THE STORY 
OF 
N presenting this booklet, I wish 
to thank my customers for their 
kind support in the past, and to 
assure them that my earnest en- 
deavor will be to continue the production 
and distribution of the best Gladiolus 
bulbs in the world. 
The wonderful advance in Gladiolus 
culture, which has been made in recent 
years, has directed attention to this magnifi- 
cent flower to a greater degree than ever 
before. Each year shows its increasing 
gain in popularity. From the short spike 
containing a few small flowers, common 
in the old-time gardens, the Gladiolus 
has developed into a magnificent stately 
plant, bearing its wealth of large, ex- 
quisitely colored and marked flowers 
which rival the handsomest of the orchid 
family in beauty and color. 
As a part of this development of the 
Gladiolus, a bit of history of the beginning, 
the growth and the success of the Gladio- 
lus business at Cedar Acres, may be par- 
donable and of interest to our many 
friends and customers. 
Having purchased, as a real estate 
investment, an abandoned farm (and a 
badly dilapidated place it was) and 
forced, later, by ill-health, to make this 
farm give back to me a livelihood, I 
