Thrips are very small insects that suck the juices from the plant. They cause the flowers 
te wither or appear burned, and appear only after weather becomes warm. To avoid the 
damage thrips do, four measures are effective. Plant early. Plant clean, treated bulbs. Keep 
them reasonably moist and well cultivated, with no weeds. Dust with Chlordane. A hand 
duster and Chlordane can be bought from most local feed or seed stores. Chlordane 
tho toxic is safe to use but do not use on vegetables. Be careful not to breathe much 
of the dust. It also kills ants and other pests. 
Dust Gladiolus 3 or 4 times before flowering. Begin when plants are 6” or 8” tall. 
Many will prefer to spray instead of dusting. For a spray use “Thripocide’” which 
we list under “Garden Supplies,” 4 oz. for $1.15 postpaid. 
Plant large bulbs (really “corms’”) 4” to 5” deep. Half inch bulbs, 3”. Bulblets 
2”. Twice their diameter apart. Rows 20” apart, in full sun exposure. Best soil is sandy 
loam but they do very well in heavy soils, especially if leaf mould and compost is added. 
Alkaline soils do not produce good Gladiolus. Correct them by addition of peat or leaf 
mould. Use only well decayed manure, if any. Spoonit is an excellent mildly acid 
fertilizer. 
Sizes. Size No. 1, 14%” up. No. 2, 14%” to 14”. No. 3, 1” to 14%”. No. 4, %4” 
to 1”. No. 5, 4%” to 4”. No. 6, all under 4”. In the following list L. means large, No. 1 
or 2; M. means medium, No. 3 or 4; S. or small are No. 5 or 6. Smallest sizes bloom 
and often bulblets. No. 2 and 3 are preferred for growing commercial cut flowers. 
Prices are for one bulb. Multiply by 10 for price of one doz. 6 at doz. rate. 100 
cost 70 times the cost of one or 7 times the cost of one dozen. 
Our bulbs are grown in rich soil, on the heavy side. They are not always as nice 
looking as bulbs grown in the thinner sandy soil. They often perform better and we 
guarantee them to grow well. 
Bridesmaid. The right name for this “Peaches and cream’, Glad. L. 8c. 
Buckeye Bronze. Red bronze. Fine cut flower. L. 12c. 
Burma. Heavily ruffled, deep rose red. L. 7c. 
Capehart. Early, salmon rose. L. 5c. 
Chaumony. Beautiful bright rose with silver edge. L. 10c. 
Connecticut Yankee. Reddish pink. A new favorite pink and perhaps the most 
beautiful of all. L. 13c. 
Debonnaire. Well known tall pink. L. 5c. 
Elizabeth The Queen. Deeply ruffled, large lavender flowers. Many consider it the 
most beautiful gladiolus. L. 10c. 
Ethel Cave Cole. Florists’ favorite light pink. Large flowers, early and near perfect. 
L. 6c. No. 1 and Jumbos for 8c. They are a little earlier. 
General Eisenhower. Very large begonia rose. Up to 8 open at once. 10c. 
H. B. Pitt. Very fine large orange pink. L. 10c. 
June Bells. Tall, large ruffled white. Earliest. L. 12c. 
Mauve. I always wanted a Mauve Gladiolus. This seems to be the closest possible. 
We introduce it for 50c, an unusual introductory price. Limit one. Tell me your 
opinion. L. 50c. 
Pacifica. Very early tall, large white. Fine for cutting. L. 7c. 
Red Charm. The favorite florists’ pure red. L. 7c. 
Red Unknown. A fine early red. Name unknown. 6c. 
Snow Princess. A very fine early white. L. 7c. 
Spic and Span. Ruffled deep pink. Very vigorous and even bulblets give nice spikes 
for cutting. L. 10c. 
Timor. A medium red of great beauty. 15c. 
White Gold. The largest, tallest, early creamy white. The only criticism I’ve 
heard is, “too large.” It’s a one spike bouquet. L. 8c. Jumbo, 12c. 
Assorted. No. 1’s and Jumbo, $1.00 doz. No. 2 and 3, mixed sizes, 50c/doz, 
$3.50/100. 
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