LOBELTA. 815 



These plants arc readily increased by suckers or 

 cuttings, if kept moist and in a shady situation until 

 they have taken root. 



There are varieties of these plants with a pale 

 rose-colour flower. 



The foliage of the Splendid or Shining Lobelia 

 is beautifully marked with dashes of a rich puce 

 colour, which, together with the claret-coloured 

 flower-stalks, adds greatly to the beauty of the 

 plant. 



As the Lobelia or Cardinal's Flower has not yet 

 been used in the emblematical language of flowers, 

 we have placed it in our Dictionary as the symbol 

 of distinction. 



In the wind and tempest of fortune's frown, 

 Distinction, with a broad and powerful fan 

 Puffing at all, winnows the light away. 



Shakspeare. 



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