86 DELPHINIUM 



Delphin'ium — continued. 



D. consol'idum, or Branched Larkspur. 2 ft. high 

 with blue single flowers. There is a double - 

 flowered variety. This is one of the original 

 parents of the branching group of garden 

 Larkspurs, the variety called candela'hrum 

 bears different coloured flowers on pyramidal 

 spikes. The Emperor, comprising three sorts, 

 dark-blue, red-striped, and tri-coloured double 

 flowers, is the last to flower, and about 18 ins. 

 to 3 ft. high. 



D. ranunculijio'j'imi, The Ranunculus-flowered 

 Larkspur. Height 18 ins. Is later in 

 blooming. This is a garden strain, as is also the 

 Stockflowered variety, which is 3 ft. high and 

 branching, in two colours, scarlet and blue. 



Blue Butterfly is a new kind, with beautiful 

 blue flowers — an excellent bedder. 



Sow seeds J in. deep in the open ground where 

 they are intended to bloom in September, March, or 

 April, the seedlings being thinned out to 4 to 6 ins. 

 apart. The branching sorts may be raised in the 

 reserve garden, and transplanted carefully with a 

 ball of earth when 1 ft. high. Ordinary rich soil. 



Deptford Pink. See Dianthus armeria. 



Devil-in-the-Bush. See Nigella. 



Dianthoi'des dianthiflo'ra. See Gilia dianthoides. 



Dianthus — The Pink and The Carnation (deduced from 

 Gr. diosj of Jupiter, divine, and anthos, a flower ; 



