LUPI'NUS TOMENTO'SUS. 
WOOLLY LUPINE. 
Order. 
DECANDRIA. 
Natural Order. 
LEGUMINOSiE. 
Native of 
Heig-ht. 
Flowers in 
Duration. 
Introduced 
Peru. 
3 feet. 
July to Sept. 
Perennial. 
in 1826. 
No. 648. 
For the derivation of the name, Lupinus, see 
No. 310. 
Were the fates to decree that we should choose 
one from amongst the many beautiful species of 
Lupine, and be deprived of every other, Lupinus 
tomentosus should be the one we would adopt. 
Not that it is the most splendid species, for two or 
three others in some degree excel it ; but not one 
affords us the variety of tint as our favourite tomen- 
tosus. Not only are the flowers on the same plant 
changeable, but seedling varieties will occur of com- 
pletely different hues from that of the parent. 
Blue, purple, white, yellow, and every intermediate 
tint may be found amongst them. It was formerly 
a maxim that as men sowed so should they reap; 
but this is no longer indisputable. Even Lupines 
have caught the changeable character of the times. 
Favourite varieties may be increased by division 
of their roots or by cuttings, but the finest plants are 
produced from seeds. Propagation by this means 
affords increased pleasure from the excitement of 
hope that varieties with new beauties will be ob- 
tained. 
Don’s Syst. Bot. 2, 369. 
Class. 
MONADELPHIA. 
