CULTIVATION 
Your success depends more on the culti- 
vation you give your glads than on most aiy- 
thing else you can do. Do not wait until you 
can see the weeds. A common garden rake 
is perhaps the est cultivator for a small 
planting in the garden if it is used often 
enough to keep the soil loose and fine. You 
will be well repaid for the extra care you give 
your glads during the blooming season. 
If you hill up the rows two or three inches 
when they are a foot or more high it will 
help to hold the spikes in an upright position 
when they bloom. 
Cultivation should be continued once @ 
week until after the blooming season, and 
also as soon after each rain as the soil will 
permit. This destroys the weeds when the 
seeds are germinating and creates a dust 
mulch to conserve the moisture. 
OUTTING 
If the spike is cut when the first flower is 
fully open it will bloom in the vase for a week 
or longer if the weather is cool. Wach morn- 
ing the water should be changed, the with- 
ered blooms removed and an inch or more 
cut from the base of the spike. They usually 
bloom better in the vase than in the hot sun 
and wind in the garden. 
Cutting the spike off will not harm the new 
bulb for the next season if you are care?ul 
to not remove any more of the foliage than 
necessary. The more foliage you can leeve 
the better the new (bulb and bulblets wilil 
develop. The formation of seeds retards the 
growth of the bulb. The tops should be cut 
off above the foliage when they are done 
blooming in the garden. We growers who 
pride ourselves on growing high quality bulbs 
cut out many of the tops before blooming. 
