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Do not neglect your gladiolus after they have bloomed. An occasional cultivation will be 
beneficial and if weeds are kept down the digging will be easier. We think about four to six 
weeks after blooming is a good time to start digging a variety. Be sure and cut the tops off close 
to the bulb and spread the bulbs out in low boxes to dry, preferably where air can move around 
them. It will depend on the size of the bulbs and the drying conditions on how soon they will be 
ready to clean (the old bulb should come off easily) and be sure to destroy all the old bottoms, etc. 
Now store in a cool dry place. If you use naphthalene flakes we suggest that you put in half a 
handiul on pieces of paper, or small pie plates, in the boxes; cover the boxes with paper or, if you 
can put them in one big pile, cover it all with a tight cover of some kind such as canvas or several 
thicknesses of newspaper and leave for a couple of weeks. Uncover, take out the naphthalene 
flakes and store for the winter. Putting the naphthalene on paper will save taking all the bulbs 
out to get the naphthalene flakes away from the bulbs for we do not like to leave them among 
the bulbs all winter. Now the bulbs should be in good shape until planting time. 
SUBSTITUTION 
In no case will any other variety be substituted for the variety ordered except with your 
permission on orders received prior to April 1. However, if you order later than this, please give 
us some varieties for second choice or, if we are out of some varieties, permit us to send more of 
those available to make up the value. All orders are put up and put aside in the order received 
regardless of the shipping date. 
SHIPMENT 
We ship by either parcel post or express, whichever we think best and cheapest or safest at 
the time shipment is desired, so if your express office is different from your mail address be sure 
to state it on the order. Fairly heavy orders are usually cheaper by express. From our experience 
of the past three years, it is not advisable to ship any great distances in the real winter months. 
During the war it was the labor question and I think it still is the labor question, or a combination 
of circumstances which make it impossible to take care of perishable shipments as quickly. 
Where you ask for “immediate” or ‘at once’’ shipments, we will enceavor to carry your suggestions 
out, weather permitting, but please be patient as many times our weather conditions here vary 
so greatly with weather conditions on the other end. We are equipped to store your orders until 
you wish them in the spring and we guarantee safe delivery of all shipments. 
BULBLETS 
While we guarantee to satisfy our customers, it is not possible for us to guarantee the germina- 
tion of bulblets. The bulblets of some varieties are hard to germinate and they need good care 
to get the best results. Bulblets are cheaper than bulbs because they are not so sure to grow. 
It is a cheap way to get a start, especially in the new introductions, but we want our customers 
to be sure they understand clearly that they must not expect us to replace them if they do not 
germinate. Of course a big per cent usually will grow anyway but if they are valuable ones, 
and are cracked before planting, and then kept well watered, the per cent that will grow will be 
much increased. We will always select the largest bulblets available of the ordered variety. 
