. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom. Gardening -- Dictionaries; Plants -- North America encyclopedias. 466 DELPHINIUM DELPHINIUM smooth, hardly dilating at the base : fls. large, blue, rarely whitish ; upper petals sometimes yellow, with blue veins, lower ones white-bearded; sepals nearly equaling the spur : follicles
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom. Gardening -- Dictionaries; Plants -- North America encyclopedias. 466 DELPHINIUM DELPHINIUM smooth, hardly dilating at the base : fls. large, blue, rarely whitish ; upper petals sometimes yellow, with blue veins, lower ones white-bearded; sepals nearly equaling the spur : follicles 3—4, very long, becoming glabrous, strongly diverging ; seeds smooth. May. Northern states. 4: HOG.— Very beautiful and" much used. Best for rockwork. The foliage dies down in midsum- mer and the plant appears as if dead. 12. M^nziesii, DC. Plant sparingly pubescent: stem .simple, slender, %-l% tt. high, few-lvd.: Ivs. small, 3-5-parted, the divisions mainly cleft into linear or lan- ceolate lobes; petioles hardly dilating at the base: fls. in simple, conical racemes; sepals blue, somewhat pubes- cent outside, nearly equaling the spurs in length; upper petals yellowish: follicles 3, pubescent, or some- times glabrous; seeds black, winged on the outer angles. April-June. On hills, Calif, and northward to Alaska. U: 1192. 13. paucindruxn, Nutt. Roots oblong or fusiform, fas- ciculate-tuberous : stems slender, nearly glabrous, %-l ft. high : Ivs. small, parted into narrow, linear lobes; petioles not dilating at base: fls. and fr. similar to those of D. Menziesii, but on shorter pedicels. May, June. Colo, to Wash, and Calif. Int. 1892. cc. Height usually more than 1)4 ft- D. Seeds wrinkhd or smooth, not winged nor scaly. E. Follicles always 3. 14. altiBsimum, Wallich. Plant shaggy-hairy above: stem tall and slender, branched: Ivs. palmately5-parted, the divisions 3-lobed and toothed: bracts long-lanceolate: fls. blue or purple, in long, branching racemes ; spur
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