KAYLOR NURSERIES, BLAINE, WASH. 
Mixed Glads At Very Low Price 
Lots of folks do not 'give a whoop 
about Glad names, they just want lots of 
flowers. Here is a collection that is right 
up their alley and at prices far below 
those usualy quoted for high class stock. 
All the large and medium sized bulbs will 
bloom this year, while most of the small 
sized will give fair bloom late in the 
season. Both medium and small sizes 
will give extra fine bulbs for the next 
season’s bloom. Many varieties in all 
kinds of colors, early, mid-season and late. 
Purchasers are always pleased with this 
collection. 
Large bulbs, one and one-fourth inches 
and up at 50 for $1.50; 100 for $2.75; 250 
for $6.00. 
Medium bulbs, about one inch 60 for 
$1.00; 100 for $1.75; 250 for $3.75. 
Small bulbs, one-half to three-fourths 
inch 100 for $1.00; 250 for $2.00; 500 for 
$3.75. 
W^e Are Out of Doghouse 
In our catalog of about ten years 
ago, we advised folks to treat all Glad 
bulbs before planting. The immediate re¬ 
sult was that some commercial growers 
wanted to put us in the dog house. Their 
objections to our suggestion was that 
most folks did not want to go to the 
trouble of treating their bulbs and the 
result would be loss of interes^t in the 
flowers and a reduction in bulb sales. 
And then the thrips hit the country. 
Thrips was a real menace, and some lost 
interest in Glad growing. The pest never 
would have become a serious menace if 
every glad grower had taken proper pre¬ 
cautions to protect his bulbs and had 
treated all stock before planting. The 
fact that we never have had a Glad 
thrips in any of our plantings entitles us, 
we believe, to now come out of the dog 
house. 
Not all thrips are of the Glad kind, 
so do not become frightened if, early in 
August, your Glads become infested with 
thousands of bugs that look like Glad 
thrips. They may be Onion or some oth¬ 
er kind of thrips ithat will suddenly ap¬ 
pear, run their life cycle for a few weeks 
and as suddenly disappear without doing 
any damage beyond scaring you stiff. 
Best make sure about them however and 
if "ou find they are Glad thrips, get out 
the sprayer and give them a dose of Paris 
green and brown suger. Pre-planting 
treatmenit of the bulbs is not a preventa¬ 
tive against Onion thrips, and so far we 
have not learned where they come from 
or why they disappear as suddenlv as 
they make their attack. If they do any 
damage we have never noticed it and we 
have thousands of them every season. 
The Glad thrips is said to be a much 
more prolific breeder than the Onion kind. 
He is a lemon yellow thru most of his 
life and. unlike the Onion thrips, spends 
most of his time inside the sheath of 
the spikes where he sucks the juices and 
causes the flower to become stunted. 
The eggs live over winter on the bulbs, 
so it is a good plan to keep the temper¬ 
ature of the bulb storage at or below 40 
degrees for about three months. Napth- 
alene flakes are recommended but should 
be used very carefully as they sometimes 
cause the bulbs to fail to bloom. 
Like all animal and plant life. Glad 
bulbs sometimes are attacked by dis¬ 
ease. Frequently we hear of stocks of 
Glad bulbs that are declared to be dis¬ 
ease free. It is possible for this to be 
true, but in more than ten years’ exper¬ 
ience, during which we have bought bulbs 
from many sections, we have yet to see 
a disease free stock. The answer is, 
treat all bulbs before planting and thus 
know that your bulbs go into the ground 
as nearly free of disease and thrips as 
possible. 
Our experience is that a medium 
strong lime-sulphur solution is as effect¬ 
ive as anything, but the U. S. Department 
of Agriculture, as well as most growers, 
recommend Bichloride of Mercury. This 
is used by dissolving one ounce of the 
powder in a small quantity of hot water 
and then adding from five to seven gal¬ 
lons of cold, or warm water. Do not 
use a metal container as it will be eaten 
up by the chemicals. Place the bulbs in 
cloth sacks and soak for 'ten to twelve 
hours. Removing the shucks from the 
bulbs adds to the effectiveness of the 
treatment. Also it is better to hold the 
solution at a temperature of about 70 
degrees. If possible plant while the bulbs 
are wet. If you handle your bulbs in 
this manner, follow a rotation of at least 
four years, your chances of success will 
be very high and disappointments few. 
Hydrangaes W^ere Fine 
“Enclosed find money order in pay¬ 
ment for the blue Hydranges you sent 
me. They were “dandy,’’ arrived in first 
class condition. The grand root system 
is what I admire.’’ A. H. W., Yakima. 
