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BEAUTIFUL GARDEN FLOWERS. 
have been raised by crossing the kinds mentioned 
with the blue-flowered L. syphilitica, which grows 
1 to 2 feet high. L. Gerardi is a blue flowered hybrid, 
but it cannot compare in brilliancy with the crimson 
or magenta forms like Queen Victoria, Andrew Barlow, 
and several others, to which distinct names have been 
given. They like a rich moist loamy soil, and a little 
shade, but must be protected from severe frosts and 
cold rains in winter. They may be increased from 
seeds, division of the rootstocks in spring, or from 
cuttings of the young shoots inserted in sandy soil in 
a cold frame. (See Plate 30, fig. 79.) 
LUNARIA biennis {Honesty ). — This charming bien- 
nial grows 2 to 3 feet high, and flourishes in ordinary 
good garden soil. It is usually raised from seeds sow r n 
in spring to produce plants for flowering the following 
year. The leaves are large, heart-shaped, and 
coarsely-toothed, and from May to July the erect 
trusses of violet-lilac, purple, or white flowers are 
freely produced. In the autumn their place is taken by 
the large roundish silvery divisions of the seed-pods to 
which the name of “ Peter’s Pence ” has been given. 
LUPINUS polyphyllus {Lupin ). — This is the best 
of the perennial Lupines, attaining a height of 3 to 
6 feet in good soils. It may be recognised by its 
radiating fan-like leaves, and blue, purple, or white 
pea-like blossoms. It is easily raised from seeds, 
or by division of the roots in spring. L. mutabilis is 
an annual, 3 to 4 feet high, with fewer leaflets and 
large sweet-scented flowers from June to August. 
The upper petal is white or bluish with a yellow 
mark in the centre, the other parts being white or 
