Delphin- 
iums 
Persimmon 
Queen Alexandra 
Celeste 
Lord Kitchener i 
Clear pale blue with a white eye. 
Yvette Guilbert Rather fuller in tone. 
Chatterton 
Voltaire 
Amy Henderson 
King of the 
Delphiniums ‘ 
All pure French blue. 
Purple blue. 
In the Wild Garden, Delphiniums are beautiful when 
grouped with white Willow Herb, Foxgloves, and any of the 
white Campanulas that may be out at the same time, or they 
may be massed against the creamy plumes of Spirea ariefolia, 
or the towering heads of Crambe cordifolia and its multitudes of 
tiny white flowers. They form too a delightful picture rising 
from a tangle of Wild Roses, or any delicate pink Roses, such 
as Dawn, Euphrosyne, or René André. For herbaceous borders 
they are quite invaluable. ‘They should be grouped above all 
with Lilies—the white Madonna, the yellow Colchicum, the 
orange Croceum, the more orange-red Pardalinum, and the buff 
Testaceum. "They look magnificent, too, against white Cluster 
Roses, or standing in a bed above the creamy flowers of Gloire 
Lyonnaise, whose boughs should be pegged down between 
them. 
Flowers of a warm cream tint look even better than white 
near blue, particularly the warm shade of Escholtzia, but 
flowers of this colour are rare. It is extraordinary how well 
some purple and mauve blossoms blend with clear blue ones. 
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