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V c I n Your o our u r 0 Own wn Wf p. p 7 n t H i f eJ Q iR tN V- V t t W lx J J rM ora-fi ora 6 69 d C Jl 4 THE TIlE IDEAL FLOWER GARDEN Every gardener will have his own answer to the question as to what wha is the ideal garden flower but I am sure that the gladiolus will get more votes than any other because of its excellence as a cut flower and its splendid keeping qualities its general general gen gen- general eral beauty and its strength its faculty for increasing and the easiness easiness easiness easi easi- ness with which it Is cultivated The root of oC the gladiolus is a corm but it is usually incorrectly referred to as a bulb Do your our part partin in educating other amateur gardeners garden garden- ers and always call can it by its proper name The small offsets which form underground during the summer summer sum sum- sumo mer arc either or corm cIs Corms Corns of oC the gladiolus come in indifferent indifferent different flowering sizes sires and with normal conditions the first and second size corms corns will flower from 70 to days after they arc nrc rc planted Varieties differ some being being be be- ing early bloomers and some late When hen you know your varieties it itis l is an easy matter to have havo flowers at atthe atthe atthe the supreme stage of their beauty on any given date simply by count- count ing ng backwards from that time and planting the corms accordingly People who delight in entering i the products of th their ir gardens in flower lower shows always want a supply sup sup- supt i pl ply of oC gladiolus flowers to display Good catalogues state whether the varieties arc are early early sea mid son mid season or late and for tor these different sorts you vou allow respectively respectively 60 to 70 70 to 80 80 to 90 90 to and to days in which the corm will germinate grow and produce a flowering spike of oC radiant radiant radiant ra ra- ra- ra diant beauty Lovers of the gladiolus should be acquainted with the excellent work done by the Utah Gladiolus society in teaching amateur gardeners how to grow this flower to best advantage advantage tage how to combat the few pests which attack It and how to cut and display the flowers The Tha society society society so so- each year holds a show in which the public is invited to take an active part and awards from the national society are arc given as aswell aswell aswell well as ribbons in various classes This year the show w will 11 be held Au August 10 and 11 From the dates given you ou may know lenow just when to plant the gladiolus corms so that the flowers Clowers will be bc in ribbon blue-ribbon- winning vinning condition Minuet for instance a truly glorious gladiolus which is a con- con prize winner will bloom about 90 days after planting This variety is one of oC my favorites and can seldom be surpassed In its particular particular par par- color which is a lovely a lavender vender Giant Nymph which created a sensation when it was first shown shown- by Emil Lund I believe in Salt Lake takes Lake takes 85 days to reach bloom- bloom inC ng The giant is a fine ine pink with deeper markings s. s Tycko Zang Zan- strangely named is another which will bloom in 85 days and Marmora Marmora Mar Mar- Marmora mora a beautiful lavender lavend r gray is isa isa isa a third Alice Tiplady is no newcomer amon among the glads but it Is a great favorite with me as with many others and Alice Aliee hurries into bloom very cry joyously showing her cheerful orange range coloring 75 days after atter plant- plant ing ng Just as early is 19 Maiden Malden Blush also a n general favorite Tomorrow I shall shan continue this discussion of oC gl gladiolus varieties QUERIES Mrs C. 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B Salt Lake I appreciate the advice you OU gave ga e a J t me before and now I have ha two more problems bothering me mc I have ha planted marigolds olds In boxes in the house The They all came up upwell upwell well vell but now the they are arc dying Is it advisable to set them outside outside outside out out- side each warm warns day any and bring them in at night I have ha been doing this My 1 other problem is Is we we bought a flowering almond and a friend told us it should be he cut IOWa down almost to the ground or it would die Is this true Ans Have Have you ou forgotten to w water ater your little seedlings I woner wonder wonder won won- d der er Or are you ou giving them too m much uch water Sometimes seedlings d die ie from what we term damping o off ff when apparently healthy little plants p lants will suddenly wilt wm and pass o out ut Damping off ort may be prevented prevented pre pre- v vented by adding to the s soil oil this this' preventing the formation of o f the fungus which causes damping o off ff It is quite all an right to put them o out ut provided the change of temperature temperature tem tern p from the inside to the out outs is i s not too great No No your flowering almond did didot n not ot require such drastic cutting b back ack However in digging the s shrubs at the nursery many of ot the r roots arc are always cut away and so sot i it t is advisable to cut back a new s shrub to some extent to even up t the he branches and the roots I s should hould c cut t away about half balf II |