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blue sorts. King of Delphiniums is a strong dark blue 

 with a plum-coloured flush. Lizzie is a good bright blue 

 slightly flushed; Queen Wilhelmina, large, light-blue 

 flowers with a white eye; and Somerset, light blue and 

 lavender with a dark eye. There are white sorts of re- 

 cent introduction, but these never seem to me true 

 Larkspurs, so strongly does the word seem to stand for 

 blue. 



A package of mixed Delphinium seed purchased from 

 a reliable house will produce lovely results, the plants 

 blooming the first season if sown early. In our hot 

 climate Delphiniums should be given a rich, well- 

 manured soil, and copious watering in June will insure 

 better flower spikes and a longer stay. If the spent 

 flower stalks are cut to the ground another blossoming 

 may be enjoyed in the late summer and fall. Yearly 

 division is not necessary: every third year is often 

 enough, when they may be taken up and divided in 

 April, just after growth has started. Beautiful pictures 

 may be made by planting Delphiniums against the 

 trellises of gay climbing Roses. 



There is a strong coloured group of flowers belonging 

 to June and early July which, while they seem far re- 

 moved from the azure Delphiniums and Anchusas, the 

 soft coloured Foxgloves and Spiraeas, nevertheless play 

 an important part in our colour arrangements. Gail- 

 lardias are bright and useful, blooming from spring until 

 frost if not allowed to seed too freely, and no plant 



