Plate 522. 

 CANDELABRA-FLOWERED LARKSPUR. 



Amongst a variety of novelties in the way of flower seeds 

 "which we received from Messrs. Dick Eadclifie and Co., of High 

 Holborn, last season, was a package of a new kind of Del- 

 phinium, under the long and somewhat absurd name of 

 Delphinium eonsolidum candelabrum jlorepleno, which we have 

 rendered simply the Candelabra-flowered Larkspur ; and we 

 have no hesitation in speaking of it as one of the prettiest 

 annuals we have seen for a long time, and one deserving of 

 very general cultivation. 



The Larkspurs, whether perennial or annual, are decidedly 

 favourites in the flower-garden, the intense and lovely blue of 

 many of the former being unsurpassed in any tribe of plants, 

 while the latter have been greatly improved, especially of late 

 years, by the German florists, the present varieties being their 

 last improvements. It will be seen from the plate, which is 

 about one-half the size of the original, that the name given 

 to it not inaptly describes its character — the branches start 

 from the main stem nearly at the same height, and the flower 

 assumes quite a perpendicular position at the end of the branch, 

 thus giving it the appearance of a branching candelabrum. 



In order that the beauty of this plant may be seen to perfec- 

 tion, the best plan is to sow in pots and pans, and then trans- 

 plant singly into beds or borders ; for to allow them to be 

 huddled together would quite spoil their aj^pearance, and 

 they are quite as deserving of this treatment as stocks or 

 asters. We should add, that they are not only of the colour in 

 our plate, but in most of those in which the ordinary annual 

 Larkspur is to be had. 



