MILLEN. GARDENS GLAD CULTURE SHEYENNE, N.DAK. 
FIRST:- buy good healthy young bulbs. Open top of sacks to admit air and store in cool 
place until time to plant. We like to plant as soon -as ground starts to warm up,- differ- 
ent sizes of bulbs and both early aad late varieties will give a long season of bloom. 
Ground should be deeply plowed or spaded, preferably in the Fall. Apply no fresh manure 
where Glads are to be grown. They do not need very heavy fertilizing; old rotten cattle 
manure is best of all, but if you use a commercial fertilizer do not let it come in Gir- 
ect contact with the bulbs nor use fertilizer with very high nitrogen content. Place in 
_ bottom of treneh - a cup full to 3 o4 feet of trench- and cover with an inch of soil: 
or apply 3 to 5 in. from each side of row and work into soil. A second application may 
be given when spikes are starting to form, which is when plants have 4 leaves. 
GLADS love a sunny location, away from trees, fences and walls, Give full sun + or 
at least umtil middle of the afternoon. Do not make them compete with weeds or roots of 
trees or shrubs, PLANT THEM RIGHT OUT IN THE CENTER OF YOUR GARDEN, Will grow in almost 
any soil but slightly acid sandy loam is best. Remember that the more fertilizer you use 
~ the more water must be given the plants, 
DEEP PLANTING Keeps plants from tipping over and is better in dry weather,- large and 
medium bulbs 5 to 6 inches and small bulbs an inch shallower in ordinary soil. A little 
shallower in very heavy or gumbo soil. As usually grown for cut flowers, plant in rows 
from 18 to 30 in. apart, depending on space available, and 6 in, apart in row for large 
or medium bulbs. If in beds- 6 to 8 in, apart each way. 
TREATING BULBS: Before planting we treat all bulbs by placing in labeled muslin sacks 
and soaking for 6 or 7 hours in LYSOL solution, The formula is:- 1 full teaspoon of LYSOL 
to each quart of water. Do not peel the husk off the bulbs, PLANT THE SAME DAY AS TREATEL 
THIS IS IMPORTANT. This Dip is death to THRIP ( a destructive insect pest of Glads which 
sueks the juice from the leaves and causes the flower buds not to open. Are about the 
size of a light pencil mark and from 1/20th to 1/16th of an inch tong, light brown to 
black in coltr according to age) and also encourages root growth of the bulbs. . ; 
Another fine Dip Wrich gives more control of Scab is:- 1 ozs of NEW IMPROVED CERESAN, 
1 tablespoon of DReFT, 3 gallons of water. Use a non-metallic container, Soak from 15 
to 25 minutes (longer will cause damage) and plant the same day while still damp. 
NEWEST SPRAY for Thrip is wettable D D T (directions on package) recommended by the Agr- 
{cultural Experiment Stations and used by most of the large commercial bulb growers row, 
Use a fine mist sprayer, once a week after the foliage is 6 inches high. Or D DT duss 
( 3 to 5 % is strong enough) will do the business, Use with a dust gun in the morninzs. 
Just as effective and handier to use than the spray. D D T will get the Thrip. 
IF you water your Glads, start when 4th leaves appear and SOAK the ground once a week 
if needed, Light sprinkling brings the roots to the surface, merely forms a crust on the 
grsund and may do more harm than good. Glads appreciate lots of water when spikes av. 
forming in the sheath and until the spikes are cut. Keep the soil stirred often but give 
enly shalléw cultivation after the plants are half grown, ; 
DIG ysur bulbs when foliage starts to turn brown,- this means that bulbs have quit :rcwe 
ing and is usually 3 to 5 weeks after blooming, but in any case is odefore ground freezes, 
DO NOT LEAVE BULBS IN GROUND UNTIL TOPS ARE DEAD. Loosen bulbs with a spading fork and 
pull up by the tops. CUT TOPS OFF CLOSE TO BULBS WITH SHEARS. Dry in shallow trays in an 
airy place, but shaded from direct hot sun, frost or rain, for 2 to 4 weeks, turning cher 
over occasionally to avoid mold, 01d bulbs and roots should then be removed and after 
another week of curing the bulbs and bulblets are ready for storage in a eccoi and crly 
inmoderately dry cellar for the winter. We use screen bottom trays but for small love un 
to 40 er 50 bulbs there is nothing better than paper sacks,- only partly filled ard sho 
tops LOOSELY closed, Never use metal containers, We try to keep our cellar storage fo a 
35 to 40 degrees which is about ideal, Should never be over 50 degrees if possible, Cco1 
storage means fine blooms and if any Thrip are present on the bulbs they cannet survive 
2 months storage at this temperature. Good storage conditions for potatoes are fine fox 
Glad bulbs. DDT powder ( any strength from 3 to 10 %) has now been proven to have 
absolutely no bad effects on bulbs and will kill all live Tkrip. An ounce of dust to “ath” 
100 bulbs is enough. Place dust and bulbs in large paper sack and shake to coat all bulbos 
~vthen store in your usual way for the winter with the D D T coating them, The old Narth.. 
alene treatment is out of date now that DDT has been proven safe and effective, 
BULBLET CULTURE:- Best grown in sandy loam, If high priced varieties,- slightly cra x 
the shells between thumb and finger, using care not te crush the tender kernel of the 
pulblet. Soak in water 2 to 5 days in warm sunny place, Low priced bulblets need not be 
eracked but may be soaked and drained alternately for a week or until seme sprouts ar>-~ 
ear, This is best done in a sunny window or enclosed porch, Plant in flat bettom trenches 
1. to 6 in, wide and 2 to 3 in, deep, and from 50 te 100 blis, to the foot cf row, The 
young plants will shade and support each other, Do not allow to dry cut but water thorou- 
ghly in dry weather. If you have enly a few blts. - just string them along between tic 
pulbs of that same variety. Allow to grow as long in the Fall as possible until the tops 
start to turn brown or frost comes. 

