Purtly's CalHornia Flowering Plants 
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Charles Dickens. This excellent sort runs almost to double, and is a very rich 
yellow. 
Dolly Varden. The base of the petal is blush and shades to a beautiful rose-pink 
at the tip. 
Mrs. Edward Wilder. A pretty lilac-rosc. 
Miss Beatrice Dinem. A very small-flowered variety, with flowers of deep |)ink. 
Minnesota. A very rich, deep crimson. 
COLUMBINES are listed under Aquilegia, page 6. 
DELPHINIUMS, or Perennial Larkspurs, are deservedly among the most popular 
of garden flowers. No other flowers are so effective when a few are used, or when 
planted in broad masses. They are most beautiful grouped with campanulas. They 
grow from 3 to 8 feet in height, and the colors are blues and purples well varied by mark- 
ings. A few sorts are white or cream. The tall spikes are most showy, and make the 
best of cut-flowers. The single flowers in my garden would cover a half dollar. As the 
flowers wane the stalk should be cut off close to the ground, and a second and even a 
fourth crop in a season is possible. While single plants are satisfactory, it is better to 
plant 18 inches apart each way in clumps or large groups. A big mass interspersed with 
Campanula pyramidalis and faced liberally with Campamila persicifolia is a lovely thing. 
Larkspurs demand good, well-worked soil and liberal watering. They like sun or light 
shade, and hoeing in summer helps them. A top-dressing of well-rottcd manure is of 
great benefit. Do not divide oftener than the third year. Spring or fall is the best time 
to divide — not in winter. 
