. An encyclopædia of gardening; comprising the theory and practice of horticulture, floriculture, arboriculture, and landscape-gardening, including all the latest improvements; a general history of gardening in all countries; and a statistical view of its present state, with suggestions for its future progress, in the British Isles. Gardening. Subsect. 20. Cardinal Flower. — Lobelia, L. Pent. Monog. L. and Campanula- ceee, B. P. Lobelie, Fr. ; Kurdinalsblume, Ger. : Fior Cardinale, Ital. ( fiss. 613. and 614.) J 6459. There are three species of lobelia which rank high as florists' flowers. 646
. An encyclopædia of gardening; comprising the theory and practice of horticulture, floriculture, arboriculture, and landscape-gardening, including all the latest improvements; a general history of gardening in all countries; and a statistical view of its present state, with suggestions for its future progress, in the British Isles. Gardening. Subsect. 20. Cardinal Flower. — Lobelia, L. Pent. Monog. L. and Campanula- ceee, B. P. Lobelie, Fr. ; Kurdinalsblume, Ger. : Fior Cardinale, Ital. ( fiss. 613. and 614.) J 6459. There are three species of lobelia which rank high as florists' flowers. 6460. The common cardinal flower (L. cardinalis) (Hot. Mag. 320. and fig. 613.) has roots composed of many white fleshy fibres, oblong leaves, stalks erect, about a foot and a half high, terminated by a spike of flowers, " of an exceed- ingly beautiful scarlet color," appearing in the end of July and August. It is a native of Virginia ; and it is found abundantly by the side of rivers and ditches : introduced in 1629. Justice is in rap- tures with it, describing it as " a flower of most handsome appearance, which should not be wanting in curious gardens, as it excels all other flowers I ever knew in the richness of its ; There is a dwarf variety, but it is very liable to perish. 6461. Propagation and culture. By seeds, offsets, or cut- tings ; but the former method produces the strongest plants. Sow in pots of rich earth soon after the seed is ripe, and place them under the protection of a frame. The seeds will appear the following spring; and after they have two or three leaves, should be planted in separate small pots, and shifted into larger ones once or twice during the season. Place them in an eastern exposure, and supply them freely with water. Protect, during winter, by a frame; and the following spring, shift them into pots, six or eight inches diameter, in which they will flower. If not much exposed to the sun, they will continue long in beaut
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