SHRUBBERIES AND FLOWER-GARDENS. CHAP. 



Water as short a time as possible. Some recommend the 

 placing it in a vase, and sinking that to the bottom of 

 your pond ; but I think a better way, is, to place your 

 plant in an old fish-basket, full of suitable mould, and 

 sink that $ if you can, sinking it a little way into the 

 earth at the bottom of the pond, as well as sinking it to 

 the bottom of the water. In this way, the plant is not 

 necessarily confined to so small a space as in the vase j 

 for, when its roots have extended to the edge of the 

 basket, there will be room for them to go through, and 

 as the basket rots away, the plant becomes fixed in the 



bed of the pond. LILY, yellow water. Lat. Nymphea 



iutea. Fr. NympMa jaune. Like the former in all 

 respects, excepting that it bears a yellow flower, which is 

 rather smaller than that of the white. Cultivate in just 

 the .same manner. 



487. LILY OF THE VALLEY. See SOLOMON'S 

 SEAL. 



438. LOBELIA, acrid. Lat. Lobelia urens.Fr. Lobe*- 

 tie brulante. A hardy perennial plant of England, about 

 one foot high, and blows a blue flower in July and 

 August. Propagated by sowing in a good earth, rather 



consistent than light, and should be watered often. 



LOBELIA, or cardinal' sjlower. Lat. Lobelia cardinalis Fr. 

 Lobelie cardinals. A very handsome perennial plant from 

 Virginia. It blows a most beautiful rich scarlet flower in 

 July and October, and rises to two or three feet high. It 

 thrives best planted out in summer in a rich friable soil , 

 but is tender enough to require some protection in 

 winter. It is easily increased by suckers or by seeds j 



