East Bridgewater Dahlia Cardens J. K. Alexander, East Bridgewater , Massachusetts 
Up-to-Date Gladioli of 1913 and 1914 Introduction 
This Remarkable Collection of 14 Up-to-Date Gladioli, prepaid, to any part of 
North America for $3.50; or this collection with the Two 
New Varieties for 1915” included, for $4.00, prepaid. 
Aeroplane. The color is a beautiful clear deep 
pink with an exquisite pure white throat. In¬ 
dividual flowers are very large and massive, 
being well arranged, and many open at a time. 
35 cents each, $3.50 per dozen. 
Contrast. (Banning.) Flowers of great substance 
and a beautiful compact spike of perfect form ; 
color intense scarlet with a large, distinct, pure 
white throat, which is neither tinted nor mottled. 
25 cents each, $2.50 per dozen. 
Eureka. (Alexander.) One of the most showy 
Gladioli ever introduced by us. It is a deep 
crimson, with a clear white throat, well open ; 
the spikes are good size, very long, very strik¬ 
ing. 25 cents each, $2.50 per dozen. 
President Taft. (Stewart.) An exquisite variety 
of delicate salmon-pink, shaded darker at edge 
with deep crimson blotch in throat, and an 
attractive white line through each petal. A 
grand variety which evokes words of praise 
wherever exhibited. The spikes and flowers are 
of the largest size. 35 cents each, $3.50 per 
dozen. 
Sterling. Minnesota, or Lafayette. _ (Groff.) 
A beautiful delicate pale yellow with rich 
cherry throat. One of the finest of our this 
season’s Seedlings; and nearest in color to the 
famous New Ruffled Gladiolus, “Kunderdi 
Glory.” A perfect beauty. 25 cents each. 
$2.50 per dozen. 
Finest Gladioli of Recent 
Introduction 
Lavender Queen. Superb New Gladiolus Seedling. 
Acknowledged to be unsurpassed from a point 
of beauty, color, size, and effectiveness. White, 
delicately overlaid clear lavender; throat, a 
beautiful clear purple. 25 cents each. $2.50 
per dozen. 
Lucius Mendall Fuller. Beautiful New Gladiolus 
Seedling. One of the most beautiful Gladioli 
under cultivation. A long, graceful spike of 
magnificently formed flowers; many open at 
one time. Delicate salmon-pink, with specks 
and blotches of deep salmon-pink on each petal; 
throat, primrose-yellow striped salmon. A 
variety of strong sturdy growth, and gigantic 
size. 25 cents each, $2.50 per dozen. 
Melrose. (Childs.) Beautiful white flaked pink. 
Bright crimson throat, 50 cents each, $5.00 per 
dozen. 
Mrs. E. M. Smith. Alexander’s New Gladiolus 
Seedling. A very attractive New variety of 
great substance. Deep pink, with bright cherry 
throat; two lower petals edged primrose-yellow. 
Plant, vigorous; spike, straight and strong. 
35 cents each. $3.50 per dozen. 
Mrs. Frank Pendleton, Jr. (Kundred). Award¬ 
ed First-class Certificate of Merit by the Mas¬ 
sachusetts Horticultural Society of Boston. 
This new variety is the result of crossing the 
best of the largest flowered types, and is now 
a type of its own. Its color is the most ex¬ 
quisite salmon pink, with a very conspicuous 
blood-red blotch in the throat on the lower 
petals. This novelty was exhibited at Boston, 
Bar Harbor, and Newport; and judging from 
the commends made by those who saw it, un¬ 
doubtedly it will become the most popular 
Gladiolus. 35 cents each. 
Mrs. Krelage. A superb Gladiolus of immense 
size. Fiery-red with white throat; veined car¬ 
mine and white. 25 cents each, $2.50 per dozen. 
Mrs. James H. Lancashire. (Fairy Queen.) The 
coloring in this New Gladiolus, a deep cream 
fading to rose-tinted flesh color, with contrast¬ 
ing stripe of carmine on lower petals. Very 
valuable for florists’ use or for home decora¬ 
tion. Many flowers open at one time; excellent 
keeping qualities. 35 cents each, $3.50 per 
dozen. 
Niagara. (Banning.) A wonderful new Gladio¬ 
lus of sterling quality. In color the flowers 
are a delightful cream shade, with the two 
lower petals daintily marked canary-yellow. The 
throat is attractively splashed with rich car¬ 
mine. The stamens are purple, and the stig¬ 
mas pale carmine. The flower spike is very 
erect and strong, and is wrapped with dark 
green foliage. In shape it resembles America, 
but the flowers are much larger and more 
showy. 25 cents each. $2.50 per dozen. 
I will send this Grand Collection of 10 Up-to- 
Date Gladioli, prepaid, to any part of North 
America, for $1.50. Varieties included in this 
collection, 20 cents each, $2.00 per dozen. 
Canary Bird. As clear a shade of yellow as can 
be produced. 
Dawn. (Groffs.) Flowers large, of a delicate 
salmon, shading to white at throat; with a 
small claret stain on the lower petals. 
Golden King. (Black & Co.) “Golden King” 
resembles its parent “Golden Queen” very much 
in color, but is much larger in size and habit 
of growth. The color is a bright, glistening, 
golden yellow, with a charming vivid crimson 
blotch in throat. “Golden King” is considered 
the finest blotched ye 3w of American origin. 
America. 
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