iy co [Fy 7 ¥ € eee : y int < : 4 : ke ai , RON a ore ae th s 6 THE MIRROR fae mh | i THE MIRROR e © . "New species are continually being| value in hybridizing, to develop a : Gladioli Offer Untried discovered in Africa. One of the most} race suitable for borders and edgings. bs recent is the Stanford gladiolus, de- The value of the best work- S ecies For Gardeners scribed for the first time during the rt <TR SPITORIAL "Uw in Al- 4 is : mau is only equal to the ma- | L ttl Hit p : ._ | Little fits last summer, and introduced as seed | anama. He had noticed how white terial he uses-- Th if A Mi W into this country before it had even) editors used the word "we" for "I," 4 By " Dec" e e re any ayS Many new varieties of gladiolus | Lemoinei strain. These were aptly received a name in its native home.|so he went one better when he said: Fe We lJ Sp The Best y ec await development from the hundreds called butterfly gladiolus. Their vel- It is a prettily frilled little summer fs bus prage oe oun a a . & : = ~ i f 4 h . 2 - : s t : 3 = 3 ; ; Oo repalrin snoes of untried a Ne . ei gon nig neta ee ee a na eke #9 blooming dwarf, and may prove of paper."--Florida Times-Union. ig é in Plumbing, Heating, Tin- A Downie township farmer named a| turn the dial is because we are coming P 8 erness, according to Dr. Forman T.| ments an rilliant coloring made Ce Smt : pet rooster "Robinson" because he! to another station. but you must try th McLean, of the lecture staff of the| them immediately popular. im smithing and Electrical "Crusoe." Mt eae é vis New York Botanical Garden. "Up to this time ,the garden gladio- ; - Work. fag Fs. Sure, we had a few hot days, but No flower promises a brighter fu-| lus, while handsome and popular, was : bs . 99 _ TRY US. We saw some suits in a local store} think of the many cold ones that will Superior Way ture than this popular genus of the| comparatively small-flowered. The FOR INFORM AT| ON a and Humor Bits which should not need the assistance! soon be here. Iris family. While progress in plant| Saunders gladiolus species, which _ { COOK of a salesman. They were so loud eee breeding is usually slow and halting,| gave rise to this new race, is a dainty . 4 hinds sisal or Themaakeas Guiiawe eae ld ee he points out, in the gladiolus, which) flower, but there is no indication that : & 110 Downie St. Phone 175 bg athe 0 for 1933. They probably expect Big your money. only in Is wi stato, eech forward "it wide, curved septa HIGH-CLASS INSURANCE INVESTMENT =} Plumber and Electrician ||, American barber just returned] Drs" war with Bogland fo be ores wiih geld ealan cw Mosca huey sen bp THe NOGEs Seon YO Seen res : & hi ees from an international convention says by that time. step has been a broad one. The first| ed to open the flower and expand it pe # « . &£ British hairdressers are the best. * * # S Sh R giant-flowered hybrid was developed| to the fullest, and it also bequeathed write 7 Sure, Britain rules the waves. Visitor: What an innocent-looking Uperior 0€ Cpall by an American. to its descendants its dark-dotted : "Of all the hosts of flowers which} white throat. PU RDY-H : a is & CO 3 Down & Fleming s 8 # face your little girl has! 119 Ontario St. Phone 941 ; "Jack, is that an officer following Mother: I haven't noticed it. Doro- grace our gardens in midsummer," "The first crosses with this species 110 St Paul St. J Roneral Sarees peer ica on that mokoravela thy, 'what 'have you heed dole? woe says Dr. McLean, "none has richer or| were in reality made in Europe by z 4 94 Ontario St. "No, worse luck: it's the fellow * * & BARS DS more varied coloring, and few have} Max Leichtlin and later by Victor Le- ST. CATHARINES, ONT. ; a who collects the installments on the] Remember how terrible the music . as great a range of attractive forms| moine, but the credit for the first rec- a Phone 314 br eg Hon Tet 30 Bl car." 6f the "tittle "Gbisnae hand" masa 46 as has the gladiolus. This is rather| ognition of the value of the hybrids ---------- : &g Urine seca nant age ats! be, but we got used to it after the J. S. RUSSELL surprising when we realize that as a| and their real development belongs y 3 CARDIN AL. POINTS ------- ee ; We never had any faith in saying: | first few bars. garden subject the gladiolus is a com-| to America, and we still hold first a ! ince ns ; Registered Architect paratively new flower. place in the introduction of new large Safety : Income : Accessibilty j . idee ai Raat Fai von at 1h ogg gj "While the genus was known to! flowered varieties. i "Yes, madam, I arrived at my pres-|| Phone 1533F Gordon Block bad as other people. ent position with nothing to help me the ancients, and wild forms of it oc- % eee but my intelligence." = 3 cur in the Holy Land and in southern ~nam ma E ANTHRACITE COAL A local restaurant owner was asked Nea cain acw sundance ee Europe, it only began to gain the fav-| _¢ 7 POCAHONTAS, Egg Size by a youngster the other day if two| yon started with sathled at cen erp aeciieesls . : Be | SES See Pa re ce Se one C. C.M. Bicycles the Jast century, and even then it was| ' on & ' at*wn Sosabvtinis coal phreechen ' : : y the primitive forms, collected direct-| -- S . Solvay Coke a a She (at the dance)--The trouble is, j ie : : if ! | yhen you sit out, a lot of people oycycies an ccessories ; : ' "Dear Father," wr 'Ollege| EC apes a adeeb THURSDAY---- FRIDAY. ---- SATURD AY--AT ; Cornish Coal Co. Daeta PERhet, Yea he" pollens think you're necking. : student, "would it be presumptuous to Baby Carriage Tires which first caught the gardeners' in- to get the most for He--Well, what do you care what oes Phone 44 ask for $5 of the money you received ' : : Bicycle Repairing terest. ee C ¥ 9 in 'Bright Says of the Baby' contest peopl thing beg pd aK Sonne eis "The rose, the aster, the chrysanthe | J N W oe trat or we -- whan EWasa ona' She--But, if they're going to thin; Gordon FE. McCarthy mum, and our own dahlia, all came to ® ' @ hes a 9 4 és it anyway-- us with a background of centuries of | The Bicycle Man z 2 m- DR. S. H. SUTTER Doctor--About nine patients out of 5 he ys Phone 1497w 37 Ontario St. culture in their native homes. But| §& ' L.DS..D.D.S, © ten don't live through this operation. The good die young," goes the old OPEN EVENINGS the only evidence of interest in the 4 a4 : : DENTAL SURGEON Is there anything I can do for you be-| Saying, but to die good nowadays a SEIN TS ES : built'? : "4 4 5a its i] e store at serv ee. Cae Ce : 5 ie } Specialist in Prosthetic Dentistry fore we begin? person must die young. 'igae habe South Africa is that he used the fleshy : ' é : : A ae Majestic Apartments, 93 Downie forms of one species for food. | Thursday we inaugurate a Cash Discount Bond, which means on every i. hi _& : pba 602 Bet Pe ee ery om. New "But the Dutch and the English,| & store we give you a 5% discount bond redeemable any time. This also means that to : PHoNeEs | Rastus--Yessah, kindly hand me my o 8 # OSCR TI pepeeeeseaes lege, --_ amend "Dad, I want some money for my| day and it is said that many of the found there a wealth of wild flowers,| @ ask for your bonds after purchase is made. ' with flying colors. ? is : | L Peter & Sylvester lus. This is the largest genus in MEN?S OXFORDS . EVERY 25¢ YOU SPEND WOMEN'S SPECIA y Kirk. The former looked back and * me * "New snes ate continually beine|' 9} Black or. tan, Goodyear this store just the same as | patent leather, Cuban , Electric the Timalayas which can run forty} telegraph pole. oa =| little lamb to follow Mary nowadays. : ne i d ibed bl il] ha var. 1 $7 50 lue TMM THUR ae al Mary has a little shirt, C ies described as blue wi ve - s " value. . : 50. e on any purchase at Regular $7. ; a ieties with lavender, bronze, purple, Regular $6.00 to $7 50 valu yP Phone 1580 Residence 2198}| more wars would be to demand that But it surely does show Mary. "The real foundation stock of our part of South Africa. Inter-crossed $3.50 to $4.00. f it RESIDENCE 1051w ce ® gale at a summer resort the other when they explored South Africa.) [ the three days of sale you will save 5% on all sale prices in the store. Do not forget to ; --=/ trousseau." carefully made up girls came through English and none of these was so diverse nor a TUUUUT REE RDEEERAD EGER CG DCELEREEERER ULSTER EAE "But, my dear child, I didn't even so colorful as the species of gladio-| ONE CENT BOND FOR know you were engaged." =" * * 7 "Good heavens, father! Don't you) 1,o+'s wife had nothing on Mrs. Dave Breakfast Tea the Irish family, comprising 250) §& For Two Days Only P Empress ties, straps and Will do your Repairs in ever read the papers?" known species. s You can use the bonds in Oxfords in tan calf or Plumbi eee turned into a pillar of salt. Mrs. umbing eating We read about long legged sheep in| xi+_ looked back and turned into a Black or Mixed described, and there is a great var-| # ! welts, latest styles. th heels. To clear at iety in coloring among the local forms money. We sata em 2 G5 Phone 210 12 Ontario = miles an hour. That's the kind of eile se of some of the species. Often a spec- B as such -+ their full face aw So neat, so bright, so airy; ' _ We would suggest a way to have 00] y¢ never shows a speck of dirt: and other shades. any time. . oo ie they be run on a cash basis. ~~ 2.6 garden hybrids is the parrot gladiolus, MEN'S WORK SHOES MISSES' age si ae Fd g a a FRANK P ° GIBBS Age ol And that's that! which is found wild in the eastern Solid leather, black or tan. Reg. $4.50. In patent leather, black or ta E ee Chartered. Accountant? The Sons of England and Sons of ; 3 4 ' 4102 Ontario St. Stratfosd, Ont.| | Scotland were having a game of foot- J [ BRADSHAW with the taller and more vigorous - $2 85' : $2 53 - es (Beacon Building) ball. A man just arriving at the park . . white opposite-flowered gladiolus spe- Special x Special, a a ie saw the S.O.S. all in a heap on the cies, and with gladiolus floribundus, - ground. "What's the matter," he ask- Now is the Time CHINA HALL it gave rise to the Ghent strain or so- ; ° ; * B30 -- FOR CORNS & CALLOUSES | «d a spectator, "are they having a called Gandavensis race, which flour-| | Women s Boudoir Sp acial & ejve .€. 6 > 4 te [ DR. JOHNSTON'S fight?" "No," said the other, "they're ished from about 1850 to 1880. They looking for the penny they tossed up To have your house were tall growers, with long spikes of Take Advantage of This Great Saving Opportunity the Next Three Days at ALLOUS "és OF with; ' Painted or your BOANI BOYARO many open blooms, closely spaced. an * * sie ¥ Soins (at NG, See se Veo & 9 2] A 25c bex ef Callous - Off will dissolve} A man caught stealing excused him- rooms Papered The Barber this race are still grown in some of k : Sh e ; t or @ re aoe er the Cae ee self on the ground that he did it in ; : the old cottage gardens. ° ° an 3 O WJ Aaa Qn sale at drug and shoe store or sent | 2 fit of abstraction. C MACE at your service "In 1875, Victor Lemoine, of Nancy, < . direct post paid for 25c from laboratory. Sere France, began breeding gladiolus, and Downie St. THE FOOT COMFORT STORE. Stratford, Ont. sees 2 2. ; Cleanliness and no long waits Pr. J " to: sf rT -Bft Conmany We have just discovered that the Phone 810F 157 Front 8D 9 ts te cee ee HE aes 5 ale 3 reason our radio whistles when we = ownie St. f