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/. T. L0VET7, LITTLE SILVER, N. J. 



LARKSPURS OR DELPHINIUMS 



DKI^PHINIUM HYBRIDUM PI^ANT. 



Delphinium Hybridum. There are few 

 handsomer border flowers than the hybrid Del- 

 phiniums, and though blue is the prevailing color 

 yet the shades are extremely varied. They grow 

 from three to five feet high and are exceedingly 

 effective in groups or in beds all through summer, 

 their tall spikes of clustered bloom standing out 

 m great display. Ea., 12c.; doz., $1.25: 100, 

 $8.00. 



Delphinium Hybridum. Kelw ay's Strain r 

 The Messrs. Kelway have for a long time been 

 well known for their superior strain of Delphini- 

 mus which they have brought to such perfection 

 that to convey anything like an adequate idea of 

 the beauty and worth of these magnificent hybrids 

 by mere description is utterly impossible. Imag- 

 ine a group of tall flower spikes from five to six 

 feet high, and densely clothed for more than half 

 tj^eir length with exquisitely beautiful blooms, 

 the flowers are thickly set as on a good Hyacinth 

 spike, m various shades of blue from very Hght 

 to very dark, while others have flowers of the 

 deepest indigo and violet, and others, again, have 

 bronzy and metalHc hues combined with other 

 shades. Blue flowers are too often absent from 

 the flower border and these noble Larkspurs are 

 the plants with which to fill the void with their 

 glorious range of color. Their incessant bloom 

 continues for a long season, lasting all summer. 

 For cutting they are superb, the full spikes being 

 most effective and stately in large vases. In brief, 

 they have many points of great excellence any- 

 one of which alone should entitle them to im- 

 mense popularity. Ea., 15c.; doz., |1.50; 100, 

 f)10.00. 



Delphinium Formosum. The old-fashioned 

 blue I^arkspur, dearly prized for its rich color and 

 unfailing supply of bloom. An old favorite and 



DEI^PHIN^UM HYBRIDUM, FI^OW^R. 



still popular. It grows about three feet high and 

 produces very abundantly long spikes of most 

 intense dark blue flowers, an inch across, all sum- 

 mer. Ea., 12c. ; doz., $1.25. 



LILY OF THE VALLEY. 



A decided advance 



Mielle^'s Revelation. 



m the improvement 



of this sweet and 



charming flower; 



much superior to the 



ordinary, popular 



strain. It is of won- 

 derful size and vigor 

 and thrives under all 

 conditions, as well in 

 full sunlight as in par- 

 tial shade; and in all 

 soils. The delicate, 

 bell-shaped, pure 

 white flowers are of 

 the most exquisite 

 fragrance and the 

 beautiful sprays are 



produced in great numbers. cx.L.iciy naray 



but IS benefitted by a mulch of stable manure 

 apphed m winter. Ea., 20c. ; doz., $2.00. 



ORIENTAL POPPY. 



P-apaver Orientale. Exceedingly showy, 

 with mtensly bright crimson flowers, four to six 

 inches across, with black centres ; produced un- 

 ceasingly throughout May and June. The plant 

 also IS highly ornamental with a thick growth of 

 handsome, dark green, finely cut foHage. Daz- 

 zhng m color and strikingly effective. Ea.. 12c. • 

 doz., $1.25; 100, $8.00. , i^c. , 



It is entirely hardy 



