342 FLORA HfSTORICA. 



the month of April or May the plants may be 

 transplanted, and which may be expected to 

 flower the second year. 



These plants are 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 Lo- 

 belia 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 broiid and powerful fan, 

 Puffing- at all, winnows the light away." 



Shakspeare. 



