Show I I Your 0 t Q Ie n TO U r Owe wn 7 I 4 vr It Q R u G d tN tH JJ- JJ r w J CrtS 61 e FRUS GLADIOLUS FOR EVERYONE The gladiolus fancier as I have already said aid will pay almost any price for tor bulbs of ot new varieties The beginner at gardening usually doesn't care to spend large sums on one single flower and he wants to know the varieties of gladiolus which are arc both cheap and good This is one instance where one really real ly may have a combination of or those I two things things cheapness cheapness and goodness good good- n ness Due to the case ease with which the gladiolus increases all highly priced corms are arc bound to b become ome within the reach of all of us in a few years cars That is why many sorts now offered offered of or at the lowest prices are not poor inferior things but extremely lovely and well worth growing Take the gladiolus Le La Marechal Foch for instance Knowing the fine old man for tor whom the flower was named one naturally is cognizant zant of the fact that the corms have been offered for sale over a long period Yet few glads can be more beautiful than le Ie marechal The color col eel or is an unusually line fine clear soft pink the form is always good and the corms multiply with amazing abandon Yet a few tew cents will buy the largest sized corms of Le Marechal Marechal Mare Mare- chal Foch Then ag again there is Crimson Glow another inexpensive sort With Wilh blooms of or the richest deep scarlet this is a universal favorite with gar gar- gara whose tastes taste lean to red Also priced at a few cents is Schwa Schwaben Schwab n. n a strong grower with lovely yellow blooms showing a small brown blotch in the throat Carmen Sylvia in milky white and Aflame a huge showy red orange flower may be purchased for a lit tle tIe more than the foregoing Among the purple and lavender shades in these least expensive we have Anna Eberius a variety not new by an any means Incans but still of or vcr very worthwhile quality in m a grand shade of or purple maroon rich and glowing and very effective i in n the garden Then there is Mrs F F. C. C Peters in a delicate and charming charming charm charm- ing shade of lavender with deep wine-red wine throat Purple Glory is described described de do- scribed scriber by its us name and blau is as near a blue ns as one may hope to find amon among these lavenders and purple The which show orange ran e tones are I believe m my special favorites fa la a- a orites and in this section Orange I Queen cannot be beaten for beauty of or coloring combined with good form and habit Alice Tiplady I have already al at- ready praised in a previous article but so charming is this flower that every amateur gardener should know and grow it il The saffron orange-saffron hue is quite enchanting You still have time to plant gladiolus gladiolus gladi gladi- olus corms and obtain from them winning prize-winning spikes of bloom which may be displayed at the annual show staged by the Utah Gladiolus society In August To the beginner at gardening garden garden- ing and often otten to the too there is no thrill equal to that of ot seeing see sec ing a blue ribbon on the flowers he has planted and cared for If you wish to know more about this society society so so- communicate with its ils president president dent Mrs Ruel Paul of ot Magna QUERIES B. B II H. G. G Bingham Canyon Canon writes write I was a atoo too impatient in planting m my flower Slower seeds leeds I am J S I d i I afraid and Jot got them In too early Not one of or them has conic come up Is IsIt Isit IsIt it too late now to pet Jet seeds of zinnias zin nias the nias-the the California giants In giants in the ground round Ans It IC If you OU planted these seeds o outdoors you were impatient in in- d eed In your climate I should say t that hat the end of May was early enough t to o place these outdoors But you m may ay plant more seeds in the house in bo boxes now and still stilt have sized nice p plants lants to place out in the garden by bythe t the he time there is no more danger of 01 f frost rost Mrs W W. M. M Ogden writes The plant which I am enclosing has never ne bloomed although it was given to mc me as a flowering plant Can Cm you ou give Ive me its name Docs Does It need much water Ans Ans This This is a succulent called u usually Little Pickles but really named amed n or C Its flowers are small and y yellow ellow rather like little dandelions Like all succulents nature has provided provided pro pro- v vided for this plant to store water in ints its i ts parts and so it does not require m muc much uch watering Your plant plan t w will ill bloom soon I feel sure I havene have o one ne and it is s almost always in m f lower flower |