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A. L. DON & CO., 
Novelties and Specialties in Flower Seeds 
BEGONIA 
Don’s Crimson Bedder. Flowers intense crimson, 
Shining dark green foliage. Compact habit, about 
12 inches high, flowering continuously till cut 
down by frost. One ot the best bedding begonias 
introduced. Pkt. 50c 
Christmas Cheer. (Semperflorens or Everblooming 
type.) A wonderful bedding variety, very florifer- 
ous, producing masses of bright cherry red blooms. 
The individual flowers are large, often two inches 
in diameter. 
Pkt. 25c 5 Pkts. $1.00 
Christmas Pink. The flowers are of a vivid bright 
pink shade. In all other respects this excellent 
bedding variety is a counterpart of Christmas 
Cheer, described above. 
Pkt. 25c 5 Pkts. $1.00 
CORNFLOWER 
Jubilee Gem. A dwarf variety growing about 12 
inches in height. The compact plants are liter¬ 
ally covered with dark but vivid blue flowers. The 
foliage is distinct from all other cornflowers, 
forming a tufted mass of vivid green. Pkt. 50c 
COTYLEDON SIMPLICIFOLIA 
A gem for the rock garden. In June and July the 
6 to 8 inch long, pendant spikes of small golden 
yellow bells hang down over sedum-like leaves; 
most effective and unique. This charming hardy 
perennial is happiest in the sunny part of the 
rock garden. Pkt. $1.00 
ESCHSCHOLTZIA CHERRY RIPE 
A new large flowered semi-double form, color of a 
ripe cherry—cup deep bright cerise suffused ter¬ 
ra cotta at base. Pkt. 50c 
DORONICUM 
Pardalianches, “Bunch of Gold”. A mass of bright 
canary yellow long stalked Marguerite-like flowers. 
Developes into fine clumps about 24 to 30 inches 
high, and is valuable both for vases and the per¬ 
ennial border. 
Pkt. 75c 3 Pkts. $2.00 
HUNNEMANNIA 
Sunlite. Attractive semi-double form of the well- 
known Mexican Tulip Poppy. The tulip-shaped 
flowers with their extra band of petals on the out¬ 
side rather than the inside of the cup give the 
appearance of being open at all times. The plants 
are of good habit, about two feet in height, and 
do best in a sunny postion and well-drained soil. 
Pkt. 25c % oz. 75c 
LARKSPUR H.A. 
Giant Imperial, White King. The flowers are a pure 
glistening white; the florets extremely large and 
fully double, measuring 2 inches across. Of Holly¬ 
hock type; spikes 24 to 30 inches long. An early 
blooming variety. 
Pkt. 25c 
COSMOS 
New Klondyke, Orange Flare. _The same vivid 
orange hue as the well-known Klondyke. but dif¬ 
fers from it in the important respect that it comes 
into full flower in less than four months from the 
time of sowing. Pkt. 25c '/8 oz. 75c 
Sensation. The flowers are mammoth in size, 4 to 5 
inches in diameter, with broad heavy fluted petals 
carried on long strong stems. It is extremely 
early flowering, blooming in 10 weeks from time of 
seeding. The mixture contains white and shades 
of rose and pink. 
Pkt. 25c i/s oz. $1.00 
SCHIZANTHUS 
Sunset Hybrids. This is the only strain of Schizan- 
thus Hybrids composed entirely of brilliant red and 
rose shades. It is a well balanced blend of bright 
red, carmine, cerise, rose and pink tints, each but¬ 
terfly like flower delicately marked with gold or 
white. Excellent for cutting. 
Pkt. 25c 5 Pkts. $1.00 
STATICE 
Sinuata, Lavender Queen. A lovely new hardy an¬ 
nual variety. Color a beautiful clear bright lav¬ 
ender. A useful addition to the border. Pkt. 35c 
SILENE 
Maritima. Belongs to the welcome perennials 
which tide over the barren period from July to 
September in the rock or alpine garden. The 
dense cushions, up to 8 ins. high, are thickly cov¬ 
ered with a loose inflorescence of large shining 
white flowers. Needs very little attention. 
Pkt. 50c 
1/4 oz. $1.00 
