® Lupinus perennis.
produced a sorrowful cast of countenance. Such are the opinions
of modern botanists relative to the etymology of this word.
Lupinus perennis is, as already remarked, one of the most elegant
of our native species, and is highly worthy of cultivation in
our gardens. Its root creeps, and thus multiplies the plant rapidly ;
hence it is peculiarly well adapted to borders. As it delights in a
sandy or dry soil, due attention should be paid to this circumstance,
in order to insure its health and vigour after transplantation
from the woods. It grows extensively in the sandy woods of
New Jersey, and is also found in similar situations near this city, on
the western side of the Delaware.
The figure represents a flowering portion of the plant, the size of
nature.
