Foreword... 
It’s good to be home again after being away three weeks exhibiting glads 
at the Los Angeles County Fair. Although the glads were not as good as they are 
earlier in the season, they were the best I have ever exhibited at Pomona. It was 
a pleasure to talk with many of you, and most of you told me of your glads being 
so much nicer than those being exhibited. 
Taken as a whole, Smokies were again the most popular and sought after 
glads. However, many of the others—especially giant glads and black toned ones 
or glads with bright contrasting blotches were very popular. 
Every year I drop approximately 25 older varieties and add about that many 
newer ones. There are always complaints about dropping old favorites. However, 
many of the newer glads are new colors, with more attractive shadings and mark- 
ings, more frilled and ruffled glads are coming out and many that are larger and 
more vigorous. In order to bring you the best varieties in the widest possible 
range of colors I must discontinue as many as are added each year. 
It’s good to have things that money can buy but it’s better to have good things 
that money can’t buy, a good reputation, health, happiness, friends and a clear 
conscience. 
Gardening is a healthful recreation. Some people, because of their outlook 
on life, are younger at 80 than others are at 50. Go out in your garden every 
morning and enjoy the beauty that our Heavenly Father has made available for 
us and be thankful that we live in a free country where we can have these things. 
Glads are an ideal flower, no other cut flower giving such a range of color. 
You can make corsages or table decorations to fit any color scheme you can 
think up, when you have glads of all colors available. A dozen bulbs will 
usually give you well over 200 florets for your use and enjoyment. Out of this 
catalog you can order bulbs that will give you colors that your friends and neigh- 
bors didn’t even know exisited in any flower. The compliments that many of my 
customers get on their glad gardens are over and beyond any expectations they 
ever hoped for. Yes, it’s fun to have something altogether different from any one 
around you. The chances of your finding over two or three of the novelty varieties 
listed in this catalog at your local source of supply are almost nil. Let your neigh- 
bors borrow this catalog or send for one, so they, too, can order. You can order 
different varieties and later on when they increase you can do a little trading. 
HINTS ON GLADIOLUS GROWING 
PRE-PLANTING TREATMENT 
All bulbs should be dipped before planting as a precaution against fungus diseases. I 
have found Natraphene to give the best results as a dip. Dissolve one tablet in 21% gallons of 
water and soak your bulbs for approximately 10 days. On a long soaking the bulb absorbs the 
solution and any diseases are killed from the inside out. If you have a few bulbs of many 
varieties, you can cut cardboard milk cartons in half and soak your different varieties in 
different cartons. 
Send 15c for one Natraphene tablet, 2 for 25c, or 10 for $1.00. 
You can use 1% tablespoonfuls of Lysol per gallon of water and soak your bulbs for 3 hours 
and be sure to plant immediately afterwards. I have found the Lysol treatment to be inferior 
to Natraphene. 
You may find Natraphene hard to locate, so it would be advisable to order Natraphene 
with your bulb order. 
PLANTING 
Glads prefer full sun but will do well if they can get 4 hours or more sunshine a fea 
Plant your bulbs in rows, spacing them approximately 4 inches apart and approximately 
4 inches deep. Larger bulbs deeper and smaller bulbs a little shallower. If planting them in 
beds make them approximately 8 inches apart in all directions. They are easier to cultivate 
if planted in rows. As they grow hill up to them so that they will be less apt to fall over when 
blooming. 
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