RAISING FLOWERS FROM SEED 



England, the greatest specialist in these 

 plants, lists two hundred and thirty -four vari- 

 eties, and asks for some as high as 10s. lOd. 

 apiece, and £l8 for a choice set of two dozen. 

 He also asks five shillings a packet for the 

 seeds. These prices are far above those asked 

 by growers in the United States, many of 

 whom have obtained their seeds from Kelway 

 in the first instance, and the Gold Medal 

 hybrids sold in this country give a sufiicient 

 variety. Of the delphiniums, the dark blue 

 splashed with purple, the light blue with 

 lavender whose individual double flowers are 

 as large as the blossom of a stock, the light 

 blue flushed with pink, the pale blue with a 

 white center, the turquoise and the sky-blue 

 are among the most beautiful. 



On October 10th, from a third crop of blos- 

 soms, I counted fourteen varieties; and in the 

 first week in September, 1909, I was able to 

 take the first prize at the county fair with 

 flowers from plants raised from seed sown in 

 the open ground, just one year before, and 



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