The Illustrated Guide for Amateur Gardeners. 
LOBELIA. 
LOBELIA — DANIELS’ WHITE BEDDING. ' 
071 DANIELS’ DARK BLUE. A very fine dark blue, oompact-growing 
variety ; splendid for edgings and oarpet bedding. For a really 
good dark blue bodder, we recommend this as the best variety for 
g arden decoration . . . . . . ... ... . . 1 
072 DANIELS’ WHITE BEDDING. Pure white dwarf ; a beautiful 
variety for bedding . . „ ... . . . . . . 1 
673 ROYAL PURPLE. Deep rich blue with distinot white eye, splendid ; 
dwarf . . . . . . . . . . . . o 
674 BARNARD’S PERPETUAL. Bright ultramarine blue, white, at base 
of lower petals ; splendid dwarf variety ... ... „ 0 
675 SPECIOSA (true). Fine dark blue, excellent bedder .„ . . 0 
670 COBALT BLUE. Fine and distinct colour ... . . . . 0 
077 ERINUS ALBA. White, very useful . . . . ... . . 0 
670 PAXTONI. Blue and white, dwarf ... . . . . . . 0 
679 TENUIOR. A charming variety, growing about one foot high, 
with very large flowers, cobalt blue, with white centre ; very 
graceful in habit and makes a beautiful pot plant, and is 
excellent for vases and hanging baskets . . . . . . 0 
080 RAMOSA BLUE 7 A beautiful upright growing class 9 in. to 1 ft. 0 
081 „ WHITE > high, very useful for pot culture in 0 
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To secure fine plants for bedding 
out the following May, some prefer 
to sow the seed in Autumn, but 
February or March is good time 
for sowing if the plants have careful 
attention and are grown on freely. 
Sow the seeds thinly in pans or 
pots of sandy loam, cover very 
lightly, and place in a heat of about 
sixty degrees, keep moist, and soon 
as the young plants can be handled, 
pot off singly into small pots of 
light rich soil, keep near the glass 
in a gentle heat, and give plenty 
of air on fine days. Carefully pick- 
ing off all the flower-buds will 
greatly assist their growth, and 
they should on no account be 
allowed to suffer from want of 
moisture. Other excellent methods 
are to priok the young plants five 
or six in a five-inch pot, or, better 
still, to plant them thinly in shal- 
low trays of rich soil, keeping in 
gentle heat, giving air, &c., as re- 
commended. These will generally 
form compactly grown, sturdy 
plants, that will quickly produce a 
beautiful effect when planted out. 
Lobelias intended for pots or win- 
dow-boxes succeed best when 
planted out thinly in good soil in an open situation, and carefully 
lifted when they have formed nice tufty plants ; these will at once 
commence blooming, and produce an effect that oould not be other- 
wise obtained. For bodding out, we strongly rooommend Daniels’ 
Dark Blue and Daniels’ White Bedding as most compact in growth 
and reliable in colour. Royal Purple, Barnard’s Perpetual are also 
very fine, whilst for pot culture, hanging baskets, and greenhouse 
decoration, the beautiful tenuior and the varieties of ramosa are by 
far the best. 
LOBELIA CARDINALIS VICTORIA. 
This beautiful perennial, growing about two feet high, with its 
rioh dark metallio foliage and brilliant scarlet flowers, comes quite 
true from seed, and sown in February or March on a gentle heat 
will make nice plants for bedding out in May or June for bloom- 
ing the following Autumn. The roots of theso should be protected 
in severe weather by a covering of cocoa-nut refuse, ashes, or any 
light similar material, or they may be lifted after flowering, and 
stored in a cool pit or frame for the Winter, and planted out again 
the following April or May. 
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LOBELIA TENUIOR. 
LANTANA. 
A half-hardy shrubby perennial, with heads of brilliantly coloured 
flowers, Excellent for bedding out, or as a pot plant for the greenhouse. 
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683 NEW DWARF HYBRIDS, MIXED. Beautiful varieties, 
of compact habit. Height 9 inches ... .„ o fi 
LAVATERA. 
Exceedingly beautiful and showy plants. Excellent for cut flowers and 
of fine effect in the garden. 
684 ROSEA SPLENDENS. A very beautiful tall growing hardy 
annual, with large bright rosy-pink flowers that continue in 
bloom for a long time. Very showy and effective in large 
beds or borders. 3 feet . . . . . . ..04 
685 ALBA SPLENDENS. Large glossy pure whito flowers. This 
and the preceding arc excellent as cut flowers. Height 3 feot 0 4 
686 ARBOREA VARXEGATA. Very fine half-hardy perennial, 
with largo groen leaves blotched and marked with white. 
Height 4 to 6 feot ._ .„ .„ _ _ 0 6 
LAYIA ELEGANS. 
087 A pretty hardy annual from California, about 1 foot high, with 
large round yellow flowers edged with white „ „. 0 3 
LEPTOSIPHON. 
Free-floworing and exceedingly pretty hardy annuals. L. densiflorus 
and albus arc very useful for beds or borders. The dwarf-growing sorts 
are well-sui ted for edgings or rockwork. 
689 DENSIFLORUS. Lilac. 1 foot 
690 DENSIFLORUS ALBUS. Pure white, sweet-scented. 1 foot 
691 AUREUS. Golden yellow. 3 inches 
692 CARMINEUS. Brilliant carmine. 3 inches 
693 ROSEUS. Bright rose. 3 inches 
694 FRENCH HYBRIDS, MIXED. 3 inches . . 
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A beautiful hardy annual growing about 15 inches high with 
bright golden yellow flowers. This is one of the quickest 
annuals to bloom from seed and may be had in perfection 
within five weeks of sowing . . . . . . . . 0 
LIMNANTHES DOUGLASI. 
A free-flowering and useful hardy annual, about six inches high, 
of a spreading habit, with white and yellow flowers . . 0 
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From Mr. G. COY, Hose. 
them. 
"1 found the Seedi to be quite true to name and I was very satisfied with 
