LUPINUS 



(A classical Latin name for some leguminous plant, from lupus, a wolf, because it was supposed to destroy fertility) 



Leguminosa 



33. Lupinus polyphyllus, vars. {L. grandiflorus) 

 English Name: Lupine. 



PACIFIC SLOPE. U. S. A. MID-MAY TO MID-JUNE 



PEA-SHAPED flowers, typically deep blue, but white and pink in 

 its varieties, thickly borne in stately spikes from a foot to a foot and 

 a half long, rising above the foliage to a height of two to five feet. Leaves 

 divided like a palm, from 

 four to ten inches in diam- 

 eter, dark green and 

 satiny, forming a very 

 handsome persistent 

 clump. Excellent for the 

 herbaceous border, for 

 naturalizing, or for cut 

 flowers. 



A hardy perennial of 

 easy culture in any garden 

 soil, even though rather 

 poor and dry, except 

 possibly where Hme is 

 present. Succeeds best 

 in sun and in a cool 

 cHmate, and when once 

 established should not be 

 moved. 



Propagate by seed or 

 by division. 



There are several hor- 

 ticultural varieties, but 

 the best are: 



Var. dlhus (var. alhi- 

 florus). Similar tothetype 

 but with white flowers. 



Var. roseus. Somewhat lower growing than the type, flowers clear 

 shell-pink. 



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