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Uses. The golden Marguerites are splendid when planted in 

 masses and are most excellent for hot dry places. Some of the dwarf 

 forms are used in rockwork. They are used for cut flowers to a great 

 extent. 



Culture. These flowers will grow in almost any kind of soil; in 

 fact, they will succeed in the poorest clay soil. They like a sunny 

 location, although they will bloom in partial shade. The plants should 

 be divided often as they grow and spread very rapidly. It must be 

 frankly admitted that they are apt to overrun a small garden. 



Propagation. They are easily grown from seed or by division 

 of the roots. 



Aquilegia — Columbine 



Doth the rock burst into bloom 



So the bees seek its perfume ? 



Is there somewhere in its breast 



A spirit roving without rest 



That doth fabricate 



This wall of slate 



Into forms so complicate 



That but a breath 



Would bring death 



They are so frail, 



So thinly frail ? 



Ah, the wonder that" has run 

 That some sweet alchemy has won — 

 Kissed together stone and sun ! 

 Columbine, the world is thine 1 



— L. H. Bailey. 



The names of this flower are interesting to the garden lover with 

 imagination. It is called Columbine, some say, because the flowers 

 appear like the cap of a court jester; others have suggested that the 

 spurs of the flowers cause them to appear like a ring of doves (Colombo) 

 about a dish. And its name Aquilegia, is it from agui legus, to draw 

 water, or from aquila, an eagle? Both derivations would be apt, for 

 the Aquilegia appears to draw water from the rocks upon which it 

 grows in the wild and the shape of the flower suggests the talons of 

 an eagle. 



Species. Canada Columbine (Aquilegia canadensis). This is 

 the common species native to the Eastern states. The flowers are red 

 and yeUow, and the spurs are medium short. 



Rocky Mountain Columbine (A. ccerulea) is a most beautiful sort 

 which in its wild form has white petals and usually white sepals and 



