80 MY GARDEN 



gray and the flowers are yellow. It should prove a good 

 plant for the back of the border. Another for the back 

 of the border is the recently introduced Thalictrum 

 dipterocarpum, purple flowers with conspicuous yellow 

 anthers. The two dwarfs, minus and its variety 

 adiantifolium, both fernlike and pretty with the good 

 quality of long-lasting foliage, belong at the front of the 

 borders. These plants require a deep, rich soil; they are 

 not subjects for dry, shallow places. Frequent division 

 is not a necessity. My clumps have been undisturbed 

 for five years and are certainly in fine condition. They 

 are easily raised from seed. 



Lupines are among what the children call the "very 

 favourites," and we always have a great many. They 

 are easily raised from seed, but should be transplanted 

 to their permanent places when quite small, as the 

 long taproot makes moving them without doing harm 

 a bit difficult. The plants are not long lived with 

 us; indeed we do not count upon them for more than 

 two seasons of bloom, but being so easily raised from 

 seed and seeding themselves besides this fault is not 

 serious. Lupinus arbor eus is not hardy in the neigh- 

 bourhood of New York, but L. polyphyllus has many 

 fine hybrids. I have two beautiful yellow varieties, 

 Somerset and Yellow Boy, which are effective with the 

 purple Meadow Rue. L. Moerheimi is a good pink sort, 

 and this with Nelly, pink and white, are lovely with 

 hoary Southernwood bushes. The Bride is buff and 



