Salt Lake Telegram | 1935-05-07 | Page 10 | In Your Own Garden

I F P n Your Your 6 1 e 4 TilE THE NEWER As a general rule ma mabe may maybe be planted every two weeks up t to the end of ot June so that one has a constant succession of fine blooming spikes pikes either for lor cutting or for garden gar den display It is a poor plan t to plant all the corms at once The gladiolus is a small pcs pest which causes much grief to lo amateur growers rowers and much damage to th the plants lants but it may be controlled b by byi various anous measures The Thc U. U S. S depart depar I ment meat of agriculture recommends recommend soaking the corms for 20 minutes I In water valer of oC d degrees grees F. F This in n no noway way WilY injures them As a further precaution pro pre caution when planting many en growers dust the corms eorms and nd the ground where they are arc plant plan planted ed d with flowers of sulphur Another treatment for dan dan erous however because the ma erial used is a deadly poison poison poison-is is I to soak oak affected corms in a solution comp composed ed of one ounce of or of f mercury corrosive sublimate added to six gallons of at water The Th dorms corms are soaked for six hours i in this his You first dissolve the Ide de in a little hot water then add the he amount of cold water to lo makeup make mak up p the required quantity but bul you must never use a metal container for Cor or this And do remember that i itis it itis is poison Authorities vary as to the depth the he glads should b be planted But Bu when deeper planting is resorted to one nc does not see so O many of ot th the plants lants leaning over at all sorts o of angles Four or five inches deep I Is usually enough to make sure that tha the 10 glads will stand upright and also they hey will not suffer if they are no not watered as u s often octen- as they should b be when th they y are planted at this depth dept depth There is as much art in cutting a gladiolus bloom as in planting it it If it is taken into the house when th the thc first flower opens the others wi will continue unfolding and the display of or color will go on for a long time since this plant probably gives u uthe us the longest blooming period of any In cutting culling always leave four leaves remaining otherwise the corm in th the ground will not act ripen properly Every year ear new varieties of ot th the gl are arc offered either cither wit with larger larg-er individual blooms taller stems stem or better colorin colorings s than we have a aready already al al- ready known There is a lure about abou thC these new sorts which drives th the thc gladiolus fancier fander almost mad until h he hep p possesses es them them them-he he simply must have hav them in order to live Fancy prices are arc sometimes paid for even cven th the tini tiniest t but your our true gladi glad olus fan Ian will pawn his shirt to bu buy them Among the newer ones but still stil among the not too loo costly cosily are these Jane Addams a large flowered lavender lavender lav lay ender with white throat Mildred Mildrec Louise very large Jarge salmon pink on 01 onan onan an unusually tall stem Prince another salmon almon pink which opens many florets at the same time a marvelous scarlet scarle with cream creamy blotch Pelegrina o of unusually fine finc deep violet blue and nd Bagdad one of ot the smoky shades in old rose which proved such uch a favorite favorite favorite favor favor- ite when their forerunner Rose Ash was introduced A fertilizer is needed if you wan want the best r results with these flowers lo of course coure and each gladiolus fancier has las his own p pst t method Some use bone jone meal oth others rs old sheep manure others one of or the various commer cial elal fertilizers on the market This is s mixed with the soil at plan planting tine time ime Then when the flower buds appear appear ap ap- ap pear doses of or liquid manure no not too oo strong are given