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A. E. RUN DEED, GOSHEN , IND. 
A Brief Historical Sketch 
77TIE 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 recombinations of the best of the 
gladiolus species with the finest of strains and varieties obtain¬ 
able 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 pro¬ 
duced 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 three years has received anywhere near the applause as has 
our “Mrs. Dr. Norton” (offered on page 27 and 28). “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 worry 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 39 
and 40, we give you the best Cultural and Storage Notes. 
The exceptional novelty, peculiar individual excellence and 
perfection of form of these new strains, we believe, justifies our 
offering them to the public in a class by themselves. (See 
pages 6, 7, 29 and 40.) 
