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A. L. DON & CO. 
Dahlias 
VARIETIES OF SPECIAL MERIT 
1.50 
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1.25 
5.00 
Tubers Plants 
Aiko (Dahliadel) S.C. A new spectacu¬ 
lar semi cactus. Very large and strik¬ 
ing color; deep carmine with a sil¬ 
ver reverse showing at the center, and 
tips wh.ch make it unusual. Grows 
about 4V 2 ft. Straight stiff stems $2.50 $1.25 
Amelia Earhart (Cordes-Eastman) Semi 
cac. A ve:y large and artistically 
formed combination of apricot buff and 
salmon. A real exhibition variety —10.00 5.00 
Asbury Park (Wood-Burpee) For. Dec. 
Fine copper salmon flowers are borne 
on perfectly stiff stems well above the 
foliage _ 3.00 
Bagdad (Redfern) Inf. Dec. A large 
flower of flaming Scarlet Red. Long 
stems, good grower - 3.00 
Captain Ccste (Curran) Inf. Dec. A 
real exhibition flower, which easily ex¬ 
ceeds 12 inches, borne on very stout 
stems. It is a clear empire yellow and 
looks yellow under artificial light. Is 
a strong and vigorous grower - 2.50 
Chautauqua Sunset (Wallace) Dec. 
Plants of medium height with strong 
straight stems. Color a magnificient 
comLinaiion of the Sunset colors. 
Gold, orange and peach red -10.00 
Cameo (Fisher & Masson) Inf. Dec. A 
true coral rose with a glistening golden 
Sheen on face of petals and a deep 
rose pink on reverse of petals. An ex¬ 
tremely beautiful flower both in day¬ 
light and artificial light. Stems long 
and straight _ 5.00 2.50 
Eleanor Roosevelt (Veile & Mendham) 
For. Dec. A new very large white but 
a great beauty in spite of its size. Ro¬ 
bust growth with an excellent stem. 
Plants only - 
Frau O Bracht (Berger) Cac. This fine 
Dahlia is a clean-cut cactus of clear 
light primrose yellow, keeping well 
and holding blooms on fine stems - 1.00 .50 
Girl of Hillcrest (Scott-Kemp) Inf. Dec. 
Tnis is a clear apricot buff and finely 
formed flavor _ 3.00 1.50 
Jane Dew (Ruschmohr) Inf. Dec. A fine 
true clear pink which will rank with 
the best of exhibition blooms - 7.50 3.75 
Jean Trimbee (Trimbee) Semi Cac. Beau¬ 
tiful Petunia-violet, strong vigorous 
habit, free bloomer _ 2.50 1.25 
Jerome Kern (Veile & Mendham) Inf. 
Dec. The color is a soft shrimp pink 
with gold and bronze shading at the 
center. Strong stem and a good ex¬ 
hibition variety _ 7.50 3.75 
Jersey’s Autumn Beauty (Waite) For. 
Dec. A sport from the well known 
Jersey’s Beacon and identical in every 
way except the color which is soft yel¬ 
low orange ..--- 10.00 5.00 
Tubers Plants 
7.50 
Jersey’s Sunglow (Waite) For. Dec. A 
very vigorous plant with extra strong 
stems and tough leathery foliage. Color 
is golden yellow shading to picric yel¬ 
low _10.00 5.00 
Jersey’s Dainty Cactus (Waite) Pure 
white sometimes faintly tinged laven¬ 
der. Sturdy grower and free bloomer 5.00 2.50 
Jersey’s Majestic New (Waite) Inf. Dec. 
A very massive flower. Copper suf¬ 
fused with a golden sheen the reverse 
of the petals are armaranth pink, thus 
giving the flower a hue of pinkish cop¬ 
per _ 7.50 3.75 
Kentucky Red (Whites) Inf. Dec. A 
real flaming scarlet j;9d, a nice grower 
with particularly attractive foliage_ 2.50 1.25 
Lord cf Autumn (Kemp) Inf. Dec. Said 
to be the greatest yellow dahlia ever 
seen. The flower grows to an enorm¬ 
ous size borne on long stiff stems, 
plants only _ 7.50 
Murphy’s Masterpiece (Murphy Success) 
Inf. Dec. A huge dark red shading to¬ 
wards garnet and a flower that grows 
large without much encouragement 10.00 5.00 
Myra Howard (Glutzbeck Dahliadel) Inf. 
Dec. Just naturally a big flower with 
uniform thrifty growth and plenty of 
bloom with long stems, a glowing com¬ 
bination of saffron and gold with tints 
of salmon _ 4.00 2.00 
Man O’War (Ruschmohr) Inf. Dec. Ox- 
blood red, good foliage and has won¬ 
derful keeping qualities _10.00 5.00 
Mcnmcuth Radiance (Kemp) Inf. Dec. 
An exceedingly strong robust grower 
attaining a height of 6-7 feet flowers 
9 to 11 inches in diameter of a brilliant 
coral pink _12.00 6.00 
Omar Khayyam (Waite) For Dec. Light 
oriental red and orange. A seedling 
of Jersey’s Beacon and much the same 
habit _ 2.00 1.00 
Rudy Vallee (Waite) Semi Cac. A very 
beautiful variety, the color being red¬ 
dish apricot and gold _ 4.00 2.00 
Satan (Ballay) (Semi Cactus) Horn-like 
petals of flaming red, a large dahlia 
growing from 10-12 inches in dia. with 
a fine stem _ 5.00 2.50 
Sharazad (Newsom) Inf. Dec. A fine 
sturdy deep pink seedling of Jane Cowl 2.00 1.00 
Tarry town (MacDonald) Inf. Dec. An 
exquisite bronze, shading a little dark¬ 
er towards the edges of large broad 
petals, strong stems _ 1.50 .75 
White Wonder (Kemp) For Dec. This is 
one of the largest and best white dah¬ 
lias of the decorative type. Color is 
pure white; blooms are held very erect 
on stiff stems. Foliage very thick, 
insect-resisting _ 7.50 3.75 
White Knight (Waite) Inf. Dec. One of 
the largest exhibition varieties. In 
form like Siskiyou and as large. A 
strong grower and free bloomer. Plants 
only ....... 5.00 
