East Bridgewater Dahlia Cardens J. K. Alexander, East Bridgewater, Massachusetts 
Klondyke. 
GLADIOLI—Continued. 
Halley. Delightful salmon rose, with beautiful 
creamy blotch. Very large. 
Hollindia. A charming shade of pink, tinted 
yellow. 
Ida. (Groff.) The flower spike is large; the 
flowers being pure white daintily overlaid and 
veined a delicate pinkish-lavender; the stamens 
are purple and the stigmas pale carmine. A 
remarkable variety of excellent habit. 
Pactole. (Lemoine.) Bright, canary-yellow; 
maroon blotch on lower petals. 
Princeps.(Dr. Van Fleet.) The Amaryllis 
.r lowered Gladiolus; color, rich crimson, with 
intense shadings in the throat and broad 
white blotches across the lower petals. 
Rosella. (Groff.) The upper petals are lavender- 
pink, while the lower ones are a lively shade of 
rose-purple, with a clear white throat. 
Wild Rose. (Childs.) Bright rose, extra large 
flower; exceedingly delicate. 
Select Standard Gladioli 
Varieties included in this Superb Collection, 
10 cents each, $1.00 per dozen, $7.50 per 100, 
prepaid. 25 of one variety at 100 rate. The col¬ 
lection of 24 Select Standard varieties for $2.00 
prepaid. 
I will send the three above collections, with 
this one included for $6.00, prepaid; fifty 
different varieties. 
Africa. Dark amaranth, shaded black, with 
large, tinted white center. 
Alice Carey. (Teas.) One of the finest whites 
ever introduced. The whole flower is a pure 
white at first glance, but you will find by 
close examination a very faint stripe of delicate 
light violet on the inside of the lower petals. 
Baron Hulot or Blue Jay. (Groff.) The finest blue 
to date. A rich, deep color of indigo blue. 
Brilliant. (Childs.) Beautiful orange-red, with 
carmine and white throats. 
Cracker Jack. (Groff.) Large flowers of rich, 
velvety dark red; throat spotted with yellow 
and dark maroon; a most sensational variety. 
Eugene Scribe. (Lemoine.) Flowers very large 
and wide; perfect soft rose, blazed carmine-red. 
Extra fine. 
Golden Queen. (Stewart.) An exquisite bright 
golden-yellow, with a prominent rich carmine 
blotch in the throat; very strong spike of 
perfect form. 
Klondyke. (Christy.) Strong, vigorous plant, 
blooming early; flowers round, well-opened, of 
clear primrose yellow; with blotches of vivid 
liberty. (Tracy.) A bright red with strikingly 
marked primrose throat. Large, well-expanded 
flowers. 
Meadowvale. (Cowee.) One of the purest of 
whites, without a shade of color, except in 
the throat where there is a touch of vivid 
crimson; the three lower petals have a slight 
center markings of clear crimson-pink. 
Metropolitan. (Groff.) The gem of this col¬ 
lection, the flowers are of the largest size, 
being well expanded. The color combination 
is _ most fascinating; the flowers are of light 
crimson scarlet with a beautiful deep cherry 
throat; edged salmon-pink, the whole being 
delightfully striped rich crimson. 
Mohonk. (Childs.) Flowers of large size and 
great substance; deep dark pink, with spotted 
throats, shaded orange and flaked maroon. 
Nazinscott. (Childs.) Bright, blood scarlet, with 
deep, velvety crimson-black blotches and white 
mottlings in throats. 
Octoroon. A very odd variety; salmon-pink, 
heavily overlaid yellow; throat curiously mark¬ 
ed and dotted crimson. 
Peacock. Beautiful light blue, with crimson and 
blight yellow throat, marked like a giant pansy. 
Pink Beauty. (Speelman.) Deep pink with small 
dark blotch. 
Scars dale. A grand Gladiolus, with large lav¬ 
ender colored flowers, shaded beautiful dark 
rose; extra large spikes growing very erect. 
Shakespeare. White, slightly suffused crimson- 
rose, large rose blotches. 
Snow-white. (Packard.) Color, pure white, with 
faint markings of yellow in the throat. 
Taconic, or Perfection. Gertrude or Geo. Deta¬ 
cher. (Groff.) The finest Pink Gladiolus in ex¬ 
istence. # Clear, bright, lively pink. Spike very 
long with flowers large and well arranged. I 
highly recommend this variety. 
The King. (Groff.) A beautiful, rich, deep pur¬ 
ple with an ideal chrome yellow throat, the 
lower petals veined, white. The flowers are 
trom 4 to 6 inches in diameter, borne on long 
spikes. Very large and showy. 
Wm. Falconer. (Childs.) White, heavily splash¬ 
ed violet-pink. Attractive. 
Oddity. (Childs.) Deep amaranth red, deeply 
suffused with purple-blue; large, distinct white 
marks through the petals, with red and white 
mottled throats. Much admired. 
