98 FLORA HISTORICA. 



count of its fragrance, which is similar to that of 

 Cowshps. This species is a native of Sicily and 

 Silesia. The small blue Lupine, Varius, is a na- 

 tive of the south of Europe, and the large blue- 

 flowered Hirsutus, which is first noticed by Par- 

 kinson, in 1629, is also thought to be a native of 

 the same parts, although Linnaeus mentions it as 

 indigenous to Arabia, and the islands of the Archi- 

 pelago, whilst Miller considered it an aboriginal of 

 India ; and Parkinson reports that it was said to 

 have come from beyond Persia. 



The Rose Lupine, Pllosiis, which produces a 

 flesh-coloured flower, is also a native of the south 

 of Europe, from whence it was introduced in 1710. 



We have procured four different species of this 

 plant from America, one of which is perennial: 

 this Avas brought from Virginia in 1658. 



To procure a succession of these flowers, they 

 should be sown at three different seasons, that is, 

 in April, i\Iay, and June. The best mode of sow- 

 ing them is by forming small clumps of them ; 

 but they should not be sown too thick, and they 

 seldom succeed when transplanted. The Lupine 

 has a leaf that is termed digitate, which, at night, 

 has the sides contracted, and hang down, bending 

 back to the petiole. 



The Lupine appears not to have been familiar 

 to the inhabitants of eastern countries, and hence it 



