Another new type, introduced by Kunderd in 1923, 
having lacinated or fringed petals is called Lacinatus. There 
are only a few varieties of this type and they are still scarce 
and high in price. Lacinatus was first offered at $1000 
per bulb. 
At the present time there are many hundreds of varieties 
for the glad fan to choose from. The beautiful delicate 
shades of pink and lavender are not found in any other of 
our common flowers except the sweet pea which is often very 
difficult to grow. By visiting a gladiolus garden when the 
flowers are in full bloom during August and September, the 
the various varieties may be studied at first hand. Here at 
Sunny Ridge we endeavor to grow about a hundred of the 
best varieties; adding new ones as they prove their merit 
and dropping old varieties as they become obsolete. By a 
proper choice of varieties you may have cut flowers from 
early August until frost, a six to eight weeks period. The 
gladiolus is truly a most satisfactory flower. 
K. K. Mills 
