28 AQUILEGIA CHRYSANTHA. GOLDEN COLUMBINE. 



growth each kind is particularly true to a uniform type, varia- 

 tions being rarely met with. 



Since the introduction of the Golden Columbine into Eng- 

 land it has been taken in hand by the hybridizers, and it is 

 reported that many beautiful varieties have been raised in this 

 way. It Is not too much to expect that in time we shall have 

 as many pretty garden varieties of Columbines as there are 

 varieties of Dahlias or Chrysanthemums; for, besides the numer- 

 ous shades of color which will arise from the mixture of yellow 

 with the various colors already existing in English gardens, we 

 may also look for flowers with an increase In the number of 

 their petals, or, as it is technically called, of different degrees of 

 doubleness, as the anthers very readily turn to petals In our 

 flower. 



The Golden Columbine continues In flower longer than any 

 other species we have in cultivation. It is easily raised from 

 seeds and by dividing the roots. The seeds should be sown as 

 soon as ripe, when many of the plants will bloom the next year. 

 If the seeds are not sown till spring the plants never flower till 

 the year following. 



