Late Irises fine violet Canterbury bell, and behind, Iris ochroleuca, with its 

 and Lupins l n g sword-like leaves and tall white and yellow flowers. These 

 Spanish Irises are most useful for picking, and are so cheap, only 

 about tenpence a hundred, that if space is a great consideration 

 they can be treated as annuals and thrown away when the flower 

 is over ; otherwise they should be kept in the ground as they then 

 increase and make strong clumps. A good plan is to put 

 them under Pinks, or any plant with small roots and the same 

 spreading habit. It is worth while paying a little extra to have 

 the bulbs in separate colours, and then good effects can be made 

 of white, blue, bronze and yellow. The English Iris, which 

 does not flower till July, wants much the same treatment, and 

 is equally useful. 



A very valuable plant for grouping, which is out at the same 

 time as Iris orientalis, is Luplnus arboreus. At Wisley this Tree 

 Lupin has taken complete possession of some rough banks made 

 by digging out a ditch ; they have seeded themselves, and there is 

 now a wealth of white and pale yellow bloom, with a scent as 

 sweet as that of Beans. Here and there are tufts of golden 

 Broom and purple Iris, and a few Briars toss their long sprays 

 towards the sky, making altogether a picture much more lovely 

 than I can describe or paint, but easily attainable in many 

 gardens. These Lupins grow quickly from seed, and it is better 

 to raise some every year to be sure of a stock, as the old plants 

 may disappear suddenly in a bad Winter, and never seem to be 

 very long lived. 



Lupinus polyphyllus, a perennial also quickly raised from 

 seed, is useful for naturalising, and can be had white or in 

 lovely shades of blue; it is delightful, growing in clumps in 

 long grass with Columbines, or massed in the borders. The 



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