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Delphinium - Hardy Larkspur 



Handsome, stately, old-fashioned flowers. The 

 finest blue hardy perennial and indispensable for 

 the well arranged hardy border. If started very 

 early indoors, they will bloom the first Summer. 



1516 



Wrexham Hollyhock 

 Delphinium 



Our strain of these superb hybrids comes 

 from a private source where each plant is given 

 individual attention and seed is hand picked, 

 as fast as it ripens. The individual flowers 

 are immense in size, often 2 inches across and 

 spikes 3 feet long are not uncommon. Colors 

 range from light blue through varying com- 

 binations of blue, pink and mauve to dark 

 indigo, occasionally pure white. In packets 

 only. Pkt.. 75c; 3 pkts., $2.00. 



1511 Belladonna. Turquoise-blue; extra fine. 

 Height 5 feet. Pkt., 25c; % oz., 75c. 



1510 Belladonna, Cliveden Beauty. An improved 

 strain of Belladonna, same color and just as 

 free flowering, but larger and taller. Pkt., 35c; 

 1^ oz., $1.00. 



1512 Bellamosum. Dark blue with white eye. 

 Height 5 feet. Pkt., 25c; Vs oz., 75c. 



1513 Gold Medal Hybrids. The finest English 

 strain. Tall spikes of large flowers in all shades 

 of blue. Pkt., 50c; Vg oz., $1.25. 



CHINBITSB. Quite distinct from the above. Plants 

 are 1 % feet high and resemble huge lobelias. 

 Bloom continuously from July until September. 



1521 Blue. Pkt., 10c; oz., 50c. 



1522 White. Pkt., 10c; ^ oz., 50c. 



Hardy Delpliiniuin^. 



Digitalis - Foxglove bh 



stately plants, producing long spikes of nodding, 

 bell-shaped blossoms in June. They are ideal for the 

 shrubbery border as they thrive in partial shade as 

 well as full sun. 



1568 Sliirley Hybrids. A new giant race of Foxgloves. 

 Plants under thorough cultivation attain a height 

 of 7 feet, with flower spikes 3 feet long. Flowers 

 are large, closely spaced and very richly colored. 

 Pkt., 25c; Vh oz., 60c. 



GZ.OXINIABFI.OIbA VAUIETIES. Tall, stately 

 spikes bearing large flowers with gloxinia-like 

 markings. 



1561 Gloxinia, Pink. Pkt., 10c; oz., 40c. 



1562 Gloxinia, Purple. Pkt., 10c; % oz., 40c. 



1563 Gloxinia, WMte. Pkt., 10c; Vi oz., 40c. 



1564 Gloxinia, Mixed. Pkt., 10c; oz., 40c. 



1565 Yellow Poxg-love (D. grandiflora). PH. Height 

 2 feet. Pkt., 15c; 14 oz., 50c. 



1566 Tver's Spotted. BH. Various colors, attractively 

 spotted. Pkt., 15c; M oz., 50c. 



:1567 Double Giant Poxglove (D. monstrosa). BH. 

 Large spikes with the top flowers united in one 

 mammoth double bell. Pkt., 15c; oz., 50c. 



Digitalis — Foxglove. 



