The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects . at I have not the plantitself, since there, as I thought, it lay in my hand. succession of flowers for five months on a sunnyshelf in a greerdiouse here, and visitors generallyhave been quite delighted wilh its bold blue blos-soms, each poised so elegantly on a wire-like blossoms have a knack of curling themselves uptowards evening, but open out quite flat and fresh inthe sunshine of the next morning. Had I never seen L. coronopifolia I should haveliked this graceful plant even better than I
The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects . at I have not the plantitself, since there, as I thought, it lay in my hand. succession of flowers for five months on a sunnyshelf in a greerdiouse here, and visitors generallyhave been quite delighted wilh its bold blue blos-soms, each poised so elegantly on a wire-like blossoms have a knack of curling themselves uptowards evening, but open out quite flat and fresh inthe sunshine of the next morning. Had I never seen L. coronopifolia I should haveliked this graceful plant even better than I otherwisecould do. Nevertheless, it is a plant well worthcareful culture, as being in its own quiet wayquite an attractive species. To make sure ofbeing understood, perhaps it would be best togive a little sketch ((ig. 20) of L. coronopifulia {a)and L. ramosa {/) side by side. Practically bothare annuals, and hardy in our climate, althoughunder greenhouse culture they may become a hardy or half-hardy annual the mauve-flowcredIsotoma axillaris should henceforth be looked Fig. 20.~davarf lobelias: a, coronopifolia; b, ramosa. When it flowered, however, it was L. triquefra, andI experienced one of those sharp but mstructivetwinges of disappointment which all gardeners mustsooner or later learn to patiently bear. Some time ago I made a little sketch of Lobeliacoronopifolia on wood after the Botanical Mas^azincfigure, and when it appeared in another placeseveral kind plant lovers wrote to me offering seedsor plants. It is still, so far as I can learn, adesideratum In all English gardens, although travellerstell us quite tantalising accounts of its beauty in itswild state around Port Elizabeth. If ever I can layhands upon the true plant I shall be most happy tosend it to Drayton Beauchamp Rectory, where I amsure it will meet with a kind welcome and soon suc-ceed in the vindication of its character. Here is another lovely dense but bright blueLobelia, which came to
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