REPOET ON ANNUALS GROWN AT CHISWICK. 319 



Lnpinus Hartwegii albus .... Veitch. 

 A very good form of Lupin with hairy branches, producing long 

 and abundant racemes of large white flowers. This variety, 

 together with the original blue form of the species, and the var. 

 ccelestinm, are handsome border plants. 



lupinus Hartwegii coelestinus . Veitch. 



In this variety, which was a very pretty one, the flowers were of 

 a very pale or grayish-blue. 



Lnpimis hybridus insignis . . Veitch. 



A plant of dwarfish habit, having dark-coloured stems, and smooth 

 branches, producing a fine central spike of bloom. The flowers 

 were deep purplish-lilac. 



Lupinus Menziesii. 



SyxN : L. sulphureus Vilmoein. 



A plant of dwarf tree-like habit, producing, at about a foot from 

 the ground, a whorl of spreading branches ; these bore pedun- 

 culated spikes of handsome pale-yellow flowers. It proved to be 

 a good border species. 



Lnpinus mutabilis variicolor . Caeter & Co. 



A sportive form of L. mutabilis, various in colour. The plants 

 were of tall branching habit, with smooth branches ; the flowers 

 in short racemes, of different shades of blue with a darker 

 standard, or white with a purplish-lilac standard. A suitable and 

 ornamental plant for shrubbery borders. 



Lnpinus nanus lilacinus . Van Hotjtte. 



A variety of this dwarf species, with pale or grayish flowers, dingy 

 in appearance, and far less effective than the ordinary blue form, 

 which is a very elegant dwarf, spreading, diff'usely-branched plant, 

 with longish racemes of clear blue flowers, the standard of which 

 is marked throughout the centre with white. 



Lupinus snbcarnosus. 

 Stn : L. subramosus .... Van Houite. 

 A fine dwarf, spreading, compactly-branched species, with light 

 green foliage, producing numerous short racemes of deep-blue 

 fiowers marked on the standard with a conspicuous white spot. 

 It was a showy, high-coloured species, but did not produce its 

 flowers so freely as usual during the present season. 



