DELPHINIUM REQUIE'NII. 
requif.n’s larkspur. 
Class. Order. 
POLYANDRIA. TRIG YNIA. 
Natural Order. 
RANUNCULACEJE. 
Native of 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Duration 
Introduced 
Majorca. 
4 feet. 
May & June 
Biennial. 
in 1824. 
No. 860. 
Delphinium will be recollected as having refer- 
ence to the dolphin. See No. 403. Requien, 
whose name is given to this species, was a French 
botanist, a resident of Avignon. 
The Delphinium, which we now figure, is a 
rather scarce plant ; but as it can be propagated 
from seeds, which it produces in abundance, it will, 
probably, be better known hereafter. It is a very 
distinct species from those generally met with in 
cultivation, which may prove an additional induce- 
ment to pay it attention. We were kindly supplied 
with our specimen for drawing by Mr. Cameron, 
of the Birmingham Horticultural Society’s garden, 
who recommends its being sown in spring. He 
observes, that uncertainty attends its flowering in 
the following summer, if sown in autumn. 
We are not informed whether the seeds of this 
plant possess the qualities of its near ally — the 
Delphinium staphysagria, or common Stavesacre 
of commerce ; but it is quite probable that it does. 
From the Stavesacre is obtained an aklaloid, called 
Delphinia. 
We have previously hinted at the potent properties 
