MODERN ENGLISH DELPHINIUMS 
Will flower in six months. TREATED o SEED English-grown seed. 
The seed we offer of these high class, prize winning varieties is produced for us by Delphinium specialists, but it 
should be understood that these Hybrids do not reproduce themselves entirely true to name and color from seed. 
All the seedlings will be good however, and new breaks and colors can be expected. Sow seed in Spring. 
Advancement. The real super Delphin¬ 
ium. Positively the last word in the new 
Giants. Advancement marks a great achieve¬ 
ment in Delphinium creation. There is often 
5 feet of solid bloom of clear electric blue with 
pale mauve center. 7 to 8 ft. ... Pkt. $3.00 
Anne Hathaway, a lovely lady in daz¬ 
zling blue, with attractive white eye; magnifi¬ 
cent spikes 5 to 6 feet high. ... Pkt. $3.00 
Afghan Queen. Charming pale blue, 
single sort; a light khaki eye completes a 
refreshing color scheme. Very large spikes. 
5 feet. Pkt. $3.00 
Cambria. .Award of Merit. British Del¬ 
phinium Society. See notes on page 48. 
Deep Heliotrope with Venetian blue, grand 
sort. 5 feet. Pkt. $3.00 
Monarch of Wales, a. m., r. h. s., 
Wbley Trials. The raiser’s most famous va¬ 
riety; gigantic spikes of deep blue and mauve; 
5 to 6 feet high. . Pkt. $2.00 
Mozart, a really fine, semi-double flower, 
3 inches across and of a rich, gentian blue. 
Pkt. $3.00 
Mrs. A. J. Watson. 7 feet high, with 
solid flower spike 3H feet long. Deep mauve 
with black center. Enormous. Pkt. $2.00 
Mrs. Jessie Oldham. Pale sky blue, 
shaded and deeply suffused with pink; tall 
and massive spikes. 6 feet. ... Pkt. $2.00 
Mrs. Townley Parker. Produces a 
fine spike of large, single, sky-blue flowers with 
white eye. A M., R. H. S. 4 to 5 feet. 
Pkt. $2.00 
Norah Phillips. A truly marvelous spike 
which was greatly admired in the raiser’s 
group at Bath, England. A gorgeous effect of 
deep blue and purple florets on a tapering 
spike 6 feet high, A]/^ feet being in solid bloom. 
Truly a great variety. .. Pkt. $2.00 
Purple Splendour. Exceedingly long, 
heavy spikes. Cornflower blue shaded ame¬ 
thyst. 5 feet. ... ... ... Pkt. $3.00 
Rose Marie. A.M.. York, England. Rich 
Pansy violet, 5 to 6 feet in height. Makes 
splendid contrast to the lighter shades. 
Pkt. $2.00 
Satan, a very dark Hyacinth purple, 
IHT" with brown eye. Double blooms; tall. 
One of the finest and largest of the famous 
Wrexham sorts. ... Pkts. $5.00 and $3.00 
t.T.S. Cut Spikes, Six Months After Sowing 
Warwick. Lovely waved flowers of deep blue and plum purple. Huge 
spike of unique form. Height 6 feet; a novelty of great merit. Pkt, $3.00 
Welsh Beauty. Double, Cornflower blue, with mauve center and 
brown eye. ... ... . ... Pkts. $5.00 and $3.00 
Wild Wales. a tremendous spike, 5 feet 3 inches of bloom above 
3 feet of foliage. Single sky blue with a pink edge; verv outstanding. 
Pkts. $5.00 and $3.00 
Wrexham Favorite. Charming light mauve, 4 feet of bloom. Double 
flowers. ... ... ... ... ... ... Pkts. .$5.00 and $3.00 
Will. Shakespeare. Monstrous tapering spike; 4 feet of solid bloom; 
lovely pale blue with dark eye. Height 6 feet. Pkt. $3.00 
OTHER NAMED VARIETIES AND MIXTURES ON FOL¬ 
LOWING PAGES, One-year-old Delphinium Seed may be 
worthless—Sow in the Spring—See page 51. 
“We never had Delphiniums like them, 6 feet high. SYz 
feet of solid flower. The bottom of the spikes measured 
6 inches and over in diameter.” 
MR. M. FAMALATTE 
Superintendent’Head Gardener to 
MRS. HARVEY D, GIBSON 
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