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Show you arid Your Garden Beautiful Delphinium Grows Well in Utah Is an effective remedy for this trouble. Try growing delphinium from seed this year and enjoy a yard full of these unsurpassed flowers next year. By Genevieve B. Folaom Telegram Garden Editor The stately delphinium is one of the- most . beautiful garden flowers' and is especially adapted for growing in Utah. One of the finest of these is the Pacific Hybrid Hy-brid delphinium, huge, lovely plants which range in color from the many hues of blue to white, pink, lavender and blended colors. Of course, you are able to purchase pur-chase any of these delphiniums as plants from your local nurseryman, nursery-man, but it's fun to grow' your j own plants irom seea. wmi ucue care, you will be rewarded with hardy, tall plants that will bloom again and again for you. July Is a good month for sowing delphinium seed. Purchase the finest seed. You can obtain it locally. If you have a cold frame, use it If not, make a bed in 'a corner 'of the garden where the seedlings can be shaded part of the day. Cultivate the soil deeply. Add a little sand if the soU is heavy, then add a little leafmold or peat moss until soil is easy to handle. Plant seed in rows. Firm the seed in and cover lightly with soil. For best results cover your bed with a muslin or burlap frame to hold moisture. Water . through the frame and keep the soil moist but not wet until seedlings appear. ap-pear. This should be in about 18 days. After plants have developed several leaves remove the muslin or burlap and cover with a lath screen. It is best to leave the young plants in the bed over the winter. Use peat moss for a mulch or cover with glass. Put the plants in their permanent places in the spring. Delphinium, in most cases, must be staked and are susceptible to powdery mildew. Dusting sulphur |