o : * handsome flowers we have, it is com- THE DRYDEN OBSERVER The Gladiolus wow x Written by the Canadian Horticultural + Council Garden varieties of the Gladiolus were produced 'by the eressing of many wild species introduced from Europe and Africa. The latter contin- ent in particular has produced a large number of useful species; over cighty are listed from that country alone. One of our . latest acquisitions from Africa is Gladiolus rrimulicus. It was discovered right in the ¢pray of the Zambesi Falls. This species has a hooded blossom and its crosges are very graceful and include many beaut- iful tints of colour, all of which have a more or less yellow shade. The Gladiolus recommends itself for the small. garden owing to the fact that, although it is one of the 'roost paratively cheap. Many of the best (varieties of corms cost only a few ents each. They are easy to grow and perfectly hardy in this climate. They are particularly valuable for cutting purposes as they keep a very long time when placed in water. Although Gladioli have been known as garden plants for over three cen- turies, they did not attract much at- tention until the visit of Her Majesty ' Queen Victoria to Fontainnebleau in France, in 1855. On her return to. England Her Majesty took this flower under her patronage and had them | placed: on the Royal table at meal times. This fact soon made them fash-| ionable, and ever since that date lead- ing hybridists have been pr: oducing in- creasingly beautiful varieties in large numbers. LCrmenl are rot very particular as Sih EE RR RR i SB warm soil, well drained; cold clays are objectionable: The soil should be ? deeply tilled, but mo fresh manure should be used. For hand cultivation, plant in rows eighteen inches to two feet apart and the corms placed six to eight inches apart in the rows. Cover the bulbs with three or four inches of soil. For Cut Blooms:-- This flower is one of the best for cut flowers. As soon as the first bloom appears the spike should be cut, always leaving all the leaves on the growing plant so as 'to. build up the corm for next year's use. If put in a vage of water the remaining buds will continue to open and remain' fresh for a week or more. The water should be changed each day and a small piece cut off the stem daily. The 'corms should be dug and stalks removed before the first severe frost They may be stored in a cellar with potatées as they require about the same winter conditions as that vege- table. ' : 'The following are all desirable! kinds for this district, but there are] many others. The number of days intervening between the planting and | flowering are only approximate as} much depends on soil and season. By choosing varieties, each of 'a different flowering period, the season can be i greatly extended: 'Days America, a delicate pink en 100 Mrs Frank Pendleton, a light pink with crimson BlOh i 90 Mrs Francis' King, brilliant pink... 84 Panama, Rosy Pink ! Prince of Wales, salmon __.__.- a Flora, clear sulphur yellow | La Marechal Foch, pale pine abd Stude: Evelyn Kirtland, ox abn fons STAR FE Continental Red Seal Motor. Timken Bearings. Timken Axles, front and rear. / Spicer Universal Jeints. SE Le Ses TSE zo, SESS 22553 h . + 3. ' pI ¢ Selective Sliding Gear Transmission ATURES Single Plate Disc Clutch. i Half-elliptic Spring Underslung. : Durant Stewart Vacuum Gasoline Feed with 111, gallon tank at rear. Tubular Backbone (patd.) " STAR Cash Price : -$ 735.00 Yo gern ut a 691.00 Loune ones iment 095.00 \ RA Lh hn 1095.00 a \ Yo rders must be booked now PRICES Cash Down Monthly $245.06 846.17 230,33 4397 2707 01.70 365.00 67.83 tar Special--Prices not annOunced if you want your "Star" early regards soil, but prefer a fairly light ¥ Gladiolus Primulinus :-- . The Primulinus Hybrids add a new and delightful chapter to the gladio- lus story. While the flowers are smaller in size, they are not inferior to the large flowered, and they poss- ess some charms and virtues that the others lack. They also have a health and vigour that is heartening to see. The leaves are short and broad like garden Iris leaves, but the plant has a very decided stooling habit, nearly every bulb making from three to five blooms. The first gladiolus in our garden was a Prim., coming before Prince of Wales even, and the last one to bloom was another Prim., so thal we had continuous bloom for two and a half months. Moreover these flowers are umiformly good--not a poor one among them. Some people object to the Rodd feature of many Prims.. That is a matter of personal taste. To many it gives a suggestion of modesty and reserve like the bent stem of Poet's narcissus and the daffodil. - The colors of the Prims are a con- | stant delight, and the arrangement of the flowers on the stalks graceful to the highest degree. . Evedybody who has a gladiolus gar- den should have a lot of these new hybrids. The Prims are valuable also for their earliness as well as their daintiness and great variety. 'Among the many good varieties are: Alice Tiplady, orange and yellow; Maiden's Blush, delicate pink; Orange Brilliant, orange; Myra, salmon and yellow. All are early flowerers. : ; Pal: "Wilh wonth Big 22 diva? "All of them." --Yellow J acket Ignorance of The Bible * ok kok OIL We have a good stock of Gasoline, Kerosene, Auto, Tractor acd Steam Cylinder Oil; Castor Machine Oil, Cream Separator Lo and cup Grease contemporaries--are disturbed by the vesults of a quiz in which 139 Univer- Auto Tires and Tubes sity of Nebraska students were re- We are also putting in a stock of Automobile Tires and Tubes, cently subjected on their knowledege made by the Dunlop Tire and Rubber Goods Company Limited of the Bible. as well as those made by the Gregory Tire and Rubber Company. it is said that of these Nebraska EA aniversity students, who are doubt- PRICES RIGHT . . less mo more irreligious than univer- sity students elsewhere, 7 percent could not name a single book of the Seld by Old Testament. Less than half of J. 5 CORNER, Ox drift, Ont. them could name ten books. Eight Agent for -- and one-half percent could not name thes INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER COMPANY of Canada, Lid one hock of New 'Testament. Kerzes was given as the name of an Pittsburg Press: Some of our edu- cational authorities -- and religious x WATKIN'S PRODUCTS Made in Canada : ) Old Testament book. Fourteen named AT THE OLD RHODES ST AND! Hezekiah as one of the Books of Li Moses. Nothing like this ignorance in the old days of family prayers! The Nebraska incident certainly DAN GR AHAM BES proves that our education has been General 3 Tacksmith pretty thoroughly secularized. We aim W Bugsy & Wagon Work to keep religion out of the schools in as far as it is sectarian, and we are, right in doing so. But we appear to Specialties have been succeeding so well that we ff ORSE SHOE " NG A Specially ONTARIO have excluded not only sectarian re- orld ligious teaching, but religious teach- ing of any kind. On the other hand, DRYDEN America has far more money invested am EEA in church property than in public school property and colleges. 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