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Culture. All the sorts may he propagated by the roots, care 

 being taken to plant 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 arc sufficiently strong, and setting them out 

 in beds two feet apart, water being occasionally given. They 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. 







THIS genus contains plants of the hardy herbaceous perennial 

 flowering tribe, and Columbine kind. 



It belongs to the class and order Polyandtia Pentagynia, and 

 ranks in the natural order of Multisiliqua. 



The characters of which are: 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 receptacle, produced below 

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

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

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

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

 than the stamina, and erect simple stigmas; the chaffs ten, wrinkled } 

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

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

 containing numerous ovate, shining seeds, annexed to the gaping 

 suture. 



