96 FAMILIAR GARDEN FLOWERS. 
have found it hard to believe that such exquisitely beau- 
tiful subjects might be grown to perfection in any open 
garden with the aid of sunshine and fresh air. It is 
customary for the first agreeable impression of a new 
plant or flower to be accompanied by the thought that 
it must be of exotic production, requiring hothouse cul- 
tivation, and so of course these new aquilegias were 
regarded as rare and tender, whereas they may be grown 
by the thousand and the ten thousand from seed costing 
but a small sum, and what is called a “ common garden 
border”? will suffice for all their needs. The raiser of 
these charming varieties was Mr. James Douglas. 
