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THE FLOWER GARDEN. 
They are : L. Hartwegii, a native of Mexico, growing i to 2ft. 
high, and bearing blue, white or rose flowers in summer. L. 
luteus, a native of S. Europe, growing 12 to i8in. high, and 
bearing yellow, fragrant flowers in summer. L. mutabilis, a 
native of Columbia, growing 3 to 4ft. high, and bearing large, 
white, blue and yellow fragrant flowers from June onw'ards. 
L. Cruikshanksii is a blue, yellow and lilac variety ; and so 
is the scarlet-flow'ered hybridus coccineus. L. nanus is a 
Californian species, growing ift. high, and bearing lilac and 
blue flowers in summer. Albus (white) and albo-coccineus 
(white and carmine) are varieties of it. L. subcarnosus is a 
native of Texas, grows ift. high, and bears blue, yellow' and 
white flowers from July onwards. L. tricolor elegans is a 
purple and white flowered species, growing a foot or so 
high. L. densiflorus (Syn. L. Menziesi) bears fragrant, 
sulphur-yellow flowers in July; height, 2ft. The foregoing 
are suitable for growing in bold groups in sunny borders in 
good ordinary soil. Sow the seeds a quarter-inch deep and 
thinly in March or April. When the seedlings are an inch or 
so high thin them out to 6 or 8in. apart. L. arboreus (Tree 
Lupin) is a more or less shrubby species. It grow's into a 
large bush 4ft. or so high, and bears a profusion of fragrant, 
yellow flowers in summer. In warm, sheltered positions it 
retains its silvery dowmy, prettily-cut leaves all the winter. Its 
white variety, Snow Queen, is a charming plant. A well-grown 
specimen will be literally covered with a mass of white blos- 
soms in summer. These two should be grown in every garden 
where is a warm sheltered spot and a not too heavy soil. In 
low-lying, damp gardens it is liable to be injured by frost in 
winter. It often makes a fine bush grown in a well-drained 
border at the foot of a south wall. Plant in spring. The best 
of the perennial species are L. nootkatensis, a native of 
Nootka Sound, growing i8in. high, and bearing blue, purple, 
white and yellow flowers in early summer. L. polyphyllus is 
the well-known Blue Lupin of gardens. It is a native of Cali- 
fornia, grows 3 to 6ft. high, and bears blue flowers in hand- 
some spikes during early summer. This plant is a great 
favourite in town, suburban and country gardens. It forms 
an elegant bush when well established, and yields a large 
number of handsome spikes of flowers. The stems are herba- 
ceous, drying down in autumn. There are several pretty 
varieties of it, namely, albus, white ; Foxii, blue, striped white ; 
Moerheimi, rose and white. A packet of mixed seed will give 
a great variety of colours The herbaceous perennial species 
require a deep, loamy soil, well-drained, and freely mixed with 
plentv of decaved manure. They also prefer a sunny position. 
The Blue Lupin (L. polyphyllus) may be grown singly or in a 
