104 FLORA IIISTORICA. 



is a much older plant in our gardens. Siberia has 

 also furnished us with the Scarlet-flowered Lark- 

 spur, Puniceum, and we have procured three 

 species of DelpJiinium from America. 



The Siberian and the Silesian Larkspurs have a 

 fine effect in the vase of the saloon^ where they re- 

 tain their beauty longer in water than flowers in 

 general. We shall therefore recommend them to 

 the notice of the fair, as being deserving of both 

 the pen of the poet and the pencil of the painter. 

 Van Ost has been most happy in displaying the 

 vivid tints of these flowers on canvass, and they 

 contribute greatly to the beauty of his brilliant 

 groups. 



