By Mr. John Lindley. 



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XX. Lobelia campanuloides. Thunberg. 



This was received from China, by the Society, in 1821. 

 It is a pretty dwarf herbaceous plant, losing most of its 

 leaves in winter, but is covered with flowers and bright green 

 small foliage during the greater part of the summer. It is 

 kept in the stove. 



XXI. Canna Iridiflora. Ruiz and Pavon. 



This very beautiful species of Canna was, for many years, 

 almost solely in the possession of Aylmer Bourke Lam- 

 bert, Esq. who originally raised it from seed, picked off some 

 of Ruiz and Pavon's South American specimens. Notwith- 

 standing the great care and skill with which it was cultivated, 

 it appeared to resist all attempts at propagation, and even con- 

 tinued to live with great difficulty. In the summer of 1822, 

 Mr. Lambert presented the Society with a plant, which grew 

 vigorously for some time after its arrival at the Garden, but 

 unfortunately died afterwards, in consequence of an alteration 

 in its treatment. To repair the loss, Mr. Lambert, with his 

 acccustomed liberality, again, in the spring of 1823, supplied 

 the Garden with a plant, which was the last but one of his 

 original stock. Very particular attention was paid to the 

 management of such a treasure, and, fortunately with a 

 result not less happy than unexpected. As soon as the 

 plant was received, it was divested of all its mould, and 

 planted in a 4S-sized pot, in a mixture of old light leaf-mould 

 and sand. It was then plunged to the rim of the pot in the 

 tan bed. In a few weeks it began to grow vigorously, forcing 

 its roots through the bottom of the pot, and pushing up suckers 



