy, right in the 
front row in anybody’s collection; Queen 
Helen 2nd, good commercial pink; Rose¬ 
marie Pfitzer, cream white with many open; 
Star of Bethlehem, the best white that I 
have seen; Tip Top, good looking red, very 
large blooms; Zauberflote, a very promising 
commercial, blotched variety. 
Ordering: Terms—cash with order, or a 
25% deposit if future delivery is desired, 
balance C. 0. D. Delivery charges prepaid 
on orders of $1.00 or more. If less, add 15c 
toward shipping cost. No orders taken for 
bulblets April 1st, planting sizes efter 
May 1st, and for large bulbs after June 1st. 
Can furnish mixtures until July 1st. No 
single item less than 10c. We ship any¬ 
time. 
With every order that goes out we send 
a circular which gives you all the necessary 
information for growing glads. 
When your bulbs arrive do not leave them 
in the package for a long time, but open 
them up at once and give the bulbs air. 
They must have air in storage. If they ar¬ 
rive in very cold weather, it is all right to 
put them in a cool place for a day or two 
before opening. The idea being that if there 
is any frost in them that by thawing out 
slowly they will be all right. However, we 
pack very warm and try to have them reach 
you in good condition. 
Though glads will give a fair account of 
themselves under most impossible condi¬ 
tions, it will pay you to grow them as well 
as possible. They will be so much better 
and give you much more pleasure if condi¬ 
tions are right. In very dry weather give 
them plenty of water. 
It is generally recommended to grow 
gladiolus on different soil each year. Most 
of the growers try to do this. But I know 
it is impossible for many amateurs to change 
soil as their garden plot is limited and it is 
necessary for them to grow on the same 
place every year. This need not prevent 
anyone from growing good gladiolus. I know 
of people who have grown glads on the 
same place for many years and they are 
still perfectly healthy and free from disease 
and produce good blooms every year. 
If it is necessary to grow in the same 
place every year, I would suggest the fol¬ 
lowing procedure: Plant your bulbs from 
four to six inches deep and after placing 
them in the hole or trench, cover them with 
an inch or two of soil, then using a water¬ 
ing can drench the ground thoroughly over 
the bulbs with Bichloride of Mercury solu¬ 
tion using a somewhat weaker solution than 
you would use in disinfecting the bulbs. 
For disinfecting we recommend a 1-1000 
solution or one ounce to seven or eight gal¬ 
lons of water. For soaking the ground 
would recommend about one ounce to twelve 
or fifteen gallons of water. I know of one 
Quantity Prices F. O. B. Springfield, Mass. (Continued) 
.Gate of Heaven (Pf.) yellow . 5.00 
*Giant Nymph (C.) pink . 2.00 
*Gloriana (Betscher) salmon . 2.00 
’’Gold Eagle (A) early yellow. 2.00 
'’Halley (E.) early pink. 2.00 
*Karl Volkert (E.) red . 2.00 
^Lavender Delight (Arenius) lavender. 2.00 
"■‘Madam Konynenburg- (Pf.) blue . 3.00 
"Maid of Orleans (Pf.) white. 
Margaret Fulton (Ogrodnichek) pink. 
’’Mary Elizabeth (Stevens) white. 6.00 
’Mauve Magic (Arenius) mauve . 2.00 
Minuet (C.) lavender . 3.00 
Miss Elegance (Arenius) cream. 30.00 
Montenegro (Dec.) dark red . 3.00 
‘"Mother Machree (Stevens) smoky. 3.00 
’Mr. W. H. Phipps (D) late pink. 2.00 
’Mr. Wm. Cuthbertson (Mair) pink.... 4.00 
Mrs. P. W. Sisson (Coleman) pink.... 2.00 
Orange' Princess (De Groot) red . 8.00 
Pauline Kunderd (K.) pink . 7.00 
*Pelegrina (Pf.) darest blue. 4.00 
‘’Picardy (Palmer) salmon pink. 2.00 
Pinnacle (Arenius) rose . 
"Primrose Princess (Sal.) yellow . 2.00 
Queen Helen 2nd (Sal.) pink . 5.00 
‘’Radiance (Arenius) red . 2.00 
‘’Rapture (Palmer) pink . 4.00 
Rosemarie Pfitzer (Pf.) cream. 16.00 
‘’Scarlet Princeps (K.) scarlet . 2.00 
Seestern (Pf.) pink . 3.00 
Senorita (Sal.) orange . 3.00 
Sonatine (Pf.) rose . 10.00 
’Swpot Lavender (O.) lavender . 2.00 
Tip Top (Pf.) red . 18.00 
"‘Wasaga (Palmer) buff . 5.00 
Wuertembergia (Pf.) large red . 4.00 
Zauberflote (Pf.) peach rose . 20.00 
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grower who some years ago had some disease in his garden but this past season there 
wasn’t a diseased plant on his place and the growth was unusually strong. 
After soaking the soil, finish covering. 
Gladiolus Thrips: Most persons who are very familiar with glads, now have very 
definite information regarding control, but there are still vast numbers of people who 
are entirely unfamiliar with proper methods of treatment and control. For smaller lots 
of bulbs, Napthalene Flakes is perhaps the best and most efficient treatment. Use 
about one ounce to approximately 100 bulbs and no harm will result if you increase the 
amount to a moderate degree. Keep the bulbs in a temperature near 70° F. while fumi¬ 
gating. Place bulbs in paper bags that you can tie shut, or in tight wood or paper 
boxes, but not in metal that would cause sweating and moisture and so cause damage. 
Let the bulbs fumigate for two weeks, then remove them from the flakes and place 
them in a cool dry airy place that is also frostproof. Most growers and amateurs dip 
bulbs before planting, as a measure for control for “scab” and other bulb diseases. If 
you use (Bichloride of Mercury) Corrossive Sublimate, one ounce to eight gallons of 
water and immerse bulbs eight or ten hours in this solution, it will prove a double pur¬ 
pose dip, as it is also regarded highly as one of the best methods of destroying thrips 
or eggs on bulbs. As the C-S dissolves slowly, it is best to mix your solution a day be¬ 
fore or use hot water and use the batch twice only, then make an entirely new lot, 
never use in metal containers, or bring metal in contact with the solution. Wooden 
pails, tubs or barrels are best. Bulbs can be placed in cloth or burlap bags' Just an¬ 
other caution about Napthalene, never plant any of the material with your bulbs, as it 
seems harmful, and never fumigate so late in spring that the sprouts or rootlets have 
started, as it may damage them. Use when the bulb is dry and dormant. 
Where you can maintain storage temperature at 40-45 F. or lower for several 
months, you automatically destroy all thrips and eggs, as the normal life cycle of the 
insect is about 30 days. Thrips do not breed when the temperature is below 45 F. Very 
few persons can maintain storage conditions so cold and they are not necessary for 
good results. It is not difficult to remove all thrips and eggs from your bulbs by proper 
fumigation or disinfection. The real menace from thrips is not on your own bulbs 
which are not difficult to keep free, but the greatest source of all infestation is from 
the people who pay no attention to this problem. Tell your neighbors about control 
measures. 
The following paragraph describing the various stages of gladiolus growing from 
the pen of Elmer Gove, strikes me as being a “Classic.” Are you still a “Freshman” or 
have you graduated and perhaps taking a “Post Graduate” course ? 
“There is a fascination about growing glads that becomes a hobby, then a craze. 
There are five stages of interest in growing “glads.” First you just grow them as an 
amateur, same as you would any other flower. Then as your interest in them increases 
you become a “fan,” then a “bug,” then a “nut,” then finally a “fiend.” When you 
reach this final stage you are hopeless. You think of “glads” all day, dream of them 
at night, spend every available minute of your time in the garden, talk of them, visit 
the shows, read all the catalogs and spend all your money on them. You will look lov¬ 
ingly at the last flower in the fall, will handle over your bulbs in the winter time and 
will hardly be able to wait till you can lovingly plant the bulbs in the spring. From 
then till the first bloom appears is a period of happy anticipation. When finally the 
spikes of bloom begin to appear you are in heaven.” 
ARTHUR A. ARENIUS 
59 Bliss Road 
LONGMEADOW, MASS. 
