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THE FLOEAL WORLD AND GARDEN GUIDE. 



blance. Tlua sort was distiiiguisliable from 

 the rest by its diffuse habit and p;de coloured 

 flowers, and is of no importance in decora- 

 tive gai'dtniing." 



Lobelia bicolor rosea (syu., I-, gra- 

 cilis rosea, L. erinus Lindleyaua, L. Lmd- 

 leyaua — Thompson, Van Houtte). — The 

 habit of bicolor, but the flowers of a rosy 

 lilac. Adapted either for beds or pot-cul- 

 ture. 



Lobelia erinus (syn., L. densa multi- 

 flora — Veitch). — The genuine form has long 

 since disappeared, having been modified by 

 seedhig and admixture. Flowers small, 

 deep blue, white eye, of little value as a 

 decorative plant. 



Lobelia erinus compacta (syn., L. 

 gracilis erecta, L. gracilis compacta — 

 Thompson, Carter). — Dwarf, slender, com- 

 pact, dense liabit of growth, with crowded 

 stems, forming a cushion-like tuft ; lower 

 leaves, obovate; flowers pale blue. Useful 

 for small pots and edgings to very small 

 beds. 



Lobelia erinus speciosa (syu., L. 

 speciosa, Crystal Palace Lobelia — Carter, 

 Turner, and generally distributed). — The 

 best for flower-garden purposes of all the < 

 dwarf lobelias collected. Habit neat and 

 compact, flowers large and deep blue, vary- 

 ing slightly when from seed. The best 

 forms should be perpetuated by means of 

 cuttings to secure uniformity. The best 

 form is that known as the Crystal Palace 

 Lobelia, the flowers of which are of the 

 deepest blue, with a white eye. The 

 others contributed imder the name of 

 speciosa agreed with it in all points except 

 the tips of tlie bi-anches ; in tlie Crystal 

 Palace variety these are brownish, in spe- 

 ciosa they are green, and the flowers of a 

 lighter shade of blue. 



Lobelia b.4.mosa (syn., L. formosa — 

 Veitch, Carter). — Very handsome, but 

 better adapted for pot culture than for the 

 open air. Erect, openly branched, lower 

 leaves pinuatisected, ujDper ones ones linear 

 lanceolate ; flowers bright deep blue, larger 

 than any of the foregoing, and i-emarkable 

 for the dimidiate or halved appearance of 

 the lateral lobes of the lower lip. 



Lobelia trujueir.\ (Thompson). — 

 Unattractive. 



LUPINUS DUNNEXTII SUPERBUS (Vcitch). 



— Showy and cfl"ective, with tlie habit of 

 L. hybridus, but light coloured and nearly 

 smooth branches. Flowers at first white, 

 changing to lilac, the standard deep pur- 

 ple. Plant dwarfish in habit, spilies freely 

 produced. 



LupiNUS Hartwegii albus (Veitch). — 

 Handsome racemes of white flowers. Au 

 excellent border plant. 



Lupin us Hartweg II c^LESTiNus (Veitch). 

 — Pale or grayish blue, and like the last, 

 showy and eS'cctive. 



LupiNus HYBRIDUS iNSiGNis (Veitch). 



Dwarf habit, fine central spike of deep pur- 

 plish lilac flowers. 



LupiNus Menziesii (syn., L. sulphureus 

 — Vilniorin). — Dwarf tree-like habit, pro- 

 ducing, at about a foot from the ground, a 

 whorl of spreading branches ; these bore 

 pedunculated spikes of handsome pale 

 yellow flowers. 



LupiNusMUTABiLisvARiicoLOB (Carter). 

 — A sportive form of L. mutabilis, various in 

 colour. Tall branching habit, flowers in 

 short racemes of different shades of blue 

 with a darker standard, or white with a 

 purplish standard. 



LupiNus NANUS LiL.lciNUS (syn., L. sub- 

 raraosus — Van Houtte). — Dwarf, spreading, 

 compact, numerous racemes of deep blue 

 flowers, the standard marked with a white 

 sjiot. Very showy. 



LupiNus tricolor elegans (Veitch). — 

 Branched and spreading, two and a-half feet 

 high, numerous racemes of white flowers, the 

 standards deep lilac, changing to pucy- 

 purple. Very effective. 



Lychnis Haageana (Beuary, Carter). 

 — Did not succeed well in the open ground, 

 through adverse conditions of the soil. A 

 foot high, unbranched, bearing a few 

 flowers in succession on the upper part of 

 the stems. Flov.'ers various in colour, in- 

 cluding vivid scarlet, orange scarlet, crim- 

 son of several shades and white. In pots 

 of good soil the plants were taller, and those 

 with bright scarlet flowers very handsome, 

 the flowers were two to two and a-lialf 

 inches in diameter. 



Nycterinia selaginoides (Veitch). — 

 Dwarf compact tufts furnished with oblong 

 spathulate leaves. Flowers in terminal 

 corymbs, star shaped, white or lilac with 

 orange centre. A pretty dwarf plant for 

 rock-work. 



CEnotiiera bistorta Veitchiana 

 (Veicch). — A showy yellow flowered an- 

 nual, irregular in growth. Flowers soli- 

 tary from the leaf axils, abundant, about 

 one inch in diameter ; four petaled, with a 

 small crimson spot at the base of each 

 petal. Rather str.aggling. 



Q<]notuera Dkummondii nana (Car- 

 ter, Vilmorin, Truffaut). - — Diffuse in 

 growth, over a foot in height, some rising 

 to a foot and a-half; flowers large, pale 

 yellow and showy. Considered a good 

 bold-flowered dwarfish plant for the front 

 of shrubbery borders. 



CEnothera salicifolia (syn., CE. bien- 

 nis hirsutissima, (E. versicolor — Carter). — ■ 

 Plants coarse and weedy, flowers dingy. 



