Our Delphiniums will win prizes for you 
Michell’s Modern Hybrid Delphiniums 
In every garden of distinction you will find 
a generous use of Modern Delphiniums. 
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 pre¬ 
tentious formal herbaceous plantings. 
They are majestic in the towering splendor 
of their perfect spikes, in their range of 
exquisite 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 leading shows last year these same 
plants were the outstanding sensation, and 
we are truly proud to serve our discriminat¬ 
ing clientele with these New Modern Del¬ 
phiniums. 
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 un¬ 
interrupted 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. 
Delphiniums, White Hybrid 
Our White Hybrid Delphiniums are comparable to the blue shades in growth of plants’ 
size of the individual florets, and length of the flower-spike. Some of the flowers have 
black bees, some brown, and others are pure white. The white hybrids look well planted 
among their blue relatives. 50c. each; doz. $5.00. 
Named Varieties of Michell’s New 
Modern Delphiniums 
Advancement. Strikingly beautiful color— 
rich mauve. $3.00 each. 
Blue Queen. Single. Azure-blue, with 
blackish brown center. 
Clive Greaves. Rich porcelain-blue flowers 
of good form. 
Constance. A lovely blue single, with 
white eye. 
Countess Cowley. Light blue and mauve, 
with black eye; semi-double flowers of 
wonderfully fine form. 
Edward Bromet. The purplish blue ground 
is rich and the white eye extremely large. 5 ft. 
Glory. Mauve, shaded rose. 4 ft. 
Great Strides. Pale blue, shaded mauve, 
with a white eye. 
Happy Thought. Medium 
blue, shaded pansy-violet. 
5 ft. 
Mrs. A. J. Watson. Deep 
mauve shade with black 
center. 
Delphinium, White Hybrid 
New Modern Delphiniums, continued 
Mrs. Norman Holden. Large, semi-double 
flowers of mauve and blue with large black 
eye. An excellent variety. 5 ft. 
Mrs. Shirley. Lovely lilac-mauve, white 
and sulphur eye. 
Mrs. Townley Parker. Sky-blue, single, 
with white eye. 
Norah Phillips. A gorgeous effect of deep 
blue and purple florets on a tapering 
6-foot spike. 
R. A. Pilkington. Rich violet, edged dark 
blue, with brown eye. Spike well formed. 
5 ft. 
The Bishop. Bright royal blue, white cen¬ 
ter. 5 ft. 
The Shah. A deep rosy lavender self with 
dark eye. 5 ft. 
Watkin Samuels. Rich blue and mauve. 
$3.00 each. 
All named varieties of Michell’s New Modem 
Delphiniums, except where noted, $1.50 each 
Michell’s New Delphiniums in Color 
Groups 
A welcome innovation is the following ofTer 
of the Hollyhock Delphiniums released in 
four separate color groups. These plants are 
grown from the identical strain which com¬ 
prise our well-known Named Delphiniums. 
The plants are all heavy, field-grown mate¬ 
rial, and are also shipped balled and bur- 
lapped. For exhibition material, our Del¬ 
phiniums are unsurpassed. Offered in the 
following color groups: 
Light Shades, Mauve Shades, Inter¬ 
mediate Shades, Dark Shades, or 
Mixed, $1.25 each; doz. $13.50. 
Standard Varieties of Hardy 
Delphiniums 
Belladonna. The clear turquoise-blue of its 
flowers is not equaled for delicacy and 
beauty by any other flower. 
Bellamosum. A dark blue form of Bella¬ 
donna, 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. 
Chinense album. Pure white form of the 
above. 
All Standard Hardy Delphiniums, 25c. each; 
doz. $2.50; $4.50 for 25 
Michell’s Gold Medal Hybrids, Mixed. 
The plants are of strong, vigorous habit, 
with large flowers on spikes 2 feet long and 
over, the majority running in the lighter 
shades of blue. We can supply them in 
mixture only. 30c. each; doz. $3.00; 
$5.50 for 25. 
Perpetual Hybrids. See color plate opposite 
page 105. 
VARIETIES MARKED ★ ARE SUITABLE FOR ROCK 
Digitalis, Giant Shirley 
Digitalis • Foxglove 
The Foxgloves, old-fashioned, dignified, 
and stately, are wholesome company in any 
garden. The strong flower-stalks, frequently 
from 4 to 6 feet high, rising from a luxuriant 
mass of leaves, always give an appearance of 
strength to the hardy border, and during 
their period of flowering dominate the whole 
garden. 
Ambigua (grandiflora). Showy pale yellow 
flowers, veined brown. 2 to 3 ft. 
Giant Shirley, Mixed. These are a genuine 
Shirley production of extraordinary size 
and vigor. The flower-heads are over 3 feet 
long, crowded with large, bell-shaped 
blossoms, ranging in color from white and 
shell-pink to deepest rose, many attrac¬ 
tively dotted with crimson and chocolate. 
We offer these in mixed colors only. 
Purpurea gloxiniaeflora. Separate colors: 
White Pink Purple 
All Digitalis, 30c. each; doz. $3.00; $5.50 for 25 
Doronicum • Leopards-Bane 
Excelsum. A very showy, daisy-like flower 
of clear bright yellow, excellent for cutting. 
Blooms in April and May. 30c. each; 
doz. $3.00; $5.50 for 25. 
*Erodium 
Chamaedryoides roseum. A tiny alpine 
plant in flower throughout the season. 
Forms tufts of pretty glossy leaves covered 
with delicate pink, veined flowers on 2-inch 
stems. Plant in full sun. 50c. each; 
doz. $5.00. 
Eryngium • Sea Holly 
Handsome ornamental plants, growing 
from 2 to 3 feet high. Effective in flower and 
shrubbery border, woodlands, wild gardens, 
etc. The flower-heads, which are produced 
from July to September, are useful to cut for 
vases or to dry for winter bouquets. 
Amethystinum. The finely cut, spiny foli¬ 
age, and the beautiful thistle-like heads 
are of glistening amethystine-blue. 
Planum. Steel-blue. 
All Eryngiums, 30c. each; doz. $3.00 
GARDENS 
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