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A. E. KUNDERD, GOSHEN, ESDI ANA. 
Ruffled Gladioli 
About a dozen years ago I began selections with a view to crossing in the 
hope of producing a frilled or ruffled Gladiolus as beautifully formed as an 
azalea. I got the cue from observing in some Gladioli a tendency to vary some 
from the regular smooth petals. After many matings and failures I was at last 
rewarded about five years ago by the desired results. The first flower to show 
was an ideal cream in color with tint of blush and a strikingly marked red feather 
on three lower petals. This flower is very massive, over 4% inches in diameter 
and an extra strong grower. From bottom of first blossom to tip of spike it 
measures 22 inches and over. The foliage is large. There are shades of pink 
and yellow, also purple, represented in the varieties now in process of develop¬ 
ment, all beautifully ruffled, and four generations of seedlings are also coming on. 
Competent florists and seedsmen who have seen the plant in bloom pronounce 
it the most marvelous and striking Gladiolus yet produced and the beginning of 
what will probably become the finest race of Gladioli. 
Signed: A. E. KUNDERD. 
(Taken from an article in “Horticulture,” Boston, February 8, 1908.) 
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Opinions of Two World-Famous Floriculturists 
LUTHER BURBANK, 
“The Wizard of Horticulture. 
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Santa Rosa, Calif., Nov. 22, 1910. 
The Ruffled Gladiolus which you sent me last spring (Kunderdi 
Glory) bloomed nicely this summer. It is a fine, light color, elegantly 
ruffled, and a strong, healthful grower. 
The Ruffled Gladiolus, like the Ruffled Sweet Peas, have a refined 
appearance which the common flat ones do not possess. 
Yours very truly, 
LUTHER BURBANK. 
MATTHEW CRAWFORD, 
Author of “The Gladiolus” and “Dean of the Gladiolus Fraternity,” 
whose judgment is deferred to by all who know him, says: 
I have grown Kunderd s New Ruffled Gladioli for several years 
and am charmed with them. They are immensely more beautiful than 
the plain.” Again: “Mr. Kunderd was the first man in the world to 
produce Ruffled Gladioli by scientific methods.” 
Sincerely yours, 
MATTHEW CRAWFORD. 
Cuyahoga Falls Ohio, March II, 1910. 
