. Dreer's garden book 1924. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. /flEHRyAJREEPj; HARDY PERENNIAL PIANTS I 177 DELPHINIUMS, OR HARDY LARKSPURS Mrs. Ely, author of "A Woman's Hardy Garden," says: "Perennial Larkspur may be planted as soon as the spring has opened. The ground should be well drained and carefully pre- pared, but manure must not be allowed to come in contact with the roots, or grubs are apt to destroy the plants. A little finely ground bone meal dug
. Dreer's garden book 1924. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. /flEHRyAJREEPj; HARDY PERENNIAL PIANTS I 177 DELPHINIUMS, OR HARDY LARKSPURS Mrs. Ely, author of "A Woman's Hardy Garden," says: "Perennial Larkspur may be planted as soon as the spring has opened. The ground should be well drained and carefully pre- pared, but manure must not be allowed to come in contact with the roots, or grubs are apt to destroy the plants. A little finely ground bone meal dug around each plant early in May will be of benefit, and in late autumn coal-ashes should be sifted over the crowns of the plants to protect them from the white grub, which is their only enemy. The stalks being very tender, the plants should be staked when they are about three feet high, to protect them from heavy wind. Larkspur begins to bloom about June 20th, and by cutting off the plants close to the ground, as soon as each crop of flowers has faded, a second and third crop of flowers will succeed. Each time the plants are cut a little bone meal should be dug about ; Belladonna. The freest and most continuous blooming of all, never being out of flower from the end of June until cut down by hard frost. The clear turquoise blue of its flowers is not equalled for delicacy and beauty by any other flower. Bellamosum. This is a dark blue form of the popular light blue Belladonna, with which it is identical in habit of growth, freedom of bloom and other good qualities, but with intensely rich, deep blue flowers. Chinense. A very pretty dwarf species, with fine feathery foliage and intense gentian-blue flowers in open panicles. — Album. A pure white form of the above. Dreer's Gold Medal Hybrids. Unquestionably the finest strain of mixed hybrids offered. The original stock came from England, and consisted of the best-named varieties. The plants are of strong, vigorous habit
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