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Excerpt from 1929 Retail Price List of High Grade Gladiolus Bulbs and Choice Dahlias The gladiolus is one of the most popular of all the garden flowers. In its vari ety and blending of colors it rivals the rainbow, and in its wide range of uses it cannot be surpassed by any flower. As a cut flower it has few equals. Cut as the first floret Opens, it will last a week in hot weather, and longer in cooler weather. By daily changing the water, removing the withered flowers, and cutting off a por tion of the stem, every bud will open and last longer that if left to bloom in the garden. Its lack of fragrance appears at first as its only fault, but this is a dis tinct advantage where the flowers are banked and for its use in the sick room. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.