tips. The flowers are white, variously striped, the marking or 
flakes of colour being sometimes evenly distributed, but at other 
times more strongly developed in particular portions of the 
flower; these stripes are for the most part of a dull reddish- 
crimson, but with these are intermixed others of a reddish pur¬ 
ple, producing a very effective variegation. 
The Columbine is an easily-grown hardy perennial, requiring 
nothing beyond ordinary good garden soil, and a situation which 
is not too hot and dry in summer. It is increased abundantly 
from seeds, which we are informed in the case of our present 
subject, yield plants producing striped flowers They should be 
sown as soon as they can be obtained in a ripened state, towards 
the end of the summer. The young plants have then time to 
become well established before winter sets in, and acquire vigour 
to enable them to de relope their inflorescence in a free and 
healthy manner in the following year. In other respects the or¬ 
dinary routine treatment of border flowers will be sufficient for 
them. Particular kinds may be increased to a moderate extent 
by division. 
Besides the numerous forms of common Columbine, many of 
which are handsome plants, there are several very beautiful 
exotic species, which are worthy of being introduced into every 
garden whei;e the luxury of a mixed flower border is indulged 
in. Some of the most showy and desirable of these are the 
following:— Aquilegia alqnna , Canadensis , eximia, formosa, fra - 
grans , glandulosa and its forms, leptoceras , Shinneri , etc. The 
family is well worth the attention of hybridizers. 
