East Bridgewater Dahlia Cardens ]. K. Alexander , East Bridgewater , Massachusetts 
NEW HOLLAND DECORATIVE DAHLIAS—Continued. 
that wins favor wherever shown. A very attractive va¬ 
riety, of remarkable form. This new 
importation received both a First-Class 
Certificate and Award of Merit in Hol¬ 
land. $1.00 each. 
Mrs. Fleers. Beautiful New Holland Dec¬ 
orative Dahlia. A perfect combination 
of colors, red and rose—a wonderful 
variety, ideal for exhibition purposes. 
This charming flower is also described 
as rosy-red. The contrast between the 
effective rosy-red blossoms and the heavy 
green foliage is perfectly marvelous. A 
variety of great value. Awarded First-Class 
Certificate. 50 cents each. 
Princess Juliana. Splendid New Holland 
Decorative Dahlia. This new importation 
is known as “The Queen of Dahlias,” prin¬ 
cipally because of its remarkable qualifica¬ 
tions. It is perfect as an exhibition flower, 
ideal for garden decoration, and unsur¬ 
passed for cutting. Holland Dahlia Special¬ 
ists claim this the finest white Decorative 
Dahlia for cut-flower purposes, and also 
the best flowering. “Princess Juliana” re¬ 
ceived the Holland Dahlia Societies’ First- 
Class Certificate. 50 cents each. 
Zeppelin. New Holland Decorative Dahlia. 
The incomparable delicacy and richness of 
this most interesting variety has excited 
great comment. The coloring is the most 
beautiful, a lovely shade of mauve; a very 
fascinating color. The perfection in form 
of this variety is one of its greatest features. 
Award of Merit. 75 cents each. 
New Up-to-date Decorative 
Dahlias for 1916 
Two of the finest and most satis¬ 
factory Decorative Dahlias grown; 
varieties that have reached perfec¬ 
tion in every respect. They are of 
gigantic size, perfect shape, pro¬ 
duce their blossoms in abundance, 
and bear my highest recommenda¬ 
tion. 
I will send these “Two Ideal Dahlias,” pre¬ 
paid, to any part of the United States for 
$1.50. “J. M. Goodrich” and “Mina Burgle” 
are two Dahlias everyone should grow. 
Decorative Dahlia, Mina Burgle, Showing Perfect 
Habit and Length of Stem of This Variety. 
J. M. GOODRICH. (See illustration, page 26.) Gi¬ 
gantic new Decorative seedling. Without exception 
the best Decorative for all purposes we have had 
the pleasure of introducing. It has size and 
beauty, exceptionally long stems, and is .free- 
flowering. The coloring is entirely new, and 
wins instant favor. A beautiful salmon^pink, 
each petal effectively tipped primrose-yellow. 
The nearest to an ideal Dahlia we have been 
able to introduce. $1.00 each. 
MINA BURGLE. A seedling named and originated 
by Mr. Burgle, a California Dahlia lover. This 
new introduction is one of the finest varieties 
to date; a champion variety, producing flowers 
of gigantic size, and remarkable beauty. The 
best in existence; in color, a glowing and most 
brilliant scarlet. The flowers are of perfect Deco¬ 
rative type, and borne upon long, wiry stems, 
well above the foliage. A variety which at¬ 
tracts universal attention. $1.00 each. 
General List of Decorative Dahlias 
I will ship this collection of 65 Decorative Dahlias, prepaid, to any part of the United States for $10.00. 
Amphion. Chrome-yellow, shaded cherry-rose. 
Plants dwarf. 10 cents each. 
Andre Charmet. Reddish-fawn, striped maroon ; a 
rather small flower. 20 cents each. 
Beaute Lyonnaise. A novel Fancy Decorative of 
French origin. White, tinted and edged scarlet, 
tipped white. Occasionally a solid red flower on 
same plant. Very attractive. Dwarf growing 
plants. 20 eents each. 
Beauty of Brentwood. Plum, striped darker. 10 
cents each. 
Black Prince. The nearest black of any Dahlia 
to date. 20 cents each. 
Blue Oban. Lavender, with a beautiful tint of 
blue. The nearest to blue of any Dahlia in ex¬ 
istence. Very desirable on account of its pe¬ 
culiar color. 20 cent3 each. 
Catherine Duer. “The Newport Dahlia.” Glowing 
shade of red. 10 cents each. 
Clarabel. Rich, rosy purple. 10 cents each. 
Clifford W. Bruton. A large canary-yellow. 10 
cents each. 
Cora Gleason. Deep purple. 10 cents each. 
Countess of Pembroke. A beautiful pure lavender. 
Free-flowering. 10 cents each. 
Delicata. Light salmon, shaded pink. 10 cents 
each. 
Dell ice. The finest and brightest pink Decorative 
Dahlia in existence. Flowers are of good size, 
standing, well above the foliage. A charming 
bright pink, suffused lavender-pink. One of the 
best known cut-flower varieties in the Dahlia- 
world. 25 cents each. 
Dolly or Sylvia, White edged pink. 10 cents each. 
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