THE 



FLORICULTURAL CABINET, 



SEPTEMBER, 1st, 1838. 



PART 1. 



ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. 



ARTICLE I. 

 ON LOBELIAS FOR FORMING A BED IN THE FLOWER GARDEN. 



BY CLERICUS. 



The Lobelia Cardinalis and L. fulgens have already been noticed 

 in the Cabinet, and as they most deservedly merited, were strong- 

 ly recommended as highly ornamental plants for the flower gar- 

 den ; the fine brilliant scarlet colour of the former, and the bright 

 crimson of the latter, not being exceeded by any other flower. 

 I am much pleased with the meritorious results of hybridising 

 some of the species of Lobelias, and to find among the produce 

 some peculiarly striking varieties. I procured all I could, (a list 

 I annex below) early this spring, and have planted them in a bed 

 in my flower garden, and they now form one of the most interest- 

 ing and handsome ornaments the flower garden can boast of. 



I planted the tallest kind, L cardinalis, now three feet high, in 

 the centre of a circular bed, a row of L fulgens next, and then 

 six rows of the mixtures in colour, consisting of one hun- 

 dred and twenty-five plants, to complete the bed, with the ex- 

 ception of the outer row, which consists of L. arguta and L gra- 

 cilis alternately planted, these latter being prostrate kinds and of 

 a pretty blue and white, make a delightful edging. 



The soil I have planted them in is a good fresh loam, well en- 



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