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A. E. KUNDERD, GOSHEN, INDIANA 
A Brief Historical Sketch 
T HE NEW GLADIOLUS, “Kunderdi Type,” illustrated and 
described in this Catalog, are the result of over twenty-five 
years of scientific crossing and selection. An entirely new race, 
and with the most distinct character of any, has been developed by 
re-combinations of the best of the gladiolus species with the finest of 
strains and varieties obtainable from all over the world. 
The wavy or ruffled petals were the first object sought, but many 
wonderful varieties with the plain petals have been produced from 
this strain by the originator. The beautiful variety, “Mrs. Frank 
Pendleton,” perhaps the premier of all gladiolus in the world today, is 
one of these. No other new variety of the last four years has received 
anywhere near the applause as has our “Mrs. Dr. Norton’’ (offered on 
pages 29 and 37). “White Pendleton”, “Byron L. Smith”, “Mona 
Lisa”, “Snow Glory”, “Myrtle”, etc., are equally deserving of a place 
in every high-class collection. 
We will not weary our readers with a long story of our own, but 
will give a few of the many fine testimonials we receive. At Chicago, 
Boston, Newport, New York, and many other places in America, as well 
as abroad, where these new productions have been grown and exhibited, 
they have received the very highest praise and many awards. 
If you want to grow something way out of the usual, it will interest 
you to carefully look over this Catalog. On pages 48 and 49 we give 
you the best Cultural and Storage Notes. 
The exceptional novelty, peculiar individual excellence and per¬ 
fection of form of these new strains, we believe, justifies our offering 
them to the public in a class by themselves. (See pages 6, 7, 35 
and 40.) 
