No. 749. 
LOBELIA SURINAMENSIS rubra. 
Class. Order. 
PENTANDRIA MONOGY NIA. 
A native of the West Indies; it was in- 
troduced about the year 1786, and is a very 
beautiful flowering stove plant: it grows to 
the height of five or six feet, and flowers 
from the beginning of the year through 
most part of the summer. 
It may be propagated without difficulty 
by cuttings, and flourishes in rich loamy 
soil There is a variety of this plant with 
a paler flower, not near so shewy as this. 
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