GREETINGS FRIENDS: 
Thanks again for all past favors. They were deeply appreciated. 
We would like at this time to make a few comments on Glads grown by us 
this past season. Abu Hassan, an improved Pelegrina, not tall but dainty. Alarm 
was very good in the reds. Anna Mae for an extra early pure white. This has all 
the earmarks of a fine commercial variety. It will bloom from small bulbs. In the 
lavenders, Badger Beauty, Elizabeth The Queen and Elwood. They bloom in orders 
named, all are very good. Black Panther, just as the name says, black and very deep 
red. Burma, very deep and heavily ruffled rose. The very best in its color, one that 
is very sure to please. Cape Cod is very nice. Golden Beauty, a large exhibition 
Glad, open as many as ten at once. Hawkeye Red this year was exceptionally good, 
Commercial growers, will be growing this by the millions as soon as more of it 
becomes available. High Finance for a late smoky, very good. We have grown 
Intruder with up to six inches blooms. Leading Lady is still a hard one to beat, this 
is very outstanding, and will be grown by all Glad fanciers now that the prices are 
down. Mansoer, blood red with black velvet glow, enormous spike. Among the 
purples, King Lear, very ruffled; Purple Supreme, fine; and Vulcan; very good. 
Purple Wine, medium size floret on a tall spike. Rima, if the bulblets of this would 
only germinate better than they do. We had blooms of this variety up to six inches 
in diameter, and spikes sixty inches tall. Salmons Glory, extra large cream white, 
with a slight yellow and red blotch. This is a very outstanding novelty. Giant in 
size. Silver Gull, you watch for this. It is probably one of the very best silver blue 
varieties, to come from Holland to date. Solo Mio, earliest of all yellows. This will ~ | 
be grown in quantities by the market gardner on account of its earliness. No doubt 
there were many other varieties that were very outstanding in the garden this past 
season, but these are a few that come to my mind at this time. We've had a wonder- 
ful crop of bulbs this year, perhaps one of the best, in our sixteen years as a Com- 
mercial grower. 
We are going to offer a few Do’s and Don'ts for your Glad garden. 
First: open package as soon as received. Examine your bulbs, and, if you are 
not ready to plant, store them in your vegetable cellar, or a place where it is not too 
warm or too cold. After your soil has been prepared in the Spring of the year, 
furrow out your rows and scatter in the bottom of the trench, a good Commercial 
fertilizer such as 4-12-4, 4-8-10, or 5-10-10 or any other good Commercial fertilizer, 
that is available in your community. One handful is enough for about four foot of | 
row. Mix well with the soil setting large bulbs about five inches deep, and five 
inches apart, other size bulbs in proportion, with the smallest about two inches deep, 
and two inches apart. All Glad bulbs must be dipped before planting, in order to’ 
kill any thrips or disease that may be on them. We use Lysol. One and one-half 
tablespoonful per gallon of water. Soak bulbs three hours just before planting. Any — 
~. water container will do. Do not plant neat buildings, heavy rooted plants such as © 


