156 LOBELIA 



Lobe'li A — contin ued. 



colour. The two true annuals, Lobelia gracilis and 

 L. tenuifolia, are half hardy and require to be raised 

 in gentle warm in March and potted up. When 

 frosts are over they can be planted out. 



L'oNAS ino'dora (derivation uncertain). Nat. Ord. 

 Compositw. 



An uncommon plant from the N. African coast. 

 It may be classed as one of the " everlastings," the 

 flowers having that long-keeping quality peculiar 

 to that class. It bears heads of yellow flowers in 

 dense terminal clusters in July to October, about 

 12 ins. high. Introduced 1686. Syn., Athana'sia 

 an'nua. 



Sow seeds tV in. deep in February in heat 

 about 65^ and plant out in May ; in April out- 

 doors in patches or lines, thinning out to 6 ins. 

 apart. 



Lope'zia corona'ta (called after the Spaniard, Lopez). 

 Nat. Ord. Onagracew. 



This is an annual not often seen nowadays 

 and not at all showy. Its small flowers are 

 exhibited when only 3 ins. high, though the plant 

 grows to 3 ft. when mature, and continues 

 throwing out its little pink and white blooms in 

 succession at the axil of each leaf from July to 

 October. From Mexico, 1805. 



Sow in the borders in April or on a hotbed in 

 March, and transplant in light soil in May. 



