DELPHFNIUM DECO'RUM. 
HANDSOME LARKSPUR. 
Class. Order. 
POLYANDRIA. TRIGYNIA. 
Natural Order. 
RANUNCULACE;E. 
Native of 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Duration. 
Introduced 
Russia. 
18 inches. 
May. 
Perennial. 
in 1838. 
No. 761. 
Delphinium, from the Greek Delphinion, a 
dolphin, alludes to the bud of the flower, previous 
to its expansion. 
This rare plant is one of the most distinct species 
of Larkspur that has of late been introduced to our 
gardens. It was, we presume, first cultivated in 
the Imperial Garden of St. Petersburg, and there 
named decorum by Fischer and Meyer. Russian 
seeds were subsequently transmitted to tlie Birm- 
ingham Horticultural Society in 1838, from which 
the original of our drawing was raised. Mr. Ca- 
meron, the curator of this establishment, observes, 
that it is a plant of neat growth, and flowered in 
1839, but much stronger and finer in the present 
season, 1840, producing a succession of flowers for 
two months, and ripening seeds. It has proved 
perfectly hardy, but at present does not admit of 
division at the root. 
Hitherto but little experience has been acquired 
in regard to this new species ; it seems, however, 
to demand but common garden soil ; and Mr. Ca- 
meron conceives that the best plants will be raised 
from seeds, sown where they are to remain. 
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