In presenting this Catalogue we wish to take this 
opportunity to thank our many customers of the past 
tor their orders, also those of you who gave us orders 
last summer at blooming time. 
We also wish to invite every one of you to come 
and see our gardens in bloom this summer. 
We have quite a tew varieties not listed as we have 
a limited amount of them. If there are some varieties 
that you wish that we haven't listed, please write us. 
We are located in Kings, Illinois, on State Highway 
64—22 miles south of Rockford and 80 miles west of 
Chicago and 11 miles east of Oregon, Illinois. 
Gladiolus Cultural Directions 
A plot which will produce good vegetables will pro- 
duce good gladiolus spikes. Select a planting plot 
away irom trees or buiidings. Lree roots rov the 
ground of moisture and buiidings reflect heat. 
PREPARE YOUR GLAD BED WELL. Plant 
bulbs 5 to 6 inches deep. Space them 6 inches apart 
in the row. 
Since all people do not kill thrip at planting time, 
there is danger of getting thrip from other gardens 
because thrip can fly and are also carried by the wind, 
so when your glads are about 6 inches high start 
spraying or dusting to prevent thrip injury. 
Make a spray solution by dissolving 1 ounce of 50% 
wettable DDT in 3 gallons of water. If you prefer 
dusting use 5% DDT in a small dust gun. SPRAY 
OR DUST EVERY 10 DAYS up to blooming time. 
All sprays and dust are poison. 
Glads are primarily cutflowers. Cut the spike when 
the first flower opens and develop them indoors. They 
will open in water, and you can enjoy them indoors a 
long time. When cutting the spikes leave at least 4 
leaves on the plant to develop the bulb for next year. 
October is the usual bulb digging month. Lift the 
bulbs with a spade. Cut the stem off close to the bulb. 
Dry them in shallow boxes or trays until dry enough 
to remove the old bulb and roots, then dust the cleaned 
bulbs with 5% DDT and store in cloth bags, screen 
bottom trays or shallow boxes in coolest place you 
have but they dare not freeze. 
All stock offered subject to prior sale. Where bulb- 
lets are listed by the “packet” there will be 50 to 109 
bulblets or more in package. Five bulbs will be sold 
at one-half the price per ten. 
Bulb Sizes 
Glad bulbs are graded into six sizes: No. 1 bulbs are 
1%% inch or larger in diameter. No. 2 is 1% to 1% inch 
in size. No. 3 is l-inch to 1% inch. No. 4 is three 
quarter inch up to 1 inch, No. 5 and 6 are one-quarter 
inch smaller with No. 6 being a half inch bulb, and 
considered the smallest size sold commercially. 
“Large” bulbs are considered No. 1 and No. 2. Me- 
diums are No. 3 and No. 4 mixed. Small! bulbs are 
Nos. 5 and 6. Most varieties will produce a very good 
bloom from medium bulbs, and Nos. 5 and 6 will 
usually bloom altho quite late in the season. Many 
varieties will supply a fair bloom from well grown 
bulblets. 
