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of yellow flowers with the upper part 

 often red on the outside. Though so 

 common, it is worthy of a place in the 

 garden. The double-flowered variety is 

 the best, as the flowers continue longer 

 in perfection. L. creticus, maroccanus, 

 sericeus, are found in botanical gardens, 

 but are not so pretty. L. Jacob?eus, a 

 tender species with almost black flowers, 

 succeeds in the open air in summer, and 

 is all the better for planting out. The 

 Lotus is best planted so that its shoots 

 may fall in long and dense tufts over the 

 face of stones. 



LUNARIA {Honesty). — When well 

 grown this old-fashioned plant L. bieimis 

 is beautiful, not only on account of its fra- 

 grant purple blossoms, but from the silvery 

 flat seed-pods that succeed them. In 

 borders, on the margins of shrubberies, 

 and in half-shady situations, it is effective 

 in April and May, in any ordinary light 

 garden soil. Honesty is charming in a 



Lunaria biennis (seed vessels of Honesty). 



semi-wild state on chalky or dry banks 

 and in open bushy places. Seed should 

 be sown every spring, and the plants 

 should be thinned out during growth in 

 order to make good ones for the ne.xt 

 year. L. rediviva is a perennial similar 

 to the Honesty, but with larger and more 

 showy flowers. It is 2 or 3 ft. high, and 

 flowers in early summer, doing best in 

 half-shady borders of good light soil. 

 Division or seed. Mountain woods of 

 Europe. Crucifers. 



LUPINUS (Lupine). — Beautiful an- 

 nuals,! biennials, and perennirls, chiefly 



from N. America. The species in culti- 

 vation are few, though the names occur- 

 ring in catalogues are numerous. The 

 best of the perennials are — 



L. arboreus ( Tree Lufiiite). — A precious 

 plant for dry soils and rough rocky banks 

 or slopes, the scent of a single bush 

 reminding one of a field of Beans. Its 

 purplish variety is good, though not 

 nearly so valuable, and there are some 

 inferior yellowish varieties. The best 

 variety is the yellow, because while there 

 are good blue perennial Lupines, there is 

 no other good yellow. It forms a roundish 

 bush, 2 to 4 ft. high, and is easily raised 



Lupinus arboreus. 



from seed; handsome forms are increased 

 from cuttings. It maybe killed in severe 

 winters, but is worth raising from time to 

 time where the soil suits it. Mr. T. Smith, 

 of Newry, has raised many good forms of 

 this. 



L. polyphyllus, one of the handsomest 

 hardy plants, 3 to 6 ft. high, with tall 

 flower-spikes crowded with blossoms, 

 varying from blue and purple to reddish- 

 purple and white ; in sumijier thriving in 

 open positions in any kind of garden soil. 

 It is a fine plant for naturalising, as it 

 holds its own against stout weeds. The 

 principal varieties are argenteus, flexuosus, 

 laxiflorus, Lachmanni, rivularis, and 

 grandiflorus. N.America. Division: seeds. 



L. nootkatensis is a dwarfer species, 

 and has large spikes of blue and white 

 blossoms. It flowers earlier than L. 



