sit down in a comfortable chair in your own home, make out your list and enclose your 
check. The postman delivers them. Simple and easy. 
Why not order a dozen Amaryllis bulbs, Select Strains, one bulb for each of a dozen 
friends? Thus they cost you 66%c ea. Potted they will be worth $1.50 ea. Or give 
the dry bulbs. 
Even the cheap Oxalis make wonderful little presents, especially if you pot them 
and get them started. 
For birthday, Christmas or any day you wish to remember your friends with a 
present, nothing is more suitable than a bulb or bulbs. 
IRIS FAMILY—Iridaceae 
The Iris is the type genus of this family, which includes Iris, Gladiolus, Watsonias, 
Freesias, Sparaxis, Tritonias, Babianas, Moraeas, etc., as listed on following pages. 
Tall Bearded Iris. We offer more than 100 fine modern Iris at reasonable prices 
in a special price list. Send for Iris Price List if interested. 
Dutch Iris. These are bulbous Iris. The flowers are not fragile like Bearded Iris 
and they are therefore very useful for cutting. 
Culture. They should be planted in the fall before Sept. 15 as the bulbs often 
deteriorate after that date. Later plantings may succeed if bulbs are good and not 
infested with plant lice. Plant 1 to 3” apart and 3 to 4” deep depending on size of 
bulbs. They are hardy in milder sections of north but a mulch is advisable. Full sun 
or slight shade. 
Yellow Queen. Tall, deep golden yellow. 3 for 20c. 65c doz. $5.00 per 100. 
Imperator. Tall, deep blue. 10c ea. 75c doz. 
Assorted varieties. This mixture contains many varieties besides above. 6c ea. 
50c doz. $4.00 per 100. 
Gladiolus 
Culture. Glads planted Nov. 15 to Mar. 1 in Southern California and thruout the 
south (a little later in Northern California and early as possible in spring in the east) 
are reasonably sure to escape the attack of thrips. Our Glad bulbs are especially grown 
for this purpose, matured early and dug in August. But if you plant recently dug bulbs 
you will gain nothing; they will continue their rest of three months before starting. 
Thrips are very small insects that suck the juices from the plant. They cause the 
flowers to wither or appear burned, and appear only after weather becomes warm. 
To avoid the damage they do, three measures are effective: Plant early; plant 
clean, treated bulbs; keep them always moist by overhead sprinkling. Gladiolus that 
are sprinkled one-half hour every evening will seldom show thrips damage at any time 
of year. 
Treating bulbs. Mix 4 teaspoonsful of Lysol in one gallon of water. Soak the 
bulbs 6 hours in this solution. It may be used several times but not after standing over 
one week. This is an acid solution and encourages root growth instead of delaying it. 
Do not treat bulbs bought from us. We treat before selling. We do not advise use of 
mercurial solutions as they injure the bulbs and delay root formation. 
Mosaic Disease. A few varieties, including Picardy and Betty Nuthall, have 
recently shown a tendency to become infected with mosaic. It does not hurt the bulb 
or plant but the flowers become mottled, which greatly detracts from their beauty. 
There is no cure but one can partly at least prevent its spread by pulling up such plants. 
It is spread among plants by biting insects, possibly even by thrips, or in cutting flowers. 
If one cuts from a diseased plant, then from a healthy one, it is likely that one has 
carried the virus which causes the disease to the healthy plant. 
Plant 4” deep; small 3”; bulblets 2”. Twice their diameter apart. We plant two 
rows, staggered in a 4” wide furrow or closer in a single row. Rows about 20” apart. 
Alkaline soils produce poor Glads. Soil should be neutral to mildly acid. Leaf mould 
or peat added is useful. Peat causes soil to dry out more rapidly and imported peat 
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