Introduction 
O UR FRIENDS and patrons all over the world will be pleased to know that 
they can again this year secure our wonderful new strains of Gladiolus. 
It is a great pleasure during the flowering season each morning to walk 
among thousands of new seedlings, never before bloomed, and watch for the rare 
gems that now and then unfold new beauty. It is like finding a rare pearl or a 
fine diamond. 
For the coming season I am offering some choice new varieties which I hope 
will merit your approval. If you want something choice, something out of the 
usual and that is not everywhere common, it will interest you to look carefully over 
this catalog. If you have friends whom you know love flowers you can do them a 
great favor by telling them of our beautiful Gladioli, or send us their address, for 
which we will thank you, and we will send them our catalog. 
The Gladioli described in this catalog are all of our own production, and 
very different, especially the ruffled varieties, from any other strains.. These are 
now eagerly sought by plant-breeders and Gladiolus specialists, as well as other 
admirers of beautiful flowers from all over the world. 
As the originator of The Ruffled Gladiolus (and many others), it is a special 
pleasure this season to again be able to offer our customers and friends many new 
and beautiful kinds for their 1921 gardens. 
Each coming year we shall offer additional new varieties, at least equally 
distinct and beautiful, to meet the requirements of the most discriminating lover 
of the Gladiolus. By this method you will be able to add, from year to year, 
something new, something grand, and which is not everywhere plentifully common. 
We are also offering an entirely new race of Giant Fall Blooming Gladioli (see 
pages 4 and 5) in both the plain and ruffled petals. 
In making these selections our judgment is based on exhaustive studies and 
comparative trials of millions of new seedlings of our own, as well as the very best 
of other strains from all sources, for more than thirty years. How well we have 
succeeded can be seen in the fact that one of our varieties, “Mrs. Frank Pendleton”, 
is now generally conceded to be the most magnificent of all Gladiolus. Another 
of our productions, Mrs. Dr. Norton (offered on page 22), easily won first honors 
for the best new variety shown before The American Gladiolus Society the last six 
years, in competition with the best productions from the world’s leading originators. 
I am well aware that many new varieties are constantly being introduced (far 
too many) ; it is therefore my smeerest endeavor to offer only such new kinds, 
from year to year, as are of distinct appearance and highest quality. Every variety 
offered by me must be clearly different from any other. Descriptions are neces¬ 
sarily brief and do not near do the varieties justice. Our varieties are unusually 
prolific in increase, and, as we offer many new ones when yet in small supply, the 
first cost (which may sometimes seem rather high) is in fact very moderate. We 
offer many fine testimonials throughout this book, which, if you will read, will 
satisfy the most critical of the truth of my strongest claims. 
Entire catalog, including illustrations, copyrighted 1920 by A. E. Kunderd. 
