plant, and it has no fading, yellowing stage. Like 

 the Oriental Poppy, it should be Fall planted. If 

 you will compare Spring planted and Fall planted 

 Lupins, this is what you will instantly notice: 

 First, an appearance of splendid maturity, dozens 

 of flower spikes and a width and breadth, as though 

 the Fall planted Lupin had always been just there, 

 while the Spring planted Lupin is narrow without 

 spread and not useful as space fillers. Naturally 

 there are but few blooms the first Summer. 



"I wish more Lupins were planted," I said to 

 a friend, who exclaimed in horror when I suggested 

 assembling Japanese Maples, the blood-red, lace- 

 leaf variety, and the pink Polyphyllus moerheimi 

 (hybrid) Lupin; the base of each floret is a Japanese 

 maple red, consequently it makes a perfectly har- 

 monious group, and as this Lupin blooms continu- 

 ously if the faded blooms are kept cut, nothing, 

 not even the Japanese Maples and Azaleas, is more 

 exquisite when they are massed together. 



RARE LOVELY MAGNOLIAS 

 Watson's Magnolia is rare and new. Its 



flowers are of the purest, waxy white, with vivid 



scarlet stamens. 



Soulange's Magnolia is not rare, but is rarely 



lovely. A group or belt of this variety well spaced, 



correctly planted, is a joy. 



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