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AQUATICS 



to the variety, some being moderate growers, others vig- 

 orous and robust. ^v,vi.ij^ Teicker. 



[The best book on the American culture of Aquatics is 

 The Water Garden, by Wm. Triclser, N. Y. 1897, pp. 120, 

 to which the reader is referred for extensive cultural 

 directions and for lists of Ai|ii:iti.- plants. For botanical 

 descriptions of the various Kin.N ,,i A<iii.itii-s, with brief, 

 special cultural direction'., ih, i, ;„l. r ni;iv consult the 

 CvCLOPEDiA OF Americas lI'D-rh'ii.TiKE, under the 

 various genera, as jyi/mplKca, jyelitmbium, and Victoria. 

 -L. H. B.] 



AQ1TIL£6IA (from (ii^HiVfj/H*, water-drawer, not from 

 a?Hi7n, eagle). Manunculdcca. Colujibine. Hardy per- 

 ennial herbs of the northern hemisphere ; mostly with 

 paniculate branches, terminated by showy flowers, and 

 1-a ternately-corapound leaves, commonly glaucous; the 



large ihowy 

 5 regular 

 backward between 

 the I stamens numerous 



fr ot II About 30 distinct 



specie n ( I I ng the most beautiful 



and popular of all haidy plants See Is sown m pans m 

 coldframes m March, or open air m April, occasionally 

 bloom the first season, but generally the second. The 

 different species should be some distance apart, if pos- 

 sible, if pure seed is desired, as the most diverse species 

 hybridize directly. They may be propagated by division, 

 but better by seeds. Absolutely pure seed is hard to ob- 



AQUILEGIA 



tain, except from the plants in the wild state; and some 



of the mixed forms nv .|nitp intVrior t.. tli.. ti-n.. v| i,.s 



from which they h;(\'- ■■"Hm . .1, r.i, ■/,/.,:, >;/,< i,j >n'...,i , 

 and rierj/ar-is are'lik. ' i - i ...i:';.. ,,irs, 



and should be'treat. ii i ;' i , i lay 



be kept active for :i l-n^'. i- j,, r:.,.i i,n 1 1 .Mi-phun m-, A. 

 Gray, Syn. Flora of X. A..Vul. 1. Part 1. F:isc-. 1. i.i.,.fJ-4.->. 

 J.G. Baker, A Synopsis of the Aquilegia, inGard. Chron. 

 II. 10:19, 7G, 111, 203 (1878). k. C. Davis. 



1 1 1 I .:.^ 4s. When 



1 ^l h I Im. 111. i.td out into 



! I h r fran e f r a t u r 1 j hadiug lor a few days 

 until they get a start the-v may be set into the permanent 

 borler or wherever they are to be placed. 



F. H. HORSFORD. 



The following is an alphabetical list of the species de- 

 cribed below A alpina 16 airaia, 9 ; atropurpnrea ^ 

 "M 1 atroptinirea Willd 4 bicolor, 10; blan(!ii,S; 

 1 t 1 rul 1 c<FruleafVaT, flavescenSy5; 



1 Canadensis, vaT.aurea, 



I 11 caryophylloides, 19 ; 



flaiescens,5; flaviflora,5; 



Ulfe^ll. J 



Sepals not i 



I ilo 



than the sepal. 



J I True st very short or almost want- 



tufted root Ivs. 1-2 in. high from 

 1 I branches of the rootstock, biter- 



II 111 1 al petioles very short or none ; leaf- 

 Its \ery crowded fls blue sepals oblong-obtuse, equal- 

 U the spurs and twice the length of the petal-limbs 

 d head of stamens follicles glabrous, large, nearly 

 1 in 1 n^ stjles half as long peduncles lengtliening to 

 about 1 m in fr July Wyom and Mont. G.F. 9: 365. 

 ' oxysfepala Traut &, Mey Plant 2% ft., slightly 

 p il e cent ibove radical Ivs long-petioled, secondary 

 1 sessile sepals bl le ovate-lanceolate, much 



1 u length the petal 1 mbs, which are 6 lines 



I rounded truncate stamens not protruding 



1 I petal limb sp ii knobbed, bent inward, 

 1 1 I jetal limb follicles pubescent, with styles 



tl r leigtl J ne Siberia -In 1898 P. H. Horsford 



1 11 hi t to bloom with me, and one of tilt! most 

 1 ttr t 1 tl I t It IS one of the most dwarfed ; 



tl If, 11 How and white it comes so much be- 



f tl tl 11 t Its capsules as a rule, all fertilize 

 It 1 f tl ther species come into flower." Only 



St IKft. high, glabrous in 

 I of root-lvs. lK-2in. long; 



1 n long, many lobes reach- 



\ tioled and compound: fls. 

 1 wh te or tinged with blue, 



] 1 1 half ns long as sepal; 



lactiflora 



t K 



BB. Limb of pttal ahual tqual to stpal. 

 4. yiridiflbra, Pallas. St. l-l}4ft. high, finely pubes- 

 cent throughout, several-fld.: thepartlal-petiolesof root- 

 1 vs. 1-2 in. long ; If ts. sessile or the end one shortly stalked. 



