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bought ; set them in clumps of three or four about nine inches apart. 

 They will increase rapidly. Each spring dress with some good 

 root dressing, and do the same after the flowers are all picked. The 

 plant has no pests or diseases. In October clumps may be lifted 

 and set in bulb pans ; after resting them for a month, bring them into 



the house, where they will give excellent 



flowers. 



Lobelia : There are two classes of these 

 plants. The first consists of the Erinus 

 varieties, tender annuals, mostly bearing 

 blue flowers, the plants not more than 

 six inches tall, and excellent for edgings. 

 The florist grows them readily from cut- 

 tings, to make sure of the color of his 

 flowers, and their earliness (May) ; but 

 the gardener will be satisfied to grow 

 them from seed. Sow them under glass 

 in April, outdoors in late May. Set out 

 or thin to six inches apart. They like 

 moist ground, and if well tended will 

 flower till frost. 



The best perennial Lobelia is the 

 cardinal flower, a plant growing two feet 

 or more in height, sending up spikes of 

 flaming flowers, very handsome in mid- 

 summer. It grows wild in damp places, 

 and can be transplanted ; or it may be 



grown from seed sown in April, or when freshly ripe in late summer. 



Set the plants eighteen inches or more apart in moist deep soil. 



Other perennial Lobelias are not so satisfactory ; one, which is often 



eight feet tall, is tender. 



London Pride, see Lychnis. 



Lupine : A free-flowering hardy plant, with annual and perennial 

 varieties, dwarf and tall, and bearing their blue or white (some- 

 times rose or yellow) flowers closely set on long stalks. They are 



Fig. 190. — Lilt-of- 



THE-VALLEY PlP. 



Cover it an inch. 



