AQUILEGIA. 



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Alps of Europe. Rockwork, bor- 

 ders, or among the choice alpine 

 plants in pots ; in light sandy and 

 moist loam. Careful division, or seed. 



Aquilegia caerulea (Rocky Mountain 

 A.) A beautiful and singular kind, 

 9 to 15 in. high. Flowers, in summer ; 

 blue and white, spurs green-tipped, 

 slender, about 2 in. long, with a ten- 

 dency to twist round each other ; 

 styles and stamens shorter than the 

 corolla. Leaves, biternate. Rocky 



Mountains. Margin of the mixed 



border, or on rock work, in a well- 

 drained sandy loam. Seed or divi- 

 sion. 



Aquilegia canadensis (Canadian 

 Columbine}. A showy herb, 12 to 

 18 in. high. Flowers, early in summer; 

 scarlet outside, yellow inside, droop- 

 ing ; spur straight, much longer than 

 the limb ; sepals ovate or oblong, 

 a little longer than the petals. Leaves, 

 mostly biternate ; leaflets wedge- 

 shaped, crenately lobed, smooth. 



North America. Mixed borders 



and rough rockwork, in rich light 

 loam. Seed. 



Aquilegia fragrans (Sweet Colum- 

 bine). A handsome, much branch- 

 ing, bushy kind, 2 to 2^ ft. high. 

 Flowers, in summer ; large, light flesh- 

 colour, or lilac, agreeably fragrant, 

 slightly downy; sepals ovate -lance- 

 shaped, acute ; spur curved inwards, 

 twice as long as the truncated petals. 

 Leaves, upper ones downy, somewhat 

 glandular, as are also the ovaries ; 

 lower ones 3-cleft, with segments 

 reaching beyond the middle. Hima- 

 layas. The rock-garden, in moist, 



sandy, well- drained soil. Seed and 

 division. 



Aquilegia glandulosa (Glandular 

 Columbine] . One of the most beautiful 

 of alpine perennials, 8 to 12 in. high. 

 Flowers, in early summer ; fine blue, 

 tips of the petals white ; sepals dark 

 blue, large, nearly oval, with a long 



footstalk ; spur much shorter than the 

 limb. Leaves, biternate, leaflets having 

 numerous lobes. Altai Mountains. 

 Rockwork, or borders, in well- 

 drained sandy loam. Seed, or very 

 careful division in spring. 



Aquilegia pyrenaica (Pyrenean Co- 

 lumbine). Allied to A. alpina, but 

 smaller in all its parts ; 6 to 9 in. high. 

 Flowers, in early summer; blue, smaller 

 than those of A. alpina ; spur nearly 

 equalling the petals in length ; stem 

 1 to 3-flowered, nearly naked. Leaves, 

 1 or2-ternate ; segments linear. Pyre- 

 nees. Rockwork, front margin of 

 the mixed border, or cultivated in 

 pots, in a moist sandy loam. Seed 

 or division. 



Aquilegia Skhmeri (Skinner's Colum- 

 bine). A noble species 2 to 3 ft. high. 

 Flowers, in summer; red, with the tips 

 of the petals golden yellow ; spurs 

 straight, spreading, about 2 in. long ; 

 sepals lance-shaped, twice as long as 

 the limb of the petals ; stamens pro- 

 jecting. Entire plant glabrous. Pacific 

 coast of the southern parts of N. 



America. Borders, or beds of the 



finer perennials, in warm sandy loam. 

 Division and seed. 



Aquilegia truncata (Large Scarlet 

 Columbine). A. californica. A. 

 eximia. A noble kind, 2 to 3| ft. 

 high. Flowers, late in summer and 

 early in autumn ; of an orange-scarlet 

 throughout; petals truncate, almost 

 wanting ; sepals oblong-lanceolate, 

 reflexed, spreading; spur straight, 

 thick, | in. long. Leaves, in tripartite 

 segments, somewhat obtuse at the 



ends, incise-dentate. California. 



Borders, in fine deep and well-drained 

 sandy loam. I have never seen this 

 plant in such perfection as in the 

 Edinburgh Botanic Gardens. Seed 

 and careful division. 



Aquilegia vulgaris (Common Colum- 

 bine). A well-known inhabitant of 

 gardens, 1 to 3 ft. high. Flowers, in 



