A. B. C. SUPREME QUALITY FLOWER SEEDS 
(Hardy Larkspur) 
LATE DELPHINIUMS 
DELPHINIUM 
As every grower knows, it is necessary to 
keep sowing Delphiniums each year to maintain 
a regular supply of plants. Old plants will 
give a fair second crop, but it is from the 
seedlings that we get results late in the season. 
From seeds of the choice hybrids sown in Jan¬ 
uary and February in heat, later potted off 
singly and planted out when the weather be¬ 
comes settled, excellent flower spikes are pro¬ 
duced from early August onward. Such plants 
give much finer spikes than are seen on the 
second crop on the older stock, and it is a 
simple matter to dispose of a large proportion 
of these while they are in flower. The same 
holds true of the older varieties like Bella¬ 
donna and Bellamosum, while Chinensis is 
easily flowered in a few months from the seed 
and may be treated as an annual or biennial, 
being really not a true perennial at all. All of 
these Delphiniums demand a well drained and 
sweetened soil. Bone freely used is an excellent 
food for them. Sprayings of Bordeaux mixture 
with nicotine sulphate and soap will do much 
toward keeping plants clean; this is especially 
true of the choice hybrids. 
Belladonna Improved (Cliveden Beauty). 
Larger flowered and a stronger grower than 
the original Belladonna. 
Tr. Pkt.50c Oz.$2.00 
Belladonna. Light turquoise blue. 
Tr. Pkt.35c Oz.$1.75 % lb.$6.50 
Bellamosum. A rich, deep blue form of Bella¬ 
donna. Tr. Pkt.50c Oz.$1.75 
Gold Medal Hybrids. Fine strain of mixed 
hybrids. Tr. Pkt.25c Oz.$1.00 
Iceberg. New pure white. 
Tr. Pkt.75c % oz.$2.50 
Wrexham Hollyhock Strain. 
Tr. Pkt.50c Oz.$5.00 
Blackmore & Lancdon’s Hybrids. Direct from 
B. & L., England. Considered the choicest 
hybrids in existence. (See below opposite.) 
Tr. Pkt.$1.00 Oz.$7.00 
Blackmore & Lancdon’s. (Strain produced in 
America.) Tr. Pkt.50c Oz.$4.00 
Chinensis. Cambridge Blue (Annual). Rich 
Belladonna Blue. Tr. Pkt... .25c Oz....$2.50 
Cardinale. Scarlet. Tr. Pkt... 35c Oz...$2.50 
Chinensis. Blue Butterfly (Annual). Ultra- 
marine blue. Tr. Pkt.40c Oz.$1.50 
HARDY DELPHINIUM 
Blackmore and Langdon 9 s “Gold Medal ” Strain 
RECOGNIZED TIIE WORLD OVER AS SUPREME IN DELPHINIUMS 
Fancy Perennial Delphinium of 
the Blackmore and Langdon 
type, offered opposite, are quite 
hardy, provide cut flowers of 
real class, and are good “profit 
providers.” 
Special Note: We have recently im¬ 
ported from Blackmore & Langdon 
(England) a large collection of their 
choicest named varieties in various colors 
and shades. Each variety in separate 
package and containing not less than 100 
seeds, which we offer at $1.25 per pack¬ 
age or 5 varieties for $5.00. If you are 
desirious of producing Hardy Delphini¬ 
um that will create a sensation when in 
bloom, allow us to make up a selection. 
We promise that you will be agreeably 
surprised with the results obtained from 
same.—A. B. C. 
Blackmore & Lancdon’s “Gold Medal” 
Hybrids. The “last word” in Delphinium 
mixtures. (Direct from originators.) 
Tr. Pkt.$1.00 % oz.$2.00 
Oz.$7.00 
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