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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
[ July 22, 1880. 
One of the most beautiful species of the genus is Aquilegia 
Skinneri, which is represented in the accompanying engraving (fig. 
17). This plant is a native of Guatemala, whence it was sent to this 
country about forty years ago by G. U. Skinner, Esq., after whom 
it is named. The first plants were received at Woburn Gardens, 
and there flowered for the first time in England. It was then 
treated as a stove plant, being regarded as too tender to endure 
this northern climate without protection ; but the weakly unsatis¬ 
factory plants obtained under that culture soon induced the adop¬ 
tion of a more suitable course of treatment, and it was found that 
the plant only displayed its real beauty in the border. Such is 
the position now usually accorded it, and if the soil be moderately 
Fig. 17—Aquileoia skinneri. 
rich and well-drained, and the border somewhat sheltered and 
warm, the best results will be obtained. 
The form of the flowers is well shown in the engraving, but the 
colour is the most striking quality, the sepals being green, and the 
long spur-like petals of a rich red tint, fading to an orange shade 
near the upper portion. The stamens are greatly protruded and 
they are terminated by large bright yellow anthers, the filaments 
being of a greenish tint. The stems of the plant are purplish. 
and the elegantly divided leaves of a deep rich glossy green. It 
flowers during the present month.—E. 
Peas and Beans in Succession.— We are now gathering 
Peas and Broad Beans from rows from which we have been gather¬ 
ing for more than five weeks. As soon as the first few blooms 
were open the plants were topped, which caused lateral growths 
