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 syaced in long spikes. Thin 
wood stems, 60 to 90 per cent mildew resistant. 
Black Knight. We find this so far superior to King Arthur 
that we are this year offering it instead. The same color, 
brilliant royal violet with black bee. 
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: 30 cts. each; 3 for 75 cts.; $2.75 per doz. 
Seeds of above: Pkt. 80 cts. Large pkt. $1.25, 
Pacific Giants Mixed. Many lovely shades. Plants, 25 cts.; 
3 for 65 cts.; $2.50 per doz. Seeds, pkt. 65 cts.; large pkt. 
$1.00. 
Note: New crop Delphinium seeds are ready August 1. Sown 
at once they will produce fine flowering plants for next 
spring. 
DELPHINIUM Chinensis Blue Butterfly. Has fine feathery 
foliage in compact plants a foot high with many spikes 
of large flowers of rich ultramarine blue completely 
covering the plants for weeks. It is a gem for low bor- 
ders or in the rock garden. Loved by all who see it here. 
DELPHINIUM Chinensis “Azure Fairy”. Identical with 
Blue Butterfly in height and habit but color is a lovely 
azure-blue. Choice. 
Delphinium Chinensis Cambridge Blue. 2-3 ft. with the 
same feathery foliage and fine svikes of large flowers 
of a clear light blue. Lovely in bouquets. 
Prices: Plants, 25 cts. each; 3 for 50 cts.; $1.40 per dozen. 
Seeds (flower in three months), pkt. 20 cts.; 7g oz. 40 cts. 
DELPHINIUM, 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 plant- 
ing. Culture of this group: Sit., sun. Soil, any, but good 
loam gives finer results. Pl., dry roots in fall, or in cold 
region hold for spring planting. Prop., seed, third year to 
tlower. Unless otherwise stated the following have a 
single many flowered stem. All flower May to July. 
TALL SORTS of Western Delphinium 
Cardinale. Giant Scarlet Larkspur. I regret this stunning 
plant is not available Fall ’46-Spring °47. I hope to have 
stock for Fall of 1947. 
*Nudicaule. One of the two native “Scarlet Larkspurs”. In 
this region it is characteristic of rock masses in shaded 
situations and is a lovely subject for partially shaded 
reck gardens, It is most stunning naturalized on shaded 
slopes, particularly among rocks, and it is very effective 
in the cool border. It does well in full sun but the flowers 
last much longer in light to moderate shade. Oftener 8 to 
12 inches but may grow to 2 feet. Foliage is glossy and 
prettily mottled and the deep scarlet flowers come in 
spring and if watered, for many weeks. 20 cts. each; 3 for 
50 cts.; $1.75 per doz. 


Guinevere 
LOWER GROWING SORTS 
*Hesperium. May grow to 3 ft., loosely branching with many 
flowers of medium blue. : 
*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: 20 cts, each; 3 of a kind 40 ctc.; $1.25 doz. 

The above prices are postpaid to your door. 
*Indicates plants well suited to rock gardens. 
**Indicates plants suited to the rock garden only. 

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