114 MICHELL’S HARDY PERENNIAL PLANTS 
Michell’s New and Modern Hybrid Delphiniums 
SHRUBBY CLEMATIS 
Davidiana. A most desirable variety with fresh, bright green 
foliage and bell-shaped flowers, of deep lavender blue during 
August and September; very fragrant. 35c. each; $3.50 per doz. 
CYPRIPEDIUM (Hardy Orchid) 
There is a wealth of beauty in this little cultivated class of 
plants. The sorts offered below are quite hardy and succeed 
best in a partially shaded position in a deep, moist soil, composed 
of equal parts of loam, leaf mold and sand. 
Cypripedium Acaule (Lady’s Slipper). Broad oval foliage and 
showy bright pink, lighter veined, curiously formed flowers. 
— Pubescens (Yellow Lady’s Slipper). Large showy bright 
yellow flowers. 
— Spectabile (Moccasin Flower or Showy Lady’s Slipper). Clusters 
of beautiful pink and white flowers. 
50c. each; $5.00 per dozen. 
STANDARD VARIETIES OF HARDY 
DELPHINIUMS 
Belladonna. The clear turquoise-blue of its flowers is not equalled 
for delicacy and beauty by any other flower. 
Bellamosum. A dark blue form of Belladonna with which it is 
identical excepting in color, which is a rich deep blue. 
Chinense. A very pretty dwarf species, with fine feathery foliage 
and intense gentian-blue flowers in open panicles. 
Album. A pure white form of the above. 
Price, any of the above. 25c. each; $2.50 per doz.; per 100, 
$15.00. 
Michell’s Gold Medal Hybrids. The plants are of strong, 
vigorous habit, with large flowers on spikes two feet and over 
long, the majority running in the lighter shades of blue. We 
can supply them in mixture only. Price, 30c. each; $3.00 per 
doz.; per 100, $20.00. 
Perpetual Hybrids. See color plate opposite page. 
DICTAMNUS (Gas Plant) 
Caucasica. See color plate opposite page. 
Fraxinella Rubra. A very showy border perennial, forming a 
bush about 2 A feet high, having fragrant foliage and spikes 
of rosy-pink flowers with deeper veins, during July and August. 
Fraxinella Alba. The white flowered variety of the above. 
35c. each; $3.50 per doz. 
MICHELL’S MODERN HYBRID 
DELPHINIUMS 
In every garden of distinction you will find a generous use of the 
Modern Delphinium. No garden is complete without them. Theirs 
is an incredible beauty, at home in the small back yard garden as well 
as in the more pretentious formal herbaceous plantings. 
A beauty majestic in the towering splendor of their perfect spikes, 
their range of exquisite colorings of blues, purples and mauves, and all 
the subtle nuances relating these shades. 
The plants we offer are carefully selected seedlings of the English 
Prize Winning strains checked as to type, while in bloom. At the lead¬ 
ing shows last year these same plants were the outstanding sensation 
and we are truly proud to serve our discriminating clientele with these 
New Modern Delphiniums. 
Order Early. Delphiniums start their growth before the last 
snow has melted. Early plantings will make the strongest blooms. 
The plants of these wonderful Hybrids are shipped balled and 
burlapped, therefore arriving at your home in a condition for unin¬ 
terrupted growth. The other varieties are shipped out of pots with a 
full ball of earth. 
Make your garden a triumphant thing of beauty this year with 
Michell’s New Modern Delphiniums. 
NAMED VARIETIES OF MICHELL’S NEW 
MODERN DELPHINIUMS 
Each 
Advancement. Colors of striking beauty. Rich mauve.. .$3.00 
Blue Queen. Azure blue with blackish brown center; single. 1.50 
Clive Greaves. Rich porcelain blue flowers of good form. . 1.50 
Constance. A lovely blue single, white eye. 1.50 
Countess Cowley. Light blue and mauve, with black eye; 
semi-double flowers of wonderfully fine form. 1.50 
Edward Bromet. The purplish blue ground is rich and the 
white eye extremely large. 5 feet. 1.50 
Glory. Mauve, shaded rose. 4 feet. 1.50 
Great Strides. Pale blue, shaded mauve, white eye. 1.50 
Happy Thought. Medium blue, shaded pansy violet. 5 feet 1.50 
Mrs. A. J. Watson. Deep mauve shade with black center 1.50 
Mrs. Norman Holden. Large semi-double flowers of mauve 
and blue with large black eye. A splendid variety. 5 feet.. 1.50 
Mrs. Shirley. Lovely lilac mauve, white and sulphur eye .. 1.50 
Mrs. Townley Parker. Sky blue single, white eye. 1.50 
Norah Phillips. A gorgeous effect of deep blue and purple 
florets on a tapering spike of 6 feet. 1.50 
R. A. Pilkington. Rich violet, edged dark blue. Eye is 
brown and spike well formed. 5 feet. 1.50 
The Bishop. Bright royal blue, white center. 5 feet . 1.50 
The Shah. A deep rosy lavender self with dark eye. 5 feet. 1.50 
Watkin Samuels. Rich blue and mauve. 3.00 
MICHELL’S NEW DELPHINIUMS 
IN COLOR GROUPS 
A welcome innovation is the following offer of the Hollyhock 
Delphiniums released in four separate color groups. These plants 
are grown from the identical strains which comprise our well-known 
Named Delphiniums. The plants are all heavy field grown 
material, and are also shipped balled and burlapped. For exhibi¬ 
tion material our Delphiniums are unsurpassed. Offered in the 
following color groups: 
Light Shades, Mauve Shades, Intermediate Shades, Dark 
Shades, Mixture. Price: $1.25 each; $13.50 doz.; per 100, $100.00. 
Iris are inexpensive and increase in size and beauty year after year; see pages 117 and 118 
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