Join A Gladiolus Society 
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If you are interested in glads you should join one MAGAZINE MAGAZINE 
of the societies that is nearest you. = a 
REGULAR MEMBERSHIP (NON-ASSESSABLE) GLADIOLUS 
MAGAZINE 
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GLADIOLUS 
This entitles you to a deluxe, flexible, imitation bess tgareoonetr 
leather-bound copy of The Gladiclus issued in Jan- 
uary. You will receive also The Gladiolus Magazine, 
of about 50 pages each copy, published in February, 
April, Juiy, September, October and December. These 
contain current information and seasonal articles on 
planting, fertilizing, hybridizing, growing for and 
shipping to shows; the listing of over forty show dates 
on this continent; harvesting, curing, storing; report- 
ing of over forty shows; also news from many affili- 
ated Gladiolus Societies from coast to coast and from 
foreign sources. 

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Send Money and Application to New England Gladiolus Society, Inc., Box M-1, 
Horticultural Hall, Boston 15, Mass., U. S. A—Credit to Seabrook Nurseries. 
The North American Gladiolus Council publishes an up-to-date magazine of inter- 
esting gladiolus news and information. Four issues each year . . . You may become a 
subscribing member at the cost of one dollar per year. Send check or money order to 
the Secretary, Alfons Bazdorf, Lincoln Park, N. J. Use this blank. 

Notes on the Life History of Gladiolus Thrips 
Taeniothrips Simplex (Merisen) 
In the northern states, where corms are harvested and stored during the cold 
months, Gladiolus thrips apparently do not survive out of doors. Leaving tops in the 
field, exposed to the weather will cause all thrips on the foliage to die. Piles of foliage 
or clearing shucks should be scattered or burned to insure the destruction of all thrips 
attempting to over-winter in Gladiolus trash piles. ; 
Thrips carried on the corms to storage will breed at temperatures above 50 Ei: Unless 
treated, corms stored in basements where winter temperatures are generally 60°F’, or 
above are almost sure to be injured by thrips before spring. Several generations may 
develop in warm basements during the winter months. Feeding of thrips on the corms 
will cause discolored, hardened areas on the corms. Severely injured corms dry abnor- 
mally, resulting in shrunken, misshapen planting stock. Such stock is slow to start 
growth and may not produce satisfactory spikes. 
Published by permission of the New England Gladiolus Society in the Gladiolus Magazine, 
December 1945 
