HENRY A. DREER, PHILADELPHIA— FLOWER SEEDS 



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NEW HYBRID DEI.PHI1MUMS 



The magnificent Hybrid Hardy Larkspurs offered below rep- 

 resent the finest varieties of a famous English collection; and 

 although you cannot depend upon them coming strictly true to 

 name, yet you may rely upon getting flowers of largest size and 

 equal to the varieties from which the seed has been saved. 



2218 Belladonna. The freest and most continuous blooming 

 of all. The clear turquois-blue of its flowers is not 

 equalled for delicacy and beauty by any other flower. 



2221 Cory. A striking variety with large circular flowers of 

 beautiful Forget-me-not blue with bold white eye. 



2224 Duke of Connaught. Rich oxford-blue, with a bold 

 white eye. 



2228 Lizzie. Lovely azure-blue with bold yellowish eye. 



2229 Mrs. Creigllton. Deep oxford-blue, centre dark plura 

 with a large brown eye. A fine dark sort. 



2231 Queen Wilhelmina. Immense flowers of a soft laven- 

 der-blue, flushed rose, with a very conspicuous white eye. 



Price. Any of the above, 25 cts. per pkt. 

 2239 Collection of a packet each of the above 6 Grand Del- 

 phiniums, fl.25. 



Gold Medal Hybrid Delphiniums 



DEI-,PHI]VIUM (Hardy Perennial Larkspur) 



Mr. W. C. Egan, the well-known amateur and writer on horticultural sub 

 iects, says of Delphiniums: 



" Sow the seeds in early spring indoors, or in hotbeds in shallow boxes. 

 "When the seedlings are about three-quarters of an inch high, transplant to flats 

 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, for 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 ipore, or in larger groups in the shrubbery border or to the rear of 

 hardy jgerennials, two or three feet apart. In two or three years they should be 

 taken oijt, the beds heavily manured, the plants reset and more room given 

 each plant," 



They can also be sown in the open ground, but do not flower until the fol- 

 lowing year. 



PER PKT. 



2240 Qold Medal Hybrids. This is an extra fine strain of strong, vigor- 

 ous habit, with immense spikes from 2 to 3 feet long of large flowers, 

 mostly in fine shades of light blue. ^ oz., 60 cts 15 



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. J 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; 2i feet 10 



2238 Hybridum Fl. PI. Finest double mixed in great variety of charm- 

 ing colors. \ oz., 50 cts 15 





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For complete list and cultural notes see our Garden Book for 1918 



