You are invited to join the AMERICAN DELPHINIUM 
SOCIETY. Its purpose is. 
“To collect and disseminate all information considered 
to be of material aid to the betterment of Delphinium and 
to the growers and breeders of this flower; to encourage 
the production of new and valuable varieties; to provide 
for a proper classification, nomenclature and registration 
of named varieties; to establish test gardens and prove the 
true worth of such varieties; to organize and hold Delphin¬ 
ium exhibits, or to join with others in organizing and hold¬ 
ing such exhibits; to give prizes, medals, and certificates 
of merit; to hold regional meetings, and to do such other 
things as may stimulate interest in Delphinium and in the 
Society.” 
The dues are two dollars per year and you will receive 
the Bulletins of the Society, published three times per 
year, carrying interesting and instructive contributions 
from European and American specialists. The first num¬ 
ber, consisting of 60 pages, is ready for distribution; the 
second number will be out in September. In addition, each 
member is entitled to ask and to obtain information about 
anything pertaining to Delphinium. Send dues to Leon H. 
Leonian, West Virginia University, Morgantown, W. Va. 
Plant Shipments to England 
Royal Horticultural Society’s Gardens, 
Wisley, Ripley, Surrey (England), March, 1930. 
“Your Delphiniums have today reached us and now 
they are unpacked they look very well, so I have great 
hopes of them.” 
SWEENEY, STRAUB a DIMM 
HORTICULTURAL PRINTERS 
PORTLAND, OREGON 
