DELPHI'NIUM CHINEN'SE. 
Var. flore-pleno. 
DOUBLE-FLOWERED CHINA LARKSPUR. 
Class. Order. 
POLYANDRIA. TRIGYNIA. 
Natural Order. 
RANDNCULACE JE. 
Garden 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Duration. 
Originated 
Variety. 
2 feet. 
June, Sep. 
Perennial. 
in 1846. 
No. 1061. 
Under No. 1028, in the volume just completed, 
we have given, at some length, an explanation of 
the name, Delphinium ; with a specimen of Ger- 
ard’s mode of treating the subject. 
The single-flowered variety of Delphinium Chi- 
nense has been cultivated as an annual, it is, how- 
ever, perennial ; but as seedlings can be easily 
raised it is advisable to reproduce them every other 
year; not alone for the luxuriance of the plants, 
but also for the chances of obtaining fine new 
varieties, which vary with white, red, and blue 
flowers; and sometimes, but this is a rather rare 
occurrence, with double flowers. 
For the specimen from which our drawing was 
made, we are indebted to the kindness of John 
Willmore, Esq., of Oldford, near Birmingham, in 
whose garden it was raised, and where are always 
to be found a collection of valuable rarities. 
To cultivate this Larkspur successfully it must 
be divided in spring, just at the period of its appear- 
ance above ground ; and the separate plants, after 
such division, should be transferred to a deep bed 
of rich light soil. 
