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6.— AQUILEGIA GLANDULOSA, Fisch. THE GLANDULOUS OR RUSSIAN COLUMBINE. 
Specific Ch«racter. — Spurs of tlio petals much shorter than the 
limb. Sepals very broad, stalked. Carpels and stem corered with 
glandulous hairs. 
Varieties. — A. g. 1 discolor, Dec. Flowers two-coloured. — A. g, 
2 concolor, Dec. Flowers one-coloured. 
ENQRiviNGS. — Swt. Brit. Flow. Gard. 2d ser. t. 55 ; Botanist, t. 
219 ; and our fig. 2 in Plate 8. 
Description, &c. — The flowers of this Columbine far exceed in size those of any of the other species, as 
they are frequently found to measure four inches across. The sepals are very large, nearly oval, and furnished 
with a long footstalk ; they are of a very dark blue, without the mixture of any other colour. The petals 
have a very short spur, and a very large upper lip, which is white, the tubular part being of a deep blue. 
The leaves are biternate, the leaflets having numerous lobes. This plant is apt to be much injured by wet ; it 
should therefore be planted in a dry border of light soil. It is best propagated by seeds, which should be 
sown as soon as they are ripe. The young plants may be left in the seed-bed till the second spring, when 
about February or March they should be removed to a bed prepared for them of sandy loam, enriched with 
leaf-mould, in which they should be planted a foot apart. Thus treated, they will flower superbly in May or 
June, generally in the latter month ; and will form one of the most splendid border-flowers that can be 
imagined. There is a variety with the flowers white. 
7.— AQUILEGIA GLAUCA, Lindt. THE GLAUCOUS COLUMBINE. 
Stamens and styles not exscrted. Ovaries shaggy, with glandular hain 
styles long, involute. Leaves small, very glaucous. 
Encrivinos. — Bot. Reg. 1840, t. 46 ; and out fig. 3 in Plate 8. 
Specific Character. — Spurs short, erect, straight ; limb large, 
truncate ; sepals ovate-lanceolate, smaller than the limb of the petals. 
Description, &c. — This species has large and very fragrant flowers, which are cream-coloured, with a 
slight tinge of pink on the spurs. The stems are red, and the leaves sea-green. The species is a native of the 
Himalayas, and it was introduced by seeds in 1839. Its stem grows about two feet high, and its flowers 
appear in May and June. It will grow in any good garden-soil, as it is quite hardy ; and it is propagated by 
seeds, or by division of the root in autumn, or in spring if not later than the middle of March. As this Columbine 
is not mentioned by Drs. Eoyle and Wallich, Dr. Lindley observes that it may possibly " be considered by these 
excellent botanists as a variety of their A. pubiflora ; " but Dr. Lindley himself thinks it quite distinct from 
that species, as it has " larger and sweet-scenteji straw-coloured flowers," nearly smooth stems, very glaucous 
leaves, and shaggy seed-vessels. 
8.— AQUILEGIA FRAGRANS, Bmth. THE FRAGRANT COLUMBINE. 
Engravings.— Botanist, t. 181 ; and our Jjj;. 4 in Phte 8. I trifid. Flowers numerous, somewhat downy. Sepals ovate-lanceolate. 
Specific Character Stem leafy. Segments of the lower leaves I acute. Spur of the petals incurved, much shorter than the limb. 
Descbiption, &c This very beautiful Indian Columbine is very nearly allied to A. glauca, but it difiers 
from that species in having the spurs of the petals much shorter, and strongly curved inwards ; while those of 
A. glauca stand erect, and are quite straight. The leaves of A.fragrans are also not at all glaucous. The 
flower 18 very large, and delightfully fragrant. The species was introduced in 1840, and as it is a native of 
the north of India, it appears likely to prove quite hardy in our gardens. It is propagated in the usual way, 
by seeds or division of the root. 
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