sprinkling. We sprinkle ours 30 minutes every evening. 
Treatment. Mix 4 teaspoonfuls of Lysol in one gal. of water. Or use a large 
bottle of Lysol to about 40 gal of water. Soak the bulbs in this solution for 5 
hours. The solution may be used several times but discard it when one week old. 
This solution does not injure bulbs or delay their starting. In fact it hastens 
formation of roots. Other solutions usually retard growth. It kills thrips and 
disease bacteria. Do not treat recently dug bulbs. Our bulbs have been treated 
before we send them out. 
The following treatment is claimed to be equally effective in killing thrips on 
the bulbs. Sprinkle Naphthalene flakes over the bulbs in a closed bag or con- 
tainer. Leave them closed up for three weeks then remove flakes and open. 
Plant Glads 4” deep and twice their diameter apart. A double row may be 
planted in a furrow. Small bulbs and bulblets 2” or 3” deep. 
Glads need mildly acid soil. Strongly alkaline soils are unsuitable, produ- 
cing poor flowers and poor bulbs. The soil should contain much humus. We like 
to mulch the rows with peat or leaf mould. 
Explanation. L. means large, 114” or over, or No’s 1 and 2. M. means med- 
ium, %” to 1%” or No’s 3 and 4. S. means small or under %. 
The Gladiolus Supply 
is exceedingly short. Many growers were unable to dig their crop in the fall of 
1942 and again last fall. Many have gone out of business. All this resulted from 
lack of labor. For the same reason, our own crop was nearly suffocated by weeds 
in early spring and only a part could be saved. 
As a result wholesale prices have more than doubled. Another contributing 
factor here is that cut flowers sold at exceedingly high prics last year from 
spring to fall. White Glads brought as high as $2.50 per doz, on the wholesale 
market and sometimes even more. Growers prefer to keep their bulbs and grow 
eut flowers. 
We did not realize we could not buy more bulbs and listed our own at the 
usual prices. The inevitable result was that we almost sold out. Now we hardly 
have enough to grow for cut flower sales. But we have a few that we will share 
with you at very reasonable prices. We expect to have a good crop this fall, 
Please order very soon. Late orders may bring disappointment instead of bulhs. 
Prices: In the following list 12 bulbs will be sold for the price of 10. But 
there is no 100 rate or any further discount unless so stipulated. The sizes of 
bulbs will be over 1”. That is Jumbos, No. 1,2 and 8. These sizes give equally 
good flowers. 
Aflame. Large red flowers. 8c. 75c doz. 
Albatros. Largest, purest white. 8c. 75c doz. 
Annie Laurie. Ruffled rose-pink. 6c. 60c doz. 
Ave Maria. Early blue. Tall spike, large flowers. 5c. 50c doz. 
Bagdad. Large. Smoky old rose. 5c ea. 50c doz. 
Betty Nuthall. Orange pink. 6c. 60c doz. 
Gate of Heaven. Ruffled yellow. 6c 60c doz. 
Golden Dream. Tall deep yellow 5c. 55c doz. 
La Paloma. Early, orange. 5c. 50c doz. 
La Verne. Large flowers on a tall spike. Cream with red throat. 5c. 50c doz. 
Libelle. The sweetest blue. 6c. 60c¢ doz. 
Los Angeles. Pink with grenadine tone. 5c. 50c doz. 
Margaret Beaton. Large white, red throat. New. 10c. $1.00 doz. 
Mamora. Immense smoky lavender. 5c ea. 50c¢ doz. 
Mvrna. Gorgeous new ruffled cream. 30c ea, 
Pelegrina. Deep violet blue. 5c ea 50¢ doz. 
Radiant Orange. Largest, best orange. 5c. 50c doz. 
Sonatine. Lovely pink. 8c ea. 80c doz. 
Wasaga. Apricot pink, close to Picardy. 5c ea. 50c doz. 
Wurtembergia. New giant red. 10c ea. $1.00 per doz. 
Mixed. Will include what we have, not a balanced mixture of all. 5c ea. 50c 
per doz. $3.00 per 100. 
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