II. WILD GARDEN NOTES 



THIS picture illustrates a good group, found in the Wild Poppies and 

 Garden in early June^ofPafiaver pi/osum, Lupinus polyphyllus^ Lupines for 

 Striped Grass and Geranium grandlflorum. This apricot ^ e \Yild 

 Poppy with grey-green foliage is particularly pleasing in 

 colour ; though a perennial, it is easily and quickly raised from 

 seed, and as its branching stalks bear a plentiful supply of buds, 

 its flowering season is extended much longer than that of the 

 Oriental Poppies. 



As a race, all the perennial Poppies are well suited to the 

 Wild Garden. Papaver orientate and bracteatum are too well 

 known to need any description, and never look better than 

 when waving their gorgeous heads above long grass. More 

 beautiful, and far better for mingling with other plants, are 

 the new salmon pink varieties, with black blotches and 

 stamens, such as Queen Alexandra and Salmon Queen. 



Lupines always look well, and are worth growing in large 

 clumps ; but it must be remembered that their beauty is short 

 lived. The variety illustrated, polypbyllus, varies a good deal 

 in colour ; it may be porcelain blue, dark blue, or white, but 

 there are also shades of rather poor mauves which should be 

 avoided. Lupinus arborea is invaluable, too, for Wild 

 Gardens, loading the air with its delicate scent. Bushes of 

 these white, pale yellow, or golden flowers should be grown 

 near the deep blues of the herbaceous Lupines. A sandy soil 

 and an open sunny position seem to suit this tree Lupine best ; 

 in cold damp places it is apt to look straggly, and to be suddenly 

 killed in winter. 



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