. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. ulbs. Gladioli now are an all-important itemwith commercial florists. Extensivecultivation of the finest and most desir-able market sorts has proven a sourceof considerable profit to growers of highgrade cut material in late years. Froma side line of little consequence thegrowing of gladioli as florists stock hasevolved into a feature of some im-portance, gaining steadily in extent. Asan all-summer crop in the open, or a igo7. The American Florist. 1187 highly prized indoor product for earlyspring, gladioli never fail to do well,their cu
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. ulbs. Gladioli now are an all-important itemwith commercial florists. Extensivecultivation of the finest and most desir-able market sorts has proven a sourceof considerable profit to growers of highgrade cut material in late years. Froma side line of little consequence thegrowing of gladioli as florists stock hasevolved into a feature of some im-portance, gaining steadily in extent. Asan all-summer crop in the open, or a igo7. The American Florist. 1187 highly prized indoor product for earlyspring, gladioli never fail to do well,their culture being the easiest and mostsimple of anything grown by florists. Several crops of bloom in successionmay be had outdoors from early in theseason until late fall by making a plant- of water and light, a moderate tempera-ture, staking and tying if necessary anda feeding with liquid fertilizer, whenfairly started and well supplied withroots, will lead up to a harvest of finelycolored and large flowered spikes. Whenroom in the houses becomes scarce in. CARNATIONS AT BERTERMANN BROS., INDIANAPOLIS, IND. ing every week or two from about themiddle of April until the end of gladioli can be grown in al-most any kind of soil and situation, theygratefully respond to good culture, andexceptionally fine spikes are cut frombulbs planted in well exposed, liberallyenriched and deeply plowed gardenland. The bulbs should be laid three inchesbelow the surface of the soil, about sixinches apart in rows with space enoughbetween row?, double rows or narrowbeds to afford the needed room for cul-tivation and cutting. Gladioli may alsoto advantage be raised among othercrops or on beds and borders stockedwith other plants, but separate, will give best results. In thefall the bulbs are dug up, spread outto dry and are then stored away for thewinter in any cold place where moistureand frost cannot reach them. Some of the varieties of gladioli, andall of them, are excell
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