Excerpt from Gladiolus, Dahlias, Iris, Peonies, 1932 In the spring of each succeeding year, after a study of all available price lists, such varieties as could be afforded were purchased. These multiplied so rapidly from bulblets that we were forced to dispose of a portion of the increase. Our planting soon comprised several hundred varieties and assumed the nature of a gladiolus museum. We realized that many of the varieties we were growing did not repay us in pleasure for the work expended in their growing. We decided to eliminate such varieties and found that many high priced novelties, several purchased at ten dollars per bulblet, fell in the undesirable class. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.