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A. E. KUNDEED , GOSHEN , INDIANA. 
FOREWORD 
EING neither an author or an orator, but 
merely “The Originator of The Ruffled 
Gladiolus,” I cannot present my readers 
with a literary production, but must content 
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myself with a brief recital of historical facts 
and data which shall be a record of one of the 
world’s greatest floral productions, and a monu¬ 
ment to the science of modern Plant Breeding, 
the production of Ruffled Gladiolus. 
