WHEELER CROFT HYBRID DELPHINIUMS 
QUANTITY OF HAND POLLINATED SEED VERY LIMITED. 
Trial packet of any variety listed or of mixed varieties, $1.00. 
All plants listed are two years old. 
Collection of 12 mixed seedling plants, $2.00. 
SUMMER SKY. This is a clear azure blue 
single; the blue of the summer sky. Spark¬ 
ling, beautiful, enchanting. It is crossed by 
hand with its own color so that a majority 
of its progeny may have this lovely color. It 
has long laterals and long spikes of bloom 
with very tough stems. It has white or fawn 
centers. Seed only. 
PASTEL. This is palest orchid over light blue 
and gives an effect of the most delicate 
coloring. The stalks are stiff, the spikes 
long, with plenty of long laterals, the flow¬ 
ers ]mrfectly placed; the centers may be 
brown, black, fawn, or cream. It has a dis¬ 
tinction of its own and is a lovely contrast 
to the more vivid colors. It has but lately 
occurred in my garden and is a worthy addi¬ 
tion. Plants, SI.00 each and seed. 
OPAL. A large flowered single with the tones 
and colors of Australian Opals. It has a deep 
tan center set in flowers three and one-half 
inches across. It has vigor, long laterals, 
and an irresistible appeal. I cross it in its 
own color and with Cobalt Blue, and with 
Xew Blue, to get new tones and types as 
well as more of the same kind. Seed only. 
COBALT BLUE. A deep, vivid, sparkling 
shade of l)lue, true to its name. It may have 
light or dark centers and is ecpially charm¬ 
ing in l)oth. It has but the faintest touch 
of orchid and is visible in any garden a long 
way off. It is crossed with its own color 
and with other shades to give them its spar¬ 
kle and joy. Plants 50 cents each. Seed. 
NEW BLUE. A soft shade of deep, medium 
blue; one of the most attractive shades in 
delphiniums, charming and appealing. It is 
sofUu- than azure blue but in the same tones. 
Plants 50 cents each. Seed. 
TAPESTRY BLUE. A deep old blue, with 
orchid tones, with all the charm and dis¬ 
tinction of the soft colors of old tapstries. 
It is nearly always single, very large flow¬ 
ered, grows tall, and gives a different tone 
to the garden. Plants 50 cents each. Seed. 
GENTIAN BLUE. This has occurred for the 
first time this yeai’. A forty-three inch 
spik(‘ of flowers, long laterals, flowers two 
and seven-eighths inches across, of the deep¬ 
est Centian blue, with touches of royal pur- 
])le. Seed only. 
NAVY BLUE. A real Navy, very deep and 
dark, with black and gold centers. It has a 
few tones of very dull orchid, not percept¬ 
ible at a distance, so that the effect of navy 
blue is unmarred. A new color, resulting 
from hand crosses. Seed only. 
CRATER LAKE BLUE. This is the most 
vivid and loveliest shade of blue—the blue 
of Crater Lake at sunset. A white center 
and a tone of velvet upon the petals. Flowers 
two and a half inches. This color has great 
possibilities and I will not have enough seed 
to fill the demand. Seed only. 
ALICE BLUE. A softer, duller shade of New 
Blue. Light and airy, giving iridescence and 
charm. A shade that is very popular for 
house and bridal decorations. Plants 50 cents 
each. Seed. 
BLUE BATIK. A deep, medium blue double 
that has touches and shadings of orchid up¬ 
on it, all blended and mixed. It comes 
mostly with white centers but may have tan 
or dark ones. A lovely color and very pop¬ 
ular. Plants $1.00 each. Seed. 
RAINBOW. This is the single blue and orchid 
flower that comes as large as three and one- 
fourth inches, has spikes up to fifty-eight 
inches iii length, laterals over three feet 
long, and a long l)looming period. It starts 
to bloom first and is still blooming with the 
later varieties. It has developed from one 
of the palest and poorest flowered delphin¬ 
iums which had the constitution of its wild 
ancesti-y, into a Cinderella of the delphin¬ 
ium world. Plants 50 cents each. Seed. 
BLUE LAKE. A deejier shade of vivid blue 
that I have tried so long to get and which 
has, at last, come to me. It still has orchid 
u])on the upper petals but it is fainter and 
on some spikes does not occur. Eventually, 
I believe I can ])roduce a straight Blue 
Lake double that will not have orchid. The 
1936 cro]) may hold some of these. Seed only. 
SUNRISE. This is a delphinium that I have 
worked years to get and now I have some 
very beautiful ones that have long, pei-fect 
spikes nearly four feet of flowei's, almost 
thi'ee-foot laterals, and three-inch flowers. 
It is double; a blushing mauve u])on azure 
back ])etals, with light gold cumters or deli¬ 
cate fawn ones oi- deep gold beauties. It is 
very lovely. Plants $1.00 each. Seed. 
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