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THE GARDENING WORLD 
March 10, 1900 
LUPINUS ARBOREUS SNOW QUEEN. 
About the end of May and the beginning of June our 
gardens begin to get gay with the herbaceous peren¬ 
nial Lupins. The Tree Lupin also commences to 
bloom in early summer, and keeps on flowering pro 
fusely all the summer. It came originally from 
Ca’ifornia, the wild plant having pale yellow 
Sowers, though several variations have arison 
since then. A figure of the species appears in the 
Botanical Magazine, t. 682. The variety under not'ce, 
Snow Queen, bas been evolved and fixed by selection 
from batches of seedlings raised from Lupinus arbor- 
eus. In the original wild form the yellow flowers 
were pretty enough, but the value of the white blos¬ 
som of Soow Queen can hardly be overrated on 
account of its conspicuous character and striking 
effect when seen in masses in the landscape. It 
forms bushes about 4 ft. in height, and many have a 
diameter exceeding that when planted in well drained 
soil of a friable or even a sandy character, and 
allowed p'enty of space to develop its natural form, 
which is that of a semi-globular bush, the branches 
and twigs pointing in all directions, and everyone cf 
them sooner or liter terminating in a raceme of 
flowers of snowy purity. 
Fine effects are obtained by planting it in shrub- 
berries, where the white Pea-shaped blossoms will 
be shown off to the best advantage against a back¬ 
ground of the foliage of evergreen or deciduous sub¬ 
jects. The effect is striking under these conditions, 
but what it would be as a large bed or clump in an 
cpen position, where it may be seen from a distance, 
may be better imagined than described. The flowers 
are produced in such quantity that you may cut and 
come again without impairing the effect of the bush 
or clump For decorative purposes as cut flowers in 
dwelling-houses they are well adapted. Seeds are 
produced in abundance, so that no difficulty is ex¬ 
perienced in keeping up a supply even if a severe 
winter should injure or cut up the old plants. 
Messrs. Barr & Sons, of King Street, Covent Garden, 
London, and Long Ditton, Suirey, placed the 
accompanying illustration, which well portrays the 
habit of the plant, at our disposal. 
LILIUM HARRISII. 
The method of growing this valuable Lilium, by 
nurserymen and florists, is very successful, and 
differs from that which is practised in many private 
places. For nurserymen there are only two seasons 
when there is any profit on large batches, namely, 
Christmas and Easter. Between those seasons only 
enough for wreaths, cut flowers, etc., are grown. 
The bulbs are imporled in September, a id potted in 
the following manner :—Very seldom larger pots 
than 48's are used for one bulb,and three small bulbs 
are often potted into a 32. One large, fi t crock is 
placed over the hole, then a handful of silver sand. 
The bulb is pressed into the sand ; enough soil is 
pressed firmly roun 3 the bulb till it is nearly covered, 
filling the pot about half way. Only a compost of 
best fibrous loam and a little sand is used for this. 
The bulbs are then shaded till they begin to grow, 
and, at a certain stage, when small roots are emitted 
from the stem, they are top-dressed wiih a compost 
of test fibrous loam, with a lit 1 le manure and 
sand. Full advantage is taken of these stem roots; 
and if they are not attended to at the proper stage 
of growth, success is an uncertainty. The plants 
are kept growing in a temperature of 6o°. SyriDge 
about mid day with tepid water. When the pots are 
nearly full of roots, manure water is given to them 
alternately, changing the manure as often as possible. 
— C. P. Cretchley, The Honeys, Twy/ord, Berks. 
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ERIGERON COULTERI, 
Doronicums occupy no mean position in our 
grade ot appreciation for hardy perennial border 
plants. They are yellow. The man” coloured 
single Pyretbrums can scarcely receive more liberal 
pra se than is yielded to them and their merits by all 
bands on every side. Still they do not yield either 
a pure white or a pretty lavender-blue and from 
this fact they leave a place to fill, a piace for the 
very elegant Erigerons. The subject illustrated on 
Lupikus Arboreus Snow Queen. 
fact may be mentioned that E Coulteri comminces 
to bloom in June when such pure white flowers are 
still scarce. A glance at the figure serves to show 
the usefulness of this subject either for the border 
cr for cutting purposes. The Erigerons are easily 
Erigeron Coulter!, 
Copyright B . & S. 
To Whiten Boards.—To one part of lime add two 
parts of soft soap and three parts of silver sand. Lay 
a little on the boards and rub well with a wet 
scrubbing brush. Rinse with clean water and wipe 
dry. 
this page is so well seen in general habit and appear¬ 
ance that many words of description would obviously 
be redundant. E. Coulteri is a native of North¬ 
west America the flowers being pure white and in 
size similar to those of E. speciosus. The additional 
increased by division of large plants at this time, or 
by sowing seeds in early summer, transplanting the 
seedlings and finally planting them in their permanent 
quarters. The illustration of this novelty was lent 
us by Messrs. H. Cannell & Sons, SwanleyJ 
