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Gladiolus These very popular plants are not particular as to soils, but they do prefer an open sunny place to grow, and because of the heavy brittle nature of the flower spike they should have shelter from winds. The growing plant requires no artificial fertilisers provided the soil Is rich in humus from such materials os rotted manures, compost, leaf mould and so on having been well forked into the soil some weeks before planting. Just for the record, the resting stage of the gladiolus (plural gladioli) is not a bulb. It’s a corm not that that alters its ability to grow and flower. The corms should be planted four to five inches deep and about six inches apart. The gladiolus will flower in roughly 90 days after planting, so, for a succession of flowers, the planting should be spread over the months of July to December. The gladiolus, or at least the parents of the cultivated varieties, originate in South Africa, where if the All Blacks ore to be believed, rain is infrequent. Watering of gladiolus therefore should never be a little and often, but rather a really good soaking when the flower buds are developing. When gathering the flowers, cut the stem with a sharp knife but DO NOT remove the foliage. Full healthy leaves are still required, after the flowers are gone, to enable a new healthy corm to develop to flowering size for the next season. One last piece of advice you will never regret having followed, buy your gladiolus corms from The Farmers' Garden Shop soon; they're in short supply this year you know. Gladiolus available now at The Farmers' include at IA/ dozen: IV • PACTOLUS—YeIIow with Orange Scarlet Blotch. GOLDEN SHOW —Pure Yellow. BORNHOLM Apricot with golden throat. BLOEMFONTEIN Light Salmon Pink. FRASER Orange/Salmon. EVANGELINE Orchid Pink. BRIDAL ORCHID —Orchid Lavender. BRILLIANT—FIame. CALCADOR—Lavender. HAPPY END Scarlet with yellow throat. ARISTOCRAT Purple exhibition spike. DREAM GIRL Lavender Rose. RADIO ClTY—Magenta. The Farmers' Super Grade Mixture 9/per dozen. The Farmers' Special Cut Flower Mixture 6/6 4 7/6 p« r

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