6 KAYLOR NURSERIES, LAKEWOOD, WASH. 
Tahlahneka, Miller. We introduced this 
a few years ago and it has gone to town as 
about the largest and best of the golden 
glads. Tall and a big improvement in this 
color. L—1-50c, M—1-85c, S—1-25c. Ten 
at eight times single price. 
Tunolia, Kaylor. New type of upright 
tulip-shaped florets in just about the clean- 
est pure white imaginable. Florets spiral 
around the stem which is very tall and 
strong. They are without throat markings. 
Used for large boquets and for corsage 
work. L—1-50c, M—1-35c, S—1-25c. 
Twilight, Kaylor. Soft pale lavender 
with a blue arrow on lowers. Six or more 
wide open florets on medium tall stem. 
L—1-$3.00, M—1-$2.25, S—1-$1.75. 
Vagabond Prince, Pal. Real chocolate 
brown with brilliant red spot in throat. Tall. 
Vista Bonita, El. Large, tall deep pink 
of fine form. 
Yakima Apricot, Kaylor. Medium sized 
florets in orange-apricot. Very early. 
Winall, Both. Light violet-blue, ruby 
throat. Tall and about the best of the light- 
er blues. 
Glad Diseases 
Those of you who have read our cata- 
logs for the past nineteen years have per- 
haps decided we are ‘‘nuts” on this subject. 
Have tried every known “cure,” and experi- 
mented with some of our own, and still find 
glad diseases hard nuts to crack. Never 
have seen any large stock that was dis218¢ 
free and do not believe any suza stork 
exists. ‘Careful work has made our stock 
cleaner than average and we are still look- 
ing for that “cure.” Preventive measures 
are best to hold disease in check. 
Bichloride of Mercury has long heen 
recommended as about the best thing to 
use. Dissolve one ounce of the chemica! in 
seven gallons of water and soak the bulbs 
for from four to seven hours. A deadly 
poison, hard to get and not always effec- 
tive, it has a retarding effect on germina- 
tion. 
Lysol and other similar preparations, 
“flopped” with us. Ordinary concentrated 
lye, one ounce to one and one-naif gallons 
of water and soak for four hours, has given 
as good results as mercury and far quicker 
germination. ‘This is also true of Lime- 
Suipher at a little stronger than summer 
strength. 
The N. E. G. S. Yearbook for 1944 car- 
ried a report of experiments conducted at 
the Illinois Experiment Station with a new 
chemical known as New Improved Seresan. 
Here was a new one with a report of good 
results; so we tried it. Recommended use 
was one ounce of N. I. S., one ounce of Deft, 
two gallons of water and soak bulbs for ten 
minutes and bulblets half an hour. We 
could not obtain Deft—used to hold the 
other chemical in suspension—so increased 
the soaking time and gave containers an 
occasional shake up. Bulbs were given a 
half hour or more in the solution and bulb- 
lets up to three hours. Results were the 
best we have ever had and we will continue 
experiment next year. We do not have any 
of these preparations for sale, but be sure 
it is the New Improved Seresan and not 
merely Seresan. 
Due probably to our pre-planting treat- 
ment of bulbs, we have never been bothered 
with thrips. Always the threat of an in- 
vasion hangs over our fields, so, as a pre- 
ventive, we spray the plants just before the 
spikes break thru the sheath. We use a 
summer strength lime-sulphur-arsenate of 
lead solution and put on a plenty to soak 
not only the leaves, but also the soil at the 
base of the plants. It’s sure death to any 
bug that eats it and we think it also helps 
hold disease in check. If not too strong the 
spray will not burn, but it must be used be- 
fore the bud spike breaks. 
Washing the blubs in a summer strength 
lime-sulphur bath immediately after dig- 
ging makes for brighter, cleaner stock. The 
bulbs seem to dry faster after this treat- 
ment but must be cured in wire bottomed 
trays to aid evaporation of the moisture. 
We have found this treatment checks spread 
of disease. 
Dahlia Tubers 
No summer garden is complete without 
a few Dahlias to provide long-season bloom 
and to add to the landscaping effect. We 
grow only a few varieties, but every one 
of them is a reliable performer. Our tubers 
all have live “eyes” when shipped and if 
they do not sprout within a reasonable time 
after planting, send the “duds” back and 
get your money. Unless otherwise noted, 
prices are 35c per tuber. 
Amber Queen, P. P. Two-toned amber- 
apricot. 
RBebs Royal. Small cactus, pink and apri- 
cot. 
Commodore, I. D. A monster flower on 
strong plant. Golden. 
Bobby, P. P. Small ball, rich plum color. 
Champoeg, D. Very large waxy yellow, 
pink tips. 
City of Cleveland, I. D. Medium size 
fiery orange. 
Dreamthorp, Min. Orange and light ter- 
racotta. 
Edith Mueller, P. P. Golden, tipped red. 
Eunice, P. P. Base cream, ends lavender. 
