^ Not the lea^ interesting garden work by any 

 means is the growing from seed of the different 

 collections of hybrid delphiniums. Certainly it is 

 full of surprises and but few if any disappoint- 

 ments. I have seen a half dozen packets of seed 

 that produced the most desirable and uncommon 

 varieties imaginable, such as Belladonna, Moer- 

 heimi (pansy-face) — whose every blossom resembles 

 a fair, white, gold centered pansy ; Lizzie Van Veen, 

 King of Delphiniums, the Rev. E. Lascelles, Corry, 

 Queen Wilhelmina and countless others that are 

 listed in catalogues at from fifty cents to two and 

 three dollars a single plant for novelties which are 

 only seedlings, nothing more or less. There are of 

 course the named varieties too, that one should 

 grow from seed as well as the mixed hybrids, not 

 forgetting little Chinensis, white and a clear blue, 

 which will be abloom in less than two months 

 after seed sowing. While speaking of the two 

 Chinensis delphiniums please remember, that in 

 order to keep them bushy and broad and to avoid 

 the tendency to lankiness that is natural, the 

 young plants when about ten inches high must be 

 pinched back, indeed you can shear away three or 

 four inches of the tops. Then, and then only, will 

 these charming little border-making delphiniums 

 be enjoyed at their beSt. 



^ It is good, as well as advanced and very modern 

 culture to snip away a bit of the tops of all your 

 delphinium seedlings as well as a little of the roots 

 when they have grown big enough, after a couple of 

 transplan tings, to be placed in the open garden. 



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