. 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. Gardening. 466 DELPHINIUM DELPHINIUM smooth, hardly dilating at the base : fls. large, blue, rarely whitish; upper petals sometimes yellow, with blue veius, lower ones white-bearded; sepals nearly equaling the spur : follicles 3-t, very long, becoming glabrous, strongly diverging; seeds smooth. May. Northern states.
. 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. Gardening. 466 DELPHINIUM DELPHINIUM smooth, hardly dilating at the base : fls. large, blue, rarely whitish; upper petals sometimes yellow, with blue veius, lower ones white-bearded; sepals nearly equaling the spur : follicles 3-t, very long, becoming glabrous, strongly diverging; seeds smooth. May. Northern states. 4:306.âVery beautiful and much used. Best for rockwork. The foliage dies down in midsum- mer and the plant appears as if dead. 12. Mfinziesii, DC. Plant sparingly pubescent: stem simple, slender, K-IX ft. 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. li: 1192. 13. pauciflflrum, Nutt. Roots oblong or fusiform, fas- ciculate-tuberous : stems slender, nearly glabrous, K-1 ft. high: Ivs. small, parted into narrow, linear lobes; petioles not dilating at base: fls. and fr. similar to those of D. Mensiesii, but on shorter pedicels. May, June. Colo, to Wash, and Calif. Int. 1892. CO. HeigJit usually more than iH ft. D. Seeds wrinkled or smooth, not ivinged nor scaly. E. Follicles always S. 14. altissimum, Wallich. Plant shaggy-hairy above: stem tall and slender, branched: Ivs. palmately 5-parted, the divisions 3-lobed and toothed: bracts long-lanceolate: fls. blue or purple, in long, branching racemes ; spur straight or slightly incurved, equaling the sepals; petals 2-lobed : follicles 3, erect; seeds not wing
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