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of these latter plants arc suflicient to form a group. 

 These must never be mixed with the former species, 

 as the character of the plants, and their duration of 

 flowering, are so different ; the latter, although less 

 ornamental, continuing in flower for a longer period. 

 This last species grows ^vild in most parts of Europe, 

 as wl41 as in England. Gerard observes that it 

 grows in fields where corn has grown. It appears 

 to have been principally found in Cambridgeshire. 



The Great-flowered Larkspur, Delphinium 

 Grandiflorum, is a Siberian perennial plant, the 

 seeds of which were first sent to this country by 

 Dr. Ammann, of Petersburg, to Mr. JMiller, who 

 cultivated it at Chelsea, in the year 1758. This 

 plant is now propagated in a double state, and forms 

 one of the most splendid ornaments of the garden 

 by the brilliancy of its azure colour. 



IMr. Miller had two years previously received, 

 from the same gentleman, seeds of the Palmated 

 Bee Larkspur, Delphinium Intermedium ; also a 

 perennial plant of great beauty, growing from five 

 to six feet in height, and producing flowers of a 

 most resplendent blue. This species proves to be 

 a native of Silesia, although some botanists have 

 considered it only a variety of the Siberian common 

 Bee Larkspur, Elatum, which also grows to the 

 height of six feet, flowering from June to Septem- 

 ber, with fine deep-blue corollas. This last kind 



