DELPHINIU™M (Hardy Perennial Larkspur). 
Mr. W. C. Egan, the well-known amateur and writer on horticultural subjects, 
says of Delphiniums : 
“T know of no more enchanting pastime for a lover of flowers than raising seed- 
lings of these, watching the birth and developments of the newly-created blooms, 
selecting and marking the choicer ones and destroying those not up to grade. 
“Sow the seeds in early spring indoors or in hot-beds in shallow boxes. When 
the seedlings are from one-half to three-quarters of an inch high, transplant to flats 
about three inches deep; plant three or four inches apart each way, and a week or 
ten days before planting out time remove the flats to open air, protecting them cold 
days or nights; this hardens them off and prevents any set-back when planted out. 
«<Spring-sown plants bloom in July and August. They take up very little room, 
..or they may be planted six to eight inches apart the first season. The following 
spring the choicer ones may be planted in permanent quarters in groups of three or 
more, or in larger groups in the shrubbery border or to the rear of hardy peren- 
nials, two or three feet apart. In two or three years they should be taken out, the 
bed heavily manured, the plants reset and more room given each plant. A large 
group of darker colors and one of the lighter tints are very effective.”” 
They can also be sown in the open ground in spring as soon as the frost is out, 
but would not likely flower until the second year. 
We offer below a select list of the standard varieties. We also offer with other 
Novelties and Specialties on pages 54 to 62 a number of the very choicest of the 
newer hybrids : PER PKT, 
2238 Gold Medal Hybrids. This is an extra fine strain. The plants are 
of strong, vigorous habit, with immense spikes from 2 to 3 feet long of 
large flowers, mostly in fine shades of light blue. 5 pkts., $1.00 ..... 25 
2231 Formosum, Beautiful spikes of rich blue flowers, with a white centre; 
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2232 — Ceelestinum. Exquisite celestial blue, with white centre; a beau- 
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2225 Elatum (Bee Larkspur). Rich blue of various shades with black 
centres; grows 3 to 5 feet high, according to soil and location.......... 10 
2226 — Coelestinum, Sky-blue, with dark centre; very effective........- 15 
2223 Chinense. A distinct and neat variety, growing about 18 inches high, 
with fine feathery foliage, and 
producing freely spikes of large 
blossoms of intense gentian-blue. 
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9292 — Album, The white-flowered 
form of the preceding. 4 oz., 
2234 Nudicaule. Dwarf, compact 
growth, with spikes of bright 
scarlet flowers; 18 inches..... 10 
2221 Cashmerianum. A beautiful 
dark blue, blossoms in coryinbs 
of 6 or more; 15 inches,...... 15 
9235 Zalil. A lovely shade of sulphur-yellow.. 
2236 Grandiflorum FI. PI, Finest double mixed in great variety of charming colors. 
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Devpuinium (Hardy Larkspur). 
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DOLICHOS (Hyacinth Bean). 
A rapid-growing annual climber, flowering freely in erect racemes, followed by orna- 
mental seedpods; for covering arbors, trellises, etc. 
where they are to remain; 10 feet. (See cut. ) 
2377 “‘Daylight.’’ This grand Hyacinth bean comes from Japan. In our trial 
~ ground seed sown late in May had, by the middle of July, attained a height of 
over 10 feet, and was covered with spikes ot snow-white, pea-shaped blossoms 
from then until late fall. The heart-shaped foliage is bright green, and not 
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2376 ‘*Darkness.’’ Identical in every way to the above, except in color, which is 
Sow the seed in the garden in May, 
Doxicuos (Hyacinth Bean). 
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2386 
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Lablab, Mixed. Purple and white. Per oz., 15 cts..... Sea Osta, 
DIDISCUS. 
Ceeruleus. This pretty and interesting annual blooms most profusely from July 
till November; their exquisite pale lavender blossoms are excellent for cutting; 
plants grow about 18 inches high, and have as many as 50 flowers vpen at 
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DRACZENA (Dragon Plant). 
Indivisa. Beautiful ornamental-leaved plants; long, narrow, green foliage; 
indispensable for vases and house decorations. .. .- 
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Do not fail to read the articles on How to Grow Flowers from Seed, on pages 51 to 53. 
