Vick's illustrated catalogue and floral guide for 1868 . TALL ROCKET LARKSPUR. DWARF ROCKET LARKSPUR. Annual Larkspurs.—The dwarf sorts make a most beautiful mass of flowers. A bedin perfection is almost equal to a bed of Hyacinths. They should stand five or six inches AND GUIDE TO THE FLOWER GARDEN. 31 DELPHINIUM — Continued. pkt. cts. apart. The tall, branching varieties, grow two feet in height, and are fine for bouquet-making. Plants should stand about eighteen inches apart. Sow where they are to bloom.[See engravings, p. 30, showing spikes of flowers much reduced from natural size.]Delphi
Vick's illustrated catalogue and floral guide for 1868 . TALL ROCKET LARKSPUR. DWARF ROCKET LARKSPUR. Annual Larkspurs.—The dwarf sorts make a most beautiful mass of flowers. A bedin perfection is almost equal to a bed of Hyacinths. They should stand five or six inches AND GUIDE TO THE FLOWER GARDEN. 31 DELPHINIUM — Continued. pkt. cts. apart. The tall, branching varieties, grow two feet in height, and are fine for bouquet-making. Plants should stand about eighteen inches apart. Sow where they are to bloom.[See engravings, p. 30, showing spikes of flowers much reduced from natural size.]Delphinium Ajacis hyacinthiflorum, (Double Dwarf Rocket,) fine; mixed colors,.. 5 elatior flore-pleno, (Tall Rocket,) fine large plant, and very showy, 5 Consolida flore-pleno, (Stock-flowered,) double, branching; large flowers, fine for cutting, and showy ; mixed colors,.... 5 tricolor, double, fine striped, branching, 5 cardiopetalum, fine ; grows about 18 inches; makes a good hedge or border, 5. PERENNIAL LARKSPUR. Perennial Larkspurs.—The perennial varieties will usually flower the first season, ifseed is got in early. The plants should stand about eighteen inches apart. Delphinium formosum, brilliant blue, with white eye ; splendid, 10 • ccelestinum, new; celestial blue; flowers large, spikes long,.. 25 32 VICES ILLUSTRATED SEED CATALOGUE DELPHINIUM — Continued. pkt. cts. Delphinium elatum, (Bee Larkspur,) 5 Ohinense, fine shades of blue, white, and pink, mixed, 10 Mad. Jules Bourgeois, new and extra; sky blue, 15 Mad. Gerard Leight, new. 15 New varieties mixed, 15 DIANTHUS, Nat; Ord. splendid genus of the most beautiful perennials grown. The Sweet William {Dian-thus oarbatus), the Carnation and Picotee (D. caryophyllus), and the Garden Pink (), belong to this genus ; but, as they do not flower until the second season, willbe described in the proper place. The species known as D. Ghinensis, embracing the oldChinese Pink, very much improved of la
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