East Bridgewater Dahlia Cardens ]. K. Alexander , East Bridgewater , Massachusetts 
The Fragrant Peony-Flowered Dahlia 
As a result of many thoughtful ex¬ 
periments and careful hybridization, 
we are rewarded with the Fragrant 
Dahlia. The honor of introducing 
the first collection of Fragrant 
Dahlias in the world is bestowed 
upon us; we are pleased with our 
progress, and are positive we will 
continue having the “Good Luck.” 
It is a very pleasing and agree¬ 
able odor and can be easily detected, 
the fragrance being exceedingly 
prominent, especially when the 
gems are in full bloom. This won¬ 
derful quality, combined with beau¬ 
tiful color, charming golden-yellow 
center, and graceful appearance, 
completes an ideal Garden Dahlia. 
These Five Wonders are all of true 
Peony-iflowered type, possessing 
grace, simplicity and beauty to 
make their form liked; the flowers 
appear exceedingly early and blos¬ 
som continually in a miraculous 
profusion. Their flowers are borne 
on exceedingly long stems well above 
the foliage, making them ideal for 
cutting. For garden and decorative 
purposes nothing can excel them. 
Their colors are rich, refined and 
delicate, and as a decorative scheme 
for the garden or house they are ex¬ 
cellent. The beauty of these flowers 
can only be appreciated when seen, 
and may be easily classed with or¬ 
chids for their fantastic shapes and 
colors. The artistic flowers are best 
compared to the semi-double Peonies 
in general form. The flowers are 
semi-double, and show that beautiful 
golden-yellow center, the wonderful 
quality which makes the Single 
Dahlia so graceful and popular. The 
Peony-flowered Dahlia has the broad, 
flat and quite irregular form of pet¬ 
als of the Decorative, combined with 
the grace and beauty of the Single. 
Philadelphia. 
Peony-Flowered Dahlias with Cactus Petals 
These are quite distinct in appearance, and in our estimation very beautiful and graceful. For deco¬ 
rative purposes nothing can excel them. Petals are long, narrow and pointed at the tips, distinct from 
the true” Peony-flowered Dahlia with its broad, flat or twisted petals with rounding tips. The beauty 
of these flowers can only be appreciated when seen, and may easily be classed with orchids for their fan¬ 
tastic shapes and colors. I will ship this Novel Collection of Four Cactus-Peony-flowered Dahlias, pre¬ 
paid, to any part of the United States for $1.00. 
Phenomene. Beautiful French Cactus-Peony-flow¬ 
ered Dahlia. A very effective and novel variety, 
having beautiful Cactus-shaped florets. The 
color is an exquisite salmon shade, suffused light 
amber. 25 cents each, $2.50 per dozen. 
Philadelphia. _ Beautiful Cactus-Peony-flowered 
Dahlia. An ideal dahlia for all purposes; blos¬ 
soms produced very early, and throughout the 
entire season in a miraculous profusion. The 
coloring is most attractive; delicate purple-vio¬ 
let, blending to lavender, and suffused with white. 
The shape of the flower is perfectly original, 
petals being very long, narrow, and slightly 
cuilled; semi-double, having two and three rows 
of these beautiful petals, arranged around the 
charming golden-yellow center. 35 cents each. 
Poinsettia. A new Dahlia, which is very difficult 
to class, the habit and formation of the blos¬ 
som being entirely distinct from any other vari¬ 
ety. The color and shape of the flower-petals 
resemble very much that of the Poinsettia, for 
which it is named. Usually there are two rows 
of bright scarlet petals, which are brought into 
brilliant contrast by the rich golden-yellow cen¬ 
ter. 25 cents each. 
Satucket. Alexander’s New Cactus-Peony-flowered 
Seedling. Cactus-shaped petals of enormous 
length, curving inward at the tips. Almost iden¬ 
tical in form and size with “Philadelphia.” In 
color, the flowers are scarlet, veined golden- 
yellow. Flowers are borne in great profusion. 
50 cents each. 
Haverstraw, N. Y., June 9, 1915. 
Dear Sir:—I received your shipment on Satur¬ 
day. All the bulbs were in good condition. I am 
very much pleased with them. Thanking you for 
the extra bulbs you sent, I am, 
Very truly yours, 
G. WILSON BARTINE. 
Orleans, Mass., June 14, 1915. 
Dear Sir:—We wish to thank you for so care¬ 
fully filling our order of two weeks ago. The 
extras were very acceptable; we shall certainly 
remind others of the nearness and fairness of 
the ‘‘Dahlia King.” Yours truly, 
GEO. H. DAVENPORT. 
