East Bridgewater Dahlia Cardens J. K. Alexander , East Bridgewater , Massachusetts 
John Riding:. New Incurved 
English Cactus Dahlia. The 
planls of this variety are par¬ 
ticularly sturdy, producing: enor¬ 
mous blossoms of a rich deep 
crimson-scarlet color. For exhi¬ 
bition this is one of our finest in¬ 
troductions, its exceptional size, 
perfect form, great depth, and 
deep rich crimson color placing it 
in the front rank. Flowers com¬ 
monly measure eight inches in 
diameter. This variety is an ex¬ 
ample of the highest type of 
English Cactus Dahlia, having 
splendidly incurved and tightly 
milled florets, and interlacing 
form. $1.00 each. 
Cactus Dahlia to date. The flowers 
are not only of largest size, and ex¬ 
quisite color, but possess the most 
wonderful and latest type of the 
Cactus Dahlia, the florets are excep¬ 
tionally long, very narrow, and so 
tightly quilled, incurved, twisted and 
interlaced, as to almost meet at the 
center. These varieties created a 
great sensation in England this past 
season, winning overwhelmingly 
over all other Dahlias, and holding 
both amateur and professional in 
amazement. They captured many 
gold and silver medals, silver cups, 
and innumerable first-class cer¬ 
tificates and awards of merit. 
This phenomenal collection of 
Six Wonderful New Incurved 
and Tightly-quilled English Cac¬ 
tus Dahlias I will ship prepaid 
to any part of the United States 
for $5.00, or this collection with 
Alexander's Two New Incurved 
Cactus Seedlings for $8.00, pre¬ 
paid. 
Rev. Alfred H. Lowe—Incurved Cactus Dahlia. 
INCURVED CACTUS SEEDLINGS—Continued, 
makes it a magnificent garden variety. The 
coloring of this Dahlia is remarkable, the center 
of the flower being a charming shade of golden 
yellow, exquisitely blending to sweetest deep 
salmon-pink. In form it is all that can be de¬ 
sired, having very long, narrow, tightly quilled 
florets, which are very prettily incurved. This 
will prove to be one of the best all-round 
Cactus Dahlias in existence. $3.00 each. 
Mrs. Henry Randle. New Incurved 
English Cactus Dahlia. We can 
rightly term this a model Dahlia. 
The flowers are of medium size, so 
great that we anticipate this will 
be one of the best all-round Cactus 
Dahlias in existence. The coloring is one of the 
sweetest possible, being pale cream at center, 
quickly changing to a lovely rosy tint, and dis¬ 
tinctly tipped creamy white. The florets are 
tightly quilled and very gracefully incurved. 
The plant is exceptionally healthy, having an 
upright and pleasing style of growth, the flowers 
being carried perfectly, well above the foliage. 
$1.00 each. 
Mrs. James Wheeler. Alexander’s New Incurved 
Cactus Seedling. Named especially for and by 
permission of Mrs. James Wheeler, in recogni¬ 
tion of her great love for the Dahlia. This 
variety is one of the finest of the incurved type, 
the florets being long, exceedingly narrow, and 
so tightly incurved as to almost meet in the 
center. The flower is of large size, great depth, 
and perfect formation. The coloring is very 
dainty, winning instant favor an exceptionally 
delicate clear lavender-pink, gradually chang¬ 
ing to pure white at the center. The plants are 
of particularly good habit, of sturdy growth, 
and exceptionally large and bushy. Although 
the stem is pendent, the flowers are produced 
in such great quantities as to place it among 
the leading free-flowering varieties. This variety 
is of the very highest incurved form, and worthy 
of our highest recommendation. $2.50 each. 
Wonderful New Incurved Eng¬ 
lish Cactus Dahlias 
This collection of phenomenal Incurved Cactus 
Dahlias is the very highest and finest type of 
Nantwich. New Incurved English Cactus Dahlia. 
(See illustration on page 7.) With this variety 
the habit is a great feature, as well as the flower, 
the growth being upright and the flower stem 
particularly strong. The blcssoms are of in¬ 
curved form, the florets being evenly placed, an 1 
unusually good in texture. The color is a beauti¬ 
ful golden orange, somewhat deeper in the cen¬ 
ter. A genuine Dahlia in every way. $1.00 each. 
Rev. Alfred H. Lowe. (New Incurved English Cac¬ 
tus Dahlia. Produces large, well built flowers of 
the very highest type of Incurved Cactus Dahlia. 
The florets are long, tightly quilled, and so per¬ 
fectly incurved as to almost meet in the center. 
The color is chiefly pure yellow, but the outer 
florets and the tips of the younger are effectively 
tinged with rosy shadings. The plants are of 
a free, healthy style of growth, and the flower 
stems are long. $1.00 each. 
Scorpion. Wonderful New Incurved English Cac¬ 
tus Dahlia. One of the most sensational of the 
incurved Cactus Dahlias. A flower of absolutely 
unique formation, the florets being very narrow, 
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