BLUE SERIES 
The rarest color in flowers is blue, and perhaps this 
accounts to some degree for the popularity of Delphinium, 
as here it is represented at its best. 
We have paid particular attention to the breeding of 
the blue shades and the progress of the last five years is 
quite astonishing when one compares the new series with 
those we had five years ago. 
The brilliancy and clearness of color, size of blooms 
and spikes, leave little to be desired. 
We are using descriptive names for the blues and will 
gradually bring out all the shades and combinations as 
they are developed. 
Summer Skies Series . . . Light, heavenly blue of a 
summer sky with white bees representing the fleecy 
clouds; a color long sought in the large hybrid Delphin- 
ium. The 1953 series has reached stability where they 
come almost 100% true to color from seed, with such a 
uniform growth that many experts who saw the planting 
last spring at our nursery, thought they were propagated 
from cuttings and could scarcely believe that they were 
seedlings. As a class this is the finest blue Delphinium 
today in existence. 
Blue Bird Series ... A true blue Delphinium has been the 
hardest thing to produce and we have been reserving the 
name Blue Bird to signify our best achievement in this 
color. We can safely recommend this series as being the 
clearest medium blues, with white bees. They not only 
come true to color but carry well-formed, round flowers 
21% inches in diameter, on very long, graceful spikes. The 
habit is all one could desire in modern Delphinium and 
this series sets a new standard in blues of today. 
Blue Jay Series. . . Every Delphinium lover seeks the true 
blue color which is so rare in nature and so difficult to 
obtain. These series are our bid toward attaining it. The 
color is striking, clear medium to dark blue; very intense 
and alive, with dark, contrasting bee. 
Blue Mixture . . . Besides the named blue series we can 
supply a complete mixture of blues ranging from lightest 
to darkest blue with white, fawn and black bees. Each 
shade when stabilized will eventually be named, but at 
present all new crosses for that purpose are blocked into 
one mixture containing all the above series and a great 
many unusual new shades of blue. 
Complete Mixture of all Named Series. 
Price of Cross-Pollinated Seed 
$2.50 per packet (over 400 seeds) . 
$1.25 per half packet (over 200 seeds) . 
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