
BETTER GLADIOLUS 
with Greetings from 
RICHLAND GARDENS 
Twin Bluffs, Wisconsin 
Richland Gardens 
Wishes You And Yours Another , 
GLAD Year 
and thank you one and all for past favors, especially those of you responding to my 
recent Fall Clearance Offers. 

Thanks again, and for future R. G. Specials, stay tuned to Richland Gardens by 
remaining on its active customer list. 
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GLEANINGS... 
From 1949 Experiences 
More than anything else the season of 1949 (the wettest in my experience) im- 
pressed me with the fact that not all Glads have web-feet, be they geese or swans. 
The difference in performance of varieties was just as marked as under the 
drought conditions of 1948. Some, known to be good varieties, were even shorter 
than most of the only fair performers came under 1948’s dry summer. 
Many 1949 trial varieties came into bloom with 90 to 105 degrees of temperature 
and from five to seven inches of rain every forty-eight hours. 
The only one of some varieties that did not crook, spiked with the benefit of 
cloudy days. Any variety that spiked and stayed straight with that benefit, never will 
crook, and there were several including all of Fishers 1949 releases. 
Oregon Rose went down like a cork-screw, while Betty’s Choice stood like a 
ramrod. 
Any conditions that promote a soft, rapid growth, increases floret misplacement 
{except on cloudy days). There were many it would not be fair to comment on, due to 
conditions under which they came into bloom. Likely “No Comments” would be more 
in order for 1949. Comments and listing on several have been reserved against the time 
and opportunity to witness their performance under more normal conditions, I hope. 
The going here in July was really tough, no other spot in the state or nation 
receiving more heat and rain in five weeks time, than Richland County did in June and 
July, 1949. 
