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names) as authority for certain statements are given at the end 

 of a Family or at the end of the complete paper. The references 

 applying to individual plants are confined to the Kew Bulletin 

 and to publications of the Board of Agriculture, referred to as 1. 

 \Kew Bulletin) la. [Kew Bulletin , Additional Series), 2. 



(Journal of the Board of Agriculture), 3. (Leaflets), 3a. (Special 

 Leaflets). 



Included in the paper are plants that have been the subject 

 of enquiries at Kew, from time to time, in the search for new 

 introductions or those capable of further development. 



Leguminosae. 

 Lupinus albus, Linn. ; White Lupin. L. angustifolius, 



Linn.; Blue Lupin. L. luteus, Linn.; Yellow Lupin and L. 

 termis, Forsk. ; Egyptian Lupin. 



Annual plants of vigorous growth. Central and Southern 



United 



im 



Suffolk 



care 



sin 



Boy. Agrio. Sue. JSnglaad, lxx. 1909, p. 347); "their use for 

 horses, cattle or pigs is not recommended and it would appear 

 that on the whole the best use that lupins can be put to is to 

 cut them green as fodder" (idem, I.e. xxiii. 1887, p. 306). 



gree 



em 



cows 



horses n (Piper). The uncertainty in the use of lupins is due 

 to a bitter principle contained chiefly in the seeds and to a lesser 

 extent in other parts of the plant. Disembittering is recom- 



this may be effected by " soaking 



men 



a 



II* It may b*, advisable to refer to works on Tjiimn poison, and amongst 

 recent researches reference mi^ht be made to " Lapines as Poisonous 

 Plants," by C. D. Marsh, A. B. Clawson A FT. Marsh, U.S. Dept. of Aerric 

 Bull. No. 405, 1916, p... 1-44; and M Lupines (Lupinus epp.)" in "Plant 



Poisonous to Stock," by EL C. Long (1917), pp. 29-32. 



4 



Seeds* used as food and fodder on the Continent and in 

 Egypt. il Lupins are used to some extent for sheep in Norfolk * 



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the seed in water for four hours with frequent changes of water, 

 steaming for one hour and then extracting for two days with 

 frequent stirring; in the latter operation the discoloured water 

 is drawn off frequently and fresh water added. 5 ' " Five pounds 

 daily of this disembittered lupin seed may be fed to cows per 

 1000 lb. live weight " (F.S. Dept. of Agrie. Farmers' Bull. No. 

 16. 1894, p. 12). 



Ulex europaeus, Linn.; Gorse, Furze, Whin. 



An evergreen shrub, about 6 ft. high when fully grown ; I 



Foxtail " is an almost spineless variety, in favour as being 

 easier than the ordinary to harvest. Ulex nanus, Forst., which * 



grows about 2 ft. high, has softer shoots than those of U. 

 europaeus. 



Native of Britain; cultivated in Ireland, Wales, North of 







