230 FLORA DOMESTICA. 



are hardy ; and, in a light soil and a shady situation, in- 

 crease very "fast by the roots. The best time to trans- 

 plant them, and to part the roots, is in autumn, soon after 

 the stalks decay. They should not be removed oftener 

 than every third year; but should have fresh earth, as 

 deep as it can be changed without disturbing the roots, 

 every spring. The earth should be kept moderately 

 moist. 



There is something delightfully fresh and cool in the 

 appearance of these Lilies ; of which the flowers are so 

 pleasantly shaded by their large light-green leaves, that 

 one wishes one's-self a fairy to lie in them, like Ariel in 

 the bell of the cowslip : 



" Where the bee sucks, there lurk I, 

 In a cowslip's bell I lie." 



It is to these Mr. Hunt alludes in one of his poems, 



where he seems revelling to his heart's delight among 



all the sweets of spring : 



'^ Lilacs then, and daffodillies. 

 And the nice- leaved lesser lilies. 

 Shading, like detected light. 

 Their little green-tipt lamps of white." 



LUPINE. 



LUPINUS. 



LEOUMINOS^. DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. 



The name of this plant is derived from lupus, a wolf, and is given 

 it on account of its exhausting qualities. — French, le lupin. — Italian, 

 lupino. 



The Lupines are, with one exception, annual plants; 

 and that one strikes so deep a root, that it cannot be 

 grown in a pot. The others may be raised without any 

 difficulty, and are very pretty when in flower ; indeed, 



