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which is a rich brownish purple, with a dark morone tinge very different from the livid hue of the common wild 
species. It is also a smaller plant, scarcely ever exceeding a foot in height. It is a native of Siberia, whence 
it was introduced by seeds about 1824. It is quite hardy, and may be propagated either by seeds sown as soon 
as ripe, or by division of the roots in autumn. 
3.— AQUILEGIA ALPINA Lin. THE ALPINE COLUMBINE. 
eniarginate, upper limb very long. Sepals roundish, with a tip at the 
apex, and a long, very narrow footstalk. Leaves bitcmatc, leaflets 
lobed, and much divided. 
Variety. — A. a. 2 grandiflora, Deo. Flowers very large. 
Engravings.— Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 657 ; Swt. Brit. Flow. Gard. 
t. 218. 
Specific Character. — Spurs erect, nearly straight ; lower limb 
Description, &c. — This showy Columbine has very large flowers, which are of a deep Mazarine blue, with 
the exception of the lower lip of the petals, and the tip of the large roundish sepals, both of which are whitish. 
The leaves are bitemate ; and the leaflets, which are small, are very much cut. The carpels have very short 
styles. This species is a native of Switzerland, whence it was introduced in 1731 ; but though it has been so 
long in the country, it is very seldom seen, probably because it is rather difficult to cultivate. It likes an open 
situation, and a loamy soil. 
4.— AQUILEGIA GARNIERIANA Swt. THE MISSES GARNIER'S COLUMBINE. 
Engravings. — Swt. Brit. Flow. Gard., 2d Ser. t. 103 ; and oxafig. 
6 in Plate 8. 
Specific Character. — Sepals unequal in size, broadly ovate, hairy on 
the outside. Petals five, lengthened into a long spur at the base, which 
is involute, and terminates in a glossy knob, two-lipped, inner lip 
almost obsolete, and terminating in a hollow callosity ; outer lip erect, 
aud spalhulate. Stamens numerous, unequal in length ; filaments 
smooth, connected in sets at the base. 
Description, &c. — This very beautiful Columbine is a hybrid, between A. sihirica and A. vulgaris, which 
was raised by the Misses Gamier of Wickham in Hampshire ; where these ladies have one of the most per- 
fect gardens I have ever seen, as regards its flowers. Many fine gardens have their effect destroyed by withered 
roses and other flowers being suffered to remain on after their beauty is quite gone ; but the garden of the Misses 
Gamier was perfect in this respect. Not a single withered flower was to be found ; and as every plant was so 
skilfully managed as to be covered with flowers in its proper season, the whole reminded me of the trees loaded 
with gems in the Arabian tales, or the enchanted gardens of Armida. 
In Aquilegia Garnierianathe sepals are oval, with a short footstalk, and they are of a rich purple, tinged with 
green at the tip. The petals are horn-shaped, with a purple tube, and a pale yellow mouth. The plant is quite 
hardy, and will grow in any common garden soil. It is propagated by division of the root. 
5.— AQUILEGIA SIBIRICA Lam. THE SIBERIAN COLUMBINE. 
very smooth. Stem many-flowered. Root leaves bitemate, stem- 
leaves ternate; leaflets sub-trilobed, obtusely toothed. Petioles 
slightly hairy, 
Engravings. — Swt. Brit. Flow. Gard., 2d Ser. t. 90 ; and our^. 
5 in Plate 8. 
Specific Character. — Spurs of the petals involute at the apex, 
much longer than the lip. Sepals elliptic-oblong, obtuse. Capsules 
Description, &c — This species has flowers of an intensely bright blue, and both the sepals and the petals 
are tipped with white. The sepals are narrow and oblong ; and the petals have a very long spur, curiously curled 
round at the tip. The anthers are of a bright golden yellow, and the leaves broader and less glaucous than in 
most of the other species. The species is quite hardy; but it flowers best in loamy soil mixed with sand, 
and enriched with vegetable mould. It may be propagated by division of the roots, or by seed, which it 
produces freely. 
