East Lansing last winter, | was accused of be- 
ing subsidized by the Oregon Chambers of 
Commerce. Actually it is hard for anyone who 
has not personally spent a season here, to re- 
alize how things can and do grow. The well- 
drained soil is full of humus; we need use no 
fertilizer of any kind. The days are long, with 
few clouds to absorb the brilliant summer sun- 
shine; the nights are always cool, reminding us 
of summers spent in ‘Wisconsin and Vermont, 
with heavy dews almost nightly, that are al- 
most as refreshing as rain. A minimum of rain 

PINK PARAGON 
from early May thru September makes irriga- 
tion almost a necessity — but perhaps three or 
four applications of water are all that Gladi- 
olus could want to keep them in lusty, continu- 
ous, vigorous growth. The air is quiet, the av- 
erage wind velocity being only about 7 miles 
per hour. Blooming time is from mid-July to 
October frost. Summer maximum temperature 
averages about 85 degrees, but occasionally 
the mercury climbs past the 100 degree mark ~4 
as tho to test the heat stamina of a budding ae oes 
spike. MYRNA 

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