INSTRUCTIONS — INFORMATION 
Please Read Before Ordering 
REMITTANCES — May be made by Check, Post Office or Express 
Money Order, or Registered Letter, and if for less than $1.00 can be 
made in U. S. stamps. Coin and currency should be sent by registered 
letter. Customers residing outside the United States please do not send 
Foreign stamps or currency—a Post Office order is preferable. All un¬ 
paid orders will be sent 0. O. unless satisfactory arrangements can 
be made when the order is given. 
GUARANTEE —I wish it distinctly understood that although I take all 
possible pains, I will not be responsible beyond the purchase price. I 
guarantee every root and plant I send out to be just as represented, 
absolutely true-to-name, reach its destination safely in good growing 
condition. I will cheerfully replace anything that fails to prove other¬ 
wise, and will appreciate your calling my attention to it. 
NAME AND ADDRESS — Please remember to write your name, street 
and number, Post Office, County, State and Country if Foreign, as plainly 
as possible. Post Office Box or R. F. D. number if you have one. This 
wdl avoid delays and chances for errors. 
ALWAYS ADDRESS 
J. K. ALEXANDER, The Dahlia King 
or HONEST JOHN 
499 Central St., EAST BRIDGEWATER, MASS. 
THE CULTURE OF THE DAHLIA 
Success Will Follow if You Observe These Instructions 
PLANTING. Plant roots in hills or drills, laying flat down, 6 inches 
deep. Do not stand the root on end. If you stand the root on end, 
having the sprout near the top of the ground, all the new roots which 
will form will grow near the top of the ground and when you have a 
dry spell your plant becomes stunted, whereas, if the roots were planted 
flat down 6 inches deep, no matter how dry the season, the roots would 
receive sufficient moisture to keep them growing. If planting with 
manure, cover manure an inch or so before planting roots; fertilizer 
should be thoroughly worked into the soil. Either fertilizer or manure 
will burn the sprout; be sure to cover with soil. 
By planting the root fl'rst, then covering an inch or so with soil and 
applying your fertilizer or manure, your plant receives the entire beneflt 
of the dressing. The dressing is above the root and every rain carries 
the food down to the roots, whereas, if your dressing is below the root, 
each rain takes your dressing further away from your plant. 
CULTIVATION. Cultivation is the prinicpal requirement of the Dahlia 
—the most important of all operations to insure success. Keep the soil 
well cultivated and free from vyee^sj never allow the soil to crust. 
Be sure your friends get allcatalogs, as I guarantee all my stock 
to grow true to name, or stock 4s ^f^heerfully replaced free of all expense. 
1 have been in the Dahlia a,n4'. Plant growing business for over 48 
years and at one time had over" 40f^b()0 customers and have shipped bulbs 
all over the world. 
I shall only issue a folder tltjs Spring on account of hard times, so 
send all orders from this. If interested in Hardy Plants, I will send you 
my 1933 Catalog for prices will be the same as last year. 
NEW INTRODUCTIONS FOR 1934 
MANOMET. One of the best Cactus Dahlias that I have liad the 
pleasure of growing. It is a very beautiful orange spotted darker, 
very large, going to twelve inches, and grows four canes. The 
flowers are held on good long stems well above the foliage. It 
is a very fine keeper as I have had it in vases five days without 
changing water. $10.00 each. 
PRES. FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT. This is a formal Decorative 
that has a certificate of merit from Storr’s. A Chinese red with 
fawn edge and cream reverse, making the blooms very striking. 
The flowers are very large and deep, going eight inches without 
disbudding and holds its size all season. The blooms are held well 
above the foliage on good stiff stems. It is a profuse bloomer and 
should be disbudded, and it can be grown thon to eight canes 
without reducing the flowers to less than nine to ten inches, Tiie 
foliage is perfect. Insects do not like it. $10.00 each. 
RIPPLES. This is an infonna’l Decorative. A very large flower of 
eight inches without disbudding. The rose-pink colored blooms 
are held on very long stems way above the foliage. It is a great 
bloomer and has fine foliage. I have a large stock of this so will 
let it go for $5.00 each. A bargain. 
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