54 THE NEW GARDENING 



lit upon a new strain of remarkable merit, large in 

 bloom and of beautiful colours. I may mention three 

 varieties which are probably destined to play a great 

 part in the flower borders of the future. The first is 

 Mont Sal vat, mauve, with blue edge, double, very large 

 flowers. The second is Pasteur, an immense double blue. 

 The third is Victor de la Prade, violet. It is not unlikely 

 that the new type of Delphinium will oust the old from 

 many gardens. One of the best of the white Delphiniums 

 is Moerheimi. Rev. F. Lascelles is a good purplish blue 

 with white centre. The Alake is a huge semi-double, dark 

 blue in colour with white eye. Other splendid new 

 Delphiniums are Mrs. T. G. Baker, Mrs. Plant, Pendrell, 

 Purple Velvet, Theodora, Monarch of All, Star of 

 Langport, and Capri. Ivory Queen is also worth men- 

 tioning. 



DORONICUMS. The Leopard's-banes are useful for 

 spring flowering, but they do not last long and the stems 

 should be cut back when the flowers fade. 



DROACOCEPHALUMS. The Dragon's-heads are grace- 

 ful plants, and a point in their favour is that they 

 bloom well in dry seasons. Ruyschianum, Japonicum, 

 and Ruprechti might all be planted. 



EREMURUS. There are few hardy plants to vie in 

 stately beauty with these Himalayan giants, whose tall, 

 strong stems, in some cases rising eight to ten feet high, 

 and great trusses of bloom, have a noble effect in the 

 herbaceous border or wild garden. Most of the species 

 are now well known, and indeed the list is but small : 

 Bungei, yellow ; himalaicus, white ; Kaufmanni, brown- 

 ish yellow ; and robustus, pink. Elwesianus, a seedling 

 form with bright pink flowers, is also familiar. Himrob is 



