i6o HARDY PERENNIALS 
niums, but our aim is to draw attention to the rich- 
hued, tall spiked varieties of L. cardinalis, L. fulgens, 
and L. syphilitica. The vivid scarlets and fiery 
crimsons of the first two species are among the most 
dazzling flowers that grow, and although the plants 
are scarcely able to brave our Winters without slight 
protection, they are so good that they are well 
worth lifting and potting so that they may be 
wintered in a frame and replanted in Spring. 
L. syphilitica and its varieties, which may be had 
in white, blue, pink, and violet, are quite hardy 
and very showy. 
Although Winter protection is advised for the 
cardinalis and fulgens types, all the lobelias love 
abundant moisture in the growing season. They 
make admirable companions for the moisture-loving 
Irises, Japanese Primulas, the Astilbes, or even hardy 
ferns, where their spikes will show magnificently 
above the quiet green fronds. Quite a number of 
named garden varieties and hybrids are now in 
cultivation, many of which are of extremely beau- 
tiful shades of colour. 
Lupinus. — Among tall-growing spiked flowers the 
Lupins with their pea-shaped flowers are conspicuously 
useful and universally popular. The old blue, 
purple, and white varieties of L. polyphyllus have 
done duty in the herbaceous border for many long 
years, but. their undoubted beauty has been quite 
outclassed by the glory of quite a new race of 
gorgeously coloured hybrids, some of which are of 
