262 FLORA DOMESTICA. 



wishes oneVself a fairy to lie in them, like Ariel in the bell 

 of the cowslip : 



" Where the bee sucks, there lurk I ; 

 In a cowslip's bell I lie." 



It is to these Mr. Hunt alludes in one of his poems, 

 where he seems revelling to his hearfs delight among all 

 the sweets of spring : 



" Lilacs then, and daffodillies, 

 And the nice-leaved lesser lilies, 

 Shading, like detected light, 

 Their little green-tipt lamps of white." 



LUPINE. 



LUPINUS. 



LEGUMINOS^E. DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. 



The name of this plant is derived from lupus, a wolf, and is given 

 it on account of its exhausting qualities. French, le lupin. Italian, 

 lupino. 



THE Lupines are, with one exception, annual plants; 

 and that one strikes so deep a root, that it cannot be grown 

 in a pot. The others may be raised without any difficulty, 

 and are very pretty when in flower ; indeed, their leaves 

 are by no means destitute of beauty, growing in a kind of 

 starry form, and, in most of the species, being of a downy 

 velvet softness. The flowers are blue, white, rose-coloured, 

 pale or deep yellow. 



The Blue Lupines have usually more flowers ; but the 

 Common Yellow Lupine is often preferred for its sweet 

 scent. The flowers of this Lupine are of very short duration, 

 especially if the season be warm ; therefore, to have a suc- 

 cession of them, the seed should be sown at several times ; 

 for they will continue to flower until checked by frost ; 



