THE LARKSPUR. 
Botanical Name, Delphinium peregrinum. —Class, Poly- 
■ andria. — Order, Trigynia. — Flowers, blue. — Native 
place, South of Europe. 
Sentiment. 
LIGHTNESS. 
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ORIGIN OP THE SENTIMENT. 
This plant received its name of Larkspur from 
the singular form of its flower, which appears 
partly formed of long spurs ; not unlike those 
of a bird. “ Light as the lark,” has become a 
proverb, so we need not go far for the origin 
of this sentiment. Poets of all classes have 
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