LOBE LIA CCELES'TIS. 
HEAVENLY LOBELIA. 
Clast. 
PENTANDltlA. 
Order. 
MONOGYNIA. 
Natural Order. 
LOBELIACE«. 
Native of 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Duration, 
Introduced 
N. America 
2 feel. 
June, Oct, 
Perennial. 
in 1831. 
No. 828. 
Lobelia, named after a French botanist of the 
sixteenth century. 
Lobelia coelestis is nearly related to Syphilitica, 
but its flowers are of brighter colour, and the plant 
not so hardy ; it is a species established by Nut- 
tall, and by him sent to this country. In the 
second volume of the second series of Sweet’s 
Flower Garden, another Lobelia, of somewhat 
similar character, was published under the name of 
colorata. It would be desirable that these three 
be cultivated together, for critical comparison. 
Several hybrid varieties of Lobelia have of late 
been raised, which are worthy of cultivation. They 
are chiefly between Syphilitica and the red species — 
cardinalis, fulgens, and splendens. In the catalogue 
of the Messrs. Pope, of Handsworth, we observe the 
names of several varieties which have favourable 
mention for the beauty of their flowers and fine 
growth, as Williamsii, Oldfordiensis, and Millerii. 
Lobelia coelestis flourishes in peat, or a mixture 
of peat and loam. Probably it would, like the 
red species, succeed still better in pots, with pans of 
water, as explained under No. 73. 
Don’s Syst. Bot. 3, 706. 
