NAPHTHALENE FLAKES 
You will find some flakes in the bags with your bulbs when they 
arrive. These should be shaken out before storing the bulbs away. 
On orders of $3.00 and larger, we will include without charge a 
generous package of naphthalene flakes, if you ask for it when or¬ 
dering. 
The flakes can be purchased in quantity from your druggist or any 
manufacturing chemist. 
AT BLOOMING TIME 
If your glads are planted for landscape effect you will, of course, 
leave the spikes on the plants until they become unsightly, when 
they should be cut just below the flower head and removed. 
But if you plant for cut flowers, as is more likely, you should cut 
the spike when the bottom floret has just opened full and a few 
others are showing color. Almost any variety will then open well 
in water, even to the very topmost florets in some cases. 
Slide a thin, sharp knife blade down the stem and cut on a slant, 
leaving the remaining leaves undamaged. To assure good develop¬ 
ment of the new bulb it is best to leave at least four undamaged 
leaves. 
In extremely hot weather, cut the first thing in the morning, be¬ 
fore the hot sun has a chance to fade or wilt the bloom. Use plenty 
of cool, pure water and change it every day. When you change the 
water, cut off about an inch of the stem with a clean sharp knife. 
Never use shears or break off with the fingers. The little water 
canals must be left open and clean if the bloom is to retain its beauty 
and open well over a period of several days. 
Use the smaller decorative varieties freely for small vase and table 
decorations, and try using the individual florets in a bowl, floating 
them on the surface of the water. You will be both pleased and 
surprised at the beautiful effects which can be produced by the 
exercise of a little ingenuity and imagination. 
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