LUPl'NUS NA'NIJS. 
DWARF LUPINE. 
Class. Order. 
DIADELPHIA. DECANOniA. 
Natural Order. 
LEGUMINOSit. 
Native of 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Duration. 
Introduced 
California. 
8 inches. 
Aiig.to Sept. 
Annual. 
in 1833. 
No. 578. 
For the derivation of the word Lupinus, see No. 
310. Nanus, from the Latin, signifies a dwarf. 
This is one amongst the most desirable of the 
numerous species of Lupine for which so large a 
debt of gratitude is owing to the late lamented 
Douglas, and his patrons, the London Horticul- 
tural Society. The mingled tints of its flowers, 
which have a very pleasing effect, may be observed 
to be subject to variation from the soil in which the 
plants are grown. Ours grew in a border, contain- 
ing a considerable portion of peat, which has given 
to them a much more general tint of blue than oc- 
curs in those grow n in red loamy soil. The change 
of colour in the blossoms of Hydrangea, which we 
noticed in the Auctarium, (section 126) will be 
found not to be peculiar to that plant, although-ve 
know of none other which so prominently displays 
the influence of peat. 
The Lu})inus nanus produces abundance of seed, 
which if sown in autumn will flower in May and 
June. Spring-sown plants blossom in August and 
September; and if sow n in May, a still later bloom 
will be obtained. 
But. Reg. 1795. 
