21 DELPHINIUM ZALIL—cbdy(3)30. Showy raceme* of 
yellow flowers. Prefers full sun and well-drained sandy 
soil. Se*ems identical with D. sulphureum, Farrer not¬ 
withstanding. Slow germinating. Pkt. 20c. 
OFFER 47A9—One pkt. each of above for $2.90. 
OTHER PERENNIAL DELPHINIUMS—Following can be 
supplied at 15c each the pkt. Corymbosum, Brunonianum, 
Caucasicum, Hanseni, Maackianum, Parishi, Penardi, Scop- 
ulorum, Sibiricum, Tirolense, Trollifolium, Cheilanthifolium, 
Geyeri, Speciosum. We are doubtful of accuracy of identifi¬ 
cation on three or four of these. Names are those under 
which our original seed stock was received, save where 
since corrected. 
DELPHINIUM (Annual) 
Sow the seeds in earliest spring while soil is still cool, or, 
better yet, late in autumn. 
^DELPHINIUM CARDIOPETALUM—erx(3)16. A little 
beauty. Violet fiowers, green-tipped, and with exceedingly 
long up-curved spurs, are arranged symmetrically in loose 
graceful spikes. Pkt. 15c. 
♦DELPHINIUM GAYANUM—ecbnkt(2-3)40. A bright and 
gay annual Larkspur type species, of high value for natural¬ 
izing. Flowers variably white, pink, blue or purple, in 
loose feathery sprays. Pkt. 10c. 
♦DELPHINIUM ORIENTALE—ernbkt(2)28. A rare, and 
altogether different annual species from Kurdistan. Broad 
plants, long loaded with bloom, blossoms of richest tyrian 
purple, a striking, vivid, unusual shade of it. When it is 
in flower, visitors to Old Orchard are drawn to our beds 
of it as though by a magnet. Pkt. 15c; ^ oz. 25c. 
OFFER 48A9—One pkt. each of above for 35c. 
For descriptive listings of various unusual summer¬ 
flowering bulbs, see back of catalog. 
52 DENDROMECON RIGIDA—y(2)84. Tree Poppy. An 
evergreen shrub, bearing big, golden Poppy blossoms. Needs 
careful protection, north. Pkt. 15c. 
21 DESMODIUM CANADENSE—ecbdnkt(3)60. Branching 
panicles of showy rose-lilac. Pkt. 10c. 
22 DIANELLA INTERMEDIA—bqkt(2)30. Branched pan¬ 
icles of purple-shaded green flowers, followed by bright 
blue berries. New Zealand. Pkt. 20c. 
22 DIANELLA TASMANICA—^Tasmanian simile. Pkt. 20c. 
♦DIASCIA BARBARAE—erx(3-4)16. Salmon pink blos¬ 
soms, set with gold. An airy exquisite. Pkt. 10c. 
DICENTRA or BLEEDING HEART 
Fully hardy perennials, with blossoms of delightful charm. 
21 DICENTRA CANADENSIS—^rnsy(l)8. Daintily pretty. 
White flowers, rose tipped. Pkt. 20c. 
21 DICENTRA CHRYSANTHA—cbdy(2-3)60. High cluster- 
sprays of inverted golden hearts. Airy foliage, slashed 
and silvered. A spectacular, and decidedly different, peren¬ 
nial. Pkt. 15c. 
21 DICENTRA EXIMIA—ernsty(2-3)16. Graceful plumes 
of rose-colored heart-flowers sway over fern-slashed foliage. 
Pkt. 10c; % oz. 30c; % oz. 50c. 
21 DICENTRA FORMOSA—ernsty(2-4). Nodding sprays of 
pink hearts above spreading fern foliage. Decorative mats 
in shade. Everblooming tendencies. Pkt. 15c; % oz. 40c. 
21 DICENTRA OREGANA — rsty(8)16. Delightful blos¬ 
soms of soft cream, heart-shaped, with tips of vivid purple. 
The flowers hang in graceful sprays above attractive silver- 
plated foliage. An exquisite thing, blooming over a long 
season. It glories in a bit of shade, but is reasonable, 
nevertheless, about sun. 8 seeds for 25c. (Plants, each 40c; 
3 for $1.10.) 
21 DICENTRA PUSILLA—ry(l)5. A Japanese miniature 
of exquisite daintiness. Pink. 10 seeds for 25c. 
21 DICENTRA SPECTABILIS—cby(l-2)30. True Bleeding 
Heart. Sprays of pendant, rosy pink hearts, white tipped. 
Attractive foliage. Superlatively beautiful in full glory 
of blooming. Hardy as an oak. 10 seeds for 26c. (Plants, 
each 35c; 3 for $1.00.) 
OFFER 51A9—One pkt. each of above for $1.20. 
TRILLIUM LUTEUM—Really a Yellow Trillium, 
flowers of buff-lemon. Marbled leaves. Hardy and 
easy in rich shade. Particularly long blooming 
season. Dormant, tuberous roots, delivery only in 
September and October, each 25c; 3 for 65c; 10 
for $1.75. 
lANTHUS KNAPPI 
STREPTOCARPUS 
PENSTEMON 
SPECIOSUS 
N UTT A L LI A 
♦DICRANOSTIGMA—-See page 3. Pkt. 15c. 
21 DICTAMNUS ALBUS—by (2-3)32. Gas Plant. Term¬ 
inal racemes of large graceful blossoms, pure white or 
rosy purple. At dusk the flowers yield an ignitable vapor. 
Handsome, long-lived border perennial. Sow in late fall. 
Pkt. 10c. 
21 DICTAMNUS ALBUS CAUCASICUS—A giant form, en¬ 
larged in plant, raceme and flower. Pkt. 15c. 
32 DIERAMA PENDULA—rbyt(w) (1)40. Bells of white, 
rose-red and amaranth, pendant from swaying wands. 
Recommended. Bulbs sometimes stored in winter, fashion 
of gladiolus. Pkt. 15c; Vs oz. 30c. 
DIGITALIS, including FOXGLOVE 
There is a nostalgic reminder of friendlier times in these 
favorites of the elder day,—of peace, content, and integrity 
that was, ere this brave new world arose. 
21 DIGITALIS ORIENTALIS—ecrbx(2-)28. Blossoms of sil¬ 
very down, on cream, all laid about with an even netting of 
chestnut brown. The flowers are carried at near a right 
angle with the stem, and each has a long extended lower 
lobe, sort of a porch or balcony to the blossom. An odd, 
and attractive species, from borders of Kurdistan. An 
enduring perennial. Pkt. 15c. (Plants, each 25c; 3 for 70c.) 
21 DIGITALIS THAPSI — erx(3-4)20. Rare delight here. 
Plants dipped in tawny down, carry long-pedicelled Fox¬ 
gloves in loose racemes. Blossoms open to a buff-tinged 
cream that gradually suffuses with delicious strawberry 
tones. Pkt. 15c. (Plants, each 25c; 3 for 70c.) 
21 DIGITALIS LAEVIGATA—ebx(2)40. Really very good 
decorative effects, the whole plant a great sheaf of cream- 
colored blossoming, very many one-sided racemes. In¬ 
dividual flowers are small but it is the mass of them that 
shows. Enduring. Pkt. 15c. 
21 DIGITALIS MINOR—ercx(2)20. It’s a miniature Fox¬ 
glove. There are short, wide-based spires of bloom, rose 
and purple blossoms laid as in imbrications of tiling, from 
bottom to top. Pkt. 15c. (Plants, each 25c.) 
21 DIGITALIS LANATA—erbx(2)30. Loose spikes of rather 
large buff flowers, reticulated with narrow orange-brown 
pencilings. Recommended. Pkt. 15c. (Plants, each 25c.) 
21 DIGITALIS GIANT SHIRLEY—ebx(2)60. A giant se¬ 
lection of the oldtime garden Foxglove, larger in plant 
and blossom, and showing wide variations in color. Always 
there is crimson dotting, whether it be over white, pink, 
rose or those lovely blended tones and shadings so hard to 
name. Pkt. 10c; % oz. 20c. 
OFFER 52A9—One pkt. each of the above for 75c. 
21 DIGITALIS MARIANA—Recommended. See page 2. 
Pkt. 20c. 
OTHER DIGITALIS SPECIES—Each at 10c the pkt. 
Nervosa, Eriostachys, viridiflora, Lutzi. 
21 DIGITALIS BLEND—For surprises, try this mixture of 
all the Digitalises listed in this catalog, with others. Here’s 
wealth for hardy borders. Pkt. 10c; % oz. 20c. 
[ 3 € ] 
