60 LOROPETALUM LUPINUS 



above, paler beneath ; margin finely toothed ; stalk about -J in. long, 

 hairy. Flowers very like those of witch-hazel in appearance, but white ; 

 they are produced in February and March, three to six crowded in a 

 head; petals four to each flower, strap-shaped, f in. long, T V in. wide; 

 flower-stalk and outside of calyx clothed with white down. Seed-vessel 

 a woody, ovoid, nut-like capsule. 



Native of China; introduced by Maries for Messrs Veitch in 1880. 

 This singular and pretty shrub is too tender to thrive near London without 

 protection, and can only be recommended for trial in the mildest parts 

 of these islands. In its narrow, strap-shaped petals and four-parted flowers 

 it resembles Hamamelis, but its white flowers and evergreen nature amply 

 distinguish it. Grown out-of-doors in summer, and wintered in the 

 coolest conservatory, it makes a very pretty shrub in February when 

 covered with blossom. It likes a proportion of peat in the soil, and is 

 easily increased by cuttings. 



LUPINUS ARBOREUS, Sims. TREE LUPIN. LEGUMINOS^:. 



(Bot. Mag., t. 682.) 



An evergreen shrub of remarkably quick and luxuriant growth, 

 becoming 6 to 9 ft. high, and nearly as much through, in three or four 

 years when planted in rich soil. Branchlets round, semi-woody, covered 

 with silky hairs. Leaves alternate, digitate, with seven to eleven (usually 

 nine) grey-green leaflets ; each f to 2 ins. long, varying in size according 

 to the vigour of the plant ; they are oblanceolate, pointed, downy beneath, 

 the common leaf-stalk rather longer than the leaflets. Flowers in erect, 

 terminal racemes 6 to 10 ins. long, fragrant, sulphur-yellow in the type, 

 but in the varieties blue, purplish, or white. Seed-pods ij to 3 ins. long, 

 \ in. wide; covered with a sort of felt, and containing five to twelve 

 blackish seeds. 



Native of California in the coast region ; of unrecorded introduction. 

 This beautiful, half-woody shrub is apparently quite hardy near London, 

 but is sometimes short-lived, especially if grown in rich soil. Young 

 plants, it has been noticed, will pass through a winter quite unharmed 

 which, a few years later, will succumb during another winter not any more 

 severe. This is not an unusual characteristic of plants which grow so 

 rapidly and produce seed in such abundance as this does. It points to 

 the advisability of removing all seed-pods that are not required as soon 

 as they are formed, also to the necessity of renewing the stock from seed 

 (or, in the case of special varieties, from cuttings) every few years. For 

 so beautiful a shrub this is trouble well repaid. Cuttings should be made 

 in July and August of short side-shoots with a heel attached, and placed 

 in gentle heat. This lupin likes a good but not close or heavy soil, and 

 it should have a sunny position. It succeeds well on dryish banks, but 

 does not grow so large there. The typical yellow form is very beautiful, as 

 is also a comparatively new white variety, "Snow Queen." Varieties are 

 also obtainable with flowers pale blue, blue and white, various shades of 

 purple, lavender, etc. The flowers continue to appear from May to 

 August, but are at their best in June and July. 



