II.— WILD GARDEN NOTES 
Tuts picture illustrates a good group, found in the Wild Poppies and 
Garden in early June, of Papaver pilosum, Lupinus polyphyllus, Lupines for 
Striped Grass and Geranium grandiflorum. This apricot the Wild 
Poppy with grey-green foliage is particularly pleasing in Gaeden 
colour; though a perennial, it is easily and quickly raised from 
seed, and as its branching stalks bear a plentiful supply of buds, 
its flowering season is extended much longer than that of the 
Oriental Poppies. 
As a race, all the perennial Poppies are well suited to the 
Wild Garden. Papaver orientale and bracteatum are too well 
known to need any description, and never look better than 
when waving their gorgeous heads above long grass. More 
beautiful, and far better for mingling with other plants, are 
the new salmon pink varieties, with black blotches and 
stamens, such as Queen Alexandra and Salmon Queen. 
Lupines always look well, and are worth growing in large 
clumps; but it must be remembered that their beauty is short 
lived. The variety illustrated, po/yphy//us, varies a good deal 
in colour; it may be porcelain blue, dark blue, or white, but 
there are also shades of rather poor mauves which should be 
avoided. Lupinus arborea is invaluable, too, for Wild 
Gardens, loading the air with its delicate scent. Bushes of 
these white, pale yellow, or golden flowers should be grown 
near the deep blues of the herbaceous Lupines. A sandy soil 
and an open sunny position seem to suit this tree Lupine best; 
in cold damp places it is apt to look straggly, and to be suddenly 
killed in winter. 
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