DELPHINIUM 



(From the Greet name for the plant, delpkinion derived from delphin, a dolphin, 

 from a supposed re<emblance in the flower) 



Ranunculacea 



97. Delphinium sinense, var. album (Z). chinense, var. album 

 D. grandifldrum, var. chinense album) 



English Name: White Chinese larkspur. 



SIBERIA MID-JUNE TO MID-JULY 



EARLY SEPTEMBER, MID-OCTOBER 



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CURIOUSLY shaped, pure white flowers with long pointed spurs, 

 in long, somewhat loose spikes on slender, sHghtly branching stems, 

 one to two feet high. Leaves rather small, very finely divided. An 

 excellent plant for the 

 herbaceous border and 

 for cut flowers, especially 

 valuable as being the 

 only pure white Delphi- 

 nium, with the exception 

 of certain new and expen- 

 sive English hybrids. 



A perfectly hardy per- 

 ennial of easy culture, 

 will thrive in any good 

 garden soil, but does best 

 in a deep, rich, sandy 

 loam, in sun or partial 

 shade. The cultivation 

 is the same as for Del- 

 phinium English Hybrids 

 (see page 153). 



Propagate by seed, 

 cuttings, or by division; 

 will bloom the first year 

 from seed sownmdoors in 

 February or March or 

 the year following from 

 seed sown outdoors in 

 August. 







