G VEELUIIG SS tae oe 
— 
Thanks again for past favors and also deeply appreciate the fine letters written in 
by some of our customers this past season. 
We would like to make a few comments on some of the newer and older vari- 
eties grown by us this past season that were outstanding. Hawkeye red, a sport of 
Vagabond Prince was especially nice and bloomed from bulblets. Wan White for a 
pure white was especially good. You'll be hearing more on this in another year. 
Van Gold the outstanding yellow. Silentium is the ideal cut flower, always tall and 
perfectly straight. American Commander hard to beat for a good standby. Corona, 
cream white with pink picotee edge, especially nice. Jeanel, sport of Picardy, excel- 
lent peach cut flower. Leading Lady, the glad made to order. I dare say it will bea 
long time before we get something to replace Leading Lady, in its class. White Gold, 
a giant cream white can be grown to enormous size. Intermezzo not a large cream 
but in my mind very beautiful. Lady Jane is a fine cream with yellow lip. The 
largest and the tallest flower in the garden without a doubt was Ogarita. High 
Finance, a smoky, especially nice. On yellow, Vee Cream with a scarlet blotch, very 
attractive. Ruffled Beauty just about coming into its own, beautiful ruffled light 
yellow. Our Greta Garbo’s pale pink, makes up wonderfully. Wings of Song this 
year were especially nice and so was Candy Heart. Purple Beauty, very outstanding, 
so was Cape Cod and Lantana. Myrna was nice and so was the old standby Snow 
Princess. There is so many beautifui glads it is hard to pick the winners. 
We are going to suggest a few do’s for your Glad Garden. 
After your soil has been prepared in the Spring of the year furrow out your 
rows and scatter bottom of the trench with a good commercial fertilizer. One 
handful is enough for about four foot of the row. Mix well with soil, setting large 
bulbs about five inches deep and five inches apart. Other size bulbs in proportion 
with the smallest about two inches deep. All Gladiola bulbs should be dipped before 
planting. We use Lysol. Four teaspoons to a gallon of water and immerse bulbs 
for six,hours. Any water container will do. Can be done at any time before plant- 
ing or just before planting time. THIS MUST BE DONE REGARDLESS WHERE 
YOU BUY YOUR BULBS. It 1s well to begin spraying plants when six or eight 
inches tall every ten days until they bloom. We use the following formula: one 
gallon of water, one teaspoon Tartar Emetic, four tablespoons brown sugar. 
In the fall of the year about the best time to pull up your bulbs would be just 
after first killing frost or before leaves start drying off. Cut the leaves right close 
to bulbs, placing the bulbs in shallow boxes to dry. At the end of two or three 
weeks remove the old bulbs and store the new bulbs in dry, cool place such as a 
vegetable cellar. 
Terms: Cash with order or twenty-five per cent, the rest C.O.D. No order for 
less than two dollars and no item for less than ten cents please. We have made our 
prices low enough so as to eliminate all confusing discounts on both wholesale and 
retail. We are very liberal in our overcounts. All retail orders will be sent prepaid. 
If out of size wanted we will ship next size, giving equal or better value. 
These are State inspected bulbs. .We try to and observe the fact that making 
new friends is very essential to our business. 
Sincerely yours, 
TAYLOR GARDENS 
LEA TAYLOR, Prop. 
165 West Street ; 
Ware Mass. 
Tel. 647-W 
