1445 



Low's PURPLE LOBELIA. 



SYNGENESIA MONOGAMIA. 



Nat. ord. Lobeliace,^. {Introduction to the natural system of Botany, 

 p. 187.) 



LOBELIA. ^Suprc], vol. \. fol. 60. 



Garden Variety, 



Nothing certain is known of the origin of this plant. 

 We understand it originally made its appearance in Scot- 

 land, whence it was procured by Messrs. Low and Co. of 

 the Clapton Nursery. 



We presume, however, there can be no doubt of its 

 being a hybrid production between L. siphilitica and either 

 L. fulgens, cardinalis, or splendcns. 



To cultivators it is a plant of much importance. Its 

 very brilliant colours, hardiness, and facility of cultivation, 

 are all points of great merit. 



It grows about two feet high, is perfectly hardy in the 

 summer, and flowers from May to October. 



J. L. 



NOTE. 



In compliance witli the suggestion of a Botanical friend, upon whose 

 sound judgment we have great reliance, we have determined in future not to 

 attach Botanical names to the Garden varieties we may hereafter publish, as 

 an additional preventive to their finding their way into the compilations of 

 Botanists. We do not conceive that any inconvenience will res\dt from this 

 plan, which, on the contrary, will wo trust he an ample assurance to our 

 scientific friends, that, if we are seduced by the beauty of Garden varieties 

 to receive them into our pages, we have no intention of allowing them to 

 pass, even by mistake, if it can be prevented, into the records of legitimate 

 species. 



