12 GLADLAND GARDENS 
NO. 4 GET ACQUAINTED COLLECTION 
125 Bulbs for $1.00, postpaid. 4 lots for $3.50 
Last year we offered this collection in lots of 25 bulbs for 25 cents, but prac- 
tically everyone ordered 5 lots for $1.00 so we have decided to make that our mini- 
mum quantity. 
The bulbs offered in this assortment are No. 4, or medium size, between 34 inch 
and 1 inch in diameter. All should bloom and make a nice spike if planted fairly 
early in the season. They will take a little longer to flower than will the larger 
sizes. 
This collection consists of 10 bulbs each of 10 fine cut flower varieties in a good 
range of colors, plus 25 bulbs of Surprise Mixture. This is a remarkable value and 
is designed to acquaint new customers with the high quality of our stock and to dem- 
onstrate what the medium size bulbs will do. 
If you order 500 bulbs for $3.50 we will include, without extra charge, 20 
labeled bulbs of PICARDY, world’s most popular gladiolus. 
GLADIOLUS CULTURE 
When you receive your bulbs, open the package at once to admit air. If the 
paper bags are not very full they can be left standing open with the bulbs in them.) 
But if the bags are fairly well filled the bulbs should be poured into shallow boxes. 
Store the bulbs in a dry, cool place where there is no danger of freezing. A tempera- 
ture of 40° F. is about right and there should be occasional ventilation. 
Make your first planting when the leaves begin to come out on the trees in your 
vicinity. To assure a succession of bloom throughout the Summer it is well to make 
several plantings about two weeks apart, the last one about 100 days before a killing 
frost is normally expected. No late varieties should be included in this fast planting 
as you would stand a good chance of losing them by freezing. 
Be sure to select a plot of ground for your glads that is not shaded at any time 
of the day. Gladiolus love the sun and will not bloom freely if shaded even part of 
the day. Do not plant close to buildings or walls and keep away from trees and 
shrubs that may use the moisture and plant food intended for your bulbs. 
Plant large bulbs from four to six inches deep, depending upon whether your 
soil is heavy or sandy. You will need to plant deeper in a light sandy soil. Medium 
and small bulbs may be planted from two-thirds to one-half as deep as the large 
bulbs. If you plant in beds, keep the bulbs at least eight inches apart, if in rows, 
use either a single or double row and place the bulbs four or five inches apart. The 
rows may be separated from eighteen to thirty-six inches, the wider spacing making 
cultivation easier but using more land for a given quantity of bulbs. 
About fertilizer, best of all is well rotted barnyard manure, plowed or spaded 
into the land in the fa!l. A good commercial fertilizer may be used at planting time 
whether the manure is present or not. Dig your trench about an inch deeper than you 
wish to plant the bulbs and scatter a good generous handful to each three feet of row. 
Then put a little of the dirt back into the trench and thoroughly mix it with the 
fertilizer. 
After the bulbs are set, cover in with the soil previously dug out and hill up 
slightly higher than level. When the first crop of weeds appears this surplus dirt can 
be raked off and the weeds easily destroyed. Some growers only replace part of the 
dirt at planting time and use the rest to cover up the first weeds as they appear. 
Either way is effective in eliminating at least one session of back breaking weed 
pulling. 
When the plants are eight or ten inches tall another application of fertilizer may 
be made. Use about the same quantity as at planting time but spread it on either 
side of the row, four or five inches away from the glads. This should be followed 
by a thorough cultivation to work the fertilizer into the ground. 
If weeds are pulled as fast as they appear, and the soil is cultivated often and 
kept loose and soft, it is not usually necessary to water. If artificial irrigation does 

