SEABROOK NURSERIES GLADIOLUS 
GREETINGS 
We wish to thank our many friends and customers for orders received this 
past season. We will give both new and old customers the same faithful service, 
as in the past, during the coming season. Thanks, too, for the many 19)18 letters 
of appreciation. 
Our successful harvest has presented fine, plump, healthy stock, free from 
disease and injurious insects, which enables us to supply A-l quality Gladiolus 
bulbs at very low prices. 
Our many acres of gladiolus are in bloom from July 15th until frost. Visitors 
are cordially invited. 
Location is on the IT. S. Route 1, the main highway to Portsmouth, N. H. 
six miles from Newburyport, Mass. 
Sincerely, 
SEABROOK NURSERIES, 
SEABROOK, N. H. 
CARE AND CULTURE OF GLADIOLUS 
B ULBS should not be planted until corn planting time, as nothing is gained by 
planting before the ground is warm. 
Select a sunny location away from the roots of trees and shrubs. In localities 
where summer is extremely warm, a partially shaded situation is preferable. If 
your soil is heavy, plant four inches deep and if light, six inches, having bulbs 
five or six inches apart. 
Place bulbs in a well worked trench in staggered, or zigzag' row—• 
and cover at first with about two inches of loam; when shoots begin to appear, 
work balance of loam into the trench. At all times keep the soil loose. As an aid 
to producing larger blooms work in fertilizer around the plants when about a foot 
or more in height and never at planting time. At the time! flower spikes appear 
abundant watering is very beneficial. 
Bulbs should be dug as soon as you note the leaves turning yellow. Cut 
stem off half an inch above bulb, spread them out to dry for two or three days in 
a sunny location and then place in an open shed or room for two weeks or more 
before storing them away in a cool dry cellar. Keep them spread out ami not over 
three inches deep. It is a benefit to give bulbs an occasional sunning or airing 
during the winter. 
When cutting the flowers be sure to leave at least four leaves remaining on 
the plant. Positive injury to the blooming qualities of the bulbs for the following 
year will occur if this precaution is not heeded. 
If you want the blooms for cut flowers, cut the spike when first bud fully 
opens. The remaining buds will open nicely and give you a longer period of 
bloom and greater enjoyment. 
Remove wilted blossoms, change water and cut off small portion of the stems 
each day. 
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