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Lobelia continued. 
main flower-stems, and stronger side shoots, which also 
bear flowers in the autumn. Plenty of water will prove 
beneficial, and protection from rough wind must be 
provided by tying each plant to a suitable stake. When 
cut down by frosts, the roots may be lifted and stored 
in a cool frame all the winter, or they may be covered 
with a good depth of ashes or cocoa-nut fibre, and allowed 
to remain outside. The former plan is the safest, but 
care must be taken not to allow the roots to become too 
dry. Lobelias are also well adapted for culture in pots, 
for greenhouse decoration. They should be placed in a 
rich open soil, and be provided with manure water when 
beginning to flower. 
L. amoena (pleasing). fl. pale blue; spikes secund, many- 
flowered. July aan August. J. oblong-lanceolate, serrated, 
usually glabrous, 6in. to 8in. long, and lin. broad. h. lft. to 4ft. 
North America, 1812. — | perennial, L. colorata (S. B. F. G. 
ser. ii. 180) is a garden hybrid of this species. 
L. anceps (two-edged). ft. blue, with a white or yellowish throat; 
pedicels N N than the bracts, which are linear, 
entire. June. ¢ obovate, toothed, superior ones dissimilar. 
Stems decumbent. Cape of Good Hope, 1820. Greenhouse 
herbaceous perennial. Syns. L. decumbens (B. M. 2277), L. rhizo- 
phyta (B. M. 2519), ; 
bid. 461. PLOWskiNG SEM OF LOBELIA CARDINALIS. 
L. cardinalis (cardinal).* Cardinal Flower. A. Scarlet; racemes | 
terminal, unilateral, leafy. July and August. l. oblong-lanceo- 
late, cartilaginously denticulated, and, as well as the stems, 
glabrous. ñ. lft. to 2ft. North America, 1626. A very stately 
and handsome herbaceous perennial. It is not perfectly hardy 
in our climate, but, if planted in spring, in deep rich loam, and in 
a situation fully exposed to the sun, it will flower well through- 
out the autumn, and, with protection, may be left in the ground 
all the winter. See Figs. d 462. (B. M. 320.) 
THE DICTIONARY 
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OF GARDENING, 
Lobelia—continued. 
FIG. 462. LOBELIA CARDINALIS. 
„ (Cavanille’s). A synonym of L. laxiflora angusti- 
olia. 
L pifolia (Coronopus-leaved). H. of a beautiful Gentiana- * 
like blue; peduncles long, few-flowered. July and August. 
l. lanceolate, with three or more teeth on each side. Stem pro- 
cumbent. Cape of Good Hope, 1752. Greenhouse herbaceous 
perennial. (B. M. 644.) 
L. c. cærulea (blue). „l. purplish-blue, large, and drooping; 
: eM ele or four-flowered. Cape of Good Hope, 182. 
L. decumbens (decumbent). A synonym of L. anceps. 
Fig. 463. FLUwERING BRANCH OF LOBELIA ERINUS. 
L. Erinus (Erinus).* fl. blue, with a white or 
1 : ellowish throat ; 
peduncles axillary, solitary, much longer n the leaves. 
Summer. l. hairy at the toothed, lower ones obovate, 
ae See ones almost sessile, narrow-lanceolate. h. Ein. 
ape of Good Hope, 1752. Greenhouse herbaceous perennial. 
(B. M. 901.) The varieties of this popular species are very 
numerous, and are separated into five sections, viz.: 1, com- 
pacta, heat and compact-growing, having both blue and white- 
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