AQUILEGIA 



(From the Latin aquilegus. 



r-drawer, not as is commonly said from aquila, eagle) 

 Ranuncula(ea 



68. Aquilegia vulgaris, var. nivia grandiflora 

 {A. vulgaris^ var. alba, A. stelldta, A. atrdta) 



English Names: Common European columbine, Munstead's white columbine. 



HORTICULTURAL VARIETY MID-MAY TO MID-JUNE 



TYPE FROM EUROPE AND SIBERIA 



APROFUSION of large pure white flowers with stout, much incurved 

 spurs, knobbed at the end, carried on graceful branching stems from 

 one and one half to three feet high. Foliage durable and handsome, divided 

 into three-lobed leaflets, 

 forming a vigorous plant 

 of compact habit. Excel- 

 lent in the herbaceous 

 border or rock garden, 

 and good for cutting. 



A hardy perennial of 

 easy culture, preferring 

 a light, fairly rich sandy 

 loam, moist but well- 

 drained, a somewhat shel- 

 tered situation, and plenty 

 of sun. 



Propagate best by 

 seed. 



A. vulgaris^ the type 

 of which A. vulgaris var. 

 nivia grandiflora is a 

 horticultural variety, has 

 given rise to a host of 

 varieties and hybrids 

 ranging through many 

 peculiar shades of pink 

 and blue. As many of 

 these are ugly, the white 

 form is the only one 

 recommended; it cer- 

 tainly is the finest. 



Var. flore-pleno is a series of much-doubled forms, of a wide range of 

 color, not so fine as the single forms. 



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