thousand seedlings you grow, you will be lucky. But no doubt you will get a lot of 
seedlings that you and your friends will like. Here are a few kinds that have pro- 
duced good seedlings. 
_ Algonquin, Beacon, Commander Koehl, Dunkirk, Glamis, Golden Goddess, 
King Lear, one of the best, Maid of Orleans, Minuet, Miss New Zealand, Picardy, 
Premier Henry, Shirley Temple, Takina, Wasaga and Wurtembergia. 
Flowers for Identification 
I will be glad to identify if possible any flowers that you send me. In sending 
them, do NOT send single blooms with your letter. In such cases the color is always 
out of the flower and it is impossible to tell what it is. Send a part of a spike, as 
large as possible, with at least 3 or 4 buds, preferably not the tip buds. Send the 
buds dry in a package. Do NOT wrap any wet papers or use anything moist in the 
package, simply send the part of a spike with enough stem below the buds so it 
can be put in water, and when it arrives here the buds will be opening up and if I 
can identify it for you, will be glad to do it. 
Culture of Gladiolus 
_ The culture of gladiolus is very simple. They will grow in most any kind of 
soil or in any climate where there are 70 to 80 days of growing weather. We sell 
them in many countries from Alaska to South Africa. The main requirements are: 
Full sun all day. 
Plenty of moisture. 
Good drainage. 
SWE if there is any possibility of there being thrips in the neighbor- 
ood. 
Some fertility in the soil. They will do well if there is very little fertility 
provided they have plenty of water, but they will do much better 
if they have all the fertilizer they can use. 
Fertilizer 
Any good mixed chemical fertilizer. I have never used pulverized sheep manure 
but understand it is good. Well rotted animal manure is O.K. if it is put on in the 
fall before planting, but it usually needs reinforcing with a chemical fertilizer as it 
is usually weak in Nitrogen especially. 
An instruction sheet goes with your bulb order. If you want one before your 
order is shipped, drop us a card. 
Gladiolus Books 
If you want full information about gladiolus, better get a book. There are only 
two of them on the market at present. The Gladiolus by Rockwell was published 
about ten years ago and is good, but the list of varieties recommended is way out 
of date. This book sells for $1.25 prepaid. We can take orders for it or we give it 
free with a $12.00 order of bulbs from our catalog. The Gladiolus by McLean pub- 
lished 1941 is much more up to date. It gives you the latest data on fertilizer, 
diseases etc. This sells for $2.00. Will be glad to take your order for this book. Also 
on a $12.00 order of bulbs we give you this book for $1.00 extra. Remember, how- 
ever, that in any book the recommended list of varieties is necessarily out of date 
in a very short time, and the varieties recommended are only the author’s personal 
choice. There are many other varieties fully as good and in a year or so many of the 
varieties recommended will be out of date or will not have attained the popularity 
the person recommending them thought they would. 
PLANTING TIME 
Many customers ask us to ship their bulbs at planting time. We have no way 
of knowing the planting time in your particular locality. Here we plant three or 
four weeks before the last hard frost and from then on for a month or so. If you don’t 
know when they should be planted in your locality, find out from someone else who 
has a garden. In some States planting time may vary a great deal according to 
elevation or location. 
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