672 LUriNUS. 



THE ENGLISH FLOWER GARDEN. 



polyphyllus, and continues in bloom for a 

 long time, but it is not a good perennial, 

 and requires to be frequently raised from 

 seeds. N.W. America. 



Annual Lupines are among the most 

 beautiful of hardy annuals, extremely 



LupiiiU!, pijlyphyllu.s. 



varied in colour, and of the simplest 

 culture. As they grow quickly, they need 

 not be sown till about the middle of 

 April. They thrive in any common soil. 

 L. sub-carnosus is a beautiful ultramarine 

 blue, and should always be grown. L. 

 hybridus atrococcineus is the finest of all, 

 having long and graceful spikes of flowers 



of a bright crimson-scarlet, with white 

 tips. Other excellent sorts are mutabilis, 

 CiTiikshanki, Menziesi, luteus, superbus, 

 pubescens, Hartwegi, and the varieties of 

 Dunnetti. Many other sorts are so much 

 alike that they are not worth separating. 

 The smaller annual Lupines are very 

 pretty, and could be charmingly used to 

 precede late-blooming and taller plants. 



LUZXJEIAGA. -L. radicans is a small 

 Liliaceous evergreen from Chili almost 

 hardy in the mildest localities, though even 

 in these it does not thrive so well as in a 

 cool house. It is worthy of a trial in a cool 

 bed of peat, on the north side of the rock- 

 garden, among the larger alpine shrubs. 



LYCHNIS^G'w//^;/).— Plants of the 

 Pink family, among which are a few well 

 suited for the garden. All are perennial. 



L. alpina is a diminutive form of L. 

 Viscaria, the tufts being seldom more than 

 a few inches high and not clammy. In 

 cultivation it is pretty and interesting, if 

 not brilliant, and may be grown without 

 difficulty in the rock-garden, or in rather 

 moist, sandy soil. A British plant. 



L. chalcedonica. — An old border plant, 

 i^ to 4 ft. high, with large dense heads 

 of brilliant scarlet flowers, and of easy 

 culture in any good ordinary soil. There 

 is a handsome double scarlet variety. 

 The double white and single white kinds 

 are less desirable. Division. 



L. diurna. — The double deep purple-red 

 sort of this common native plant is very de- 

 sirable, being very hardy and very showy, 

 and never failing in any soil to produce 

 a fine crop of bloom in early summer. 



There are two double red varieties of 

 L. Flos-cuculi (Ragged Robin), pretty 

 border plants. Division. 



L. grandiflora. — A handsome plant, 

 typical of the numerous varieties now in 

 cultivation under the names of Bungeana, 

 and others which grow i to 2 ft. high, and 

 bear flowers in a cluster of a dozen or so, 

 each flower being i to 2 in. across, fringed 

 at the edges, and varying from vivid 

 scarlet to deep crimson, and from pink to 

 white. If exposed to strong sun the 

 colour of the flowers soon fades, but in a 

 partially-shaded place they retain their 

 true colour for a considerable time. 

 They are good border flowers, thriving in 

 warm sheltered situations in light soil, for 

 though quite hardy they are apt to suffer 

 from moisture and cold. They are greatly 

 benefited by frequent transplanting, say 

 every other year. All the varieties may 

 be raised by seeds or from cuttings. L. 

 fulgens, a Siberian plant, is similar to the 

 forms of L. grandiflora. 



L. Haageana is a reputed hybrid 



