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Fiue hundred pointes of good husbandrie

Note E238 — 43.

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"Columbine," called Colourbine in Lincoln, Aquilegia vulgaris, used for making stuffed chine.

"There are many sorts of Colombines, as well differing in forme as colour of the flowers, and of them both single and double carefully noursed up in our gardens, for the delight both of their forme and colours."—Parkinson, Paradisus, 1629, p. 271.—Note by Mr. J. Britten, F.L.S.

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