Another Giant Novelty Glad—“TAIAROA” 
It’s from New Zealand. Many very large blooms open at once, well spaced and facing 
one way. 
The color is salmon-pink, flaked slate, with purple blotch. A spike of this with 8 or 9 open 
blooms attracts attention, and a half dozen or more spikes in a vase is a knock-out. 
Prices now greatly reduced: (Large, 12c; 10— $1.00) (Medium, 2— 12c; 10— 50c) (Small, 
3— 10c; 10— 30c). See other pages for prices on larger lots. 
“J. D. Sez, Sez ’e”— 
OPEN SEASON FOR BUYING —Fall and 
early winter buying is gaining favor from year 
to year. This for the reason the customer is 
more likely to secure just the kind and sizes 
of bulbs ordered and desired. Just another 
case of the early bird. 
Some Glads again short. Last season I could 
not supply all calls for Minuet, Mammoth 
White, Maid of Orleans, Gladdie Boy, Margaret 
Fulton, Sweetheart, Picardy, Miss Greeley, and 
other favorites. 
I never understand howcome so few flower 
lovers appreciate the Prim or Decorative 
Glads. Ladies who punish themselves dieting 
in order to slenderize and slimberize, and who 
prefer a dainty wrist watch to a “turnip’' 
timepiece—these same ladies can’t grasp the 
loveliness of slenderized smaller Glads of ex¬ 
quisite form and color. Oh, hum! 
My “Early Bird Glad Mixture” is just what 
some have been wanting, for early blooms 
and in sections where season is short. It’s 
good, but since there are not many good early 
kinds, this mixture does not contain the va¬ 
riety of colors as found in my Exhibition 
Mixture, nor do the blooms average as large. 
When to Take Up Bulbs 
If your planting is not large, better let the 
Glads remain in the ground until well into 
October in most sections. But if the leaves 
turn somewhat yellow or brown, it indicates 
that the bulbs have matured and are ready to 
lift. 
The plants from small bulbs and bulblets 
may not turn brown by freezing weather, so 
you must just take them up towards the end 
of the season, regardless of how the tops look. 
The bulbs will be OK, especially those from 
bulblets. Bulbs from bulblets may be stopped 
at any stage of their growth. Will cure and 
be good, sound planting stock for the next 
year. May shrink some, but this does not 
impair vitality. 
But dig all bulbs before tops die down. Let¬ 
ting the bulbs remain in ground too long tends 
to bad looking and diseased bulbs. 
Another rule is to take up the large bulbs 
when the outer skin or husk has become 
smooth. Before large bulbs mature the husk 
is usually wrinkled. When this husk or out¬ 
side coat becomes smooth and firm the bulbs 
will not shrink much after being dug. 
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