East Bridgewater Dahlia Cardens J. K. Alexander , East Bridgewater , Massachusetts 
Collarette Dahlias 
French specialists have given us the beautiful improved Collarette Dahlia, an entirely new type of 
Dahlia; all of which have wonderful flowers and delightful color combinations. These were shown 
extensively last year at the European Dahlia Shows, where they met with great favor, and we feel 
confident that they will meet with the same approval here. 
The flowers are single, when an additional row of short petals around the disc, which form a frill 
or collar, usually of a different color from the rest of the flower. 
Collarette Dahlias for 1916 
The Four Noveflties for 1916 prepaid to 
CHAMPION. Attractive New Collarette Seedling. 
An exceptionally attractive variety of remark¬ 
able individuality. The coloring being phenome¬ 
nal ; a glowing brick red, artistically tipped 
lemon-^yellow ; collar, bright lemon-yellow effect¬ 
ively overlaid glowing brick red. This most 
sensational variety is the showiest and most 
attractve of this type in existence. 75 cents 
each. Stock very limited. 
Directeur Rene Gerard. Gigantic New French 
Collarette Dahlia. Exceptionally large flowers ; 
petals of a beautiful violet-purple, shaded and 
tipped white; collarette white. Most artistic 
flowers ; unsurpassed in quality. 25 cents each. 
A remarkable acquisition. 
any part of North America for $1.00. 
MME. E. POIRIER. Ideal New French Collarette 
Dahlia. An ideal Dahlia that appeals to every¬ 
one, and is renowned for its excellent qualities; 
distinct color, perfect form, and beautiful ap¬ 
pearance. This wonderful variety possesses a 
very remarkable coloring, entirely new in the 
Dahlia world. (The nearest approach to blue). 
A beautiful deep purple, suffused lighter, which 
gives a violet-blue effect; collar a waxy, almost 
glistening pure white. 35 cents each. 
Souvenir de Chabanne. First-class New French 
Collarette Dahlia. A variety of great merit; es¬ 
pecially distinguished for its charming coloring ; 
petals lemon-yellow, with coral-red markings; 
collar, petals very abundant and long, lemon- 
yellow, tipped white. 20 cents each. 
Collarette Dahlias 
These Three Wonderful Creations we will send prepaid to any part of North America for 50 cents. 
Exposition de Lyon. A very gay flower of a 
bright garnet, with fine yellow tips ; collar white, 
daintily suffused lavender and washed crimson. 
One of the showiest. 25 cents each. 
MAURICE RIVORIE. A Wonderful New Col¬ 
larette Dahlia, of sterling quality. The flowers 
are produced in great profusion on long, grace¬ 
ful stems, well above the foliage. The flower, 
a gorgeous, rich crimson, with pure white collar 
of short, well-formed petals, perfectly arranged 
around the rich golden-yellow center. The re¬ 
markable contrast of the above combination of 
color, together with its ideal form and profusion 
of flowers, secures first place for this variety 
among this new type of Dahlia. 25 cents each. 
Pres. Viger. Superb Collarette Dahlia- An ex¬ 
ceedingly effective variety, the color combina¬ 
tion being one of the prettiest imaginable, red¬ 
dish carmine with a smaller collar of pure white. 
15 cents each. 
Peony-Flowered Collarette Dahlia 
In addition to the wonderful progress made in the development of the different types of the Dahlia, 
manifest by the great number of valuable new varieties; we have accomplished another great step; 
the beginning of a new era in Dahlia history. 
My 1912 Seedlings mark the creation of an entirely new type of Dahlia, a wonderful achievement, 
and the result of a very thoughful experiment, and careful hybridization. 
Maurice Rivorie— 
Collarette Dahlia. 
We welcome into the Dahlia-world the 
Peony-flowered Collarette Dahlia; a flower 
of great value; worthy of the strongest 
words of praise and great exhilaration. I 
take pleasure in offering to the Dahlia- 
loving public this new creation. 
ACHIEVEMENT or JOHN L. LINDER. 
Alexander’s Wonderful New Peonyflower- 
Collarette Dahlia. This phenomenal crea¬ 
tion is the first of an entirely new type of 
Dahlia ; a perfect wonder especially distin¬ 
guished for its perfection and unsurpassing 
qualities. The flowers have the wonderfully 
beautiful semi-double shape of the Peony- 
flowered Dahlia, combined with the grace, 
beauty, and fantastic appearance of the Col¬ 
larette Dahlia. In color the flower is a 
clear, rich, velvety maroon ; collar, a beauti¬ 
ful snowy white, very daintily overlaid a 
delicate shade of pinkish-crimson. The re¬ 
markable contrast of the above combination 
of color, together with its ideal form, and 
profusion of flowers, secures for this variety 
a supreme place in the Dahlia-world. $1.00 
each. Only a very limited stock of this 
variety. 
Dahlias Not Catalogued 
If you are looking for varieties that are 
not catalogued it will pay you to write to 
me before ordering elsewhere, as I carry a 
large list of uncatalogued varieties, my stock 
being insufficient to warrant me to catalogue 
these varieties. 
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