“FIENRY A DREER-DHIIADELPHIA: DA FSS 
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DELPHINIUMS or 
HARDY LARKSPURS gee 
Mrs. Ely, author of ‘‘A Woman’s Hardy Garden,’’ says: 
‘Perennial Larkspur may be planted as soon as the spring has opened. 
The ground should be well drained and carefully prepared, but manure 
must not be allowed to come in contact with the roots, or grubs are apt 
to destroy the plants. A little finely ground bone meal dug around each 
plant early in May will be of benefit, and in late autumn coal-ashes 
should be sifted over the crowns ofithe plants to protect them from the 
white grub, which is their only enemy. The stalks being very tender, 
the plants should be staked when they are about three feet high, to pro- 
tect them from heavy wind. Larkspur begins to bloom about June 
20th, and by.cutting off the plants close to. the ground, as soon as 
each crop of flowers has faded, a second and third crop of flowers will 
succeed. Each time the plants are cut a little bone meal should be dug 
about them.’’ 
Belladonna. The freest and most continuous blooming of all, never 
being out of flower from the end of June until cut down by hard frost. 
The clear turquoise-blue of its flowers is not equalled for delicacy and 
beauty by any other flower. 
Chinense. A very pretty dwarf species, with fine feathery foliage 
and intense gentian-blue flowers in open panicles. 
— Album. A pure white form of the above, 
Formosum. The old favorite dark blue with white centre; 3 to 4 
feet high. Very vigorous, and one of the best. 
Dreer’s Gold Medal 
Hybrids. Unques- 
tionably the finest strain 
of mixed hybrids offered. 
The original stock came 
from England, and con- 
sisted of the best-named 
varieties. The plants are 
of strong, vigorous habit, 
with large flowers on 
spikes two feet and over 
long, the majority run- 
ing in the lighter shades 
of blue. We can supply 
them in mixture only. 
Price. Any of the above, 
25 cts. each. 
$2.50 per doz.; $15.00 
per 100. 
De.LPHINniIuM BELLADONNA 
Formosa (Plumy Bleeding IIeart). A species, with finely cut ornamental foli- 
age, growing about 15 inches high, and producing its showy pink flowers from April 
to August. 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz. 
DIGITALIS (Foxglove) 
The Foxgloves, old-fashioned, dignified and stately, are wholesome company in any 
garden. Thestrong flower stalks—frequently 4 to 6 feet high—rising from rich and lux- 
ant masses of leaves, always give an appearance of strength to the hardy border, and 
during their period of flowering dominate the whole garden. 
Gloxinizflora (G@loxinia-flowered.) A beautiful strain of finely-spotted varieties. 
We offer them in White, Purple, Rose or Mixed. 
Ambigua, or Grandiflora. Showy flowers of pale yellow, veined brown; 2 to 8 feet. 
Lanata. A distinct species, producing dense spikes, 2 to 3 feet high, of odd-look- : 
ing flowers, the corolla being gray, the lip creamy-white. : 
Dieirais (Foxglove) 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz.; $15.00 per 100. One each of the 5 colors, $1.00. . 
DIELYTRA, OR DICENTRA 
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