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variety of leptoceras. The latter is blue and white, and 

 very close to, if not identified with, cczrulea. Columbine- 

 lovers will find a plate of it in the Botanical Magazine, 

 t. 4497, and also one of chrysantha under the name of 

 leptoceras chrysantha, t. 6073. Aquilegia chrysantha came 

 from California in 1873. In itself, and also as a parent 

 of the many beautiful hybrids, it is very valuable. 



The blue and white species glandulosa is regarded 

 as precious by all lovers of Columbines. The flowers 

 are large and graceful, and the height is about a foot. 

 It is a Siberian plant, and therefore hardy, nevertheless 

 it is short-lived in most gardens, and requires frequent 

 renewal from seed, but that is a simple and inexpensive 

 matter. Jucunda is a variety of it. 



There is a lovely little dwarf Columbine named 

 Pyrenaica, introduced from the Pyrenees in 1818. It 

 rarely grows more than nine inches high, and may 

 therefore be put on the rockery. The colour is blue. 

 Sibirica, lilac, is another species suitable for the rock 

 garden. Skinneri, red and green, a Guatemalan species, 

 is a popular Columbine, and is illustrated in the Botanical 

 Magazine, t. 3919. Stuartii is a hybrid between glandu- 

 losa and a variety of vulgaris, raised in 1888. It is a 

 dwarf grower, with dark blue and white flowers. 



A Columbine-lover who wanted to have a thoroughly 

 representative collection might add canadensis,formosa, 

 "dChdifragrans to the foregoing, as all are worth growing ; 

 but one may not assume that every flower-lover can find 

 space and time for cultivating a long list of species when 

 there are so many other beautiful plants claiming a share. 

 Nay, one is forced to assume that many gardeners will 

 be driven to the extreme of cultivating Columbines as 

 Columbines, and nothing more. Even in this case they 

 will not do badly if they procure a good strain of mixed 



