East Bridgewater Dahlia Cardens ]. K. Alexander , East Bridgewater , Massachusetts 
FRENCH CACTUS DAHLIAS—Continued. 
ers are of the largest size, with long, narrow 
florets, forming a bloom of magnificent form. 
The most pleasing feature of this novelty is the 
charming color, which is a beautiful rich pink, 
daintily tipped white. I highly recommend this 
grand variety as one of the best in existence. 
35 cents each. 
Reine Cayeux. An exceptionally free-flowering 
variety of great substance. The plants are 
literally covered with flowers from July until 
frost, which makes it a magnificent garden 
variety. Flowers are of good size, of a beauti¬ 
ful ruby-crimson, and are borne on long, grace¬ 
ful stems. Excellent for exhibition purposes. 
One of the best. 25 cents each. 
Yonne Cayeux. A most beautiful form, a perfect 
star shape; petals being located with most ex¬ 
act regularity; color an immaculate white; a 
large flower and an acquisition of first order 
among the white Cactus. 35 cents each. 
General List of Straight 
Petaled Cactus Dahlias 
_ The standard and most reliable va¬ 
rieties. I will ship this wonderful 
collection of 115 .distinct named vari¬ 
eties, prepaid, to an, part of the 
United States for $20.00. 
A. D. Goodrich. A beautiful plum 
colored Cactus Dahlia. Very free 
flowering. 25 cents each. 
Advance. Brightest fiery scarlet, base 
tinged yellow. An immense flower. 
25 cents each. 
ALEXANDER. Very deep crimson, 
shaded maroon. A variety of extra 
fine form. Good habits of growth, 
and very productive. 25 cents each. 
Ambassador. Pure white. A flower 
of the finest quality. Long, stiff 
stems. 20 cents each. 
Amos Perry. Brilliant fiery scarlet. 
20 cents each. 
Antelope. Deep, rich yellow, suffused 
with bronzy rose. 15 cents each. 
Ansted Gunther. Brilliant scarlet. 25 
cents each. 
Arab. Rich, velvety maroon. 10 
cents each. 
Aurora. Orange-yellow, heavily over¬ 
laid soft pink, occasionally tipped 
white. 25 cents each. 
BORNEMANN’S LIEBLING. Very 
delicate, soft rose-pink. Extra fine. 
20 cents each. 
Brightness. Bright fiery scarlet, with 
a blending of golden yellow at the 
center. A variety of extra fine 
shape, petals being very long, and 
perfectly star-shaped. 25 cents each. 
Charles Clayton. Dazzling red. Good 
shaped flower. 25 cents each. 
CLARA G. STEDWICK. (See illus¬ 
tration, next page.) Clear, bright 
salmon, shaded yellow at base of 
petals. Large flowers, with long, 
slim, twisted petals. Free-flowering. 
20 cents each. 
Columbia. . Vermilion, tipped and 
striped with white. Long, narrow, 
star-1 ike petals. The plants make very little 
foliage, and the flowers are carried well above 
it. ‘ Columbia” blossoms profusely, and the ex¬ 
quisite combination of red and white makes a 
most striking appearance. 25 cents each. 
Cocatoo. Clear, canary yellow, whilst the tips of 
the florets are pure white. The under surface 
is a pale, brown tint. 25 cents each. 
Countess of Malmesbury. Delicate peach-color 
Pmk, daintily blending to white at the center. 
Petals straight, very narrow and tightly quilled, 
completing a perfect star-shaped flower. Plants 
are of perfect habit, producing blossoms upon 
long, graceful stems of wiry stiffness. Very 
tall growing. 25 cents each. 
CREPUSCULE. A gigantic flower, pale orange- 
yellow at center, exquisitely deepening to beau¬ 
tiful deep amber buff, at outer petals. This 
variety has won many first prizes as an ex¬ 
hibition flower. A beautifully formed, refined 
flower, which blossoms early, and produces its 
flowers in remarkable quantities. 25 cents each. 
DAINTY. A very appropriate name for this ex¬ 
quisite variety. The plants are of strong, up« 
right habit, producing their flowers upon excep¬ 
tionally long, stiff stems, well above the foliage. 
The flower itself is most effective, and graceful, 
and crowns the long stems in a pleasing and 
most satisfactory manner. The blending of 
colors is superb, lemon-yellow at center daintily 
Special Collection 
Bornemann’s Liebling, Clara G. Stedwick 
and J. H. Jackson for 50c, prepaid. 
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