. Familiar garden flowers . Flowers; Plants, Ornamental; Floriculture. 88 FAMILIAR GARDEN FLOIFERS. probably without a salary, and with but few official duties. In 1576 he published his " Observationes/' wherein may be found the sources of much of the information embodied in Parkinson's " Theatrum Botanicum" and other works of the time that now surprise us liy their erudition, their comprehensiveness, and the delightful accuracy of their engravings. The lobelias are widely scattered, but there are not many of them. There are two British species, namely, L. urens, a very rare pla
. Familiar garden flowers . Flowers; Plants, Ornamental; Floriculture. 88 FAMILIAR GARDEN FLOIFERS. probably without a salary, and with but few official duties. In 1576 he published his " Observationes/' wherein may be found the sources of much of the information embodied in Parkinson's " Theatrum Botanicum" and other works of the time that now surprise us liy their erudition, their comprehensiveness, and the delightful accuracy of their engravings. The lobelias are widely scattered, but there are not many of them. There are two British species, namely, L. urens, a very rare plant, found on heaths near Axmin- ster, and L. iJortmanna, a rather showy water-plant with blue flowers. The " erinus" section are natives of the Cajje of Good Hope, and comprise L. hicolor and L. cam- juinnlafa, from which many of the garden varieties have been bred. The splendid plants of the "herbaceous^' section, comp)rising L. cardinalis, L. xplenden.^i, and L. fnhjenx, are natives of ^ Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Hibberd, Shirley, 1825-1890; Hulme, F. Edward (Frederick Edward), 1841-1909. London : Cassell
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