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Culture. — All ihe sorts may be propagated by the roots, care 

 -being taken to jjlaiit them on such soils as are pretty dry. They 

 are likewise capable of being raised by sowing the seeds in the au- 

 tumnal season upon beds of sandy earth, and in the following spring 

 ;removing the plants that are sufficiently strong, and setting them out 

 in beds two feet apart, water being occasionally given, 'i'hcy also 

 all come up well from the self-sown seed. They may be made use 

 of for the purpose of ornament, where a great variety of easy culti- 

 vated plants are wanted, though they possess but little beauty. 



3. AQUILEGIA CANADENISIS, 



CANADIAN COLUMBINE. 



Tins genus contains plants of the hardy herbaceous perennial 

 flowering tribe, and Columbine kind. 



It belongs to the class and order Polijandiia Pcittagi/nia, and 

 ranks in the natural order of Midtisiliqtne. 



Tlie characters of which arc: that there is no calyx: the corolla 

 consists of five lanceolate-ovate, flat, equal- spreading petals: the 

 nectaries five, equal, alternate with the petals; each horned, and 

 gradually broader upwards, with an oblique mouth ascending out- 

 wardly, and annexed inwardly to the recej)laclc, produced below 

 into a long attenuated tube with an obtuse lop. The stamina con- 

 sist of numerous filaments, subulate; the outer ones shorter, and 

 oblong erect antherne the height of the nectaries: the pistillum con- 

 sists of five ovate, oblong germs ; ending in subidate styles longer 

 than the stamina, and erect sim|)le stigmas; the chafts ten, wrinkle d? 

 short, separate, and involving the germs: the pericarpium consists 

 of five erect, distinct, cylindrical capsules, gaping from top inward, 

 containing numerous ovale, shining seeds, annexed to the gaping 

 suture. 



