March L'l'. 1 H I !* 



II OUT I CULTURE 



DELPHINIUMS: RAISING PLANTS 

 FROM SEED. 

 In the minds of not a few people 

 there is an idea that the raising of 

 perennials from seed is a long and 

 tedious process, attended with results 

 that are not always satisfactory. With 

 some subjects there may be a deal of 

 truth in this; but my experience, so 

 far as Delphiniums are concerned, 

 prompts me to say that one often 

 "lights upon a prize" through the med- 

 ium of the seed packet that more than 

 compensates one for the trouble be- 

 stowed upon the seedlings. It is due 

 to these beautiful and stately plants 

 to say that the methods of raising 

 them from seed is not a protracted one, 

 and these who make a practice of sow- 

 ing biennials need have no misgivings 

 about their commencing to bloom in 

 the second year, provided they are 

 looked after properly. If seed is sown 

 in slight heat in February or March 

 in pans of a light compost, and the 

 seedlings subsequently pricked out and 

 placed in a cold frame for a few weeks 

 before planting them out in May, one 

 gains much time; but I have been just 

 as successful with them when seed 

 has been sown in a frame in May or 

 on a warm border. In my opinion the 

 raising of Delphiniums from seed in 

 this way is not without excitement, 

 and if only the seed is procured from a 

 good source, one often comes across 

 new arrivals which possess real merit, 

 while the remainder of the plants — if 

 seed is procured from a firm of repute 

 — usually turn out well. For the first 

 time of blooming, at any rate, I have 

 found it best to limit a plant to three 

 stems as being the more satisfactory; 

 indeed, I think a good many lovers of 

 hardy herbaceous subjects are finding 

 out for themselves that it is much the 

 best to restrict the output of their 

 plants. To say the least, huge clumps 

 are never so profitable as small ones, 



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as, should a dry season follow, the cen- 

 tre shoots suffer from overdryness 

 through being smothered up. I have 

 found in growing Delphiniums that it 

 is much the best to confine the plants 

 to, say, half a dozen shoots, tying each 

 out separately to a stake, rather than 

 permit the whole to develop. The> 

 spikes of bloom, needless to say, are 

 finer in every way where the output of 

 shoots is restricted. 



Nothing, in my judgment, suits Del- 

 phiniums better than good loamy soil 

 with which rotted farm or stable man- 

 ure has been incorporated, with an- 

 other mulch, just before blooming, of 

 old manure or leaf-soil to conserve 

 moisture, for they are water-loving 

 plants. As back-row plants they have 

 long been esteemed, especially on a 

 sunny border; but comparatively few 

 go to the trouble of securing new sorts 

 by the way of the seed packet, which, 

 after all, is not a difficult business. 

 W. L. L. in The Garden. 



NEWS NOTES. 

 Boston — Mayor Peters has announced 

 the appointment of Charles A. Hogan, 

 359 Geneva avenue, Dorchester, to the 

 position of superintendent of parks. 

 He will have charge of all planting in 

 parks, streets and playgrounds. He 

 has been foreman in the Back Bay dis- 

 trict. The mayor also announced 

 changes in the park and recreation de- 

 partment which will result in a saving 

 of $2,300 a year to the city, as a re- 

 sult of the promotion of James B. Shea 

 from deputy commission, to be chair- 

 man of the park board. Mr. Shea's 

 former position will remain vacant. 

 William P. Long, who has been super- 

 intendent of street trees and moth sup- 

 pression, is promoted deputy commis- 

 sioner, and James E. Phelan, store- 

 keeper, is promoted to be storekeeper 

 and property clerk. 



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