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NAPHTHOLENE FLAKES 
One teaspoonful to a hundred thoroughly dried and cleaned large or 
medium bulbs is an excellent way to rid your bulbs from thrip during 
storage period. Do not allow flakes to remain more than 5 weeks in your 
semi-closed boxes. 
THRIP 
The adult Gladiolus Thrip is a very small black insect about one-sixteenth of an 
inch long. The injury they do causes bleaching of the foliage and drying up of the 
buds so they do not open. There have been volumes written about Mr. Thrip and it 
would seem that further information is superflous. 
The facts, however, tend to disprove this. Dozens of the people who visit our 
gardens remark on ihe absence of any signs of Thrip, then tell me a tale of woe on 
what Thrip did to their Glads. in nearly every case, not a single precaution was taken 
to guard against this pest. 
Spray your Glads early and often. Start spraying when the plants are up 6 or 7 
inches high, and spray every week or 10 days. The Government experts of the United 
States and Canada recommend 3 level tablespoons of TARTAR EMETIC (purchase at any 
drug store), 1 lb. brown sugar, 5 gals. of water. Keep this concoction well stirred while 
using as a spray. And remember this poison is deadly to animals and humans and 
must be handled with extreme care. 
Rototox is one of the very best sprays for Glads and also for other plants in your 
garden. It is non-poisonous and will kill Thrip in all stages. We use this ourselves. 
Use according to the directions furnished by the distributor. Write the Rototox Co., 8l 
Yale St., East Williston, New York. They will send you a, 20-page booklet which is free. 
If you are thorough in following out a program of disinfecting and spraying you 
will have no trouble with Thrip. 

SPRING PLANTS. 
Asters, Feverfew, Marigolds, Zinnias. 
Tomatoes, Oxallis, Amoryliss, Pansys, Chrysanthemums. 
IRIS RIZOMES 
10 Different Unlabeled Varieties ............ $2.00 
DELPHINIUMS 
Pacific Hybrids. Strong two year plants. 
Three different colors ............ $1.25 
DAHLIA ROOTS 
Wetreier eA CNI (VOITI@HOS. ff isteerncsa-ssatcisecciss Per dozen $1.50 
SILA PM CET SP VOC OTIS Te Secs ecivssincocnacecste oe Per dozen $1.25 
All unlabeled mixtures. 
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