Common Larkspur.
A Garden Corner.
rpHE ADJECTIVE is not used in any derogatory sense, but is the term generally used to distinguish the annual or garden D e 1 p h inium from its more stately but not more beautiful perennial cousin. The beautiful stock - flowered and dwarfrocket Larkspurs, as we know them today, are descended from European introductions D. ajacis and D. orientale, and few annuals are more appreciated for their beautiful tones and tints of blue, rose and white. If they have a fault it lies in freedom of seeding, but this can be overcome if the careful gardener will pull the plants out as they finish flowering, or cut off the seed stalks. For early spring show now is the time to sow the seeds where they are to flower. T.D.L.
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Star (Christchurch), Volume XLIV, Issue 368, 9 March 1932, Page 9
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134Common Larkspur. Star (Christchurch), Volume XLIV, Issue 368, 9 March 1932, Page 9
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