Announcement 
In presenting you with my second Fall Catalog, I would 
like to have a few words with you; principally to assure 
you I will strive to serve you in the same satisfactory 
manner as I have for the past twenty-six years. This 
Catalog is very modest compared with my Spring Catalog 
but it is a beginning, and has been made possible through 
your patronage. Through giving your orders my careful 
personal attention, I have been able to increase my busi¬ 
ness by leaps and bounds. Probably you can recall 
when my Spring Catalog contained nothing but Dahlias 
and Gladioli. Each year I have added to it. 
Six years ago, I purchased the entire stock of Peonies of 
George Hollis, the well-known Peony Specialist of South 
Weymouth, Mass. I came into possession of one of the 
most complete collections of Peonies in the world, as Mr. 
Hollis had all the well known varieties, together with rare 
French, English and Japanese sorts and a large number 
of his own seedlings, which he had been hybridizing. 
Many of his seedlings had been introduced, others were 
still unnamed. For the past six years, I have been en¬ 
deavoring to accumulate sufficient stock of some of them 
to offer them for sale; and at the same time make com¬ 
parisons] with other named varieties sent out by Mr. Hollis. 
Mr. Hollis'passed away three years before I acquired 
his collection, so some of the labels had been lost; where 
there were several lots of one variety, I found different 
names for what appeared to be the same variety. I 
still have many of his choicest, that I am not sufficiently 
sure of their being true or have in too limited quantity 
to offer in this catalog; but hope to offer them in the near 
future, as soon as comparisons can be made, and stock 
accumulated. 
All varieties originated by Mr. Hollis offered herein are to the best of my knowledge 
true to name, and meet comparisons with others purchased from Mr. Hollis and the descrip¬ 
tions published by the Cornell University Bulletins, where a large number of his varieties 
were donated for the experimental garden of the American Peony Society. 
You will be interested also in the Irises, Dutch Bulbs, Shrubs, Evergreens and Fruits 
offered herein, all of which can be shipped and planted this Fall. Should any of them fail to 
grow, let me know, and replacement will be made next Spring or Fall. 
I assure you I will take as much pains in the future as in the’past, to send out nothing 
but first-class stock, and to continue the same prompt, liberal and conscientious dealings. 
Hoping to receive a share of your orders this Fall, I am, 
July 1, 1921 
Respectfully yours, 
J. K. ALEXANDER. 
