. Dreer's garden book : seventy-third annual edition 1911. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. I "HEHRTADREER -PtlllADELPHIAfA- %gf GARDfn^-GREENHOUSE PLANTSI-1016' QLADI0LU5. The most attractive of all summer-flowering bulbs are the gladioli. Wonderful improvements are being made each year in the size, color and beauty of these flowers, and our list com- prises only the best both in mixtures and in named sorts. For best results they should have a sunny position. A large
. Dreer's garden book : seventy-third annual edition 1911. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. I "HEHRTADREER -PtlllADELPHIAfA- %gf GARDfn^-GREENHOUSE PLANTSI-1016' QLADI0LU5. The most attractive of all summer-flowering bulbs are the gladioli. Wonderful improvements are being made each year in the size, color and beauty of these flowers, and our list com- prises only the best both in mixtures and in named sorts. For best results they should have a sunny position. A large, isandy loam suits them best, but they do equally as well in heavy /soil provided there is perfect drainage. Well-rotted stable manure is the very best fertilizer, and where convenient it should be spread over the land in the fall, and dug in the following spring. Sheep manure is an excellent substitute, and can be applied in the spring. The best time to plant is about the first of May, putting in the smallest bulbs first, and reserving the larger bulbs for later planting. A succession of bloom may be had from July to October by making plantings two weeks apart up to the end of June. To make a good show they should be planted from three to four inches apart each way. The depth to plant is regulated by the size of the bulb, large bulbs being covered about six inches deep, smaller ones from three to four inches. After they have flowered and the foliage begins to turn yellow, which is usually along about the beginning of October, lift the bulbs, cutting off the stems, placing them in trays or shelves in an airy cellar or some such place, where the temperature will not fall below 45 degrees, or over 60 degrees. In such a posi- tion they will keep perfectly until time for resetting the following season. They are very effective in lines or beds or when planted among Roses, Paeonies, Shrubbery, etc. In cutting Gladioli for the house, it is best to cut the spikes as soon as the first
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