TEUCRIUM _latifolium_ foliis integerrimis rhombeis acutis villosis subtus tomentosis. _Linn. Syst. Vegetab. ed. 14._ _Murr. p. 526._ _Ait. Kew. v. 2. p. 276._ TEUCRIUM fruticans baeticum ampliore folio. _Dill. Elth. 379. t. 284. f. 367._ The _Teucrium latifolium_ as well as the _fruticans_, which is nearly related to it, is a native of Spain, and was cultivated in this country in 1714, by the Duchess of BEAUFORT, _vid. Ait. Kew._ It is a shrubby plant, growing to the height of seven or eight feet (it may be trained to a much greater height) now common in our greenhouses, and sometimes planted in the open border in warm situations, where it will bear about the same degree of cold as the myrtle; it flowers during most of the summer months, and is readily increased by cuttings. [Illustration: _No 245_] [Illustration: _No 246_] [246] AQUILEGIA CANADENSIS. CANADIAN COLUMBINE. _Class and Order._ POLYANDRIA PENTAGYNIA. _Generic Character._ _Cal._ 0. _Petala_ 5. _Nectaria_ 5 corniculata, inter petala. _Caps._ 5 distinctae. _Specific Character and Synonyms._ AQUILEGIA _canadensis_ nectariis rectis, staminibus corolla longioribus. _Linn. Syst. Veg. ed. 14._ _Murr. p. 535._ _Ait. Kew. v. 2. p. 248._ AQUILEGIA _pumila_ praaeox canadensis. _Corn. Canad. 60._ AQUILEGIA praecox canadensis; flore externe rubicundo, medio luteo. _Moris. Hist. 111. p. 457. t. 2. f. 4._ AQUILEGIA Virginiania flore rubescente praecox. The early red Columbine of Virginia. _Park. Th. p. 1367._ PARKINSON was not acquainted with this plant when he wrote his _Parad. terr._ but in his larger and more general work, the _Theat. Pl._ published in 1640, he describes and figures it as a plant newly introduced from Virginia, by Mr. JOHN TRADESCANT: CORNUTUS, in his account of the plants of Canada, gives us a representation and a description of this plant also; according to him, its usual height in that country is about nine inches; in the gardens here it nearly equals the common Columbine, which it considerably resembles in the appearance of its foliage, but differs in the form and colour of its flowers, the horn of the nectary is straighter, and the blossom in some of its parts inclines more to orange, which renders it highly ornamental. It is a hardy perennial, and may be easily propagated by parting its roots in autumn or spring; it may also be raised from seeds, which ripen readily here; these are found to be a long time in vegetating, as are others of this genus. We have observed in some gardens, a Columbine of more humble growth than the one here figured, called by the name of _canadensis_, and which most probably is a variety of our plant, its blossoms spread wider, are of a pale red colour without any orange, and hence being less beautiful, is, of course, less worthy of culture. [247] SCABIOSA ATROPURPUREA. SWEET SCABIOUS. _Class and Order._ TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA. _Generic Character._