122 SELECT PLANTS READILY ELIGIBLE 



Lupinus arboreus, Sims.* 



South America. This and another somewhat shrubby species, 

 namely L. albifrons (Bentham), of California, have been 

 used there for the reclamation of sand, on account of their 

 long tap roots, the latter having been traced to depths of 

 twenty-five feet, while the stems were only three feet high. 

 The germination is easy and the growth rapid on the sand- 

 downs. For aiding the young Lupines for the first two 

 months, to get hold of the sand, barley is sown with them, 

 as the latter sprouts in a few days and holds the sand in the 

 second week; the Lupine subsequently covers the sand with 

 a dense vegetation in less than a year. 



Lupinus Douglasii, Agardh. 



California. This somewhat woody species can, along with L. 

 arboreus and L. Chamissonis, Escholtz (L. albifrons, 

 Bentliam), like many perennial Lupines from other countries, 

 be used for binding the sand. 



Lupinus luteus, Linne. 



The Scented Yellow Lupine. Countries in the vicinity of 

 the Mediterranean Sea. This likewise annual species is pre- 

 dominantly in use through Middle Europe to improve sandy 

 soil. It can also be employed like some other Lupines as a 

 fodder-herb. About 901bs. of seeds are required for an acre. 

 Langethal observes : "What the Saintfoin does for the poorest 

 limestone or marly soil, that the Yellow Lupine carries out 

 for sand-land." Mr. Joseph Augustin speaks of a yellow- 

 flowering Lupine which attains in the Azores sometimes a 

 height of twelve feet in three months. 



Lupinus varius, Linne. 



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 agrarian purposes superior 

 to the Mediterranean kinds. 



Lycium Afrum, Linn6. 



Africa and South- West Asia. Can with many other species 

 be utilised as a hedge-bush. 



Lycopodium dendroideum, Michaux. 



North America. This, with L. lucidulum, Michaux, has 

 become there a great article of trade, being in request for 

 bouquets and wreaths, and both plants, after having been 

 dyed of various colours, are used as ornaments in vases, &c. 

 (Meehan). These clubmosses are mentioned here to draw 

 attention -to similar plants indigenous in this colony, viz., 

 L. varium, L. clavatum, L. densum, L. laterale and 

 Selaginella uliginosa. 



