FLOWERS FOR TFIE HARDY GARDEN 



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Double Delphiniums, continued 

 like that of stained glass. The variety Zuster Lugton 

 is so similar that 1 am offering both under one name. 

 50 cts. each. 



Polar Star. Rather low grower, not over 4 feet, 

 with close spikes of rullled, semi-double flowers, 

 ivory-white, with a pale yellow center. A good, 

 strong grower with distinct, coarse foliage. By far 

 the best double white. Very effective with the deep 

 blue double sorts. 50 cts. each. 



Twin-Larches Seedlings 



Seedling Delphiniums present an innumerable 

 variety of form and color — every shade of blue, and 

 every type of spike and flower, both double and 

 single. Seed of separate named varieties is often 

 sold, but as a matter of fact, the descendants of a 

 given kind will approach that kind only in a general 

 way as a type; many will be totally distinct. How- 

 ever, it goes without saying that the finest named 

 varieties produce the iargest proportion of fine 

 seedlings; hence the pity that so many of the most 

 beautiful Delphiniums never mature seed. The 

 plants 1 ofTer below are very large and thrifty, and 

 should give excellent results the first season. They 

 have been raised from seeds of the best named va- 

 rieties, together with the best selected seeds of my 

 own raising, and 1 can recommend them all as being 

 excellent in color and habit, all small and inferior 

 flowers having been discarded when they were in 

 bloom. 1 have made no attempt to classify them as 

 to color, thinking this would add to the interest of 

 the purchaser in seeing them bloom. About 75 

 per cent are single, the rest double and semi-double. 

 25 cts. each, $2.50 per doz., $15 per 100. 



Six plants sold at the dozen rate. All plants listed 

 at 25 cts. each are $2.50 per doz., $15 per 100 



Single Pink 



Unless otherwise noted, all plants in this cat 



Delphinium Species 



Formosum. Though one of the oldest of garden 

 varieties, this is still a most satisfactory plant, par- 

 ticularly where Delphiniums are used in large 

 quantities. It seldom grows more than 4 feet tall, 

 but the (lowers are of a fine, brilliant gentian-blue, 

 with a conspicuous white eye, and are of much 

 better size than most of the older sorts. 



Chinense. Chinese Larkspur. The Chinese Lark- 

 spur is a very distinct and charming plant, and not so 

 widely grown as it deserves to be. Its finely divided 

 foliage and spreading panicles of (lowers, poised lightly 

 on the slender, wiry stems sets it apart from all other 

 Delphiniums. As it (lowers somewhat later than 

 the tall sorts, it may be planted close by, to fill in 

 the gap between their first and second crops. Chi- 

 nense will bloom the first year from seed as readily 

 as any annual, and young plants set out in July will 

 give a line display of bloom in the late summer and 

 early fall. After the first year, the (lower-clusters 

 assume a less spreading and more spike-like char- 

 acter. The typical Chinense is a deep, lustrous blue. 

 As cut-flowers, the blossoms are particularly grace- 

 lul and easy to arrange. 2 ft.; space 1 ft. 



Chinense album. Exactly the same as the 

 above, but pure white in color. It is equally desir- 

 able and perhaps less known than the blue variety. 

 The two colors make a delightful combination, either 

 in the garden or when cut. 



Chinense Cineraria ca?rulea. A new and very 

 beautiful variety. Instead of being spurred, the 

 flowers open out flat, like a miniature cineraria, and 

 are held erect in wide, branching clusters, about 18 

 inches tall. Besides their unique shape, the flowers 

 are of such an intensely brilliant shade that they 

 quite warrant the honor of being called the bluest 

 of all hardy plants. A splendid plant for edging. 

 35 cts. each. 



Brunonianum. Very distinct; spreading pani- 

 cles of hooded, light purple flowers, with black 

 centers. Should be planted in well-drained soil. 

 18 in.; space 1 ft. 30 cts. each. 



Nudicaule. Few people are aware that there is 

 such a thing as a scarlet Delphinium. It is a native 

 of California, a dainty little plant about a foot tall, 

 of somewhat similar habit to cineraria. The flowers, 

 which do not open widely, and in fact are almost all 

 spur, are a bright, glistening scarlet, with now and 

 then one of orange or brick-red. After the plant 

 has finished blooming in August, stems and leaves 

 entirely die away, not to reappear till next spring. 

 It should be planted in a dry, well-drained part of 

 the border, or else taken up in the fall and stored 

 over winter in sand like a dahlia. A pretty and 

 appropriate bouquet for July 4th can be made by 

 combining Delphinium nudicaule with D. Chinense 

 and D. Chinense album — the three colors are a 

 perfect match to those on our flag. 25 cts. each. 



Dianthus 



Pinks, Sweet Williams, etc. 



There always seems a subtle flavor of olden 

 times about Pinks and Sweet Williams — a quaint 

 primness that is far from displeasing. Their 

 delicious spicy scent calls up visions of other days 

 and other gardens — cosy gardens of our grand- 

 mothers' day, with rose-covered trellises, and box 

 borders, and "posies" in ordered rows. And the 

 charm that earned them their favor in past years 

 seems likely to endure as long as there are (lowers 

 and (lower-gardeners to love them. 



og, 15 cts. each, $1.50 per doz., $10 per 100 



