DELPHINIUMS 
The usefulness and beauty of the Delphinium is well 
known for they are the most popular of all perennials. Justly 
so, too, for what gives more stately garden masses or a longer 
succession of fine cut flowers? Give them a well-drained, rich 
soil and moderate moisture, and plant 18 to 24 inches apart to 
give plants plenty of air and light. Manure is the best fer¬ 
tilizer but they respond to any nitrogenous fertilizer. 
PACIFIC GIANT DELPHINIUMS. Finest in the world is 
the verdict of all experts and I confine my offer to this 
strain to give my customers the best. Outstanding in all 
respects; practically 100 per cent double, the flowers 2% 
to 3 inches across, beautifully spaced in long spikes. Thin 
wood stems, 60 to 90 per cent mildew resistant and most 
remarkable, they come 90 per cent true from seed to color 
series described. 
King Arthur Series. Brilliant royal violet with white bee. 
Outstanding for show and cut flowers. 
Guinevere Series. Light lavender pink with white bee. 
Summer Skies Series. Clearest light blue with white bee. 
Clear white. Pure white, large size, full double; thrifty. 
Plants of above: 25 cts. each; 3 for 65 cts. $2.50 per doz. 
Seeds: Large pkt. $1.25; small pkt. 65 cts. 
Pacific Giants Mixed. Mlany lovely shades. Plants, 25 cts.; 
3 for 65 cts.; $2.50 per doz. Seeds, pkt. 60 cts.; large pkt. 
$ 1 . 00 . 
Galahad Series. This 1939 novelty has clear white flowers 
averaging 3 in. across, of splendid texture; pyramidal 
spikes with perfectly spaced flowers. Strong whippy well 
branched stems and highly mildew resistant. A white on 
a par with the largest, strongest Delphiniums and ex¬ 
celling many of them. Seeds only, pkt. $1.25; 1/2 pkt. 75 cts. 
Plants, 25 cts.; 3 for 65 cts.; $2.50 per dozen. 
Belladonna Type Delphiniums are 2-3 ft. tall, hardy and 
everblooming and thrive in warm and windy climates 
where the tall ones usually fail. They are the finest of all 
delphiniums for cutting. Plants, 25 cts. each; 3 for 65 cts.; 
$2 per doz. Seeds, pkt, 20 cts.; 1/16 oz, 50 cts., in the two 
following finest varieties. Seeds sown early flower first 
summer. 
Belladonna Improved. Exquisite clear turquoise-blue. 
Bellamosum Improved. A beautiful shade of dark blue. 
Chinensis Delphiniums have fine feathery foliage and many 
spikes of lovely large blossoms and make a fine mass in 
the garden and lovely cut flowers. Flower from seed the 
first summer and may even be sown where to flower like 
annuals. Plants, 20 cts. each; 3 for 50 cts.; $1.40 per doz. 
Seeds, pkt. 20 cts.; i/i oz- 50 cts., and I have the following 
adorable varieties: 
Chinensis Cambridge Blue. 2-3 ft. tall. Clear light blue. 
Chinensis Blue Butterfly. 2-3 ft. Large flower of intense 
gentian-blue. 
DELPHINlU M, West American Larkspur. Here in California 
and Western America we have a large number of very 
lovely Larkspurs. Quite varied in color, stature and form 
and entirely hardy and withstanding very dry difficult 
conditions: they give some of our most beautiful plants 
for the wild garden, with taller ones suited to the border, 
while the dwarf species, prefixed by a star are among 
the most lovely of rock garden plants. After flowering, 
these Delphiniums ripen to the ground and the root lies 
dormant until the next fall or spring. For this reason 
the location should be well marked or the roots should 
be dug, cured and stored dry. The roots retain full 
vitality after being stored as much as three years. In 
the East is best to dig and store the roots and replant 
the following spring. Soak roots two hours before 
planting. Culture of this group; Sit., sun. Soil, any, 
but good loam gives finer results. PI., dry roots in fall, 
or in cold region hold for spring planting. Prop., seed, 
third year to flower. Unless otherwise stated the fol¬ 
lowing have a single many flowered stem. All flower 
May to July. 
LOWER GROWING SORTS 
*Hesperium. May grow to 3 ft. loosely branching with many 
flowers of medium blue. 
New Dwarf Oregon Species is 4 in. high with broad glossy 
leaves. Its large flowers are deep violot-blue with white 
bee. Very lovely. 25 cts. each; 3 for 65 cts. 
*Menziezii resembles Columbianum, being much branched at 
base. Glossy foliage and fine deep blue flowers with 
white bee. 
♦Variegatum Dwarf Form. Single stems 8 in. high, bear 
deep pure blue flowers. A gem. These little Larkspurs are 
among the most admired plants in my rock garden. 
Prices of above: 20 cts. each; 3 for 40 cts.; $1.25 per doz. 
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