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NEW TYPES 
OF AMAZING SIZE AND INFINITELY MORE BEAUTIFUL 
COLORS ARE PRESENTED IN 
Duckham’s Delphiniums 
Superb forms and colors that have awakened 
a new interest in these most charming old- 
fashioned flowers 
F or years and years the Delphinium or old-fashioned Larkspur has been a favorite among 
gems of loveliness for the hardy border. 
However beautiful the old varieties were, they are not to be compared w ith the 
modern types, the choicest of which are still in the hands of a few specialists who devote 
their whole time to bringing them to a still higher state of perfection. 
My Delphiniums are now well known in every state from Maine to California. At 
every flower show where they have been exhibited they have invariably outclassed every 
competing group. For three years my exhibits have carried off the highest honors with 
three special Gold Medals at the great New York show, where the world’s finest Delphiniums 
have been shown. 
Single, semi-double, and double flowers, glorious color shading from indigo-blue to 
pale mauve, lavender, soft pink, and white, cover one-half to two-thirds of the giant 
5- and 6-foot spikes. Every dozen plants include practically the entire color-range of 
this magnificent strain. 
No hardy flower border is complete without them. A few of these beautiful spikes 
are reproduced in natural colors on pages 4 and 5, accompanied by the story of Duckham’s 
Delphiniums. 
Since the last issue of my Catalogue, I have once more won the highest awards for 
my Delphiniums at the leading shows in America. Some of the new colors and unique 
forms are truly amazing in their beauty. I keep in continuous touch with the English 
sources of the hybrids 1 originally imported and distributed in America, and have been 
fortunate in securing special favors from them by receiving consignments of their very 
choicest creations. Adding these to my already famous strain has made it unique and 
outstanding in superiority. 
Young plants which produced their first flowers last fall (1933), and which are offered 
for spring planting, will bring many delightful surprises to those who order now. 
I have many letters from customers in all parts of the country expressing the pleasure 
and satisfaction they have enjoyed from my plants—particularly those who purchased my 
newest strains of the last few years. 
A momentary thought occurred to me of reducing the price of my Delphiniums this 
year. I understand growers of a general line of hardy plants are doing so. But when I 
considered the magnificent and very expensive types I have added to them, I felt that having so considerably increased 
the quality of my plants I shall be really giving much greater value by charging the same price as in former years. 
In every state of the Union, my Del¬ 
phiniums now form conspicuous colonies 
in the gardens of estates famed for their 
beauty. The spikes are of huge propor¬ 
tions, standing 5 to 6 feet high, on “walk¬ 
ing-cane” stems. Some of these are broad 
at the base, tapering to a fine point; others 
are columnar, like five or six hyacinth 
spikes joined end to end. Again, some 
spikes are compact, with the individual 
florets touching and overlapping, while 
others have the more open formation, so 
graceful in the estimation of connoisseurs. 
The flowers are quite double in some 
spikes, showing distinctly two rows of 
petals; others are semi-double; and there 
are quite a number of the single-flowered 
sorts also, exhibiting special individual 
charm. 
Join the Delphinium Society of America 
WE WILL FORWARD YOUR APPLICATION 
WILLIAM C. DUCKHAM, MADISON, N. J. 
One of my Gold Medal Exhibits—New York International Show 
Gold Medal. Special award New 
York Hort.Soc. International Show 
and numerous awards elsewhere. 
