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the body. Short-nosed bees are unable to get at the nectar in this way 
and steal the honey by biting holes in the tips of the spurs. The 
columbines make beautiful garden plants and the Blue Columbine as 
well as one or two other native species is cultivated. The ordinary 
columbine of the garden, however, belongs to the European Aquilegia 
vulgaris. The name “Aquilegia”’ is derived from the Latin “aquila”, 
eagle, and probably refers to the resemblance of the spurred petals to 
eagles’ talons. 
RED COLUMBINE  AQUILEGIA CANADENSIS 
Plate 1, fig. 3 
The blossoms of this plant are bright red, usually more or less 
tinged with yellow. It is 1-2 ft. tall, grows on wooded mountain-sides 
at 7500-11000 ft. and blooms in July and August. The mountain form 
has smaller, more brightly colored flowers than the eastern plant. 
BLUE LARKSPUR DELPHINIUM SCOPULORUM 
Plate 1, fig. 4 
The Larkspur, like the Monkshood, has developed oddly shaped 
sepals, but the upper one, instead of resembling a cowl, is more like 
the spur of a bird. The common name refers to this resemblance. 
The plants grow as tall as 6-8 ft. and are found on foothills and moun- 
tain-sides at 5000-10000 ft. They bloom in midsummer and the flowers 
vary from pale blue to deep purple-blue. The Blue Larkspur, like 
many other species of larkspur, is poisonous to stock. 
ANEMONE, WIND FLOWER ANEMONE MULTIFIDA 
Plate 3,7 figicd. 
This Anemone is usually white, but it varies through pink to deep 
rose-red. It is 1-2 ft. tall, grows in meadows and on hillsides at, 
7000-12000 ft. and blooms throughout the summer. Most anemones 
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