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ROBINSON’S GLADHAVEN 
Grower - Importer - Exporter - Hybridist 
— List 554-A — Ly 
THIS LIST cancels all previous lists. Please preserve it for future reference. ee i 
ing the WILD SPECIES, we may not always have enough-to. list, but can usually 
share what we have with fellow hybridists. You can always ask. sia 
TERMS OF SALE—Cash with order, please. No orders accepted for less than $3.00. 
California Customers: Please add state sales tax. 
ALL ORDERS are put up by myself and are the equal of any. 
FOREIGN ORDERS must have necessary permits, tags, etc., and go at your expense. 
We Pay Postage in U.S. and Canada. NO SUBSTITUTION without permission, but 
if you mention it in your order it may prevent delay in UNNECESSARY correspond- 
ence, and we can often send something better than those ordered. We may substitute 
sizes, however. You could also mention a second choice. 
PLEASE ORDER EARLY—as our selling season is short. NO SMALL SIZES OR 
CORMELS after April first, as we start planting then. 
CORMELS—Usually 10 cormels for price of one large corm—a few exceptions. 
ALSO SEE OUR SPECIAL on these near bottom of page 2. | 
ALL ORDERS accepted subject to prior sale and crop. 
MANY THANKS for nice letters, hope to continue to merit you business. 
TREATMENT—Mix tablespoon of Lysol in gallon water; soak 3 hours; plant wet. 
PLANTING—Start planting usually in your district when the Lilacs start blooming, 
and every ten days thereafter till June 1st, for continuous bloom till frost. 
SPRAYING—Do not wait till thrip show up, play safe, start when they are six inches 
high, then once-a-week. Use heaping tablespoon of 50 betes wettable DDT per 
gallon of water. 
DIGGING—Start digging 6 to 8 weeks after flowering, do not wait till tops die down 
but at the first sign. We water 2 weeks after flowering, wait 4 weeks more and start 
digging. Start on the early ones first as they will usually be ready first. 
Drying—in mild sunshine to 85 degrees F. If hotter, shade a little. We like ten days 
to dry. 
Storing—Don’t have them too deep in your containers—not over 2 corms deep. 
Cleaning—Three weeks after digging they clean the easiest—pull off old corm and 
roots and dust liberally with 5 or 10 percent DDT. Dust. Discard all diseased corms. 
PLANT—L. & M. size 4” deep in heavy soil, 5” in sand. Small size, 3”. Bulbets, 2’. 
LEGEND—Large is L. - Medium is M. - Small is S. 
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