Herbaceous and Bedding Plants 



placed in a cool airy shed until they are wanted in Spring. 

 Where there are no facilities for propagating by cuttings, the 

 tubers may be left in the ground until about March first, when 

 they should be taken up and separated singly, allowing one shoot 

 to each tuber, and planted where they are to flower. 



DELPHINUM (Larkspur). 



A race of hardy ornamental perennials, biennials or annuals 

 with tall branching flower-stems and beautiful palmated leaves. 

 They are very easily grown, but, if fine flowers are wanted, they 

 must be given special attention, while the soil should be deep 

 and enriched with old manure well incorporated with the soil. 

 They should be planted about three feet apart, and, as soon as 

 the shoots attain a height of one foot, a stake must be placed at 

 each shoot for its support, as they are easily broken by the winds. 

 After flowering, the stalks should be cut down, when the young 

 growth will sprout from the base to form flowering shoots for the 

 following year. 



Propagate by division of the roots, or by seeds which may 

 be sown at any time, when the ground is in order, from October to 

 February, the seeds being covered to the depth of a quarter of an 

 inch. Division of the roots is much the simplest plan for in- 

 creasing them, and early Spring the best season for dividing the 

 roots. The annual species (such as the common Larkspur) are 

 propagated only by seeds sown in the open where wanted to 

 bloom; when the seedlings are three or four inches high, thin 

 them to one foot apart and mulch with old manure. 



DIANTHES CARYOPHYLLUS (Carnation). 



There are no hardy flowers more deserving general cultivation 

 than Carnations, as they present charming diversity of coloring 

 with delicious, Sgicy perfume. They thrive best in a fresh loamy 



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