Daelphinium : Larkspur 
Try as you will, one can hardly say enough for these regal midsummer favorites. None quite equal 
them in the commanding stateliness of their profusely bloom-laden stalks. Their gamut of colors 
ranging from exquisitely delicate pastel blues, whites and lavenders to those of the deep solid colors 
in violet and indigo-blue, is but one of their charms. 
The giant varieties make an admirable background for any planting. They are the English varie- 
ties that are so intriguing as over there, they peep atop garden walls and hedges. 
Culture. Delphiniums require a rich, generous and well-drained soil. On ENGLISH DELPHINIUMS 
soils of a light or medium nature dig in plenty of well-decayed manure. In 
those of a heavy nature it is desirable to fork up the subsoil and compost of Pacific Giant Hybrid Delphiniums 
two parts loam and one of equal proportions of decayed manure and sand. Here offered are the newest, the best and the finest to be secured any- 
The plants are best grown in groups of three or six. Allow a distance of at where. The range of colors varies from the palest shade of blue to the 
least 18 inches to 2 feet between the plants. Planting may be done in deepest indigo-blue and royal purple with many intermediary pastel 
autumn or early spring. Remove faded flowers, and on no account allow tones of mauve, pink and lavender blendings. Among these new hybrids 
seeds to develop, then a second crop of flowers may be expected later on. are flowers of huge size in both single and double forms. This strain 
has been raised from seed saved from the finest named kinds in crea- 
tion. Visitors at our nursery proclaim them the best they have ever seen. 
They are particularly fine for cutting. 
Three Doz. 100 
Blue and light blue shades .....-........ $2.50 $7.25 $50.00 
Violet and dark blue shades ............. 2.50 7.25 50.00 
Pastel:shadesius re cacteve Oi cneker es Seer ie. ot 2:50, 7-25 OO.Oo 
White and pure white shades ............ 3.00 10.00 70.00 
All shades and colors mixed ............. TUS 550 ee 3500: 
Wayside Gardens Hybrids Three $1.50, Doz. $5.00, 100 $30.00 
This is one of the most permanent and at present the most popular 
strains of the garden Delphinium. It is distinct because of its broad, 
conical spike and enormous individual flowers, 11% to 2 inches in diam- 
eter, in all shades of blue blended with mauve and violet. Also contains 
some fine clear white types. For permanent groups in the garden this 
mixture has no equal. 
Blackmore and Langdon Hybrids Three $1.45, Doz. $4.75, 100 $25.00 
This English strain is one of the finest developments in the Delphinium 
family. The flowers are enormous, produced on solid, erect spikes of 
great height and rigidity. The colors lie in delicate shades of blue, 
mauve, and pink. Combines landscape value with a grace and elegance 
for cutting unsurpassed in this family of plants. 
Gold Medal Hybrids Three $1.15, Doz. $3.75, 100 $18.00 
They are made up from many strains and are a fine mixture for an 
inexpensive planting. 
Belladonna Delphinium. (See page 33.) 
DIANTHUS BARBATUS - Sweet William 
This charming old favorite has been in cultivation for some three cen- 
turies. Strictly speaking, it is a biennial, but on well-drained soils it is 
perennial in character. There are single and double forms of it, but the 
former are the hardier and more easily grown of the two. 
Culture. Sweet Williams will succeed in good, ordinary rich soil in masses 
in the mixed, sunny border. Plant in autumn or early spring, 8 to 12 
inches apart. 
Atrococcineus flore pleno Three $1.00, Doz. $3.50, 100 $15.00 
(Double Sweet William.) Intense deep scarlet double flowers; very 
brilliant in the garden and a fine cut flower. 
Sutton’s Fairy Three $1.00, Doz. $3.50, 100 $15.00 
Charming variety of recent introduction, with delicately tinted salmon- 
pink flowers. 
Sutton’s Giant White Three $1.00, Doz. $3.50, 100 $15.00 
Enormous trusses which might well be mistaken for perennial Phlox. 
Sutton’s Pink Beauty Three $1.00, Doz. $3.50, 100 $15.00 
We have succeeded in fixing the shade of this beautiful salmon-pink 
variety, which should be grown in every garden. 
Sutton’s Rich Crimson Three $1.00, Doz. $3.50, 100 $15.00 
yne richest Sweet William known; although very dark, it is a bright 
color. 
Sutton’s Scarlet Three $1.00, Doz. $3.50, 100 $15.00 
A remarkable color. The flowers are of an intense scarlet. 
Sutton’s Mixed Shades Three $1.00, Doz. $3.50, 100 $15.00 
Include all the various tints, which give a most pleasing and harmonious 
effect. : 
DIANTHUS SPECIES 
*Alpinus Allwoodi Three $1.25, Doz. $4.00, 100 $20.00 
This is one of the loveliest of all rockery Pinks, with glossy leaves and 
large flowers of various shades of rose and pink on 4-inch stems, pro- 
duced during July and August. 
*Caesius grandiflorus Three $1.25, Doz. $4.00, 100 $20.00 
(Cheddar Pink.) It is very compact in growth and makes a cushion of 
glaucous leaves from which in May, spring the sweet smelling, rose- 
colored flowers. It varies as much as from four inches to ten inches in 
height. 
*Deltoides albus Three $1.15, Doz. $3.75, 100 $18.00 
A charming white form of the above variety. 
*Deltoides “Brilliant” Three $1.15, Doz. $3.75, 100 $18.00 
, Glowing crimson-red; a most striking rock plant. 
*Knappi Three $1.45, Doz. $4.75, 100 $25.00 
A dainty species producing slender stems which bear clusters of small, 
yellow blossoms. This is a unique Dianthus as it is the only species 
which produces yellow flowers. 

ae “+9 go eciosus, Or ais s ' Three $1.45, Doz. $4.75, 100 $25.00 - 
; : ‘3 eer ree-flowering, lavender-pink variety; flowers are finely cut, givin 
Wayside Gardens Giant Hybrid Delphiniums a lacy effect; wonderfully sweet scented, growing anviares A 
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