./. li. KUNDERD, GOSHEN, INDIANA. 
Modern Gladiolus 
T HIS little booklet is issued instead of my regular catalog, as 
I have lecently sold to a gentleman in Cleveland all my surplus 
bulbs for the season of 1920. I cannot give the address of 
the purchaser, as he intends to first grow a large stock before offering 
any of it for sale, nor can I supply any bulbs in any sizes, nor seeds, 
for the coming summer. 
Instead of a catalog 1 have decided to publish this little booklet 
in appreciation of the kind patronage from thousands of people repre¬ 
senting more than twenty nations all over the world. As this booklet 
will be sent to many persons who may be profited by information on 
the caie, cultuie, etc., of the Gladiolus, I shall include an additional 
page or two for their benefit. 
The thousands of people who for years have sent me their orders 
for my new Ruffled Gladiolus and other varieties, need not be told of 
their marvelous beauty and superiority over all others, as their 
fine testimonials reproduced herein will show; but all lovers of 
the Gladiolus will be glad to learn something about their develop¬ 
ment and the originator. Their popularity has increased so rapidly 
that it has never yet been possible to supply the demand. Up to 
the time when the Ruffled Gladiolus were offered by me, no such 
strains were in existence, and only these have made it necessary to 
provide a new classification for such a type. Prof. L. H. Bailey, of 
Cornell University, has given them a class, “Kunderdii” (meaning the 
luffled varieties), in the latest edition ol his wonderful new six volume 
Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture,” published by the MacMillan 
Co. Even now no other grower can offer a ruffled strain of Primulinus 
Hybrids, and a new late flowering strain as offered in my catalogs for 
the last several years. The editor of “The Garden Magazine” has 
pronounced them “an epoch-making event in horticulture.” In the 
following pages I will give a few of the many articles that have been 
written about them. 
It would be tiresome to read of the many years of endless efforts, 
the trials and failures before the success aimed at was achieved, and 
the results were offered to the world in the forms of these most wonder¬ 
ful of all Gladiolus. 
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