lao FLORA IIISTORfCA. 



COLUMBINE. Aquilegia. 



Natural Order Multisiliqucc or Cor7iiculatce, Ranun- 

 cidacece, Juss : a Genus of the Polyandria Penta- 

 gynia Class, 



Bring hether tlie Pincke and Purple Cullambine." 



Spenser. 



' *' and intwine 



The White, the Blewe, tlic 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 silvan scenes, being prin- 

 cipally found in the open spaces of our forests or 

 large woods. 



It has been made the emblem of folly, but 

 w^hether on account of the party-colour which it 

 frequently takes in the garden, or in allusion to 

 the shape of the nectary, which turns over like 

 the caps of the old jesters, and those which the 

 painters give to folly, we are left to surmise. 



*' This is folly, childhood's g-uide, 

 This is childhood at her side." 



Ha WKES WORTH. 



