Ju^ now I am thinking of Farquhar's pink lupin and 

 Farquhar's hybrid nicotianas; of the torenias, and the satiny 

 godetias, the new pink tufted pansy and Nemophela Insignis. 

 These are annuals of the highest type of excellence and they 

 are ju^ as easily grown as the things we should not grow. 

 ^ The Farquhar's pink lupin for example is not crowding 

 out an ugly lupin because there are no ugly lupins. This pink 

 beauty should be in every harmonious garden, in every cut- 

 ting bed and in every green-house. It is among the be^ for 

 forced Winter cutting, ju^t as valuable as the Winter snap- 

 dragons, sweet peas, etc. I have kept it for over a week in 

 water, before it began to lose its freshness. When grown in 

 the open garden near fluffy, lacey groups of Schizanthus 

 Rosamond it is very precious and if you will remember to 

 plant a group of St. Bruno lilies each side of a colony of the 

 pink lupins, you will have a floral trio that will please you 

 more than I can make you believe. The lupin seeds are large 

 and very hard, and so I steep them over night in warm water 

 and then plant them as individual seeds. See that each one 

 is given fifteen inches of space when planting out, so that 

 later on their silvery green, finely cut, miniature palm-leaf 

 foliage may be seen too at its be^. A speedy and safe way 

 to plant lupin seed is in three inch paper pots, because of 

 the tap-root that develops, and which does n't enjoy trans- 

 planting. Forty to fifty of these little pots will readily fit 

 in the usual size flat, which will keep them together and makes 

 it very easy. Oh! I forgot to say that the seeds should be 

 Parted in March or early April. 



THE TORENIA FAMILY 

 ^ A flower family of four is n't a very large family is it? 



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