The Best Delphiniums 
12 inches. — Pretty rosy Daisy flowers with a 
good white variety. They prefer a limy soil. 
Cucurbita {Gourd)\ h.h.a. — The rapid 
growth and great variety of these ornamental 
fruiting plants make them an object of great 
interest in the late summer and autumn. They 
can be grown on any manure heap or bank or 
mound of waste material, but are best seen 
when they are trained over some rough structure 
of the arbour or pergola kind. The fruits are 
of all sizes, from that of a cricket ball to the 
great Pumpkin weighing up to 150 lbs., and 
they are extremely varied in shape. Seeds are 
sown in heat, one in a small pot, in March ; the 
seedlings are potted on, and are put in place 
towards the end of May, and protected with a 
hand-light till all danger of frost is over. 
Datura; h.h.a. — Three American sub- 
tropical species are of value, viz. D. ceratocaula, 
with white flowers, between 2 and 3 feet high ; 
D. cornucopice, also white or purple, and rather 
shorter in growth ; and D. meteloides. The last 
is the largest ; some 4 feet high. 
Delphinium {Larkspur) ; h.a. ; 2 to 4 feet. — 
The best of these are the tall Rocket Larkspurs 
{D. Ajacis) ; free - growing branching plants, 
with blue, purple, and pink flowers. The Stock- 
flowered kind called Rosy Scarlet is a grand 
garden flower. D. consolida is also in several 
good colourings. 
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