H. E. MORROW 
A Methodist Minister 
and the grower of 
Tall Corn Glads 

I believe that he was the old British essayist, Addison, who said 
that Modesty was the second highest virtue of mankind. I am not 
disposed to discount this estimate, but now and then it seems that 
one will justify himself in overlooking the virtuous aspects of mod- 
esty, and doa little personal publicity. Iam always interested in 
the personality of the gladiolus enthusiast and cataloguer whom | 
know of, and presume that my customers and catalogue subscrib- 
ers are likewise interested. So here are a few words about myself 
--without apologies. 
I was born in the Tall Corn State, and through 65 years have be- 
come so enthused of its great worth that I named my gladiolus 
output after my state --- TALL CORN GLADS. 
I was graduated by lowa State College at Ames with the degree of 
Bachelor of Scientific Agriculture, majoring in Horticulture, and 
all that happened in the far distant past of 1907. 
I departed from the Way which my Professors had trained me to- 
ward and engaged in University Y.M.C.A. secretaryship for a 
time, followed by Theological training, and the ministry, which 
really began in the Mission Field of the Methodist Church in 
Mexico. 
Since then the Rural Ministry of the Methodist Church has been 
my field of service, speckled all along the way with gardening 
interests, which have at last come to the deplorable state wherein 
I grow nearly two acres of glads, and catologue some of them. For 
the past 24 years I have been trying to keep up with the Glad- 
iolus profession and abreast of all that is new inthe gladiolus 
world. 
