Spraying: Dust with D.D.T. 5% about once every ten days after plants are up 
6 to 8 inches, or spray with 50% wettable D.D.T. one 02. in 3 gal. water. Repeat 
after a rain. Both control Thrips. Best time to dust, in evening when wind is 
down. Dust should be like light fog. If light breeze let dust float over patch, 
start to windward. Spraying can be done anytime during the day. 
Blooms: Cut your blooms preferably in the morning when one or two florets 
are open. Use a small sharp narrow blade, run down spike, then cut through 
with a slanting cut. Be sure to leave four or five leaves on p‘ant to mature 
bulb. Place spike in water, fresh water every day, cut off half inch of spike 
each day. Spike will open to tip. Use tips for floating table decorations, cor- 
sages. To keep for shows, place in cool basement; must have some ventilation. 
Digging: Bulbs blooming in July can be dug six weeks after blooming. Those 
blooming in September will mature in four weeks. Dig plantings before ground 
freezes. Dig with a fork, lift out plant, cut top off flush with bulb, place in 
shallow trays (boxes) not over four inches deep. (Burn tops when dry.) Do 
not leave in hot sun, protect from frost. Dust with 5% D.D.T. After drying 
three to five weeks, remove old bulb from new. Burn old bulb. Do not remove 
husk from new bulb. When clean and dry, dust again thoroughly. 
Storing: Store in cool, dry part of basement, 35° F., to 45° F. is about right. 
Bulbs stored under moist conditions will be more susceptible to disease and 
storage rot. 
For further information and up to the minute developments and methods, join 
your local or state society and/or 
The New England Gladiolus Society—Dues $3.00 
The North American Gladiolus Council—Dues $1.50 
If you wish to include with your order for bulbs—dues in either or both of the 
above societies, we will gladly see that your memberships are properly placed. 
RESOLUTIONS 
A little more kindness, 
A little less creed, 
A little more giving, 
A little less greed. 
A little more smile, 
A little less frown, 
A little more lifting 
When a friend is down. 
A little more “we,” 
A little less “TI,” 
A little more laugh, 
A little less cry. 
A lot more “Glads” 
Along the pathway of life, 
And still more “Glads” 
At the end of the strife. 
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