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House Carden 
DEL PHINIUM: 
NaturC s Living Statuary 
I F you want your flower garden to reward you with 
beauty in fullest measure, somewhere you will want 
some of our superb English Delphinium or Larkspur. 
Blooming late in June and often reaching a height of 
eight feet, our Improved English Delphinium is ideal 
for helping produce enchanting garden effects. 
It is nature’s floral statuary—stately stalks of color that combine 
delightfully with Annunciation Lily, Canterbury Bells and 
Miss Lingard Phlox. 
Yet these graceful perennials are equally attractiv'e arranged in 
beds with ample spacing or planted separately some distance 
apart. 
Amateurs can rival experts in growing our Delphinium, because 
its culture is simple. Being hardy, Delphinium can be grown 
in almost any soil if properly watered. 
^Ve offer a large stock and a choice selection of these improved, 
carefully cultured hybrids, the latest and finest specimens. 
Special Offer of Improved English 
Delphiniums 
We have the finest stock of Improved English Del¬ 
phiniums in America. These charming Perennials 
are the result of careful selecting and scientific hybrid¬ 
izing. They far surpass the Larkspur of other days. 
But in order to obtain the best quality of leaf, flower, 
spike, and stalk we suggest that you take advantage 
at once of our special offer. 
Fine Mixed English, grown from Doz. 100 
seeds of famous named sorts. SZ. 50 SJ 5.00 
Selected Varieties, selected from 
thousands of seedlings grown from 
choicest named sorts. 3.50 23.00 
ExtrO’Selected Varieties, Each 50c. 5.00 
Other Standard Varieties of 
Delphiniums 
Belladonna. An old favorite in gar- Doz. 100 
dens. A continuous bloomer, be¬ 
ginning around the first of July and 
flowering until cut down by the 
frost. The turquoise-blue flowers 
are closely set along the spikes... $2 50 $15.00 
Bellamosa. AnimprovedFormosum. 
The flowers are dark blue with a 
light center. A vigorous grower 
and extremely free-flowering. 2.50 15.00 
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The swamp rose- 
mallow is one of 
ihe largest of all 
jiative wild Jloivers 
FLOWERS BY THE WAYSIDE 
{Continued from page 146) 
large flowers as well as small and smaller 
ones, and they nod and laugh as one 
crosses their path. 
By far the greater part of the asters 
are hardy plants, the first nights of 
light frost leaving them uninjured. Often 
they bloom throughout October when 
other plants have long since been de¬ 
stroyed by the rough breath of winter. 
But these late comers hold themselves 
closely to the ground, or they select 
protected situations where the cold 
north winds can not reach them. This 
is the time the buds of the daisy or 
heath aster, A. ericoides, begin to unfold. 
The twigs with the numerous tiny 
white flowers, creep over the narrow 
paths of field and meadow, and con¬ 
tinue to flower when snow is in the 
air and heavy clouds mass themselves in 
the heavens. But still the mild Indian 
Summer sun is shining. 
In the sand banks, the cominj 
night is awaited by 
the evening prim¬ 
rose. Then its 
golden yellow buds 
unfold themselves 
and scent the air 
with a strong, 
though sweetly 
o d o r e d, perfume. 
Although the com¬ 
ing dawn finds 
them wilted, other 
buds are ready to 
take the place of 
those that have 
passed away. 
The slopes of 
every hill, facing 
the morning sun, is 
covered with a 
golden shower. It 
is the golden rod. 
Gently is it rocked 
to and fro by the light breezes, and the 
wanton display of feathery bunched 
flowers effectively conceals the slerder 
dark green stems. All kinds and varie¬ 
ties are present except the woodland 
species which creep along the ground, 
like the tiny white-flowered aster. 
“Hay fever”, it is said, is spread by 
the pollen of these plants as the fitful 
breezes lift and waft it away. But it 
is doubtful whether the golden rod is 
responsible, for its pollen is carried by 
butterflies and flowerflies and not by the 
wind, as is the case with the flowering 
grasses. 
The purple Gerardia blossoms upon 
the fields. Like an autumn veil it covers 
the ground with its rose colored flowers. 
Fleeting as they are, new ones are 
always ready to take the place of the 
falling blooms. 
When gazing far over the fields, the 
eye is caught by the umbel-shaped 
flowers of the wild 
carrot. Closely ob¬ 
served it resembles 
a dainty network of 
filigree wonderfully 
executed and beau¬ 
tiful in appearance. 
But at a distance, 
when they stand 
closely together 
rank upon rank, it 
seems as if a slight 
haze or fog hangs 
over the grasses, 
and the marvelous 
structure of these 
blossoms remains 
unnoticed. This is as 
pernicious a weed as 
the daisy which 
opens its starshaped 
flowers in the spring. 
{Coni'd on page 150) 
of 
Daucus carota is a mem¬ 
ber of the carrot family 
Earned after the famous Erige-on annuus is a 
old herbalist is the fall- daisy-like, white and yel- 
blooming purple gerardia loiv, way-side flower 
