Historic, Archive Document Do not assume content reflects current scientific knowledge, policies, or practices. 1/ ROSE ALEXANDER $1.00 each; $10.00 per dozen One of the best Fancy Decorative Dahlias ever introduced. Try a root in your garden this Spring and have something beautiful to show your dahlia-loving friends. J. K. ALEXANDER The World’s Largest Dahlia Grower 1933 CATALOG 499 CENTRAL STREET EAST BRIDGEWATER, MASS. Don’t Miss My Special Offers — Pages 12, 13, and 24 SAMUEL T. ALEXANDER (HYBRID CACTUS) JAPAN ROSE ONE-HALF ACTUAL SIZE, 6-8 in. in diameter $1.00 each; $10.00 per dozen Be sure your friends get all my catalogs, as I guarantee all my stock to grow true to name, or stock is cheerfully replaced free of all expense. J. K. ALEXANDER OR HONEST JOHN The Dahlia King I print this not because I am proud of my own picture but because most people like to see the man with whom they are doing business. 1933 Retail Catalog Note: The use of color in a catalog is expensive, and I have decided this year to eliminate it, passing along the saving thus made to my customers in the form of reduced prices. You will find the prices of all varieties reduced to the lowest figure that is consistent with first-class stock and efficient service. ki/UIO* J. K. Alexander, E. Bridgewater, Massachusetts Alexander’s Dahlia Gardens Instructions — Information Please Read Before Ordering ERRORS — While my system of handling orders is as nearly perfect as possible, in the rush of business errors occasionally occur, and I hope to be promptly notified of such, giving me an opportunity to make proper adjustments. I would suggest that you keep a copy of your order for comparison. REMITTANCES — May be made by Check, Post Office or Express Money Order, or Registered Letter, and if for less than $5.00 can be made in U. S. stamps. Coin and currency should be sent by registered letter. Customers residing outside the United States please do not send Foreign stamps or currency — a Post Office order is preferable. All unpaid orders will be sent C. O. D. unless satisfactory arrangements can be made when the order is given. GUARANTEE — I wish it distinctly understood that although I take all possible pains, I will not be responsible beyond the purchase price. I guarantee every root and plant I send out to be just as represented, absolutely true-to-name, reach its destination safely in good growing condition. I will cheerfully replace anything that fails to prove otherwise, and will appreciate your calling my attention to it. PRICES — The prices herein cancel all previous ones. These prices are void when my 1934 catalog is issued. Any one variety priced at 25 cents each may be had at $2.50 per dozen; any one variety priced at 35 cents each may be had at $3.50 per dozen, and so on with 50 cents, 75 cents, $1.00, $2.00, $3.00 and $5.00 varieties. Six of one variety may be had at the dozen rate. Please order by number on Special Offers. SHIPMENTS PREPAID — All orders will be shipped by Parcel Post, Express or Freight, whichever way I deem advisable, prepaid to all parts of the world, unless otherwise stated. CONNECTIONS — Long Distance Telephone: Office — East Bridgewater Number One. Telegraph — Western Union, Brockton, Mass. Post Office, Express and Freight Office, East Bridgewater, Mass. TERMS — Cash with orders or in advance of shipment. NAME AND ADDRESS — Please remember to write your name, street and number, Post Office, County, State and Country if Foreign, as plainly as possible. Post Office Box or R. F. D. number if you have one. This will avoid delays and chances for errors. ALWAYS ADDRESS J. K. ALEXANDER, The Dahlia King OR HONEST JOHN 499 Central Street EAST BRIDGEWATER, MASS. The Culture of The Dahlia Success Will Follow if You Observe These Instructions PLANTING. Plant roots in hills or drills, laying flat down, 6 inches deep. Do not stand the root on end. If you stand the root on end, having the sprout near the top of the ground, all the new roots which will form will grow near the top of the ground and when you have a dry spell your plant becomes stunted, whereas, if the roots were planted fiat down 6 inches deep, no matter how dry the season, the roots would receive sufficient moisture to keep them growing. If planting with manure, cover manure an inch or so before planting roots; fertilizer should be thoroughly worked into the soil. Either fertilizer or manure will burn the sprout; be sure to cover with soil. By planting the root first, then covering an inch or so with soil and applying your fertilizer or manure, your plant receives the entire benefit of the dressing. The dressing is above the root and every rain carries the food down to the roots, whereas, if your dressing is below the root, each rain takes your dressing further away from your plant. CULTIVATION. Cultivation is the principal requirement of the Dahlia — the most important of all operations to insure success. Keep the soil well cultivated and free from weeds; never allow the soil to crust. 4 Alexander’s Dahlia Gardens J. K. Alexander, E. Bridgewater, Massachusetts New Decorative Dahlias for 1933 All prices for roots, no plants sold. The cream of the Dahlia World, nothing better. MRS. J. K. ALEXANDER. I take great pleasure in introducing this new Seedling Dahlia No. 17 after my late wife. This dahlia has caused much comment in my fields the past three years, and is the first time I have offered any of it for sale, though I have refused hundreds of orders on this dahlia at $10.00 each during this length of time, as I wanted to dispose of it to a large Seed Firm. I was offered $2500.00 for the 2000 hills by one Seedman, but I refused it, as it is a $5000.00 dahlia and is the best clear buttercup-yellow dahlia ever introduced. For forty-seven years I have been growing dahlias and without exception, this is the best by far 14 to 16-inch flower I have ever seen or grown. It has everything in a dahlia; free-flowering, long stems, but the stem is a little weak for such a noble great flower. If you are interested in a REAL dahlia, try one of these in your collection this season and you will win first prize in any competition, and I will not sell any for less than $7.50 per root Net. J. K. ALEXANDER, JR. This is a new Seedling Dahlia No. 98, one that was shown at the Trial Gardens at Storrs, Conn., three years ago and scored 86^2, and is the largest crimson- red Hybrid Decorative ever offered having a fleck of orange in the center of each petal. It flowers on top of the stem which is 12 to 18 inches long, after the crotch flower is cut and will bloom 12 to 14 inches in diameter without disbudding, and never shows a center. This is one of the freest to flower and has fine keeping qualities after cutting. For exhibition, it has no equal. Try it and you will write me after the Fall season is over and tell me it is the best crimson dahlia you ever saw. $5.00 per root. Decorative Dahlias Recently Introduced which are of Superior Merit and Wonderful to Grow I will ship the 102, regular value $64.50, for $55.00 post paid. This is the finest collection ever offered for the price. ALICE M. ALEXANDER. A nopal red or, to put it in a more popular way, a rich, brick red. 50 cents. ALICE GREEN. Golden autumn shade. $1.00. ALMA ALEXANDER. Deep orange. 50 cents. ALTA RAY. Salmon orange, one tone darker than Jane Cowl. $1.00. AMERICA'S GLORY. A light, bright, scarlet, evenly tipped purest white. 50 cents. AMULET. Coppery golden bronze. 50 cents. AM UN RA. Coppery bronze. 50 cents. AVALON. A pure yellow. 25 cents. BARBARA REDFERN. Burnished copper shading to gold. 50 cents. BASHFUL GIANT. Apricot with golden shadings. 25 cents. BEATRICE A. TAYLOR. Empire yellow. $1.00. BECKETT'S ORIENTAL. Red and yellow. 50 cents. BETTY ALEXANDER. A beautiful Persian lilac. 50 cents. BETTY IVINS. Rich salmon, overlaid with an amber glow. $1.00. BLACK JACK. Rich, dark maroon. 50 cents. BONNIE BRAE. Peach and cream. 25 cents. CAMDEN CURRIER. A rich bronze. 50 cents. CATHERINE ALEXANDER. A little lighter than old rose. 50 cents. CATHERINE WILCOX. White with points of petals tipped cerise. 25 cents. CHAMPAGNE. A delightful warm Autumn shade. 25 cents. CHARLOTTE ALEXANDER. White, with a slight veining of purple on the flat broad petals. 50 cents. CHEMAR'S EUREKA. A pure, white. $1.00. CITY OF TRENTON. Autumn-colored. $1.00. C. T. HARDWICK. Bluish lavender with a white tip. $1.00. DAD. A large red. 50 cents. DOROTHY ALEXANDER. A rich apricot yellow. 50 cents. DR. TEVIS. Salmon rose. 50 cents. EASTERN STAR. Saffron yellow. 50 cents. EDITH BERYL. Yellow running from empire yellow to jasper pink and a pale lemon yellow. 50 cents. ELLANOR GRANT. Almost white. 25 cents. ELINOR VANDERVEER. Rose pink. 25 cents. ELKRIDGE. A splendid white. 50 cents. EVA PELICANO. White. 25 cents. F. L. MILLIS. Yellow, base shading to orange. 25 cents. GEORGE H. CARR. Magenta shading lighter at tips. 25 cents. GILDA GRAY. Pure lilac color shading to deep Tyrian rose. 50 cents. GLORY OF MONMOUTH. Rich eosine pink. $1.00. GOV. ALVAN T. FULLER. Rich Tyrian rose. 50 cents. GRACE CURLING. A clear Cattleya lavender. $2.00. HALVELLA. Rose pink. 25 cents. HARRIET THOMPSON. A brilliant orange buff with reverse of Oriental red. $1.00. HARRY MAYER. Pale rosaline purple. 50 cents. HON. JOHN J. LENTZ. The color combination is entirely different from any other ever introduced, being a blending of copper, salmon, and cinnamon buff. $4.00. IDA PERKINS. Beautiful white. 50 cents. ITALIAN SUNSET. Cream to yellow. 50 cents. JACQUES FUTRELLE. Light greenish yellow. 50 cents. JANE COWL. Bronzy-buff and old gold. 50 cents. JERSEY'S BEACON. Chinese scarlet. 25 cents. JERSEY'S BEAUTY. True pink. 25 cents. JERSEY'S FIANCEE. Rose pink. 50 cents. JERSEY'S IDEAL. A lavender pink. 50 cents. JERSEY’S RADIANCE. Bright glowing salmon. 50 cents. JUDGE ALTON PARKER. Golden buff. 25 cents. JUDGE MAREAN. Salmon pink and pure gold. 50 cents. JUNIOR. A pure lavender. 25 cents. KATHLEEN NORRIS. A true rose pink. $1.00. KEMP’S VIOLET WONDER. A rich napthaline violet. $1.00. 5 J. K. Alexander, E. Bridgewater, Massachusetts Alexander’s Dahlia Gardens Decorative Dahlias — Continued. KING OF THE GARDEN. Pink and gold. 25 cents. KITTY DUNLAP. American Beauty rose. 25 cents. LA PALOMA. Orange chrome. 25 cents. MABEL GOODACRE. An even mauve. $2.00. MARDI GRAS. A bold flower of the American Beauty shade. $1.00. MARGARET K. ALEXANDER. Buff yellow. 50 cents. MARGARET MASSON. Rose-pink. 50 cents. MARGARET WOODROW WILSON. An opalescent pink. 50 cents. MARVEL. A beautiful orange shade. $1.00. MILLIONAIRE. Most delicate lavender. 25 cents. MONS. LE NORMAND. Rich clear yellow. 25 cents. MRS. A. E. WHEELER. Fuschia color. $1.00. MRS. ALFRED B. SEAL. Pure glowing old rose, shading to violet rose. $2.00. MRS. ARlAL W. GEORGE. Deep cream. $1.00. MRS. CARL SALBACH. A mauve-pink. 25 cents. MRS. EDITH HAYWARD. Lemon yellow. 25 cents. MRS. E. B. C. Deep rhodamine pink. $2.00. MRS. ELMER O. DREW. Rich purplish maroon. 50 cents. MRS. GEORGE SKEEN. Shrimp pink. $1.00. MRS. I. DE VER WARNER. Deep mauve pink. 25 cents. NANAQUAKET. Amaranth pink. $1.00. POLAR SNOW. Pure white. 50 cents. PRIDE OF CALIFORNIA. Crimson red. 25 cents. PRIDE OF STRATFORD. Cadmium orange. 50 cents. RADIO. The color, blood red edged and tipped yellow. 25 cents. RALPH BLODGETT. Cornelian red blending to yellow ochre. 25 cents. ROBERT SCOTT. Apricot yellow. 50 cents. ROBERT TREAT. American beauty rose. 50 cents. ROMAN EAGLE. Burnished copper. 25 cents. ROSA NELL. Bright rose. 25 cents. ROSE ALEXANDER. A deep chrome orange with every petal tipped white. $1.00. ROSE FALLON. Old-gold. 50 cents. ROSE K. DARNELL. Rose. 25 cents. SAGAMORE. A golden yellow. 25 cents. SALEM PRIDE. Rhodamine purple and flecked white. $1.00. SANHICAN’S GEM. Old gold. 50 cents. SOMERSET. Strawberry pink. 50 cents. SUSAN R. ALEXANDER. Antimony yellow. 50 cents. TOMMY ATKINS. Firey scarlet. 50 cents. TREASURE ISLAND. Apricot and old gold. $1.00. WALKOVER PRINCE. Nopal red. $1.00. WHITE EMPRESS. White. $1.00. WILLIAM SELTSAM. Crimson red. $1.00. WM. H. SLOCOMBE. Pale yellow. 25 cents. YANKEE KING. A strawberry pink. 50 cents. Cactus Dahlias 20 of the best Cactus Dahlias ever offered. Regular value $13.25. I will send this lot of 20 cactus for $10.00 post paid. ALICE WHITTIER. Primrose or sulphur yellow. $1.00. AMBASSADOR. Soft yellow buff. 50 cents. ANDREAS HOFER. Light pink. 50 cents. BOB PLEUSE. Maroon, tipped white. 25 cents. CHEMAR’S MASTERPIECE. Orchid pink. 50 cents. EAGLE ROCK JEWEL. Cream overlaid with cameo pink. $1.00. EDNA FERBER. Glistening coral, shading to old rose. 50 cents. FARNCOT. Purple, tipped white. 50 cents. FLYING AMBASSADOR. White. 50 cents. FORT MONMOUTH. Crimson maroon. $1.00. GOLDEN ACRE. Golden yellow. 50 cents. GOLDEN SONNE. Clear golden yellow. $1.00. JEAN HARE. Golden yellow. $1.00. JERSEY’S MAMMOUTH. A rich golden mahogany. 50 cents. NATURE’S JEWEL. Dainty orchid pink. 50 cents. ROYCROFT. A golden bronze. 50 cents. SAMUEL T. ALEXANDER. Japan rose. $1.00. SANTA ANNA. A beautiful salmon rose. 50 cents. SISKIYOU. Pink tinged with mauve. 50 cents. SNOW BOY. A clear white. $1.00. General List of Select Cactus Dahlias 15 cents each; 9 for $1.25 postpaid. BRIDE’S BOUQUET. White. MRS. C. H. BRECK. CALIFORNIA ENCHANTRESS. Delicate blush. ELSA BONNELL. Rich, velvety carmine. ETENDARD DE LYON. Rhodamine purple. MRS. C. B. BENEDICT. A clear light yellow. Creamy yellow passing to various shades of rose pink. MRS. ETHEL F. T. SMITH. A white shading to a greenish lemon. THE EAGLE. Pure yellow. VARIABILIS. Deep orange, tipped white. Peony - Flowered Dahlias 15 cents each; 8 for $1.00 postpaid. BESSIE SEABURY. White and pink. MRS. M. W. CROWELL. A beautiful orange yellow. ELLEN E. KELLEY. Golden yellow. PHENOMENE. The color is an exquisite salmon E. T. TITUS. A clear vellow. shade. MRS. JACQUES FOTRELLE. Lemon yellow, striped QUEEN WILHELMINA. Finest pure white, crimson. WINETCHE QUEEN. Light soft pink. Pompon Dahlias 15 cents each; 15 for $2.00 postpaid. AMBER QUEEN. Rich, clear amber, shaded apricot. BELLE OF SPRINGFIELD. The smallest Dahlia grown. Perfect miniature flowers of bright brick red. CHALLENGE. Red and white. DARKEST OF ALL. Nearly black. DEW DROP. Light pink, edged darker. GIRLIE. A pinkish mauve color. GOLDEN GEM. Yellow and white. GOLDEN QUEEN. The most perfect yellow Pompon to date. LITTLE HERMAN. Deep carmine, tipped with white. LITTLE MARION. The ground color is a soft salmon pink with a veining of crimson through each petal. PEE WEE. Soft yellow with center shading to brown. PRINCE CHARMING. Cream, tipped purple. RAPHAEL. Very dark maroon. SAN TOY. White, very heavily tipped carmine. VIVID. Brilliant scarlet. 6 Alexander's Dahlia Gardens J. K. Alexander, E. Bridgewater, Massachusetts Show and Fancy Dahlias 15 cents each; $1.50 a dozen; 18 for $2.00 postpaid. A. D. LIVONI. Beautiful soft pink. ARABELLA. Sulphur yellow, tipped pinkish white. D. M. MOORE. “Nearly black” deep maroon. GLOBE DE NANTES. Bright scarlet. GLOIRE DE GUSCARD. In color it is an almost indescribable combination of orange-red, yellow, pink and white. IMPERIAL. Deep purplish maroon. JAMES VICK. Purple crimson. LUCY FAUCETT. Pale yellow, striped deep pink or light magenta. MAUDE ADAMS. A pure snowy white, very effec¬ tively overlaid clear delicate pink. MAYOR DUNN. A beautiful clear scarlet. MISS HELEN HOLLIS. Deep scarlet. MRS. C. D. ANDERSON. Rich purplish crimson. MRS. DEXTER. Salmon. PRINCESS VICTORIA. Pure canary yellow. ROBERT BROOMFIELD. Pure white. STORM KING. A pure white. WHITE SWAN. Pearly white. YELLOW DUKE. Primrose yellow. Dahlias Mixed This mixture is made up of some of the very best Dahlias grown, that have got mixed in handling, also some extra good seedlings. Only $1.00 per dozen, postpaid. Dahlias Which are 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' I grow over 3,000 varieties but must have over 250 clumps of a variety before I have sufficient to list herein. If you have any variety in mind that you do not see listed, I will be pleased to have you write me. If it is good, I have it and will be pleased to quote you. Dahlia Seed I offer this year seed carefully selected from the best varieties and all types. If you are interested in growing Dahlias in new forms and new colors, you cannot do better than to get a packet of seed. One package will produce 15 to 20 plants. SPECIAL SEED. I have selected and reserved some hand-pollenised seed and can supply a limited number of packets of this seed, being personally selected from my best and largest varieties. I highly recommend these seed. $2.00 per package of 50 seeds. SPECIAL MIXED SEED. 50 seed selected from all large-flowering varieties, Dec., H. C., and Peony-flowered. $1.00 per package. SELECT MIXED SEED. 50 seed from some very select flowers. Price 50 cents per package. Dahlia Cutting Knives Many of my customers have asked me what kind of knife I use in separating my clumps of Dahlias, so think¬ ing it will make it convenient for my customers, I am offering the knives we use to separate the Dahlia clumps. The above illustration shows their general appearance. This knife has a two-inch blade made of finest tool steel, with nickel-plated closed-end ferrules, and every blade securely riveted in the handle. The blades are ground sharp and hand honed. This knife has an oval taper rubberoid handle. In addition to being used in cutting Dahlias, it is made for grape picking and pruning purposes. A good pruning knife is always handy. The women folks like them for paring apples and potatoes. 50 cents prepaid. Dahlia Labels Dahlia Labels, Painted, with Wires. 3j^-inch, iron wire, 75 cents per 100, prepaid; $3.00 per 1,000 prepaid; 3j4-inch, copper wire, 75 cents per 100, prepaid; $4.00 per 1,000, prepaid. Dahlia Labels, Plain, with Wires, 3j^-inch, iron wire, 50 cents per 100, prepaid; $2.50 per 1,000, prepaid; 334-inch copper wire, 50 cents per 100, prepaid; $3.50 per 1,000, prepaid. Not less than 600 at 1,000 rates. Wooden Plant Labels For any kinds of plants. These are plain labels to be used either in pots or out of doors, with one end pointed. Plant Labels, 4-inch, plain, 50 cents per 100, pre¬ paid; $2.00 per 1,000, prepaid. 5-inch, plain, 60 cents per 100, prepaid; $3.00 per 1,000 prepaid. 6-inch, plain, 75 cents per 100, prepaid; $4.00 per 1,000, prepaid. Not less than 600 at 1,000 rates. 7 J . K. Alexander, E. Bridgewater, Massachusetts Alexander's Dahlia Gardens Gladioli The Gladioli are without an equal either for bedding or borders. As a cut flowei they are far superior to any other Summer bloomer, either for lasting qualities or for the various uses for which they can be employed. If planted by the last of May, they will bloom by the first to the middle of August, if cared for properly. The way to Plant — Dig the row or bed from eight to ten inches deep, then spread a liberal amount of good fertilizer in the bottom of the row or bed, then rake it in thoroughly before planting your bulbs; but if stable dress¬ ing is used, it should be spaded in when the bed is first dug over. I find that hen dressing can be used, giving first- class results, if applied properly; but it must be put in the bottom of the drill or bed, then covered with fully an inch of soil before the bulbs are planted. The bulbs after being planted should then be covered from four to six inches deep. Just as soon as they show their heads through the ground, thev should be cultivated. If this is continued once a week till they commence to flower, one will be sure of first-class results. After the bulbs have flowered, and the stalks commence to turn brown they should be harvested. Dig carefully and allow to dry thoroughly for ten days or two weeks before placing in cellar for Winter storage. New and Choice Gladioli for 1933 This is the most remarkable HARD TIMES LIST of up-to-date Gladioli ever offered for such low prices, and entirely free from any disease, such as Thrip, etc. My bulbs were treated BEFORE planting and sprayed each Monday morning while growing in my immense fields. I grew over 1,500,000 bulbs this season. Try some of mv fine blooming sizes and be convinced you will get some REAL Gladioli that will all flower this season. This collection of 36, all different, all large flowering varieties, one each for $2.50 postpaid; or 12 each of the 36 for $25.00 postpaid. This is one of the very best bargains ever offered. AFLAME. Silvery flame red. A large Prim. 10 cents each; $1.00 per dozen. AIGRETTA. A clear white with a reddish lavender throat. 15 cents each; $1.50 per dozen. ALBANIA. Pure, glistening white. 5 cents each: 50 cents per dozen. ANTHONY B. KUNDERD. A huge ruffled variety ol cream and pink. 10 cents each; 75 cents per dozen. BEACON FLAME. A large crimson red. 10 cents each; $1.00 per dozen. BERTY SNOW. A very large soft lilac-pink. 10 cents each; $1.00 per dozen. BETTY NUTHALL. An immense coral- pink and pale yellow throat. 10 cents each, $1.00 per dozen. CHATEAU THIERY. Very large orange-scarlet. 10 cents each; $1.00 per dozen. DORRITT. Large, delicate lavender pink. 10 cents each, $1.00 per dozen. DR. F. E. BENNETT. Very large, tall, brilliant flame scarlet. 5 cents each; 50 cents per dozen. FONTAINE. Ruffled, light pink and yellow. 10 cents each; $1.00 per dozen. GIANT NYMPH. One of the finest of the coral pinks. 5 cents each; 50 cents per dozen. GOLDEN DREAM. A clear deep golden yellow. 5 cents each; 50 cents per dozen. HENRY C. GOEHL. White, slightly flushed with light pink, deep crimson blotch on lower petals. 15 cents each; $1.50 par dozen. INDIAN SUMMER. I .arge rose pink, touches of lavender. 10 cents each; 75 cents per dozen. JACK LONDON. A very fine salmon. 10 cents each; $1.00 per dozen. LONGFELLOW. La France pink. 15 cents each; $1.50 per dozen. MARIE KUNDERD. A beautiful, ruffled white. 5 cents each; 50 cents per dozen. MARMORA. Lavender to lavender grey with petunia- colored blotch. 10 cents each; $1.00 per dozen. MRS. FREDERICK C. PETERS. Rose violet or lilac. 5 cents each; 50 cents per dozen. MRS. H. E. BOTHIN. Light geranium pink 10 cents each; $1.00 per dozen. MRS. LEON DOUGLAS. Light red. 5 cents each; 50 cents per dozen. MYSTIC. Bright rose pink. 5 cents each; 50 cents per dozen. NORA. Beautiful light lavender blue. 10 cents each; $1.00 per dozen. OPALESCENT. Blush pink and white. 5 cents each; 50 cents per dozen. PANSY FACE. Deep violet blue with orange throat. 10 cents each; $1.00 per dozen. PRIDE OF WANAKA. A large soft red. 10 cents each; $1.00 per dozen. PRINCE OF INDIA. Smoky old rose, with deeper coppery markings and odd red striped throat. 15 cents each; $1.50 per dozen. RED CANNA. Brilliant red. 5 cents each; 50 cents per dozen. ROSE ASH. Old rose. 5 cents each; 50 cents per dozen. ROMANCE. Deep orange-salmon. 5 cents each; 50 cents per dozen. SCARLET PRINCEPS OF VIRGINIA. Flaming scarlet red. 5 cents each; 50 cents per dozen. SCARLET WONDER. A fine scarlet-red. 5 cents each; 50 cents per dozen. SEABROOK GEM. Large light rose-pink. 10 cents each; $1.00 per dozen. TEMPA. Pink and old gold. 10 cents each; $1.00 per dozen. WINE KING. Deep wine-colored. 10 cents each; 75 cents per dozen. Standard Gladioli at Depression Prices I will ship this collection at Depression prices, one each of 33 large flowering Glads, for $1.25 postpaid or 12 each of this list for $10.00 postpaid. A Gladioli bed displaying one color is most effective, the surroundings. AMERICA. Soft lavender pink with lighter throat. 5 cents each; 35 cents per dozen. BARON J. HULOT. The finest blue to date. 5 cents each; 50 cents per dozen. CARMEN SYLVA. Snow white. 5 cents each; 50 cents per dozen. The Gladioli are ideal for massing, and add greatly to CHOCOLATE DROP. Chocolate color. 5 cents each; 50 cents per dozen. CRACKER JACK. Deep crimson. 5 cents each; 35 cents per dozen. CRIMSON GLOW. Crimson. 5 cents each; 50 cents per dozen. 8 Alexander’s Dahlia Gardens J. K. Alexander, E. Bridgewater, Massachusetts DR. VAN FLEET. Deep rose pink. 5 cents each; 50 cents per dozen. E. J. SHAYLOR. A beautiful, pure, deep rose pink. 5 cents each; 50 cents per dozen. GEO. F. ELCOCK. Cream white, effectively overlaid salmon pink; throat bright crimson-maroon. 5 cents each; 50 cents per dozen. GOLD. Pure golden yellow. 5 cents each; 50 cents per dozen. GOLDEN MEASURE. Golden yellow. 5 cents each; 50 cents per dozen. GRETCHEN ZANG. Rose pink shading into salmon. 5 cents each; 50 cents per dozen. HALLEY. Delightful salmon rose. 5 cents each; 35 cents per dozen. HERADA. Pure mauve. 5 cents each; 35 cents per dozen. INDEPENDENCE. Deep crimson pink. 5 cents each; 35 cents per dozen. ISATINKHAM. Deep purple crimson. 5 cents each; 50 cents per dozen. JOE COLEMAN. Popular red. 5 cents each; 35 cents per dozen. LE MARECHAL FOCH. Clear light pink. 5 cents each; 35 cents per dozen. LILYWHITE. Almost a pure white. 5 cents each; 35 cents per dozen. MAGIC. Lavender blue, with large purple throat blotches. 5 cents each; 35 cents per dozen. MARY PICKFORD. Creamy white. 5 cents each; 35 cents per dozen. METROPOLITAN. Light crimson scarlet. 5 cents each; 35 cents per dozen. MRS. DR. NORTON. White edged with soft La France pink, soft sulphurish blotch on lower petals. 5 cents each; 50 cents per dozen. MRS. FRANCIS KING. Light scarlet. 5 cents each; 50 cents per dozen. MRS. FRANK PENDLETON, JR. A most exquisite salmon pink, with a very conspicuous blood-red blotch in the throat on the lower petals. 5 cents each; 35 cents per dozen. NEOGA. Dark garnet. 5 cents each; 50 cents per dozen. PEACE. A pure white with tyrian rose blotch. 5 cents each; 50 cents per dozen. PINK WONDER. Fine pink. 5 cents each; 35 cents per dozen. PRINCE OF WALES. Delicate coral pink. 5 cents each; 50 cents per dozen. PRINCEPINE. Carmine red with large, white blotch. 5 cents each; 35 cents per dozen. SCHWABEN. A pure canary yellow. 5 cents each; 50 cents per dozen. WlLLBRINK. Flesh pink, creamy blotch. 5 cents each; 35 cents per dozen. 1910 ROSE. Deep, clear rose. 5 cents each; 35 cents per dozen. Primulinus Hybrids It is within this type of Gladioli we find the most varied and beautiful tints — the reds, yellows, oranges, saffrons, pinks and some wonderful color combinations not found in the large flowering varieties. This type of Gladioli is becoming very popular. This fine collection of 13 orchid flowering Gladioli for 35 cents or 12 of each kind for $4.00 postpaid. ALICE TIPLADY. Large bloom, orange saffron color. ALTAI R. Salmon saffron. BLUSH QUEEN. Blush pink. DOROTHY WHEELER. Pure delicate rose pink. FLAMING SWORD. Bright orange red. GOLD DROP. Large bright yellow. GOLDEN TING. Golden orange shade. HARMONY. Deep red. JEWEL. Clear salmon pink with a clear golden throat. MAIDEN’S BLUSH. Delicate shade of pink. MIDSUMMER DREAM. Lively light crimson. MYRA. Deep salmon over yellow ground. SOUVENIR. Purest golden yellow of all Gladioli; large beautifully shaped flowers on tall, slender stem. MIXES PRIMULINUS HYBRIDS. They are among the earliest of the Gladioli to blossom, flowering ten days to two weeks before most all other Gladioli. The upper petal droops, forming a “hood.” The colors range from primrose yellow to a beautiful rose. 5 cents each; 25 cents per dozen; $2.50 per hun¬ dred postpaid. ALEXANDER’S SELECT MIXED. Nothing better ever offered. Blooming size 35 cents per dozen; $3.00 per 100; $25.00 per 1000 postpaid. GRAND MIXTURE. This is a field mixture of all varieties, a most attractive mixture. 35 cents per dozen; $2.50 per 100; $20.00 per 1000 postpaid. Summer Bulbs Dig in Fall and Winter in cellar where temperature is not over 45 degrees. CANNA PLANTS Cannas bloom from early Summer until frost. Their heavy foliage and immense blooms make them worthy of a prominent place in the garden or grass plot. Select a sunny position if possible, prepare the bed with a gen¬ erous application of well-decayed manure, and work thoroughly into the soil to a depth of from 18 to 24 inches. Cannas are heavy feeders and also require liberal quantities of water. Started plants in pots. Ready for shipment about May 20. By express only 25 cents each; $2.50 per dozen ; $18.00 per 100. All varieties have green foliage unless otherwise noted. APRICOT. A short grower with salmon-red flowers green foliage; grows 3 >2 feet high. KING HUMBERT. This is the grandest Canna ever offered. The large, bronze, heart-shaped leaves are crowned with immense heads of orchid-like blooms, velvety orange scarlet, rose tinted and margined at the base. 4 feet. Bronze foliage. THE PRESIDENT. This Canna is superior to any other red variety in the quality and quantity of bloom. Color rich glowing scarlet with its immense, firm flowers produced high above the large, rich foliage. 4 feet. YELLOW KING HUMBERT. A sport from the bronze-leaved, red flowering King Humbert. _ Flowers are yellow, dotted orange scarlet. The occasional re¬ version of a stalk of foliage and flowers to the typical King Humbert makes a bed of this variety very in¬ teresting. 43^ feet. Price for dormant roots, 10 cents each; $1.00 per dozen; $8.00 per 100. Green plants any time after May 15, 25 cents each; $2.50 per dozen; $18.00 per 100, express collect. FRAGRANT TUBEROSES MEXICAN EVERBLOOMING SINGLE. The most free blooming in existence, possessing a peculiar fea¬ ture in the making of new bulbs, which flower as soon as the old bulb has finished. Plant from the first of May to the middle of June. Six to 20 pure white blooms per stalk. 10 cents each ; 75 cents per dozen ; $5.00 per 100. EXCELSIOR, DOUBLE PEARL. For best results plant in pots during March and April, allowing the bulbs to get well established before planting outside, though bulbs may be planted outdoors during May. 15 cents each; $i.25 per dozen; $9.00 per 100. 9 J. K. Alexander, E. Bridgewater, Massachusetts Alexander’s Dahlia Gardens Summer Bulbs — Continued. SAUROMATUM SI M LENS E— BLACK CALLA A rare and curious garden bulb, with odd flowers and luxuriant palm-like foliage. The spathe of this Calla- shaped flower is between one and two feet in length, with tapering point, and is of very large size. Color of bloom: green on the outside, inside yellow, spotted with purple. Flowers do not appear on first, second, and third size bulbs, only the large bulbs bloom the first year planted. The foliage is very large, the leaf-stem being light green thickly dotted a deep green, making it very attractive and novel. Price, prepaid Each Per dozen Gigantic Bulbs . $.75 $7.50 Large Size Bulbs . 50 5.00 Mary Baker Eddy Peonies $1.00 each; $10.00 per dozen The Peonies are among the noblest and most magnificent of our herbaceous plants. They are the “Queen of Spring Flowers,’’ and are wrell adapted for massing in beds, and particularly valuable for planting in groups through¬ out the perennial or shrubbery border, where their brilliant hues add beauty to the entire surroundings. Their requirements are so simple — a good rich, deep soil; they are perfectly hardy, and produce their wealth of flowers in great abundance. TIME TO PLANT. Peonies may be planted with perfect safety any time from the middle of August till the ground freezes in the Fall, and in the early Spring until growth has advanced too far. September and October even as late as the ground is kept open is the best time, as they then make a root growth before Winter sets in, usually blooming the following Spring. After being transplanted, Peonies will not produce typical blooms the first season, many fine double varieties throwing single or semi-double flowers, and it is not until the third year that the finest flowers are produced. They will abundantly repay good care and nourishment; but they resent an over abundance of fresh manure too near the roots. Well decayed manure is far better. A division of the clumps at long intervals, when they become so crowded as to interfere with freedom of bloom; and the soil kept loose and free from weeds, is all that is necessary. Where grown for cut flowers, they should not be disturbed oftener than is necessary; where they are grown for the sale of roots, they may be divided every second or third year. Plant so the eyes will be from two to three inches below the surface. Lay roots flat. Do not stand them on ends. 10 Alexander’s Dahlia Gardens J. K. Alexander, E. Bridgewater, Massachusetts * ly Prcesare for good strong roots that, planted in the Fall, and given proper care, may reasonably be expected to bloom the following Spring. \ aneties differ so greatly in habit that the expressions one-year and two-year* or the number of eyes, convey no meaning whatever; a strong root with one eye often being far better than a weak one with many. My prices are as low as the true varieties, and the size of the roots I send out will warrant. I grow and sell my own roots, and make no pretense of competing with those who have no stock of their own, but buy and sell indiscriminately. All Peonies shipped prepaid to any part of the world at prices given. The Famous Hollis Peonies Special Offer of One of each of the 16 varieties for $8.00 prepaid. Regular price $10.00. ADMIRAL DEWEY. Rose pink, shaded heliotrope; large, high-built flower. According to color chart, color, total effect, solferino red, clear; guards solferino red, center same as guards; fades silver tipped, linear petals concealed throughout bloom. $1.00 each; $10.00 per dozen. ADMIRAL TOGO. Deepest mahogany red, large high-built flow’er, luminous. According to color chart, total color effect crimson carmine; guards clear, collar same as guards; center clear. Holds color well, no silver tip. Type of bloom semi-rose. Form of bloom flat, medium compact. Plant medium tall, erect. Midseason. 50 cents each; $5.00 per dozen. EDWIN FORREST. Semi -rose type, late midseason. Large convex-shaped flower, very full and double. Color, light solferino red with silvery reflex. 50 cents each; $5.00 per dozen. GEORGE WASHINGTON. A large, flat, loose bloom of semi-rose type. One of the brightest light crimson red varieties. Guards clear, collar same as guards; center clear, uniform color. Stamens intermingled with petals. Blooming -time midseason. Habit of plant, erect, medium compact, medium height. 50 cents each; $5.00 per dozen. GETTYSBURG. Deep blood red, large, loose, semi¬ rose type, tall, upright and strong grower. $3.00 each; $30.00 per dozen. GOLDMINE. Japanese type. Flat, loose, medium size. Guards tyrian rose, center same as guards, tipped golden yellow. Medium tall, erect variety of good habit. Midseason. $1.00 each; $10.00 per dozen. INNOCENCE. A medium-sized, flat, compact Jap¬ anese type bloom. General impression, pale pink guard with golden center. According to color chart, lilac rose; guards clear, center canary yellow fading to cream white, pale pink at base of stamens. Mid¬ season. $1.00 each; $10.00 per dozen. JOHN HANCOCK. A very large, globular, semi¬ double flower. Its color is one not at all common in Peonies, total effect being bright rosy magenta, guards streaked light; center clear; secondary stamen- oids absent. $1.00 each; $10.00 per dozen. JONTEEL. Large globular, high crown, guards and crown deep pink, outer petals deep rose pink, center flecked deep carmine. 25 cents each; $2.50 per dozen. LOVELINESS. Large, compact, flat, rose type. Hydrangea pink changing to lilac white. Strong stems and blooms in clusters. $1.00 each; $10.00 per dozen. LUCY E. HOLLIS. Large, flat, medium compact rose-type blossom. First impression, pale pink and white. According to color chart lilac white, guards clear, collar same as guards; center slightly flecked scarlet; secondary stamenoids present. Center of bloom, shaded to pale lilac rose. Fragrance pleasant. Blooming time very late. 50 cents each; $5.00 per dozen. MARY BAKER EDDY. Large, compact, globular rose type. Deep rose pink with silvery tips. Plants of medium height, long, strong stems. Midseason to late. $1.00 each; $10.00 per dozen. MAUD L. RICHARDSON. Large, flat rose type. Pale lilac rose, center lighter. Fragrant. Blooming time late. $1.00 each; $10.00 per dozen. RED CROSS. A brilliant crimson; medium size, full, double; very late bloomer. $1.00 each; $10.00 per dozen. WELCOME GUEST. Oneofthe very finest of the semi¬ double Peonies. A very large, loose, bright silvery rose fading to rose white. Very strong and healthy, with long stem. 50 cents each; $5.00 per dozen. ZEST. A silvery shade of pink, very soft and very beautiful. The petals are long and loosely arranged. Late bloomer. 25 cents each; $2.50 per dozen. Rare and Selected Peonies Special Offer of 20 Selected Peonies one of each for $7.00 prepaid. Regular price $7.60 ALEXANDER DUMAS. Medium sized, light violet rose crown; has creamy white collar of narrow petals, mingled with wide center petals; fragrant. Medium height, free bloomer, midseason. 25 cents each; $2.50 per dozen. AVALANCHE. Medium to large, fairly compact white crown type, flecked with carmine, with cream white collar. Collar well differentiated. Tuft of short, narrow, cream petals in center of bloom. Occasional carmine splashed on outside of guards. 25 cents each; $2.50 per dozen. AUGUSTIN D’HOUR. Large, medium compact, showy, bomb-type blossom. General impression, dark reddish pink with slight silvery reflex. Accord¬ ing to color chart, a solferino red. Midseason. Medium tall. 25 cents each; $2.50 per dozen. BARONESS SCHROEDER. A very beautiful rose- type bloom. Form of bloom, globular compact, not differentiated, not entirely transformed. Color, total effect, flesh white fading to milk white; guards clear; collar same as guards, center clear; pleasant fra¬ grance. Midseason. 50 cents each; $5.00 per dozen. BEAUTE FRANCAISE. A good medium-sized, com¬ pact, crown type. General impression, pink and white. According to color chart, pale lilac rose and cream white, with prominent carmine flecks on center petals. Strong, vigorous plant of rather dwarf habit, strong, medium to short stems. 25 cents each; $2.50 per dozen. BERLOTZ. A very large, beautiful, compact rose- type blossom. A light carmine rose or rosy magenta, tipped silver with golden yellow stamens concealed in bloom. Color is somewhat splashed on tips of petals fading to nearly white. Guards not differenti¬ ated, perfect rose-type flower. 50 cents each; $5.00 per dozen. CURIOSITY. Type, bloom anemone. Weak blooms nearly single, while very strong ones may be semi¬ double. Form of bloom medium globular, compact. Differentiated. Color, total effect violet red; guards clear, collar same as guards; center clear, writh oc¬ casional yellow tips. Occasional wide petals appearing in center. Fragrance pleasant, one of the largest of the anemone type. Blooming time midseason. 25 cents each; $2.50 per dozen. DORCHESTER. Large, compact, rose type. Pale hydrangea pink. Fragrant. Medium dwarf. Up¬ right, free bloomer. 25 cents each; $2.50 per dozen. EDULIS SUPERBA. The popular early “Decoration Day” Peony. Large, loose, flat-crown type. Bright, deep mauve-pink; color mixed with lilac. Large tuft of wide petals same color as guards, surrounding a few narrow petals in extreme center of bloom, prominent collar. 35 cents each; $3.50 per dozen. 11 J. K. Alexander, E. Bridgewater, Massachusetts Alexander’s Dahlia Gardens DEPRESSION HA On Some of the Very Best F These are less than wholesale prices quoted by any firm. When on shipped in these collections and they ALL SPECIAL OFFERS POSTPAID — LET ME SEb SPECIAL OFFER No. 1 One of the finest combination collections ever offered for so little money. 25 Blooming-size Glads, all colors, a fine mixture, large flowering, regular price . SO. 70 6 Fine Dahlias, all named, regular price . 1.50 12 French Cannas, all large flowering, three colors, dormant roots, regular price 1.00 3 Peonies, all different, regular price . . 1.00 6 Japanese Iris, all different, regular price 1.25 6 Hardy Phlox, all different, regular price, 1.25 $6.70 value All these for $4.00 postpaid. These prices have already been cut from }/$ to % over last year prices and on all special offers they are still cut from 3^ to SPECIAL OFFER No. 2 12 Giant flowering Dahlias, some of the World’s best, nothing better grown, all 8 to 12 inch blooms in diameter, and if you will try this collection, you will have a REAL Dahlia garden, regular value $6.50, All 12 for $4.00. Alma Alexander. Orange-red, 50 cents. Charlotte Alexander. White-edged violet, 50 cents. Elkridge. Pure white, 50 cents. Gilda Gray. Tyrian rose, 50 cents. Jacques Futrelle. Yellow, 50 cents. Mrs. George Skeen. Shrimp-pink, $1.00. Margaret W. Wilson. Opalescent pink, 50 cents. Pride of Stratford. Brilliant orange, 50 cents. Robert Scott. Apricot yellow, 50 cents. Roycroft. H. C. Buff, 50 cents. Somerset. Salmon and old gold, 50 cents. Yankee King. Strawberry pink, 50 cents. SPECIAL OFFER No. 3 German Iris 1 each of the 12 for $1.25, regular price $2.50. These are some of the very best German Iris to use for borders or among evergreens. Candelabre. Pale lavender. Caprice. Rose red. Her Majesty. Heliotrope pink. Loreley. Lemon-yellow, falls blue. Pallida Dalmatica. Clear lavender, large. Queen of the Gypsies. Light bronze, falls purplish red. Dr. Bernice. Bronze yellow, falls maroon. Flavescens. Soft lemon. Honorabilis. Golden yellow. Madame Chereau. White-edged violet, large. Princess Victoria Louise. Light yellow, plum colored. Silver King. Silvery white, falls. SPECIAL OFFER No. 4 Gladioli 100 Special Mixed 100 Grand Mixed 100 Primulinus Mixed All flowering size, regular value $8.50, all for $6.00 postpaid. SPECIAL OFFER No. 5 48 Gladioli, all blooming size, regular price $1.70, for $1.00. 8 Pink, 8 Salmon, 8 White, 8 Yellow, 8 Lilac, 8 Deep Crimson. 12 Alexander’s Dahlia Gardens J. K. Alexander, E. Bridgewater, Massachusetts LD-TIME PRICES nts and Bulbs Ever Offered ig, please order by number. I stand back of every plant and bulb the same as regular catalog varieties COPIES OF THIS CATALOG TO YOUR FRIENDS SPECIAL OFFER No. 6 6 of the best six-petal Japanese Iris ever offered in strong field plants of the following most beautiful Iris, regular price $2.10 in catalogue, the lot for $1.50. Datedogue. White splashed violet. Kuma Fungin. Deep purple blue with yellow bar, large. Pocahontas. Late, clear dark blue. Manadzura. White, closely veined blue, large. Templeton. Violet mottled pink, large. Kagaribi. Lavender, yellow blotch. SPECIAL OFFER No. 7 6 of the very best moderate priced Dahlias to flower, regular price $1.10, all for 80 cents. Amber Queen. Pom., amber, 15 cents. Golden Queen. Pom., bright yellow, 15 cents. Pride off California. Decorative, crimson, 25 cents. Ellen E. Kelley. Peony, yellow, 15 cents. Mrs. Carl Salbach. Decorative, pink, 25 cents. Robert Broomfield. Show, white, 15 cents. SPECIAL OFFER No. 8 GLADIOLI OFFER, all large flowering kinds, selected from named varieties, all of which I am over¬ stocked, but are extra select, and as most customers do not keep the names on their Glads., I am making a very fine offer herewith of 12 White, 12 Pink, 12 Flame scarlet, 12 Rose lavender, 12 Crimson, 12 Bright pink, 12 Popular Red, 12 Light pink, 12 Yellow, and 12 Scarlet and white. Regular price $4.55, the entire 120 bulbs for $3.75, blooming size. SPECIAL OFFER No. 9 6 Giant flowering Dahlias, regular price $1.50, all 6 for $1.00. Bashful Giant. Orange, 25 cents. Eleanor Grant. White, 25 cents. Ralph Blodgett. Chrome yellow, tipped white, 25 cents. Bonnie Brae. Peach and cream, 25 cents. Judge Alton Parker. Purple-maroon, 25 cents. Roman Eagle. Copper, 25 cents. SPECIAL OFFER No. 10 This collection of 12 fine cut-flower varieties, all types, regular value $2.60, all for $1.50 postpaid. A. D. Livoni. Pink Show, 15 cents. Amber Queen. Amber Pompon, 15 cents. Bashful Giant. Buff Decorative, 25 cents. Bonnie Brae. Peach and cream Decorative, 25 cents . Dr. Tevis. Salmon Rose Decorative, 25 cents. Eleanor Grant. White Decorative, 25 cents. Mrs. Carl Salbach. Pink Decorative, 25 cents. Mrs. Ida de Ver Warner. Orchid Decorative, 25 cents. Pride of California. Crimson Decorative, 25 cents. Golden Queen. Yellow Pompon, 15 cents. Robert Broomfield. White Show, 15 cents. Wilhelm Miller. Purple Decorative, 25 cents. SPECIAL OFFER No. 11 6 of the latest and best large-flowering Decora¬ tive Dahlias ever offered at such low prices. Regular value $6.00, for $4.00 postpaid. Alice Green. Amber, $1.00. Kathleen Norris. Pink, $1.00. Nanaquaket. Lavender pink, $1.00. Rose Alexander. Deep amber tipped white, $1.00. Salem Pride. Deep Rhodamine purple and white, $1.00. Walkover Prince. Red and yellow, $1.00. 13 J. K. Alexander, E. Bridgewater, Massachusetts Alexander’s Dahlia Gardens Rare and Selected Peonies — Continued. FESTIVA MAXIMA. Very large, globular, rose type. Pure white center, prominently flecked crimson; outer petals sometimes faint lilac white on first opening. Very tall, strong, vigorous grower. 50 cents each; $5.00 per dozen. KARL ROSEN FI ELD. A very brilliant crimson scarlet, high built and a first-class bloomer. Tall, strong grower. 50 cents each; $5.00 per dozen. LA COQUETTE. Large, globular, high crown. Guards and crown light pink; collar rose-white, center flecked carmine. Strong, erect, medium height, free bloomer. Fragrant. Midseason. 25 cents each; $2.50 per dozen. LORD ROSEBERRY. Crimson. Very fine. $1.00 each; $10.00 per dozen. LIBERTY. This is without doubt one of the best lively rose-pink shades introduced. The flowers are very large, somewhat flat in appearance. Six to eight inches across, borne on good strong stems; the color grows lighter with age. 25 cents each; $2.50 per dozen. MADAME CHAUMY. Medium size, globular, very compact, perfect rose type. Satiny rose pink, or pale lilac rose, with silver reflex; central petals slightly darker, flecked crimson occasionally. Mid¬ season. 50 cents each; $5.00 per dozen. MADAME DUCEL. Large, globular, typical bomb type, petals incurving somewhat resembling a chrysanthemum. Light mauve rose, with silvery reflex. Fragrant. Midseason. 50 cents each; $5.00 per dozen. MONSIEUR DUPONT. Large, flat, semi-rose type bloom. Cream to milk white, petals are intermingled with stamens at all stages of development, but mostly concealed; petals streaked or splashed crimson. Plant is a strong, tall grower, with a very stout stem, and upright habit. Midseason to late. 25 cents each ; $2.50 per dozen. MONSIEUR JULES ELIE. A very large, medium compact, bomb-type flower. Total effect, pale lilac rose, guards and center clear, collar tinted lighter than guards. A very attractive pink; base of collar petals amber yellow. Fragrance very pleasant. One of the finest pink varieties grown. 50 cents each; $5.00 per dozen. PROLIFERA TRICOLOR. Broad, soft, flesh guard petals, center ligulated golden yellow, with a red tuft. 25 cents each; $2.50 per dozen. VENUS. Rose type, almost white but tinged with shell pink. Midseason. Fragrant. 25 cents each; $2.50 per dozen. Mixed Peonies Each season, in handling our Peonies, a small amount becomes mixed, many times the very choicest varieties. It does not prove worth while for me to plant these separately, to ascertain their names, so 1 am offering them at 25 cents each; $2.50 per dozen as long as they last. This mixture is apt to include some of the best new creations not offered in my catalog; and includes both Double and Single varieties. The Iris Fleur-de-Lis or Iris Germanica Familiar and well-beloved flowers of Spring. The purity of their beauty and their haunting fragrance is de¬ cidedly refreshing. The winsome, modest beauty of some, forming a striking contrast to their more glorious sisters arrayed in a sheen of iridescent splendor. They fairly outrival the Orchid in the wride range of coloring, which includes yellows, from light canary to deep golden; blues, from soft lavender to intense purples; red, from pinkish mauve to claret and maroon; beautiful bronzes, and pure whites; while some varieties are marked and margined in exquisite harmony. The Iris grows well in any kind of soil. Succeeds in partial shade, but gives the most satisfactory results in well-drained, sunny location. Iris Germanica are perfectly hardy and require only ordinary cultivation; growing luxuriantly, but respond quickly to any care, giving larger and more beautiful flowers. They should be planted in the Fall during August, September, and October. Plant the bud or crown about two inches below the surface, hoe or cultivate frequently for best results. In the following descriptions Standards signify the three standards (erect, or upright curling petals). Falls — the three falls, or drooping petals. New and Rare Iris This collection of 28 New and Rare Iris, one each postpaid for $5.00. 25 cents each; AFTERG LOW. Misty lavender lit with yellow at center. ALCAZAR. Standards light bluish violet, falls brilliant purple. Orange beard. ARAGON. Deep, bright, golden yellow, falls bright velvety red. Beard, deep orange. BEAUTV’S SECRET. (Alexander.) Deep soft blue violet, falls deeper blue violet, veined white. DUSTY MAID. Pale buff, falls deep mauve-purple, shading lighter to the edge with a border of buff. ELDORADO. A very distinct and striking blend of bronze, heliotrope, and violet purple. FEN ELLA. White widely branching stalks and flaring falls. GENGHIS KHAN. Palest rose, the falls velvety black¬ ish purple. A noble flower. KNYSNA. Clear yellow, falls velvety-red brown. KOYA. A deep violet self, the haft veined on white, free flowering. LA NEIGE. Cream white with flaring falls. LORD OF JUNE. Large fragrant flowers; standards floppy, of lavender blue; falls long, of lavender violet. MARY ORTH. Rich, soft, dull violet tones and with flaring velvety falls. MILKY WAY. Clear white, very delicately etched with lavender on the haft. MIRANDA. A tall and early violet blue with orange beard. $2.50 per dozen MOLIERE. A large violet purple flowrer, the falls dark and velvety. Yellow center. MOTHER OF PEARL. Standards and falls pale bluish lavender with a faint creamy undertone. Large flowers of exceptional substance and perfect form on well- balanced stems forty inches high. NAUSHON. Mauve and pansy violet, very free flower¬ ing. OCHRACEA COERULEA. Old gold, falls are flushed blue. PURPLE LACE. Deep blue-purple except for the white haft that is laced with purple. QUEEN CATERINA. A large, iridescent pale lavender violet. QUETICO. (Alexander.) Dark bluish violet, falls plum purple veined white. RACHEL FOX. Pale gold, falls yellow with an irides¬ cent blue flush. SH ERBERT. Ecru shaded with purple, tall and vigorous. SINDJKHA. A very deep, dull lavender of fine size. THUNDERCLOUD. Deep grayish lavender and rich heliotrope gray. VALERY MAYET. Rose purple and velvety dahlia purple, with a strongly contrasting flush of tawny orange at the center. WHITE KNIGHT. A compact rounded flowrer of pure white. 14 Alexander’s Dahlia Gardens J • K. Alexander, E. Bridgewater, Massachusetts Iris of Exceptional Merit This superb collection of 36 wonderful Iris one each for $4.00 prepaid to any part of the world. These varieties, all 15 cents each. Three of any one variety, 40 cents. Twelve of a variety, $1.50. CANDELABRE. Standards pale lavender flecked violet at base ; falls plum purple with white reticulations. CAPRICE. Standards rosy red; falls deeper rosy red. CELEBRITY. A clear light blue. DR. BERNICE. Standards bronze yellow; falls ma¬ roon red. FLAVESCENS. Standards and falls a delicate shade of soft yellow. FLORENTINA ALBA, Syn. SILVER KING. The finest white variety. Standards and falls porcelain changing to pure white. GERTRUDE. Standards and falls same shade, rare violet blue. 34 inches tall, very fine for house decora¬ tions where a clear, uniform shade is desired. HECTOR. Standards soft clouded yellow; falls rich purple color with velvety reflex. HELGA. Lemon yellow with pearl shading. HERANT. Standards beautiful lavender blue; falls blue. HER MAJESTY. Standards heliotrope of tissue-like delicacy; inner petals straw and lavender; falls light mauve traced with white. HONORABILIS. The most popular of all Iris. Similar to Sans Souci. Standards beautiful golden yellow; falls rich mahogany brown. INGEBORG. Pure white. Large flowers of handsome form. IRIS KING. Standards rich golden yellow with shades of fawn; falls deep crimson- wine ; all petals of peculiar velvetiness and superb coloring. KOCHI or NIGHT. Standards and falls effective rich purple. LOHENGRIN. Standards and falls of catalyea rose; one of the largest and best of the Irises to my knowl¬ edge, and without exception the finest lavender-pink shade. LORD GREY. Standards fawn; falls fawn overlaid rose. LORELEY. Splendid landscape variety, with lemon yellow sometimes splashed with purple. Standards and falls ultra-marine blue, bordered cream, and veined white. LORD SALISBURY. Standards lavender shaded a smoky fawn; falls deep purple with a veining of white at the base. MADAME CHEREAU. Standards white, edged and fringed mauve, interspersed with lilac; inner petals w’hite; falls white, edged the same as the standards. MONSIGNOR. Standards violet; falls heavily veined a deeper purple. MRS. H. DARWIN. A pure white. Falls slightly reticulated violet. NIBELUNGEN. Standards of fawn-yellow; falls of violet purple with fawn margins. OSSAMEQUIN. Falls reddish bronze; standards clear creamy yellow. PALLIDA DALMATICA or PRINCESS BEATRICE. A much-desired variety, with strong, broad leaves, large plants, producing tall, stately, clear lavender flowers. PALLIDA SPECIOSA or TURKEY FLAG. Stand¬ ards dark lavender shaded lighter; falls shaded light purple. PRINCESS VICTORIA LOUISE. An exceptionally good landscape variety with light yellow standards and plum-colored falls bordered cream. Similar to “ Loreley,” but in general of slightly lighter colors. Midseason. PROSPER LAUGIER. Standards light cinnamon- drab with a pinkish sheen; falls velvety carmine; three feet. QUEEN OF MAY. An early flowering delicate old rose. QUEEN OF THE GYPSIES. Standards smoky or dusky light bronze; falls purplish red. RHEIN NIXE. Standards pure white; falls deep violet blue, with a white edge. ROSE UNIQUE. Bright violet rose. Nearest ap¬ proach to a pink Iris. SEA GULL. Standards white, dome shaped; falls white netted blue. Large and distinct flower. 2 feet. SHERWINWRIGHT. Color clear, deep golden yellow. WAN ETA. Falls light blue ; standards silvery. WYOMISSING. Standards, creamy white, suffused soft rose; falls deep rose. Siberian Iris Siberian Iris is a vigorous free-flowering Iris and should be planted in great masses around shrubbery and trees and a wonderful flower for a rock garden, also for water-side planting around water pools. For large estates it is hard to find an Iris that will give more satisfaction for borders and massing. For massing and borders Iris should be purchased in quantity lots. Liberal prices are allowed in such cases and special quotations will be gladly submitted. SIBERICA. (Siberian Blue.) Rich blue flowers of ex- SIBERICA ALBA. (Siberian White.) A beautiful white quisite beauty. 15 cents each; $1.50 per dozen. flower. 15 cents each; $1.50 per dozen. Not less than 6 at dozen rates. $10.00 per 100 express prepaid; $60.00 per 1,000 express prepaid; 250 at 1,000 rate express prepaid. Japanese Iris — Iris Kaempferi The Japanese Iris is without doubt the king of all Iris. If grown in a favorable location, the flowers will attain a size of from eight to twelve inches across and stand oyer four feet from the ground. They should be planted in a location that has plenty of moisture but which is well drained, especially in Winter. Standing water during the Winter months will probably kill the plants. They should be planted in the Spring or early Fall and if properly planted and cared for, will give excellent results the following season. They start blooming the last of June just at a time when cut flowers are most appreciated in the garden, and continue for about six weeks. When used for cut flowers they should be cut in the bud and allowed to open in water. Order by name or number. I will sell this complete collection of 30 Japanese Iris, each one labelled with its name or number, for $8.00 prepaid. No. 39 — A. L. SHERWOOD. Three petals; two-color flowers, lavender, blue, and white. 25 cents each; $2.50 per dozen. No. 8 — AMISKOOKI. Falls plain white w'ith six petals; standards white. 35 cents each; $3.50 per dozen. No. 19. — AOIGATA. Reddish lavender falls, orange dash radiating into lines in dark plum field; standards dark plum. Three petals. 25 cents each; $2.50 per dozen. No. 72 — CHOISEDEN. Six petals. Early. White, bordered light crimson rose. 50 cents each; $5.00 per dozen. 15 J. K. Alexander, E. Bridgewater, Massachusetts Alexander’s Dahlia Gardens Japanese Iris — Continued. No. 10 — DATEDOGUE. Six petals. Late. Falls white splashed violet. Petaloid stamens white, tipped violet. 25 cents each; $2.50 per dozen. No. 16 — GOLD BOUND. Tall and showy with flowers of enormous size. Six petals, pure white with gold- banded center. 35 cents each; $3.50 per dozen. No. 6 — GENJI YAMA. Standards and falls rich dark purple, long orange blotch with blue halo, very double, six petals. 35 cents each; $3.50 per dozen. No. 7 — GINGYOKU. Three petals. Early. Pure white with orange bar. 25 cents each; $2.50 per dozen. No. 45 — HATSUKAMURI. Three petals; both stand¬ ards and falls a purple blue. 25 cents each; $2.50 per dozen. No. 30 — HELEN VON SEABOLD. Three petals, red¬ dish violet and white shadings, strong grower. 25 cents each; $2.50 per dozen. No. 22 — HOREN. Three petals; falls are white with large orange blotch radiating into white. 25 cents each; $2.50 per dozen. No. 1 — KAGARIBI. A very beautiful all-lavender flower, except a yellow beauty spot in the center of each of its six petals. An exceptionally well-formed flower. 35 cents each; $3.50 per dozen. No. 38 — KBATA. Standards and falls purple blue, three petals. 25 cents each; $2.50 per dozen. No. 37 — KOHIO-HARE. Light lavender ground mot¬ tled and veined purple. Three petals, large. 25 cents each; $2.50 per dozen. No. 61 — KMOCHI-GUMA. Six petals, very double. Deep violet purple. 50 cents each; $5.00 per dozen. No. 17 — KUMO-NO-UYE. Six petals, deep purple with yellow center set in sky-blue field. 35 cents each ; $3.50 per dozen. No. 4 — KUMA-FUNGIN. (Excited Bear.) Falls pur¬ ple blue, stigmas lighter, long orange bars, six petals, very tall grower. 35 cents each; $3.50 per dozen. No. 44 — KUM A-NO-ISHO. Falls rich dark purple with blue radiating lines, six petals. 35 cents each $3.50 per dozen. No. 32 — ORIOLE. Rich plum with yellow center markings, six petals. Wonderful flower. 35 cents each; $3.50 per dozen. No. 2 — OTOMENEWOODE. Three petals. Early bloomer. Falls and standards royal purple. 25 cents each; $2.50 per dozen. No. 27 — OYODO. This flower for beauty excells them all, with three large petals with yellow far set in a maroon field, this radiating into a wine-colored margin center. Very large. 35 cents each; $3.50 per dozen. No. 20 — POCAHONTAS. A late, six-petal variety of beautiful dark blue. 50 cents each; $5.00 per dozen. No. 21 — MEIRAN. Falls very light lilac, veined pur¬ ple. Petaloid stamens lavender-white. Three petals, violet tips. 25 cents each; $2.50 per dozen. No. 12 — MANADZURA. Six petals, wrhite closely veined wdth blue, standards dark violet, tipped white. 35 cents each; $3.50 per dozen. No. 13 — TAKARA-DAMA. Six rich purple falls, wdth blue halo surroundings, center yellow bars. Strong six-petal flower. 35 cents each; $3.50 per dozen. No. 3 — TEMPLETON. Violet blue mottled pink and white. Extra fine flower, one of the best. Large. 35 cents each; $3.50 per dozen. No. 11 — TSURO-NO-KEGOROMO. Three petals. Midseason. Pure white with yellow blotch. Very large flower. 25 cents each; $2.50 per dozen. No. 9 — WASI-BAURI. Three wide petals , pure white, veined wdth violet blue, uprights rhodamine- violet edged white. A wonderful striking flower, very large, strong grower. 35 cents each; $3.50 per dozen. No. 71 — WHITE SWAN. A wonderful seedling, wdth three pure white petals wdth a golden bar in center. 25 cents each; $2.50 per dozen. No. 15— YEZONISHITAI. Falls red-lavender shaded purple, and beautifully veined white, yellow blotch in center, three-petal flower. Extra fine. 25 cents each; $2.50 per dozen. Japanese Iris in Mixture 20 cents each; $2.00 per dozen; $10.00 per 100 Special Offer of Japanese Iris 1 each of Six Varieties, $1.50 2 each of Six Varieties, $2.50 Gold Bound Kagaribi Kuma-Fungin Otomenewoode Templeton White Swan Hardy Perennial Phlox Among hardy herbaceous plants, none are more showy or more easily grown than the Phlox. They are very desirable planted in groups. Individual clumps throughout perennial beds make a very satisfactory display, while mass plantings of one color make the most effective showdng. They produce magnificent trusses of flowers, commencing to bloom in July, and lasting for wreeks, making them always favorites of the garden. Their flowers have a very agreeable odor, and are produced in abundance. The plants are perfectly hardy and wrill grow year after year with but little care. I recommend frequent cultivation, however, as they quickly respond to it, producing much larger trusses, and larger and more beautiful individual flowers. Simply keep the ground clear of weeds and w'ell hoed. They will grow and do well in any soil; but prefer a good rich well-drained loam. They may be planted in the Fall during August, September and October; and in the Spring during April, May, and until the plants are too far advanced in June. In planting be sure that the crown of the root, that is, the part where the new shoots start, is two inches below the surface of the ground. New Phlox Seedlings ADELPHIAN. New seedling of great merit. Deep pink with red eye. Very beautiful and showy. Large heads will grow 3 feet high. Flowers the latter part of July to September. 50 cents each; $5.00 per dozen. AMERICA. A new seedling. Color a beautiful deep rose shade with crimson eye. Strong grower with large trusses blooming from August first to the last of September. 2^ to 3 feet high. 50 cents each; $5.00 per dozen. 16 Alexander’s Dahlia Gardens J. K. Alexander, E. Bridgewater, Massachusetts Choice Phlox 35 cents each; $3.50 per dozen prepaid BEACON. Brilliant cherry red, one of the best red shades grown. B. COMTE. Dark red, very large trusses, not so tall a grower as many others. CHAMPS ELYSEE. Fine, rich crimson. FIREBRAND. Bright red with deeper center. JOHNSON’S FAVORITE. Light salmon pink with a dark red eye, resembling Elizabeth Campbell, but far superior in every wav. LORD RALEIGH. Purple. MAID MARIAN. A soft shade of lavender, very even in color. MRS. MILLIE VON HOBOKEN. Pure soft pink without eye. Large flower heads on long, erect stems. MAUVE QUEEN. A beautiful mauve pink with white eye. ORNAMENT. Bright clear rose with a light halo, darker center. SPECIAL FRENCH. Beautiful blush pink with salmon eye. Enormous flowers. Select Standard Phlox 25 cents each; $2.50 per dozen; $18.00 per 100 prepaid ALBION. White with faint red eye. ATHIS or LOTH AIR. Deep, clear salmon. Very fine. BRIDESMAID. White with large rose-crimson center. Very showy and desirable. ECLAIREUR. Bright carmine with light halo. Large flower. EUGENE DANZANVI LLI ER. Soft lavender with light center. FRAU ANTON BUCHNER. An exquisite pure white variety. Plants are of medium height, and very sturdy. GRUPPENKOENOGIN. Deep mallow pink with tyr- ian rose eye. Very large trusses; individual flower of enormous size. L’ESPERANCE. A light lavender pink with a white center. LE MAHDI. The flower is a rich dark violet purple, a color rare among Phlox. JEANNE D’ARC or SNOW QUEEN. Undoubtedly the very finest pure white variety to date. The plants are extra strong growers of medium height, producing exceptionally large heads. JULIUS SANDEAU. Large, fine, very free-flowering, pure white. MRS. CHAS. DORR. A very beautiful shade of lav¬ ender. PANTHEON. Brilliant rose with a lighter center; a very effective combination. PEACH BLOW. One of the most delicate shades among the new Phlox. Deep rose pink with white ring and tyrian pink eye. PROF. VIRCHOW. Bright carmine, overlaid with orange scarlet. R. P. STRUTHERS. Very strong grower with large heads of fiery salmon red. Very showy. RICHARD WALLACE. White with distinct violet eye. THOR. A most beautiful and lively shade of deep salmon pink, suffused and overlaid with a scarlet glow; with a light, almost white halo surrounding the ani¬ line red eye. Gigantic size. WIDAR. Pure purple with a prominent white center. MIXED PHLOX We have an extra fine assortment of Mixed Phlox, consisting of the best varieties to date. The mixture contains the following colors: Crimson, scarlet, violet, lavender, pink, white, variegated or striped varieties, and the above-mentioned colors, with deeper colored eyes. $1.50 per dozen, prepaid; $8.00 per 100, ex¬ press collect. Hardy Perennials We are sure that nothing gives our customers greater satisfaction about their grounds than a well-arranged flower garden of Hardy Plants. With the proper selection of varieties, flowers may be had in bloom from early Spring until severe frost; many of them will succeed w^here less hardy varieties w’ould prove a total failure; once planted they make a permanent bed and are therefore less trouble and expense than where tender plants are used, and while they are of the easiest culture and do better with less care than most other varieties, yet, they well repay any extra attention that may be given them. A properly prepared bed to receive them should be deeply forked or spaded with a liberal supply of well-rotted manure thoroughly w-orked in. Bone-dust and also some commercial fertilizers produce excellent results and may be applied in small quantities several times during the season and lightly raked into the soil. Although not absolutely necessary, a Winter covering of long, strong, coarse litter or similar material will afford such protection as to guard against sudden changes of freezing and thawing, and the plants will be in a stronger condition to make an early start in the Spring to pay for the little trouble incurred. Manure can also be used, but a heavy covering on evergreen varieties w ould be likely to rot and kill them. Roots cannot be shipped until about March 15th, because our ground is frozen or snow-covered until about that date, usually making it impossible to dig them. All hardy plants shipped prepaid at prices quoted. ANEMONE MEADOW ANEMONE. 25 cents each; $2.50 per dozen. ANTHEMIS — CAMOMILE These are very hardy, bushy plants with daisy-like flowers and strongly scented. They are excellent and enduring subjects for the Perennial border and require only ordinary soil and full sunlight to grow to perfection. A. TINCTORIA KELWAYI. (Kelway Camomile.) 2 to 3 feet, June to October, pretty lemon-yellow flowers, fernlike foliage, extra fine for cutting. 25 cents each; $2.50 per dozen. AQUILEGIAS or COLUMBINES The Columbines are one of the most elegant and beau¬ tiful of hardy plants, producing their graceful spurred flowers on stems rising two or more feet above a beauti¬ fully divided foliage. No other plant has so airy a grace as the Columbine, is more generous of its blooms, or is more effectively adapted for cut flowers. They are not at all particular as to soil or location, although they pre¬ fer a sandy loam and a moist but well-drained, sunny position. Their period of flowering covers the late Spring and early Summer months. COERULEA HYBRIDS. (Rocky Mountain Colum¬ bines.) Including all the well-known colors and shades, blue, pink, red, salmon and yellow. 25 cents each; $2.50 per dozen. ACHILLEA — “ The Pearl ” A Summer-blooming variety, worthy of a place in every garden. The flowers are pure white, very double, and are produced in large sprays on long stems; are much used by florists for cut-flower work. Perfectly hardy. Particularly desirable for cemetery planting. 18 inches. 20 cents each; $2.00 per dozen. ACONITUM — Monkshood A. NAPELLUS. (True Monkshood.) Grows from 18 inches to 4 feet high, blooms from July to August. Large dark blue flowers in a raceme. 35 cents each; $3.50 per dozen. A. FISCHERI. Azure. Grows from 18 inches to 2 feet high, blooms from July to August. Large dark blue flowers in a raceme. 35 cents each; $3.50 per dozen. 17 J. K. Alexander, E. Bridgewater, Massachusetts Alexander’s Dahlia Gardens Hardy Perennials — Continued. AFRICAN DAISY, OX-EYE This is one of the most beautiful orange-yellow daisies ever grown, with deep brownish center; flowers are borne on long, stiff stems, 2 to 3 feet high, very free, and never drop their petals. Finest cut flower in the world, wonderful for decorating purposes. 25 cents each; $2.50 per dozen; $18.00 per 100. ARAB IS — Rockcress ARABIS, ALPINA. Small white flowers, in clusters. One of the best rock-garden plants. 25 cents each; $2.50 per dozen. ARMERIA — Thrift These are fine for rock gardens or for edging plants, growing from 3 to 6 inches high, with wonderful blooms in May and June, in red, pink, lavender pink and white. 25 cents each; $2.50 per dozen. ARTEMISIA A. SILVER KING. Unquestionably one of the best all-round decorative plants. Its bright silver-colored stems and foliage are of great value as a filler for bouquets, sprays, baskets, or all sorts of floral com¬ binations. By cutting and drying the stems it is very valuable in the Winter for filler. Florists in our dis¬ tricts paid high prices for their supplies last Winter. It is a showy plant in the Perennial border or among shrubbery. Height 30 inches. We supply large field- grown clumps and established pot plants. When used in basket work with colored roses, the effect is a feast for the eyes. 25 cents each ; $2.50 per dozen. A. VULGARIS LACTI FLORA. (White Mugwort.) 3 to 4 feet. August and September. Unlike the other varieties, which are grown for their foliage, this in¬ troduction from China bears sprays of creamy white flowers on tall, erect stems which are clothed with fine cut, dark green foliage. It makes a splendid cut flower for mixing with flowers of decided color or form, such as delphiniums. 25 cents each; $2.50 per dozen. ASTILBE ASTILBE, QUEEN ALEXANDER. Beautiful pink flowers on plants 12 to 18 inches tall. 25 cents each; $2.50 per dozen. AUBRIETIA A. DELTOIDES. Common Aubrietia. Deep pink. 25 cents each; $2.50 per dozen. BUDDLEIA or BUTTERFLYBUSH BUDDLEIA, VARIABILIS VIETCHI ANA. Beauti¬ ful violet-mauve flowers, with a distinctive odor. A continuous and very satisfactory Summer-flowering plant. Flowers are borne on long, cylindrical spikes, 6 to 12 inches in length. Blossoms satisfactorily first year planted. 50 cents each; $5.00 per dozen. CAMPANULA — Bellflower C. TRACHELIUM. (Coventry Bells.) A good border plant of 2 to 3 feet in height with large racemes of purple, bell-shaped flowers which droop a little. 25 cents each; $2.50 per dozen. CERASTIUM TOMENTOSUM. Snow-in-Summer. Fine low grower excellent for ground cover when covered with fine white flowers in June and July. 25 cents each; $2.50 per dozen. CHIDE A fine border perennial with onion-like foliage and masses of lavender-pink flowers. 20 cents each; $2.00 per dozen. CHRYSANTHEMUMS This is the flower above all others that gladdens y<pur heart when your garden is growing bare. The inclusion of Hardy Chrysanthemums in your plantings makes it possible to have the garden bright with flowers after the majority of hardy herbaceous flowers are past. They are also valuable for cut flowers. The varieties offered below have been carefully selected and will give a flower¬ ing period of two months, from the middle of September to the middle of November. 25 cents each; $2.50 per dozen. ADIRONDA. Small, compact, aster-flowered variety of medium height. Plant covered with bronze flow¬ ers early in the season. CAPT. R. H. COOK. A fine pompon-flowered late- blooming variety. The flowers are a clear dark rose, rather tall grower. FRED PEELE. A very pretty button yellow. LILLIAN DOTY. Beautifully formed shell-pink flow¬ ers produced very freely. A true pompon. SUMMER GOLD. Early-flowering type, medium¬ sized yellow flower. MIXED COLORS. $1.50 per dozen. COREOPSIS Large, cosmos-like flowers of pure yellow. An excel¬ lent showy garden plant, continuous bloomer. 25 cents each; $2.50 per dozen. DELPHINIUM or HARDY LARKSPUR Mrs. Ely, author of “ A Woman’s Hardy Garden,” says: “ Perennial Larkspur may be planted as soon as the Spring has opened. The ground should be well drained and carefully prepared, but manure must not be allowed to come in contact with the roots, or grubs are apt to destroy the plants. A little finely ground bone meal dug around each plant early in May will be of benefit, and in late Autumn, coal ashes should be sifted over the crowns of the plants to protect them from the white grub, which is their only enemy.” BELLADONNA. The freest and most continuous bloomer of all, never being out of flower from the end of June until cut down by hard frost. The clear tur¬ quoise blue of its flowers is not equalled for delicacy and beauty by any other flower. 25 cents each; $2.50 per dozen ; 520.00 per 100. BELLAMOSUM. A dark blue form of the popular light blue Belladonna. A very sturdy grower and a free bloomer. Flowers from June until frost. Grows 3 feet high. 25 cents each; $2.50 per dozen; $20.00 per 100. HOLLYHOCK VARIETIES. Blackmore and Lang- don strain of Hybrids, imported directly from Eng¬ land, and considered the most desirable of all Del¬ phiniums. Wonderful combinations of colors and great size. 50 cents each; $5.00 per dozen. CHOICE HYBRIDS. Blackmore & Langdon, Gold Medal Strain. Including all the standard colors. I can supply these in mixtures only. 35 cents each; $3.50 per dozen. DIANTHUS — PINKS DELTOIDES BRILLIANT. Glowing crimson flow¬ ers. A most striking rock plant. 25 cents each; $2.50 per dozen. DIANTHUS BARBATUS. (Sweet William.) 10 to 20 inches high, blossoming in July and August. One of the oldest garden flowers, which perpetuates itself by self-sowing. Colors, a good mixture of the most beautiful shades of crimson, white, and Newport pink. 25 cents each; $2.50 per dozen. DICENTRA D. EXIMEA. (Fringed Bleeding Heart.) Ever- blooming. 25 cents each; $2.50 per dozen. D. SPECTABILIS. (Bleeding Heart.) Large, rose- red, heart-shaped flowers, in April and July. An old- fashioned favorite. 35 cents each. DIGITALIS — FOXGLOVE In mixed colors only; the Foxgloves should be planted at the back of the border or in separate groups and are invaluable for permanent and settled effects. 25 cents each; $2.50 per dozen. 18 Alexander's Dahlia Gardens J. K. Alexander , E. Bridgewater , Massachusetts FEVERFEW — MATRICARIA LITTLE GEM. A most useful border plant and valu¬ able as a cut flower with yellowish-white flowers blooming from J une to October. 18 to 24 inches tall. 25 cents each; $2.50 per dozen. GAILLARDIA GAILLARDIA ARISTATA. The blooms are 2 to 3 inches across, with dark red and brown centers, orange, crimson, and red rays shaped into rings of color. 25 cents each; $2.50 per dozen; $15.00 per 100. GEUM Chiloense. Atrococcineum flore plena. 25 cents each; $2.50 per dozen. G YPSOPHILA — BABYSBREATH GYPSOPHILA PAN I CU LATA. (Bristol Fairy.) A highly improved form of Double Babysbreath, with larger flowers and blooming two weeks earlier. The stock is still very limited. 50 cents each. HARDY ASTERS These are among the showiest of our late flowering hardy plants giving a wealthy bloom during Septem¬ ber and October. Very showy in garden plantings. Also used extensively for decorative purposes. The following assortments are the choice of a long list of varieties. We are confident you will be pleased with the generous plants we will ship you. LATE SUMMER BLOOMING ASTERS 25 cents each; $2.50 per dozen ABENDROTHE. 2U feet. Very effective rosy red flowers. ANITA BALLARD. Double flowers of a clear Petunia violet. CLIMAX. One of the best and showiest, with large pyramidal spikes of large light lavender-blue flowers. Vprv frpp ^ fppf CLIMAX WHITE. Large pure white. ELTA. Double flowers of pale lilac. Very handsome shade. KING OF THE BELGIANS. Light lobelia blue. 3 feet. MAGGIE PERRY. Very large flowers, frequently 2lA inches across, loosely arranged in large trusses, of a pleasing tone of soft mauve. Most distinct and striking novelty. QUEEN MARY! 4 feet. Flowers are dark sky-blue and frilled. Plant is of the climax type, but with more lateral branches. It is one of the best of the Novi Belgii type yet introduced. A splendid variety for cutting. ROYAL BLUE. A compact, strong grower with large flowers of rich purplish blue, very early and free. ST. EGWIN. Beautiful light pink. Compact. 2A feet. HARDY GARDEN HELIOTROPE (Valeriana — Spurred Flower.) VALERIANA OFFICINALIS. The old-fashioned gar¬ den Heliotrope with pinkish or lavender flowers with Heliotrope fragrance; flowers in June and July. Height, 4 feet. 25 cents each; $2.50 per dozen. HELENIUM AUTUMNALE RIVERTON GEM. 25 cents each; $2.50 per dozen. HEMEROCALLIS — YELLOW DAYLILY Popular hardy plants, belonging to the Lily family. They succeed everywhere and should always be included in the border of old-fashioned, hardy plants. Our stock of Hemerocallis is field-grown, and can be depended upon to be true to name. 25 cents each; $2.50 per dozen. APRICOT. Rich, apricot-colored flowers. Plants grow 2 % feet tall. AURANTIACA. (Carolina Lily.) A beautiful, large trumpet-shaped Daylily with fragrant orange flow¬ ers. One of the most satisfactory; height 2 to 3 feet; flowers in June and July. Easy to grow. FLAVA. (Yellow Daylily.) The best-known variety; very fragrant, deep, clear lemon yellow; flowers in June; height 2 to 3 feet. HELIANTHUS HELIANTHUS AUREA. A big, showy plant suitable for bordering woodland paths and massing effects before shrubbery. Fine golden-yellow flowers. 35 cents each; $3.50 per dozen. HEUCHERA — ALUMROOT H. BRIZOIDES. (Pink.Bells.) Dwarf, compact, bushy plants growing from 1^ to 2 feet high, flowering dur¬ ing July and August, with delicate, rosy carmine flowers on slender red stems. 25 cents each; $2.50 per dozen. SANGUINEA. (Coralbells. ) 25 cents each; $2.50 per dozen. HIBISCUS — Mallow or Malva From Old Greek, meaning to soften, referring to its soft, mucilaginous qualities. Tall, vigorous growing perennials of the most ancient culture. Used among the Romans as a vegetable, and still serves as food to the Chinese. MALLOW MARVELS or GIANT FLOWERING HIBISCUS. (Marshmallow.) An improved form of our native Marshmallow or Rosemallow, in which the colors have been greatly intensified. Robust, up¬ right habit, producing an abundance of flowers of enormous size, in all the richest shades of crimson, white, and pink. Strong roots. 35 cents each; $3.50 per dozen. HOLLYHOCK The double hollyhocks are like large double roses, and really need no introduction. As an old-fashioned flower, everybody admires them for backgrounds and for planting among shrubbery; mixed. 25 cents each; $2.50 per dozen; $15.00 per 100. HOSTA (Funkia) — PLANTAIN LILY HOSTA CAERULEA. (Blue Plantain Lily.) Shade- loving plants that look well just at the edge of a heavy shrub border. Shiny foliage and lavender-blue flowers. 25 cents each; $2.50 per dozen. HOSTA VARIEGATA. Blue flowers and a fine foli¬ age plant with leaves variegated with white. 25 cents each; $2.50 per dozen. LANCIFOLIA ALBO-MARGINATA. (Silveredge Lanceleaf Plantain Lily.) 25 cents each; $2.50 per dozen. L. UNDULATA MEDIA. Extremely large leaf. 25 cents each; $2.50 per dozen. L. UNDULATA VARIEGATA. (Wavyleaf Plantain Lily.) 25 cents each; $2.50 per dozen. IBERIS — CANDYTUFT IBERIS SEMPERVIRENS. Spreading habit and dis¬ tinctly narrow foliage. Flowers pure white, covering the plant. 25 cents each; $2.50 per dozen. KOLKWITZIA K. AMABILIS. (Beauty Bush.) A beautiful pink shrub, 18 to 24 inches. $1.00 each. LAVANDULA L. SPICA. (Spike Lavender.) Grows about one foot and blooms July and August with short, dense spikes of fragrant blue flowers. 35 cents each; $3.50 per dozen. LILAC LUDWIG SPAETH. (Lilac.) Single dark bluish-red, 18 to 24 inches. $1.00 each. VULGARIS. Common blue lilac, 2 to 3 feet. $1.00 each. V. ALBA. Common white, 2 to 3 feet. $1.00 each. LILIUM AURATUM. (Goldband Lily.) 50 cents each; $5.00 per dozen. CANDIDUM. (Madonna Lily.) 35 cents each; $3.50 per dozen. HENRYI. (Henry Lily.) 50 cents each; $5.00 per dozen. 19 J. K. Alexander , E. Bridgewater , Massachusetts Alexander’s Dahlia Gardens Hardy Perennials — Continued. LILIUM REGALE. (Royal Lily.) Enormous white flowers shaded pink or purple with a yellow center. Probably the easiest of the white lilies to grow, and will grow almost anywhere. Blooming size. 35 cents each; $3.50 per dozen. TIGER LILY. Flowering in August, very bright red, thickly covered with large purple spots in a pyram¬ idal cluster, 3 feet high. 25 cents each; $2.50 per dozen. LIATRIS — CAT-TAIL GAYFEATHER LIATRIS PYCNOSTACHYA. A striking plant with great rocket-like spikes of pale purple flowTers which start to open at the top of the spike. Will grow 4 feet high. 25 cents each; $2.50 per dozen. LUPINUS THE LUPINES are a coming flower. While they have been grown to a limited extent, they are now be¬ coming very popular and will grow in very dry, sandy places and come in pink, blue, white and variegated. 25 cents each; $2.50 per dozen. L. SUTTON’S HYBRIDS. 25 cents each; $2.50 per dozen. LYCHNIS — CAMPION L. CHALCEDONICA. (Maltese Cross.) A most de¬ sirable plant blooming in June and July with heads of brilliant orange-scarlet flowers; grows 2 to 3 feet high. 25 cents each; $2.50 per dozen. L. VISCARI A FLORE-PLENO. (Double Rose-pink Campion.) A distinct variety with large double rose- colored flowers blooming in June and July; 12 to 15 inches high. 35 cents each; $3.50 per dozen. MONARDA — BEEBALM 20 cents each; $2.00 per dozen MONARDA DIDYMA. (Oswego Beebalm.) Showy flowers of brilliant scarlet in rich profusion, blooming from June to September. M. DIDYMA ROSEA. Same characteristics as above, but flowers are reddish rose in color. M. DIDYMA VIOLACEA SUPERBA. (Amaranth Beebalm.) A very distinct sort with purple-red flow¬ ers. PACHYSANDRA PACHYSANDRA TERMINALIS, from 3-inch pots. 35 cents each; $3.50 per dozen. PHLOX SUBULATA (Moss Pink.) PHLOX SUBULATA. Dwarf Moss Pinks. A much- prized old-time garden plant, useful for colonizing, where it is desired to cover the earth with a tufted, dense, evergreen mat. It is much used in cemeteries, rockeries, for borders, and old-fashioned gardens. Blooms profusely in the Spring and is sweetly scented. ALBA. Pure white. 25 cents each; $2.50 per dozen. AMOENA. 4 to 5 inches, flowers in April and May. Bright pink flowers, in clusters. 25 cents each; $2.50 per dozen. BLUE HILLS. Lavender blue. 35 cents each; $3.50 per dozen. LILACIANA. Flowers clear lilac. 25 cents each; $2.50 per dozen. ROSA. Soft pink, very showy. 25 cents each; $2.50 per dozen. PHYSOSTEGIA PH YSOSTEGIA VI RG INI ANA. (Ladies’ Pink.) An elegant plant with dark, glossy, green foliage and long spikes of soft rose flowers; excellent for cutting. It produces its flowers during July, August, and Sep¬ tember when few flowers are in bloom. Height, 2 to 3 feet. 25 cents each; $2.50 per dozen. PHYSALIS — CHINESE LANTERN PLANT PHYSALIS FRANCHETI. Large, heart-shaped leaves, with small, whitish flowers, followed in the Autumn with large, bright orange-red, balloon-shaped bag of papery texture. Fine for Winter decorations. 25 cents each; 5 for $1.00. HARDY HYBRID ORIENTAL POPPIES THE ORIENTAL POPPIES are unrivaled in their bright oriental colorings ranging from silvery white soft pink, and reddish salmon to deep blood crimson and maroon. 35 cents each; $3.50 per dozen. PULMONARIA — LUNGWORT A perennial noteworthy for hardiness of growth, free¬ dom in flowering, and for its adaptability for growing in shady borders or rock gardens. The plants have rough foliage sometimes speckled with -white, and blue or red¬ dish flowers borne in racemes. Culture. Grow in ordinary soil in groups in the shady, mixed border, in masses under the shade of de¬ ciduous trees, or in the rock garden. Plant ten inches apart in autumn or early spring. SACCHARATA MACULATA. A lovely early spring flower not unlike Mertensia, with pink flowers and when through blooming the plant has beautiful sil¬ very spotted foliage. 12 to 14 inches high. 50 cents each. PYRETHRUM PYRETHRUM. A very pretty hardy plant with fern¬ like foliage resembling the daisy in form, mixed colors; fine for rock gardens. 25 cents each; $2.50 per dozen. RANUNCULUS — BUTTERCUP ACRIS fl. pi. Tall, double Buttercup. 25 cents each; $2.50 per dozen. REPENS. Creeping Buttercup. 25 cents each; $2.50 per dozen. RUDBECKIA — CONEFLOWER Indispensable plants for the hardy border; grow and thrive anywhere, giving a wealth of bloom, well suited for cutting. GOLDEN GLOW. A well-known popular plant, strong, robust grower, attaining a height of 5 to 6 feet; produces masses of double golden yellow flow¬ ers from July to September. 20 cents each; $2.00 per dozen. PURPUREA. Giant purple coneflower. Most attrac¬ tive purple flowers, with a very large, brown, cone- shaped center. Blooms from July to October. 3 feet high. A splendid plant for a border. 25 cents each ; $2.50 per dozen. SALVIA — MEADOW SAGE OR CLARY Showy, hardy plants of medium growth and of easy cultivation in sunny borders. The flowers are borne in spikes, racemes or panicles, and are very attractive dur¬ ing the Summer and Autumn months. Culture. Those listed will thrive in good ordinary soil in sunny positions, and are best grown in masses in the larger borders. Plant in autumn or early spring, 10 inches apart; divide and replant every third year. AZUREA. A Rocky Mountain species. Grows 3 to 4 feet high, producing, during August and September, pretty sky-blue flowers in the greatest profusion. 35 cents each; $3.50 per dozen. SAPONARIA — SOAPWORT Free flowering and easily grown rock plants, suitable for sunny borders or rock gardens, more or less tufted and compact in growth, and produces a profusion of blooms throughout the Spring. Culture. Ocymoides and its varieties will succeed in good, ordinary soil or sandy loam on the margins of sunny borders or in the rock garden. Plant in Autumn or Spring, six inches apart. OCYMOIDES SPLENDENS. Pretty prostrate bor¬ der and rockery plant; flowers rosy pink, produced in great quantities just above the foliage in late May and early June. 35 cents each; $3.50 per dozen. 20 Alexander’s Dahlia Gardens J. K. Alexander, E. Bridgewater, Massachusetts SCABIOSA — SCABIOUS or PIN¬ CUSHION FLOWER Charming perennials for border culture and for cut flowers. The Scabiosa caucasica are particularly valu¬ able for the latter purpose, as its large, showy, blue or white flowers are borne on long stems. The species are of easy culture, and desirable to grow in sunny borders. Culture. Caucasica will thrive in well-drained, good, ordinary soil, which is not heavy or damp. Cold and damp is fatal to these plants. An ideal soil for them is a sandy loam. Plant in early autumn or early spring. The plants are best in groups of three or more. Plant about eight inches apart. A full sunny position is essential. The species may be grown in ordinary soil in sunny borders, planting in Autumn or early Spring, 10 inches apart. CAUCASICA. (Blue Bonnet.) Their lovely fkwers are a soft and charming shade of lavender; com¬ mences to a bloom in June, throwing stems 18 to 24 inches high until September. 25 cents each; $2.50 per dozen. SEDUM — STONECROP 25 cents each; $2.50 per dozen S. ALBUM. (White Stonecrop.) A creeping variety, small foliage and tiny white flowers. S. GLAUCUM. Excellent dwarf variety for rockeries or border edgings; prostrate and of slow growth. S. KAMTSCHATICUM. (Orange Stonecrop.) Bright evergreen foliage, golden flowers in flat clusters. S. LYDIUM. Very fine rock plant; blue-green foliage and of prostrate habit. S. OPPOSITI FOLIUM. Two -row Sedum. S. PRUINATUM FOSTERIANUM. Small, tufted plant with round bunches of tiny yellow flowers. S. SARMENTOSUM. (Stringy Stonecrop. ) A slender creeping plant, with whorled, thread-like leaves and flat heads of small, fleshy, yellow flowers. S. SEXANGULARE. (Hexagon Stonecrop.) Very slen¬ der stemmed plant with tiny yellow flowers. S. SPECTABILE. Showy Stonecrop. Erect-growing plant with large heads of rose-colored flowers. S. STOLON I FERUM. Running Stonecrop. A trail¬ ing plant with flat leaves and pink flowers. S. TERNATUM. The most satisfactory variety for planting in the shade; for ground carpeting under trees or anywhere it is difficult to make plants grow. Spreads rapidly and does well on all sorts of soil. • SHASTA DAISY (Burbank) 25 cents each; $2.50 per dozen ALASKA. Large pure white. ASIA. Large, semi-double, pure white. SPIRAEA or ASTILBE (Goat's Beard, Meadow Sweet.) Elegant border plants with feathery plumes of flowers and neat, attractive foliage, succeeds best in a half- shaded location in rich, moist soil. FILIPENDULA fl. pi. (Double-flowered Dropwort.) Numerous corymbs of double white flowers; buds tinted rose pink; produced on stems 15 to 18 inches high, during June and July. Finely cut distinctive fern-like foliage. 35 cents each; $3.50 per dozen. THERIVIOPSIS THERMOPSIS CAROLINIAN A. A tall plant of deep yellow, growing from 3 to 4 feet, blooming in June and July along the upper part of the stalk in pear-shaped blossoms. 25 cents each; $2.50 per dozen. THYMUS COCCINEUS. (Crimson Thyme.) Fine reddish foli¬ age. Excellent for rockery. 25 cents each; $2.50 per dozen. LANUGINOSUS. (Woolly Thyme.) Silvery foliage. Fast grower. Will cover rocks rapidly. 25 cents each; $2.50 per dozen. TRADESCANTIA — SPIDERWORT TRADESCANTIA ALBA. An all-round plant for wet or dry, sunny or shady situations, continuing in bloom from early Summer until frost. Pure white, three-petaled flowers in clusters on long stems, and long pointed foliage. Height, 2 feet. 25 cents each; $2.50 per dozen. TRADESCANTIA VIRGINIANA. An old garden plant, with grass-like foliage and violet blue flowers all Summer. Height, 2 feet. 25 cents each; $2.50 per dozen. TRITOMA — THE EVERLASTING FLAME FLOWER Plants are perfectly hardy in the open ground all winter south of Philadelphia; further north they must be protected or wintered in a cellar. Just bury the roots in sand; nothing more is required. Should be planted out early in Spring, and will commence growth and bloom at once, growing larger and finer every day. Plants show from 6 to 20 grand flower stalks all the time, each hold¬ ing at a height of 3 to 4 feet a great cluster of flame- colored flowers of indescribable beauty and brilliancy. Fall frosts do not kill or stop its blooming, and it is as brilliant as ever long after all other garden flowers have been killed. For cutting it is unsurpassed, and the beau¬ tiful long spikes keep several weeks in water. KNIPHOFIA. Uvaria Pfizeriana. (Bonfire Torchlily.) 35 cents each; $3.50 per dozen. TROLLIUS — GLOBEFLOWER Very showy flowers of globular shape, resembling giant buttercups, yellow in color. They like damp places and will do wrell in the shade. 50 cents each; $5.00 per dozen. VERBASCUM — MULLEIN VERBASCUM PHOENICEUM. (Purple Mullein.) Flat rossettes of crinkly, woolly leaves from which rise slender spikes of mauve pink, or rosy violet flow¬ ers. 25 cents each; $2.50 per dozen. VERONICA — SPEEDWELL VERONICA LONGIFOLIA. (Blue Jay.) One of the handsomest blue flowering plants, spikes completely studded with beautiful blue flowers. 35 cents each; $3.50 per dozen. REPENS. 1 to 2 inches. May and June. A useful rock or carpeting plant with light blue flowers. Not very hardy, we recommend Rupestris in its place. 35 cents each; $3.50 per dozen. SPICATA ROSEA. Much-branched variety with pink flowers. 35 cents each; $3.50 per dozen. VERONICA RUPESTRIS. (Heavenly Blue.) A splen¬ did light blue. 18 inches to 2 feet. 35 cents each; $3.50 per dozen. VERONICA SPICATA. (Spike Speedwell.) 18 inches, June to July, long spikes of violet blue flowers, one of the best plants for a sunny border. 35 cents each; $3.50 per dozen. VINCA MINOR. (Common Periwinkle) (pot grown or field grown). 25 cents each; $2.50 per dozen. VIOLA VIOLA, JERSEY GEM. An improved variety of Tufted Pansy with showy, violet-blue flowers. 35 cents each; $3.50 per dozen. JERSEY GEM, WHITE. Free. 35 cents each; $3.50 per dozen. YUCCA — ADAM'S NEEDLE YUCCA FILAMENTOSA. A stately foliage and flowering plant equally imposing in solitary or group planting; always conspicuous. The broad sword¬ like foliage is evergreen, while in Midsummer it shows great erect, branching stems bearing a showy display of pendant, creamy white bells. Very fra¬ grant; flowers in July and August, Roots, 25 cents each; $2.50 per dozen. Larger plants, 50 cents each; $5.00 per dozen. 21 J. K. Alexander, E. Bridgewater, Massachusetts Alexander’s Dahlia Gardens Ornamental and Flowering Shrubs Shipped by Express at Purchaser’s Expense A good Shrub collection will present the greatest variety of colors throughout the season, both in flower and foliage. Irregular massing is the most picturesque method of shrub planting. When right selections are made, they will serve almost as well as Evergreens, to shut out from view fences and other low, unsightly objects. It is my constant aim to grow everything that is useful, hardy, and worthy of cultivation in our climate. Annual pruning should be done directly after flowering. When planting, the best way to maintain a balance between roots and branches is to cut the latter to half their length. I prune all I ship out, so they are properly pruned, and ready to plant and grow. When pruning, the old scraggy wood and spindly shoots should be cut out. When planting, the holes should be made large enough to allow the roots to be spread out in a natural way. Firm planting is essential to the future well-being of the shrub. In planting, therefore, the soil should be crowded around the roots firmly. The top-soil should be kept cultivated to a depth of two to three inches. If heavy bushes are desired, I have good large specimens that will produce immediate effect. These are desig¬ nated by the word “specimens” throughout the descriptions. AZALEA MOLLIS Resembles a dwarf rhododendron with good foliage and bears flowers in all shades of red, yellow, and orange. Perfectly hardy and will thrive in sunny positions any¬ where. The roots must not come in contact with barn¬ yard manure and will not live in limey soil. Particularly adapted to shady spots in the garden. Each 18 to 24 inches . $3.50 BERBERIS — BARBERRY BERBERIS THUN BERG 1 1 Where a low, dwarf, de¬ ciduous hedge is wanted, nothing equals this beautiful Barberry. It is spreading of habit, growing extremely thick right from the base and requires but little prun¬ ing to keep it in shape. The leaves are small, light green, and toward Fall assume rich, brilliant color, the fruit or berries becoming scarlet; absolutely hardy in all parts of the country. Each Doz. 100 10 to 15 inches . $0.25 $2.50 $10.00 15 to 18 inches . 30 3.00 12.00 18 to 24 inches . 35 3.50 15.00 24 to 30 inches . 40 4.00 18.00 36 to 40 inches Specimen bushes 1.00 10.00 BLACK WALNUT Well known as a sturdy, dense shade tree, wide- spreading and perfect in form. I offer strong, healthy, well-shaped seedlings. Each 15 to 18 inches . $1.00 CALIFORNIA PRIVET Of all ornamental hedge plants this is the most popu¬ lar and more of it is planted than all others combined. Its foliage is a rich, dark green, and is nearly evergreen, remaining on the plant until midwinter. It is of free growth and succeeds under the most adverse conditions, such as, under dense shade of trees where other plants would not exist. To form a dense hedge from the base up the plants should be severely pruned the first two seasons. Plant the one-year-old size 8 inches apart in the row, the larger sizes 10 to 12 inches apart. Dozen 100 Strong, 2 year, 18 to 24 inches .... $1.00 $10.00 Strong, bushy, 3 year, 24 to 30 inches. 2.50 12.00 CLIMBING ROSES DOROTHY PERKINS. Immense clusters of tiny ex¬ quisitely formed little roses of rich, shell-pink in varying shades. 75 cents each. EXCELSIOR. Same as Dorothy Perkins in every re¬ spect, except the flowers are bright, light crimson. 75 cents each. PAUL’S SCARLET CLIMBER. Brilliant scarlet flowers of large size on a moderately growing plant suitable for tying to a post or pillar. 75 cents each. BABY RAMBLERS. Immense clusters of flowrers produced with great freeness; the plants are covered. I offer three colors: rose pink, red, and crimson, in strong, field-grown plants. Each 18 inches to 2 feet . 75 cents DEUTZIA We are indebted to Japan for this valuable genus of plants. Their hardihood, fine habit, luxuriant foliage and profusion of attractive flowers place them among the most beautiful and most popular of flowering shrubs at the present time. Flowers in June and through July and August. PRIDE OF ROCHESTER. A variety of Deutzia Cre- nata Flore Plena, producing large, double white flow¬ ers; backs of the petals slightly tinted with rose. It excells all the older sorts in size of flower, length of panicle, profuseness of bloom and vigorous habit; blooms nearly a week earlier. Each Dozen 24 to 36 inches . $0.50 $5.00 36 to 48 inches . 75 7.50 4 to 5 feet specimen bushes . 1.00 10.00 FORSYTHIA — GOLDENBELL Familiar to all as the shrub that blooms in the very early Spring with its tender yellow blooms on leafless branches, showy and spectacular. Each 3 to 4 feet . $0.75 4 to 5 feet . 1.00 HYDRANGEA HYDRANGEA ARBORESCENS GRANDIFLORA. (Snowball Hydrangea.) This magnificent, perfectly hardy American shrub has snow-white blossoms of largest size. One of its most valuable characteristics is its coming into bloom just after the passing of all the early Spring shrubs, while its long flowering season, from early June until late August, makes it a valuable acquisition in any garden. Small plants, 50 cents each; $5.00 per dozen; specimen plants, $1.00 each. HYDRANGEA PANICULATA GRANDIFLORA. Without doubt the best known and most popular Autumn flowering shrub in cultivation at the present time. The flow'ers, wdiich are borne in dense, pyram¬ idal panicles a foot long in the greatest profusion, are white when they first open, but gradually change to rose color, and remain in good condition for weeks. Extra fine bush plants. 2J^ foot plants, 50 cents each; 3 to 4 foot plants, $1.00 each. LONICERA — HONEYSUCKLE LONICERA JAPONICA HALLIANA. (Hall Japanese Honeysuckle.) A vigorous grower with fragrant yellow and white flowers from Midsummer to frost. This makes a good ground cover. 50 cents each; $5.00 per dozen. PRUNUS — ALMOND PRUNUS GLANDULOSA. (Double Pink-Flowering Almond.) Very double, rose-colored flowers in great profusion in the early Spring. A charming early flowering shrub. Each 2 to 3 feet . $0.75 P. GLANDULOSA SINENSIS. Similar to the above, but producing an abundance of double white flowers. Each 2 to 3 feet . $0.75 R. HUGONIS (Hugonis Rose) A big, arching shrub, spiny stems and somewhat feathery foliage of pale green. The flowers are single, yellow in color and followed by red, translucent fruit. Each 2 to 3 feet specimen . $1.00 22 SOMERSET 50 cents each; $5.00 per dozen. One of the best Dahlias ever grown; fine cut flower ROSA RUGOSA A stout shrub growing 6 to 8 feet with tough, wrinkled foliage, immune to insects and disease. The flowers are large, single, and of a purplish red, followed by scarlet fruit. Each 2 to 3 feet . $0.50 3 to 4 feet . 75 SPIRAEA VANHOUTTEI. (Bridal Bower.) By many this is re¬ garded as the finest of all Spiraeas, and it is assuredly one of the most esteemed shrubs in cultivation. Pure white flower clusters. Very hardy and most effective. Each Dozen 12 to 18 inches . $0.35 $3.50 18 to 24 inches . 50 4.00 24 to 30-inch specimen bushes . 75 6.00 3 to 4 feet specimen bushes . 1.00 10.00 compact shrub with bright crimson flowers in broad, flat heads. Each 2 to 3 feet . $0.50 3 to 4 feet . 75 S. OPULIFLORIA AUREA. (Virginian Guelder Rose.) An interesting variety of medium growth with golden tinted foliage and large white flowers in June. Each 3 to 4 feet . $1.00 4 to 5 feet specimen . 1.50 SYMPHORICARPOS RACEMOSUS. (Snowberry.) A well-known dwarf shurb with pink flowers and white berries that hang on the plant the greater part of the Winter. Each 2 to 3 feet . $0.75 S. VULGARIS. (Indian Current.) Similar to the above, but with bright red fruit. Each 2 to 3 feet . $0.75 WEIGELA WEIGELA ROSEA. (Pink Weigela.) A very free- flowering shrub with an abundance of bright pink, somewhat tubular flowers. Like all the Weigelas, it blooms for a long time. Each 2 to 3 feet . . $0.75 3 to 4 feet specimen . 1.00 W. ROSEA VARIGATA. A low -growing variety with white margined leaves and almost pure white flowers. Each 2 to 3 feet . $0.75 3 to 4 feet . 1.00 W. EVA RATHKE. A hybrid variety and perhaps the most showy of all, with dark brownish-red flowers, with a little lighter center. Flowers very profusely and is very popular. Each 2 to 3 feet . $0.75 3 to 4 feet . 1.00 23 MARGARET WOODROW WILSON 50 cents each ; $5.00 per dozen 10-12 inches in diameter Opalescent pink. Best of its color grown. SPECIAL OFFER NO. 12 25 Assorted Dahlias, without labels, the best offer ever made of this kind, some of them really worth $1.00 each, all kinds and colors, for $2.00 postpaid PRINTED IN THE U.S.A.