Effective preventative measures. Plant early so that the glads bloom be¬ 
fore weather becomes hot. Don’t plant thrips when you plant your bulbs. They 
may be concealed in the husks. To kill these soak the bulbs in a solution of 
corrosive sublimate. Use an ounce of powdered (commercial) corrosive sub¬ 
limate dissolved in a gallon of boiling water and add to 7 gal. water. 
Do not allow the solution to come into contact with any metal. Use glass, 
crock or wooden barrel. Corrosive sublimate is a deadly poison, quickly fatal 
to humans or animals including thrips. Metal renders the solution ineffective 
and is corroded. 
Soak the bulbs 5 or 7 hours. Thrips can get on again after soaking so plant 
at once or protect. 
Clean up and keep clean from trash, leaves, etc., the premises around 
where thrips may hibernate over winter. Burn old foliage, or compost and keep 
wet. 
Glads need abundant moisture and if watered by overhead sprinkling it 
seems to wash off the thrips and protect the flowers. We use the Skinner sys¬ 
tem of irrigating, turn the water on for a half hour every evening and are able 
that way to have good flowers all summer even into August. 
If you will follow our method of sprinkling daily, even for a longer time 
if thrips appear, you can plant in succession for later flowers after March 1. 
Do not treat the bulbs you buy from us. We treat all bulbs before we sell 
them. 
Plant Glads 4" deep. Small bulbs 3". Bulblets 2". One row or two in a 
4" wide furrow. Rows 15" to 20" apart. Glads like neutral to slightly acid soil. 
Alkali is very harmful. If available use peat liberally. We place a 1" layer over 
glads before covering and then mulch with peat. Oak leaf mold probably better. 
Use no manure except several months before planting. It is alkaline. For same 
reason use no commercial fertilizers except superphosphate, an acid, which is 
good but may burn. Use small handful to 4 ft. of row, after glads are 6" high. 
Avoid contact with foliage. 
Keep glads well watered and cultivated two months or more after flower¬ 
ing. The longer they grow the better your bulbs will be. Incidentally do this 
for all bulbs. When glads are thru growing the leaf tips begin to yellow and it 
is then better to dig. Tho it can be done in the south, it is really better not to 
leave bulbs in the ground. 
Explanation. In this list L. means large, 1 %" diam. or over. M. means 
medium, %" to 1*4". S. means small bulbs, blooming size, tho unless watered 
very freely the spikes may be short. We have seen y 2 " Los Angeles bulbs make 
plants 5 ft. high by daily sprinkling. Large bulbs bloom earlier and throw more 
spikes. Prices are for one bulb. A dozen, all of one variety, costs ten times the 
price of one, unless otherwise stated. Not less than 6, (all of one variety) will 
be sold at dozen rates. 100 bulbs of one sort are sold at 70 times the cost of one. 
Unless quantity prices are otherwise stated. 
California customers must add 3% sales tax to these prices. 
GLADIOLUS LIST 
Albatross. Tall, large pure white. L. 6c. Per 100, $3.50. 
Annie Laurie. Ruffled rose pink. L. 5c ea. 
Bagdad. Tall, large smoky rose. M. 30c doz. S. 15c doz. 
Betty Co-Ed. Small creamy pink. Fine in bouquets. M. 25c doz. S. 15c doz. 
Betty Nuthall. Early orange pink. M. 25c doz. S. 15c doz. 
Bill Sowden. Very large, fine deep red. L. 6c ea. M. 40c doz. 
Chas. Dickens. Tall fine radiant purple. L. 5c ea. 
Com. Koehl. Large glowing scarlet. L. 6c ea. 
Dr. F. E. Bennett. Flame red. L. 5c ea. Per 100, $2.50. M. 25c doz. Per 
100, $1.35. S. 15c doz. Per 100, $1.00. 
Gate of Heaven. Ruffled, rich yellow. L. 7c. 
Golden Dream. Favorite tall, deep yellow. L. 5c. Per 100 $3.50. 
La Paloma. Early, bitter-sweet orange. M. (fine bloomers) 2 5c doz. Per 
100, $1.50- 
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