GLAD TIPS 
The “glad family’ grows! Each year there are so many new and 
beautiful.gladiolus that it is beyond us to suggest or recommend. We like 
to keep up with the times, and feel that we do, but many varieties are 
still in the test stage with us. The past few years we have grown our bulbs 
in a heavier soil which makes quite a difference to some varieties. This 
year, — after three years on leased land, — we will be back to cur own 
fields. This soil is quite different, — being a sandy loam— and we will 
feel better able to pass judgement on some of the newest orginations. 
To those of you who are already growing glads we know you are 
anxious to add some new ones to your collection and we hope to help 
you for we have harvested an excellent crop of fine healthy stock. To 
those of you who are contemplating growing them for the first time, we 
know the pleasure they will give you will be beyond your expectations. 
We were only able to exhibit at three shows this past summer and felt 
well repaid for our efforts. Due to the shortage of help at vital times, it 
just is not possible for us to get to as many of the shows as we would like 
but it was a great pleasure to meet friends and talk with interested would- 
be gladiolus growers at: Kingston, Rhode Island; Waterville, Maine; and 
Boston. At this latter show our exhibit was unusual, not only for the ar- 
rangement but for the type of containers. It won for us the Seabrook Per- 
petual Challenge Trophy and two Gold Medals,—one from the Mass. 
Horticultural Society, and one from the New England Gladiolus Society, for 
the most meritorious display. The exhibit featured not only specimens of 
the newest glads, arranged in a unique container, but spectacular arrange- 
ments of the better known varieties. 
Our catalogue is an abbreviated one because we prefer to give you 
our personal attention and assure complete satisfaction always. 
SPIC AND SPAN 
