Lunaria 



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Lupinus 



Principal Species : 



omesiium, Jc., flowers yel. , 

 spotted br., about 1" 

 across ; habit much like 

 Vimda teres. 



T'syrhi', sum., grn., pur. 



Other Species : 

 antennifera, 1', grn., lip 



pur. 

 brachystachys, grn., ro. 



pur. 

 Cantharis, gm., pur. 



tcretifolia, sum., pur., 

 wh. (HI/US, platyglossa, 

 zeylamca, and Cymbid- 

 ium triwte of Jlotanical 

 Magazine 3648). 



macrotis, yellowish grn., 

 lip vio. 



microptera, yel., lip pur., 

 yel. 



Volucris, 6" to 10", yel- 

 lowish grn., lip pur. 



XUS POLYl'HVLLUS ALBl/S. 



LUNARIA. (HONESTY.) 



Hardy annual, biennial, or perennial herbs (ord. 

 CrnoifersB), two species only being known. Of 

 these, anntia, more commonly known as biennis, is 

 the one usually grown, and under the name 

 of Honesty it finds a place in many a cottage 

 garden. As is suggested by its various names, it is 

 both an nnmial and a biennial ; annual if seed be 

 sown early in the year, biennial if sown towards 

 the close of the summer. Any ordinary garden 

 soil will suit it, and young plants come up freely 

 from self-sown seed. It is desirable, in fact, to 

 sow the seed in the places where the plants are 

 intended to flower. Propagation may also be con- 

 ducted by root division. The flowers of annua are 

 pretty, but it is the silvery septum (replum) of the 



pods round (tyn. bien- 

 iiis). 



seed pod that constitutes the chief charm. The 

 flowering stems should be cut down when the pods 

 are ripe, dried, and the outer portions of the 

 pods peeled off to show the white lining within. 

 Honesty is in great favour for winter decorations, 

 and associated with coloured foliage, Grasses, and 

 berries is singularly effective and lasting. 



Only Species and Variety : 

 anmm, U' to 3', My., Jy., variegata, foliage mar- 



vio., hi., wh., scentless, gined wh. 



biennis (we annua). 

 rediviva, 2' to 3', My., 

 Je., pur., scented, pods 

 lance shaped. 



LUPINUS. (LUPINE.) 



Description. Although nearly a hundred species 

 (ord. Leguminosas) have been described, the greater 

 part of the gardener's interest centres about 

 arboreus, the Tree Lupine, and polyphyllus, a hand- 

 some herbaceous perennial, and its many varieties. 

 These two plants, with their varieties, are a host in 

 themselves, and there are few gardens without 

 them. The flowers of polyphyllus last fairly well 

 when cut, but they are rather too heavy in appear- 

 ance to be really useful. Albus is used as a foliage 

 plant in some parts of the Continent. Both annuals 

 and perennials, hardy and half-hardy, are included 

 in the genus. 



Propagation. By seed in all cases. Seedlings 

 of arboreus and its varieties may be flowered in the 

 second season, and they invariably make sturdy 

 and satisfactory plants. In addition to seed sow- 

 ing, the perennials may be increased by division 

 of the roots during March and April, and after 

 flowering. Strong clumps only should be divided, 

 clean cuts made, and the pieces speedily replanted 

 in specially enriched soil, otherwise division will 

 prove inore or less of a failure. 



Soil. Lupines will gvow in almost any well- 

 tilled garden soil, but they are really gross feeders, 

 and heavy annual dressings of good farmyard 

 manure, and frequent and copious supplies of 

 liquid manure in dry weather, when they are push- 

 ing up their flower spikes, will be found necessary. 



Other Cultural Points. Lupines do not trans- 

 plant well, as a rule ; consequently they should be 

 regarded as permanent occupants of the herb- 

 aceous border, and plenty of room allowed them 

 in the first place. 



Principal Species, Hybrid, and Varieties : 

 arboreus, 4' to C', sum., nanus, 1', sum., hdy. 



hdy., yel., lil., pur., ann., lil., bl. 



fragrant. Tree Lupine. 



Snow Queen, wh. 

 atrococcineus hybridus, 



Jy., Aug., hdy. aim., 

 crim. sc. ; hybrid. 



Cruickshankii, 4' to ">', 

 Jy., hlf-hdy., bl., pur., 

 yel. ; regarded by some 

 as a var. of mutabilis. 



fallax, 3' to .V, hlf-hdy. 

 shr., vio., wh., red. 



Hartwegii, 2' to 3', Jy., 

 Oct., aim. or hdy. per., 

 bl. 



ceelestinus, 2', bl. 

 mutabilis, 5', Je., Aug., 



hlf-hdy. sub-shr., wh., 

 bl. Versicolor is a 

 pretty var. 



albus, wh. 

 nootkatensis, 1' to H', 



My., Jy., hdy. per., 

 bl., pur., wh., or yel. 

 polyphyllus, 2' to 4', spr. , 

 aut., hdy., dark bL 

 (/. macrophyllus). 



albus, 3', wh. (see 

 figure). 



Foxii, 2' to 3', bl., wh. 



Purple King, 3', deep 

 pur. 



Somerset, 2', yel. 

 subcarnosus, 1', Jy., hdy. 



ann. or per., bl., yel. 

 (syiis. bimaculatus, tex- 

 ensis, and subrnmosus 

 of gardens). 



Lungii'urt (see Pulnwnaria). 

 Lupine (see Lujiinut). 



