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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
The Green Dragon. 
In July we gave an engraving of a common 
but very interesting plant, the Indian Turnip, 
Ariscema tnphyllum. We now present a draw- 
Farther south it is replaced by a more hairy 
and simple-leaved species, Lupinus villosus. 
But the Lupines of the Atlantic States sink 
into insignificance when compared with the fine 
species of the Pacific coast. In California and 
seeds are generally kept by our best seedsmen, 
and we may remark that this, and all other 
perennial Lupines that we have cultivated, are 
very impatient of removal after they become 
large. We start the seed in boxes, and after 
the green dragox. —{Anscema Dracontium.) the mart-leaved lupine. —{Lupinus polyphyllus.) 
ing of another species, Ariscsma Dracontium, 
the Green Dragon or Dragon Root. This is 
much less common than the other species, and 
though not quite so showy is nevertheless a 
plant that is likely to arrest attention. Its leaf— 
it usually has but one—is singularly divided into 
from seven to eleven and even as many as thir¬ 
teen leaflets. The flower is greenish, and not 
showy. The spathe, or envelope that surrounds 
the flowers, instead of being broad and bent over 
at the top as in the other species, is rolled into 
a narrow tube and terminates in a short erect 
point, and the spadix upon which the small 
flowers are fixed extends considerably beyond 
the spathe. This has not the turnip-shaped 
root-stock of the Indian Turnip, but a cluster 
of small tubers. The plant is found on rich 
river banks in most parts of the Atlantic States. 
Tiie drawing was made from a specimen from 
-our garden, where we find it a curious if not 
very showy member of the collection. 
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The Many-leaved Lupine. 
The genus Lupine (or Lupinus) is a very fine 
one. It includes annuals, biennials, and peren¬ 
nials. Some of these are in Europe important 
forage plants, and others are grown for orna¬ 
ment. The common Wild Lupine, Lupinus 
perennis, is well known, it being common in 
sandy soil in the Northern and Middle States. 
Oregon there are forty or more species, some of 
them forming large branching plants, with 
showy racemes of flowers, which are white, yel¬ 
low, and through all shades of blue to deep pur¬ 
ple. Only a few of these far Western Lupines 
have been brought into cultivation, and the best 
known of these is the Many-leaved Lupine, 
Lupinus polyphyllus, which is now a not rare 
and very showy ornament in our gardens. We 
have grown it for several years, blit have never 
succeeded in raising such fine plants as we saw 
growing wild in California. It was near a 
miserable little Indian village called San Felipe 
that we came across a large patch which seemed 
to us one of the finest floral displays we ever 
witnessed. The plants stood at least six feet 
high, and the flower-racemes were from one to 
two feet in length. These stood up above a 
wonderfully luxuriant mass of foliage, and the 
whole formed a flower-show that we shall never 
forget. As we grow it in the garden, the stems 
seldom reach higher than three feet; still, 
though it falls far short of the beauty it pos¬ 
sesses in its native locality, the plant is a very 
desirable one for the garden, as it remains in 
bloom a long time, and has a stately aspect that 
is very pleasing. The specific name, polyphyllus, 
has reference to the many divisions of the leaf, 
which are sometimes as many as fifteen. The 
flowers are variously colored, being purple, 
blue, and even white in different seedings. The 
the plants show a few leaves transplant them 
to the place where they are to bloom. Remov¬ 
ing large plants is not likely to be successful. 
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The Cabbage-Worm (Pieris rupee). 
The “Cabbage-worm” is not ft pleasant sub¬ 
ject, but he is a very important one. Where he 
came from, and how he got here, are matters 
which have been sufficiently discussed. The 
cultivator’s interest begins and ends with the 
more important facts that he is here, and that 
he must be got rid of, or cabbage-growers must 
find another occupation. 
With the worm, as a worm, there is little use 
in contending. It is not a sensitive creature, 
and cares little for bad tastes and bad smells. 
Its mission is to eat cabbage, and it fulfills it in 
spite of all obstacles. The only way to attack 
it with any hope of success is to nip it in the 
bud, and its particular bud is the pretty white 
butterfly that lays the myriad eggs from which 
it is hatched. Fortunately, these butterflies are 
somewhat influenced by foul odors, and whale- 
oil soap, fish pomace, carbolic soap, flowers of 
sulphur, and such nastiness, will incline them to 
seek other foraging ground. This means will 
do much to abate the nuisance, but the further 
precaution should be taken to catch and kill as 
many of them as possible. 
Farmers and gardeners should combine to 
