. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. 86 AQUILEGIA AQUILEGIA 6073. Gn. 51, p. 385. 1896:108. :169. Gt. 33:84. 1873:1501. 1873:88. Vick's 1: 33 f. 3. :2108. Var. Uavescens, Hort. (A. aurea, Junk. A. Ganadhisix, var. oin-ca, Roezl.). Fls. yellow, tinged with red ; spurs incurved, and shorter than in the type. Gt. 21:734. Var


. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. 86 AQUILEGIA AQUILEGIA 6073. Gn. 51, p. 385. 1896:108. :169. Gt. 33:84. 1873:1501. 1873:88. Vick's 1: 33 f. 3. :2108. Var. Uavescens, Hort. (A. aurea, Junk. A. Ganadhisix, var. oin-ca, Roezl.). Fls. yellow, tinged with red ; spurs incurved, and shorter than in the type. Gt. 21:734. Var. alba-plena, Hort. (var. cjrancUfldra alba, Hort.). Pis. very pale yellow or nearly white, with two or more whorls of petal-limbs. Int. 1889. Vick's 12:311. Var. nana, Hort. (A. lepfoceras, var. liitea, Hort.). Like the type, but plant always small, not ex- ceeding ly^ ft. Var. Ja^schkani, Hort. About the same height as last : fls. large, yellow,with red spurs. Thought to be a hybrid of A. cJirysanthaxSkinneri, hence some- times called ^. Skinneri, var. hyhrida, Hort. 14. longissima, Gray. Tall, somewhat pubescent with silky hairs, or smoothish : root-lvs. biternate, even in the petioles ; Ifts. deeply lobed and cut, green above, glaucous beneath ; similar, petioled : fls. pale .yellow, sepals lanceolate, broadly spreading, 1 in. or white or yellow. The true form of this is probably A. , 1896:108. 15:315. Gn. 16:198. 43: 61 (1896). Var. Jldre- pl^no, Hort. Fls. longer and very showy, more or less doubled toward the center. BB. Spurs incurved and Jiardhj longer ihan petal-limbs. 16. alpina, Linn. (incl. var. supirba, Hort.). Pig. 126. Stem nearly 1 ft. high, finely pubescent upwards, 2-5- fld., bearing petioled, biternate Ivs.; partial-petioles of basal-lvs. 1-2 in. long, with 3 nearly sessile divisions, deeply lobed : expanded fl. 1)4-2 in. across, blue, rarely pale or white ; sepals ])i in. long, half as broad, acute


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