AND THE WILDERNESS BLOSSOMED 



blue flowers, about an inch in diameter, look as if 

 made of the finest porcelain. It grows to a 

 height of nearly two feet, and remains in bloom 

 from June 20th to frost. It is easily raised from 

 seed, and the plants improve with age. It is 

 perfectly hardy. 



Lupinus polyphyllus is an admirable plant in 

 masses. Its foliage is luxuriant, and the great 

 stalks five feet high are covered with blue or 

 white or blue and white blossoms from June 

 lath to July 7th, and sparingly to August ist. 

 I have one terrace thirty feet long nearly covered 

 with Lupins, and in the midst the Oriental 

 Poppies raise their brilliant scarlet heads at inter- 

 vals, while off at one corner is a bush-like mass 

 of Achillea covered with its small white blossoms. 

 The general effect is inconceivably beautiful. 

 This terrace is at its best but a few days, however, 

 at about the first of July, but those few days are 

 worth working and waiting for. The Lupine is 

 easily raised from seed, but after getting it well 

 established, you will not need to gather more 

 seeds, as the plant is most active in extending 

 its rule over new soil. As the pea-like seed- 

 pod dries out, it suddenly cracks open, and the 

 halves twist into curls, tossing the seeds in difl^er- 



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