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RELIABLE FLOWER SEEDS 



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Drber's Gold Medal Hybhid Delphinium 



D£L,PIIINIUM (Hardy Perennial Larkspur) 



Sow the seeds in early spring indoors or in hot beds in 

 shallow boxes. When the seedlings are about three-quarters 

 of an inch high, transplant to flats three or four inches apart 

 each way, t»ansferring them to the open ground when the 

 weather is suitable. 



Spring-sown plants bloom in July and August. They take 

 up very little room, for they may be planted 6 or 8 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 

 large groups in the shrubbery border, or to the rear of hardy 

 perennials, two or three feet apart. In two or three years they 

 should be taken out, the beds heavily manured, the plants reset 

 and more room given each plant. 



They can also be sown in the open ground in spring, but 

 would not likely flower until the second year. per pkt. 



2240 Qold riedal Hybrids. This is one of our most im- 

 portant specialties, and is unquestionably the finest 

 strain of mixed hybrids ever offered. The original stock 

 came from England, and consisted of the best named 

 varieties. The plants are of strong, vigorous habit, 

 with large flowers on spikes two feet and over long, 

 the majority running in the lighter shades of blue. 



i oz , 50 cts 15 



2218 Belladonna {Everblooming Hardy Larkspur). 

 This is the freest and most continuous blooming Hardy 

 Larkspur. The clear turquoise blue of its flowers is 

 not equalled for delicacy and beauty. A really ex- 

 quisite V a r i- 

 ety. 5 pkts., 



$1.00 25 



2221 Bellamo- 

 sum. This is a 

 rich, deep blue form 

 of the popular light 

 blue Belladonna, 

 having the ?ame 

 free - blooming and 

 other good quali- 

 ties 25 



PEK PKT. 



2242 Chinense {Blue Butterfly). 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. \ oz., 30 cts 10 



2241 — Album. The white flowered form. \ oz., 30 cts 10 



2246 Formosum. Beautiful spikes of rich blue flowers, with a white centre, 



2^ feet. \ oz., 75 cts 10 



2238 Double Hybrids. Finest double flowering mixed in great variety of 



charming colors. ^ oz. , 75 cts 15 



DIGIXAI.IS (Fo:cglove) 



Handsome and highly ornamental hardy plants of stately growth, succeeding under 

 almost all conditions, and with but little attention will give a wealth of flowers during 

 June and July. They are now used extensively with good efi'ect for naturalizing in 

 shrubberies, the edge of woods and other half-shady places; 3 to 5 feet. 

 Qloxinaeflora. This is a fine strain of the ordinary Foxglove D, purpurea, with 



handsome spotted Gloxinia-like flowers on long spikes. 



2356— Purple. \ oz., 40 cts 10 I 2358— White. \ oz., 40 cts 10 



2357— Rose. ^ oz., 40 cts 10 1 2360— Mixed. All colors. J oz., 30 cts. 10 



2366 Cirandiflora. Light yellow flowers in good spikes. J oz., 30 cts 10 



2367 Maculata Superba. An extra choice strain of beautifully spotted sorts. 



\ oz., 30 cts 10 



2370 Monstrosa {Mammoth Foxglove). Long spikes surmounted by one 

 enormous flower; very odd; all colors mixed. J oz. , 40 cts 10 



2371 Lanata. A distinct species, producing dense spikes, 2 to 3 feet high, of 

 odd looking flowers; the corolla being gray, the lip creamy white 10 



Digitalis (Foxglove) 



ANNUAL LARKSPURS are offered on page 93 



