118 PLORA HISTORICA. 



COLUMBINE. Aqiiilefjia. 



Natural Order MuUislliqum or Corniculatce. Raiimi' 

 culacefe, Juss. A Genus of the Polyandria Penta< 

 gynia Class. 



Bring hether the PIncke and Purple Cullamblne. 



Spexser. 



And intwine 



The White, the Blewe, the Flesh-like Columbine. 



W. Browne. 



This gracefully rustic flower, which forms a prin- 

 cipal ornament to most of our village gardens^ is a 

 native of our sylvan scenes, being principally found 

 in the open spaces of our forests or large woods. 



It has been made the emblem of folly, but 

 whether on account of the part3^-colour which it 

 frequently takes in the garden, or in allusion to 

 the shape of the nectary, which turns over hke the 

 caps of the old jesters, and those which the painters 

 give to Folly, "we are left to surmise. 



This is Folly, Childhood's guide, 

 This is Childhood at her side. 



Hawkesworth. 



]Mr. W. Browne says — 



Tlie Columbine, in tawny ten taken, 

 Is then ascribed to such as are forsaken. 



