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all the shades of light to dark-blue, inclining to purple; 
the margin of the flowers is frequently copper color, some- 
times inclining to red. One variety has flowers of a dull 
pink. Stem erect, hairy. The digitate leaves are com- 
posed of about eight or ten leaflets, which are lanceolate, 
wedge-shaped, arranged like rays around the end of the 
petiole ; hairy and pale underneath. 
Many beautiful Lupins have, within a few years, been 
added to the list of herbaceous plants, from California 
and the North-west coast, which part of the world seems 
to be the central position, or head-quarters, of this genus 
of plants. 
L. polyphyllus.— Many-leaved Lupin.—Is a splendid 
plant, from the North-west coast of North America. 
When I first received the seed of this fine Lupin many 
years since, only one of them vegetated. It produced 
radical leaves, only, the first year, which were multifoliat- 
ed, and borne on long petioles. The second year, it was 
transplanted, with much care, into rich soil, having been 
exposed, through the winter, to all the rigors of the sea- 
son, without protection. In the month of May the flow- 
er-stalks began to be developed, and produced, in June, 
spikes of flowers, which were two feet in length, and from 
three to four feet in height from the ground. The flowers 
of a beautiful azure blue, with a reddish border, are dis- 
posed in long terminal clusters, forming whorls, very near 
each other, around the stem. The leaves are composed of 
from twelve to fifteen green, lanceolate leaflets, hairy on 
the under side. The third year it flowered abundantly, 
throwing up numerous flower-stems, so luxuriant that 
many were broken by the wind before they were secured 
to sticks, The third year the roots should be divided, as 
they become large in rich ground; the central part first 
decays, and finally the whole root perishes, unless this 
operation is performed, Jhere is also a white variety. 
