THE PRACTICAL FLOWER GARDEN 



year after year becoming more beautiful, and 

 finally giving up their seeds in turn to raise 

 other plants for the garden, or to be given 

 away to friends. 



Delphinium. After the phlox, so precious 

 to us all, it is difficult to say which of the 

 hardy perennials is most valuable; but, first 

 among them must come the delphinium, or 

 larkspur. No other perennial grows so luxu- 

 riantly, none is more easy to raise from seed, 

 and the great variety of shades of blue, the 

 height of the plants and the length of their 

 spikes of bloom — many being two feet and 

 over in length — unite to make this plant 

 unique. The majority of the larkspurs in my 

 garden last summer reached the height of six 

 feet, and many were, by actual measurement, 

 over eight feet high. Then, of course, there 

 were also the smaller-growing varieties from 

 three to four feet high. 



The number of varieties of delphinium is 

 infinite. Kelway, of Langport, Somerset, 



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