3^2 NATURAL History. 
leaves of a blueifli green, and growing to long 
ftalks. In the middle, rifes a item of eighteen 
inches long, which is flender, and of a reddifli 
colour : frorh this ftem fprout feveral little 
fprigs, which fupport a flower compofed of 
five flat and five hollow leaves, coloured 
with Ted, blue, white, chefnut, and carna- 
tion. Columbines require a rich foil, and are 
cultivated by fowing the feed very thinly in 
September, in beds well dug, where it re- 
mains until the plants are ready to be re- 
moved to the plots of a parterre. The co- 
lumbine is one of thofe lafling plants which 
is kept alive by its roots, and will live a long 
time in the earth without requiring to be 
fown again. 
double MARYGOLD. 
T' 
Jl DISplanthasbecn admitted into ourgar- 
dens, from the richnefs of the colour, and 
the beautiful form of the numerous leaves. 
Nothing can be more fplendid than their gol- 
den hue. With refpeft to the difpofition of 
the leaves, they feem as if Flora had particu- 
larly difpofed them into the form of a crown, 
for her own embellilhment. The leaves are 
not only beautiful in themfelves, but they are 
allowed, by phyficians and botanifts, to pof- 
fefs great medicinal virtues: they are faid 
to cheer the fpirits, by their infufion, as 
much 
