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TAKE great pleasure in pre¬ 
senting you with a copy of 
my new 1916 Catalogue 
which I feel is a great im¬ 
provement over my last 
issue; with new cultural 
notes which, if followed, 
will assist the amateur to 
receive better results in the 
future. I also take this op¬ 
portunity of thanking my 
many friends and patrons 
who have recommended, and favored me with their 
orders in the past, and to express gratification that 
my determination to furnish none but the best 
stock is so widely recognized. 
Two years ago I constructed a storage and ship¬ 
ping plant which is a great advantage to myself 
and customers. Under my present system I am 
able to ship stock from the time we finish digging, 
about November 15th, till July 1st th*> following 
year. 
This building has a cement cellar containing 
11,700 cubic feet of storage room and 4,680 square 
feet of floor space. It is the largest building of 
the kind in the world. I especially invite all my 
friends and customers to make a personal in¬ 
spection of my plant. 
I have been acknowledged the largest Dahlia 
grower in the world. This last season I grew over 
4,000,0C0 Dahlia plants, nearly 35 acres. I feel 
that this will be of great interest to the general 
J. K. ALEXANDER 
The Dahlia King 
(Copyrighted) 
East Bridgewater, Mass. 
public, who have in past years come long distances 
to visit my fields in the flowering season, through 
the months of August and September. My fields 
are kept open at all times for the inspection of the 
public. Visitors are always welcome. I am pleased 
at any time to assist the public with any informa¬ 
tion possible, provided they will send return stamp. 
My growing exhibits at the “World’s Fair,” St. 
Louis Purchase Exposition, Jamestown Exposition, 
Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition, Panama-Pacific 
Exposition, won honors of highest degree, ac¬ 
knowledging my stock universally unsurpassed. 
The past season I made more exhibits than ever 
before in the different states, winning first prizes in 
all of them. I dare say I won more prizes than any 
other firm in America in the past season. 
It is unnecessary to say anything regarding the 
exhibits I have made at the different horticultural 
and agricultural societies in the past. Every per¬ 
son knows that ever saw my exhibit that it was 
fully as good, if not the best, that was ever made 
in the place where I exhibited. 
If you are looking for some first-class, up-to-date 
Dahlias, do not hesitate in placing your order in 
Ihe hands of a firm who has been doing business 
for 21 years, and will give you good satisfaction for 
your money. My stock is strong, separated, field- 
grown clumps, with one or two eyes on a bulb, and 
guaranteed true to name. Although my stock is 
not overgrown, it is considered much the better for 
amateur growers, as the stock has not been forced 
to any overgrowth, which is very apt to take out 
of the stock rather than add anything to its value. 
While many large firms recommend and sell mostly 
Dahlia plants, and charge as much 
for them as strong roots, they are 
all right for a professional who un¬ 
derstands the handling of them and 
wishes to build up a stock quickly, 
but I would not recommend them to 
the amateur. If cut off by any insect 
the plant is lost, but it is not so with 
bulbs. The sprout from a bulb 
if cut off by any insect will 
come again with two sprouts, so 
one does not feel as if they had 
paid out good maney for stock 
and at the end of the season 
had nothing to show for it. In 
many cases I find that strong 
bulbs with good eyes or sprouts, 
do not always grow ; so if any of 
my, customers, after purchasing 
any of my stock, should have 
any of them fail to grow, after 
planting them, dig Ihem up and 
mail them back with the label 
on them, and I will remail you 
one in place of them; but do 
not remail stock you have pur¬ 
chased elsewhere, as this has 
happened in some cases. 
I would recommend ttiat cus¬ 
tomers order early, as my or¬ 
ders are booked in rotation and 
shipped accordingly. My stock is 
tested before being shipped to my 
customers. I shall take as much 
pains in the future as in the past to 
send out nothing but first-class stock 
end to continue the same prompt, 
liberal and conscientious dealings. 
Hoping to receive a share of your 
patronage this coming season, I re¬ 
main, Respectfully yours, 
Uranus—Incurved Cactus Dahlia. 
(See description on page 9.) 
January 1, 1916 
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