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J. K. Alexander, E. Bridgewater, Mass. 
Cactus Dahlias. 
Up-to-Date Varieties for 1913. 
This grand set of up-to-date Cactus Dahlias 
I am offering this season are the finest set of 
Cactus Dahlias that was ever offered in this 
country; they are introductions from all over 
the world. They were grown in our fields last 
season, and considered by us, and other ex- 
Amazon. A variety of immense size and per¬ 
fect form; color a beautiful purple-violet. 
One of the finest for exhibition purposes. 
$1.00 each. 
Clincher. This variety is properly named; 
The petals being perfectly incurved and al¬ 
most meeting in the center, giving the 
flower a very attractive form. The color is 
the prettiest imaginable; a beautiful, clear 
heliotrope. 50 cents each. 
Flame. As the name denotes, a brilliant, 
vivid novel; being a beautiful orange-scar¬ 
let.. The florets are narrow and very 
gracefully incurved. 75 cents each. 
Helene. The freest flowering pink Cactus 
Dahlia to date. The color is an exceedingly 
beautiful lavender-pink, gradually changing 
to delicate white at the center. The flowers 
are borne on extra long stems of wiry 
stiffness. 50 cents each. 
lightship. A wonderful new variety of per¬ 
fect habit. The plants are tall and robust, 
and produce their beautiful flowers on ex¬ 
ceptionally long stems. The color is a 
handsome yellow. $1.00 each. 
Lucio. The exquisite coloring of this va¬ 
riety, which is a beautiful combination of 
yellow and white, classes it as one of the 
most charming to date. Base of petals light 
golden yellow, tips pure white. $1.00 each. 
Madam Emberson. Beautiful pale lemon, 
specked delicate rose-pink. An exceedingly 
showy variety, being one of the always 
welcome Fancy Cactus varieties. 50 cents 
each. 
Marguerite Bouchon. One of the finest pink 
exhibition dahlias to date. The color is a 
brilliant rose-pink with a delicate white 
center. The large flowers are borne on stiff 
stems quite well above the foliage. 75 cents 
each. 
Cactus 
Grand Superb 
This grand set of recent Introduction are 
all exhibition varieties under ordinary cul¬ 
tivation. 1 am offering this grand set at a 
very low price. 75 cents each, $7.50 per dozen, 
prepaid, to any part of North America, or the 
set of 10 for $5.00 cash, I will also send the 
ports, to be the finest set ever offered in this 
country. I will send this grand set of 14 up- 
to-date Cactus Dahlias, prepaid to any part 
of North America for $10.00 cash, or the two 
preceding collections, with this set included, 
for $15.00. 
Mercury. The finest Fancy Cactus Dahlia in 
existence. The flowers are of unusual for¬ 
mation, being beautifully incurved. The 
petals are narrow and very tightly quilled, 
and so gracefully incurved that at first 
sight one would think it a chrysanthemum. 
Exceedingly attractive flowers of deep yel¬ 
low at base shading to a delicate lighter 
yellow at tips; the whole being thickly 
striped, splashed and speckled with rich 
crimson. $1.00 each. 
Rev. Dr. Baker. One of the most reliable 
Dahlias we have ever grown, being always 
covered with large and perfect flowers. The 
coloring is very odd, being a novel shade 
of plum. Excellent for exhibition or gar¬ 
den purposes. $1.00. 
Rosy Morn. A large flower of perfect form 
and very constant; in color it is a beauti¬ 
ful peach blossom, somewhat paler in tint 
toward the base. 50 cents each. 
Stormer. A scarlet of the finest form and 
one of the most reliable varieties to date. 
This new variety produces its stunning 
flowers on long, wiry stems well above the 
foliage. $1.00 each. 
Variabilis. A perfect revelation for a Cac¬ 
tus Dahlia, a true novel of most graceful 
character. The color combination is per¬ 
fectly charming, beautiful deep orange ar¬ 
tistically tipped pure white. The flower is 
large and perfectly built; the petals are 
fringed or nitehed and very gracefully in¬ 
curved. $1.00 each. 
Wellington. Immense flower of glowing crim¬ 
son with a shade of purple toward tips of 
florets. 50 cents each. 
Dahlias 
Cactus Dahlias. 
collection of 5 New Superb English Varieties 
for 1914. tlie set of 4 New Superb French Cac¬ 
tus Dahlias and the set of 12 Up-to-date 
Cactus for 1913, with this grand collection for 
$20.00 prepaid. 
Brigadier. Bright crimson, base and outer 
petals scarlet-crimson; petals long and nu¬ 
merous; large full flowers of extra fine 
form. 
Killarney. A flower of "Thomas Parkin” 
type. Color bright golden-bronze, with long 
graceful incurved petals, producing its 
massive flowers in great abundance. A 
front rank flower. 
Mrs. T. W. Willis. White in tne center with 
edgings of lilac on the younger florets, the 
greater part of the bloom being rose-lilac 
Very dainty in appearance and can be rec¬ 
ommended as first-class. 
Nisi Prius. Bright, orange-scarlet, with a 
well-defined yellow center. The florets are 
long, narrow and straignt. Flowers early 
and abundantly. 
Rosa Starr. This is one of the grandest cut 
flower varieties to date. It will stand fully 
as long after being cut as any other variety 
in existence. The flowers are large and 
full. Color: a bright lilac-pink. 
Royal Scarlet. This, as its name denotes, 
is a pure scarlet. The best of its color for 
an exhibition flower. 
Sandy. Golden orange suffused with fawn. A 
flower of great substance and durability. 
Most desirable in every way. 
Snowdon. A grand flower of the purest white, 
possessing great quality, and producing 
large flowers on graceful stems. Very free. 
Snowstorm. This is a large, bold, white 
flower of the finest form. 
Saxonia. A splendid deep crimson, very large. 
This variety won many prizes last season. 
