LINUM 6i 



LINUM 



''Flax" 



An extremely popular garden plant is Liniivi gi-andifiorum 

 {Linece)y 6 to 12 inches high, rose-coloured, but its varieties 

 are even better for general use. These are L. g. coccineum, 

 deep rosy-crimson ; and L. g. kerniesinum, blue. Linuvi usita- 

 tissiimim, the Common Flax of commerce, and the plant from 

 which we get Linseed, is also beautiful, its round bright blue 

 flowers on slender graceful stems being altogether charming. 

 All the foregoing are hardy, and should be sown out-of-doors 

 in April where they are to flower, but as they make pretty pot 

 plants it may be desirable to make a small sowing under glass 

 during the Spring. 



LUPINUS 



''Lupine'* 



While there is a very great deal to be said in favour of 

 the handsome, perennial Lupines {LegtiminoscE), there is also 

 much to recommend the annual species. These latter are 

 useful for furnishing an immediate effect, and they are par- 

 ticularly serviceable for filling vacancies in herbaceous 

 borders and shrubberies and in the Flower garden proper. 

 When grown in groups of one colour in association with 

 other Hardy Annuals of less height, they are at once stately, 

 graceful and effective. Quite hardy, varying from i foot 

 to 3 feet high, they have many claims to consideration, 

 not the least of which is that the long spikes are useful for 

 filling large vases. In the semi-wild garden, and for positions 

 on the outskirts of tree and shrubbery plantations the annual 

 Lupines are of great value. 



They are as useful in a small garden as in a large one, 

 and the only failing — if failing it is — is that the seedlings do 



