Continued from second pege. 
either seriously demege them or destroy them completely. 
the treetment in storege with nepthalene flekes, os this treatment was 
The DDT dust trertment, however, hes been found quite 
100% effective. 
We no longer recommend 
not elways 
setisfact- 
ory. In the fall as soon es the bulbs are dug, dust them lightly with DDT dust, 
and that should be the end of your thrips troubles for the winter. An easy way 
of applying the dust to a smell quentity of bulbs is to place the bulbs ond DDT 
dust in e lerge paper sack, close the top, ond sheke them thoroughly. The dust 
may be left on the bulbs oll winter, cs it harms the bulbs in no way. About en 
ounce of DDI dust will treat os much as 
a bushel of bulbs. 
WARNING! Use common- 
sense preceutions in using DDT, just the same as you would with ony dust thet 
might be hermful. 
Avoid breathing « quantity of the dust. 
ilated place, and wear a dust-mask when using o duster. 
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Plant your girds in well drained soil, 
not tolerste wet feet. 
Plent the lorge bulbs five or six inches deen. 
in rows end eight inches in beds. Do not keep soil too wet immediotely efter plrnt- 
ing. 
A FEW POINTERS OR RAISING BET?ER GLADS 
Plant your glads in an open sunny plece. 
Work in © well-vent- 
Glads plented in the shede may not 
bloom or will produce very poor spikes and the folege will be nerrow and gressy. 
Gleds like plenty of moisture but will 
Spece them four inches apert 
When cutting spikes elwrys leeve at lerst four leaves on the plent to mature 
the bulb. NEVER cut off oll the foliage from the plant until the bulb is dug. 
Dig when tops BEGIN to die. 
Don't leave your bulbs in the ground in the frll 
efter the tops ere deed, if you do your bulbs will likely rot in storage. 
Cut the tops off at once, when bulbs fre dug. 
Don't store your bulbs by 
tying up in bunches with the tops left on, If there sre any thrips on the tops 
they will hove 
merry feast on your bulbs during the winter. 
Gleds like a feirly rich soil, but do not overdo the fertilizing. The amount 
If manure is not available, use eny 
used will of course, depend upon your soil. 
good commerical fertilizer. 
potetoes in your locality, 
Ask your desler for the fertilizer commonly used on 
Mix the fertilizer thoroughly with the soil. 
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Listed below ore verieties heaving similer chearecteristics. If you're fond of 
ruffied ones, the better ruffled verieties from our cetalog are listed below, 
es well ss the better representatives of the other types. 
RUFFLED VARIETIES 
AUREOLE 
BOLERO 
BURMA 
BOUTON D'OR 
CANO PUS 
ANKARA 
BOLDFACE 
CARRARA 
CIRC# 
EVANGLINE 
ATATURK 
ANKARA 
BETILIER TIMES 
BLACK OPAL 
BOLERO 
FLYING FORTRESS 
CONNIE G 
CUPID 
BELIZABALH THE QUEEN 
ELMER'S ROSE 
FLORENCE NIGHLENGALE 
EXIRA LARGE OR BXTRA 
GENERAL EISENHOVER 
LEEUYWENHORST 
MANSOBK 
MARGUBRITE 
MAURESN GARDNER 
a 
LAKE PLACID 
LAVENDER PRINCE 
SHERWOOD 
SIBONEY 
SURFSIDS 
TALL VARIED IES 
MID-AMERICA 
MRS. R. G. ERREY 
NEV) AMSTERDAM 
ORCHID GIANT 
PROF, GOUDRITAN 
UNUSAL DE#P OR ODD COLORS 
MODERN TIMES 
MRS. R. G. BRREY 
OKLAHOMA 
POUSSIN 
PAUL RUBENS 
POMMBRT GLAD GARDENS, 
HIGH FINANCE 
HOKUS POKUS 
JO WAGENAAR 
MANSOBR 
LUSTIGE WITWH 
VOODOO 
WEDGSWOOD 
WHITE CHRISTMAS 
WHITE WINGS 
SALMAN'S GLORY 
TAKINA 
TIVOLI 
WHITE WINGS 
WORLDBEATER 
OBERBAYERN 
SILVER GULL 
TAKINA 
UHU 
VOODOO 
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PACIFIC, WASH. 
