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affairs and also in ameliorating the clime of the desert 

 districts. 



Lupinus albus, L. 



The "White Lupine. Countries at the Mediterranean 

 Sea, also in the Orient. An annual quick-growing 

 herb, valuable for fodder and for green manure. The 

 lentil-like seeds, after the bitter principle (Lupinin) 

 has become removed through boiling, become edible. 

 It would lead too far, to enumerate here many others 

 of the numerous species of Lupines, of which unques- 

 tionably very many are eligible for agrarian purposes, 

 while all are acceptable as hardy, elegant and easily grown 

 garden plants. One (X. perennis, L.) extends in America 

 to the Northern States of the Union and Canada ; fourteen 

 are recorded from South Europe, seventeen from Brazil, 

 and numerous species from other parts of America, where 

 the limits of the genus are about Monte Yideo south- 

 ward and about Nootka Sound northward. The majority of 

 the species is perennial. The Egyptian L. Tennis, Eorsk., 

 is closely allied to L. albus, and of equal use. 



Lupinus luteus, L. 



The Scented Yellow Lupine. Countries in the vicinity of 

 the Mediterranean Sea. This likewise annual species is 

 predominently in use through Middle Europe, to improve 

 sandy soil. It can also be employed like some other 

 Lupines as a fodder herb. About 90 lbs. of seeds are 

 required for an acre. 



Lupinus varius, L. 



The Blue Lupine. Also a Mediterranean annual, used like 

 the above congeners ; but a few others are under cultivation 

 as Blue Lupines. Some of the American, particularly Cali- 

 fornian species, are regarded for agrian purposes superior 

 to the Mediterranean kinds. 



Maclura aurantiaca, Nuttall. 



The Osage Orange, or North American Bow-wood, or 

 Yellow-wood. Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana. This thorny 

 deciduous shrub or tree can be well trained into hedges. 



