| 单词 | lobelia |
| 例句 | Still, I wondered whether skin grafts could have achieved what Mother had with her comfrey and lobelia salve. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Sometimes she would ask me to stand next to her and watch, so I could say, “You already added the lobelia. Next is the blue vervain.” Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z For as long as I could remember, whenever I was in pain, whether from a cut or a toothache, Mother would make a tincture of lobelia and skullcap. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The women who worked for her stopped concocting tinctures and bottling oils and instead made vats of salve—a new recipe, of comfrey, lobelia and plantain, that Mother had concocted specifically for my father. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Narrow corridors open into immense libraries; glass doors give way to hothouses overflowing with the smells of humus, wet newspaper, and lobelia. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z For the fever we put ice on his face and chest; for the pain we gave him lobelia, blue vervain and skullcap. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z She has a white coat on, and she smells like lobelia blossoms. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z In the heart of the garden, there are towering shrubs of buttonbush and bayberry amid lower drifts of lobelia, aster, swamp mallow, goldenrod and winterberry. In deer territory, good fences make good gardens 2021-09-14T04:00:00Z Add Madagascar periwinkle in front; then tuck in a lobelia on each side. Plant a Patriotic Container 2013-07-01T16:20:02.493Z The poetic plant list ranges from asters to zinnias, from wallflowers and cosmos to gillyflowers, tree mallows, trailing lobelias, globe amaranths, toadflax and perennial sage. At New York Botanical Garden, Time to Smell the Impressionists’ Roses 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z In such a garden, you could position ostrich ferns in and around other bog lovers: winterberry, Yaupon holly or river birch, or the herbaceous hardy hibiscuses, swamp lobelias or ligularias. Fronds with benefits: A guide to ferns 2015-07-08T04:00:00Z Throw in some hardy begonias, lobelias and Siberian, Japanese or Louisiana irises, and you will welcome the storm clouds. Perspective | How to turn the wet, soggy areas of a garden from a problem to an asset 2021-04-20T04:00:00Z For a lot of color, house plant lover need to look no further than the lobelia plant. 5 best hanging plants to add to your home 2022-10-14T04:00:00Z Now, it is a larger and maturing display that includes towering shrubs of buttonbush and bayberry amid lower drifts of lobelia, aster, swamp mallow, goldenrod and winterberry. In deer territory, gardening liberation takes the form of a fence 2021-09-27T04:00:00Z Blue edging lobelia and purple million bells brightened the sidewalks. New York Today: The Greenest Block in Brooklyn 2017-07-31T04:00:00Z Implausibly large in arid mountainous terrain, the family of lobelia plants remarkably predate the formation of tall mountains in eastern Africa, to which they’ve adapted. The 10 species most at risk from climate change 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z He settled on violets, English daisies, small-leaved clovers, chamomile, thyme, yarrow, self-heal, lawn lobelias and cotula, among many others. Outgrowing the Traditional Grass Lawn 2013-07-29T15:15:03.733Z We sit down for lunch near a rare endemic plant, a six-foot-tall lobelia that is in bloom. Scientist at Work Blog: In Hakalau, a Modern Success Story 2012-06-06T19:53:07Z The Floral Valley was no longer as it had been when Philip Lacey had plotted it out so neatly with his pair of compasses and coloured it with his geranium and lobelia and golden feather. Mushroom Town 2012-04-21T02:00:25.923Z Jacquin had seen the lobelia longiflora producing a sense of suffocation; and the nerium oleander in a close chamber, has caused death. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z As alpine species such as the giant mountain lobelia are confined to isolated mountaintops, their genetic diversity will narrow dramatically – by 82% – further increasing the likelihood of extinction. The 10 species most at risk from climate change 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z By the end of the month, masses of the following plants may be formed with safety in warm localities:—pelargonium, heliotropium, fuchsia, petunia, nierembergia, salvia, verbena, bouvardia and lobelia. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" 2012-03-04T03:00:13.390Z Fall’s ancient tapestry, the browns of decay worked over with carmine, olive, maroon, and buff, is being hung, but where the blue lobelia is clustered in the lowground summer pauses. Minstrel Weather 2012-01-24T03:00:25.640Z But as a reward for our endeavors, we found the lobelia cardinalis in wonderful profusion, mingled in striking contrast of color with the iron and sneeze weeds, and the common spurge. Historic Waterways?Six Hundred Miles of Canoeing Down the Rock, Fox, and Wisconsin Rivers 2012-01-13T03:00:14.813Z One of these is the cardinal lobelia, whose petals are of the darkest, clearest, most velvety red; and the other flower is the scarlet campion. Atlantic Classics, Second Series 2011-12-09T03:00:20.203Z Treatment.—Warm poultices of slippery elm or flaxseed, on the surface of which sprinkle powdered lobelia. The American Reformed Cattle Doctor 2011-11-14T03:00:19.813Z Take up, dry and store dahlias and all tender tubers at the end of the month; pot lobelias and similar half-hardy plants from the open borders. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" 2012-03-04T03:00:13.390Z As for that," said he, "it is not curious at all; the seed of the lobelia of upper earth is more curious, because, while it is as exquisitely corrugated, it is also microscopically small. Etidorhpa or the End of Earth. The Strange History of a Mysterious Being and The Account of a Remarkable Journey 2011-10-18T02:00:20.997Z The lobelia seemed bluer than ever, and within the circular border was a veritable riot of flowering geraniums. Mrs. Bindle Some Incidents from the Domestic Life of the Bindles 2011-09-08T02:00:22.323Z There are geraniums, asters of all sorts, heliotropes, lobelias, and so many sorts and varieties of lovely twining vines and beautiful ferns that I give up all hope of ever recording one-half of them. Yankee Girls in Zulu Land 2011-08-31T02:01:39.710Z Ticks, or, in short, any kind of insects, may be destroyed by dropping on them a few drops of an infusion or tincture of lobelia seeds. The American Reformed Cattle Doctor 2011-11-14T03:00:19.813Z She was a nurse, and had probably given more lobelia, pennyroyal, catnip, and other roots and herbs, to the people of Puddleford, than all the rest of the women in it. The Puddleford Papers, Or Humors of the West 2011-07-12T02:00:33.027Z The windows that looked that way were always bright with flowers, geranium and lobelia as I remember them. Essays 2011-04-15T02:00:16.160Z The bed was trodden down, the geraniums broken, and the lobelia border showed big gaps in its blue and greenness. Mrs. Bindle Some Incidents from the Domestic Life of the Bindles 2011-09-08T02:00:22.323Z The sun was shining on the lawn, and I could see the red geraniums and the little blue lobelia round the border as clearly as I ever saw anything in my life. The Dust of Conflict 2011-04-14T02:01:04.343Z In the mean time, administer the following injection:— Powdered lobelia, 1/2 table-spoonful. The American Reformed Cattle Doctor 2011-11-14T03:00:19.813Z The cold summit of Kondie is clothed with heather and with the jibera, a lofty species of lobelia, which attains the height of fifteen or twenty feet. The Highlands of Ethiopia 2011-02-25T03:01:07.193Z There those beautiful plants, which we cultivate with such care in our gardens, azalias, rhododendrons, all the gorgeous family of the lobelia, were flourishing in wild luxuriance. Sketches in Canada, and rambles among the red men 2011-02-10T03:00:51.280Z My border seeds, the sweet alyssum and lobelia, I had sense enough not to plant, and I sowed none of the perennials. The Idyl of Twin Fires In September the river-banks and the brooks glowed for us with cardinal-flower and the blue lobelia, and then, until the frosts settled into winter, there were the fringed gentians and the asters and the goldenrod. The Jonathan Papers No medicine is necessary; the gruel will soften the fæces sufficiently; if the rectum is loaded with fæces, give injections of an infusion of lobelia. The American Reformed Cattle Doctor 2011-11-14T03:00:19.813Z With a look and a laugh where the stream was flowing, September led me along the land; Where the golden-rod and lobelia, glowing, Seemed burning torches within her hand. A Voice on the Wind and Other Poems De l’Obel, after whom the little garden flower—lobelia—is named, spent the greater part of his life in England. The Old English Herbals If he does not edge them with blue lobelia, he edges them with some yellow stuff which I think he calls pyrethrum. The New Gulliver and Other Stories I wish you could see our garden at home, full of lovely geraniums and fuchsias and lobelias, and the orchids and gloxinias in the conservatory. Bosom Friends A Seaside Story At the same time, endeavor to promote the insensible perspiration by the internal use of diaphoretics—lobelia or thoroughwort tea. The American Reformed Cattle Doctor 2011-11-14T03:00:19.813Z Plants suitable for hanging baskets are the trailing tradescantias, the white campanula, lobelia, pelargonium, and many ferns. Small Gardens and How to Make the Most of Them Do you imagine nothing's good unless it's written with a lobelia in front of you and all that sort of thing? Helena Brett's Career I have no rage against the blue lobelia, if it is put in a safe place where its colour can do no harm. The New Gulliver and Other Stories Among many familiar flowers a species of dwarf lobelia of azure blue and the Alpine forget-me-not, with pale-blue flowers and yellow eyes, were particularly observable, mingled with pansies in a confused variety of mammoth proportions. Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia If there is great difficulty of breathing, add half a tea-spoon of lobelia to the above, and repeat the dose night and morning. The American Reformed Cattle Doctor 2011-11-14T03:00:19.813Z The sweet old columbine—Bocconia cordata at Hampton Court—Campanulas as continuous bloomers—The heavenly larkspurs—Christmas roses—The tall and brilliant lobelias—The Chinese-lantern plants—Tufted pansies. Small Gardens and How to Make the Most of Them Across the geraniums and lobelias of another quadrangle, full of sun and translucent shadow, you may see the gold of the altar-lights, and white surplices gilded with that gold. London Impressions Etchings and Pictures in Photogravure I do not know why the white lobelia has so much less popularity. The New Gulliver and Other Stories With that he left her, and, turning his back, began operations on a round bed already fairly full of lobelias and geraniums. The Head Girl at the Gables Powdered lobelia, equal parts, Slippery elm, equal parts. The American Reformed Cattle Doctor 2011-11-14T03:00:19.813Z For hot situations the double geraniums are splendid, but they should not be mixed with lobelias, as they look infinitely better when grouped by themselves, the shades ranging from dark crimson to the palest salmon-pink. Small Gardens and How to Make the Most of Them The yellow-flowering cactus and the golden lobelia, that would have been the choicest treasures of a conservatory in other lands, we here broke branches off to fan away the mosquitoes and the gallinippers. Confessions Of Con Cregan An Irish Gil Blas Then primroses and forget-me-nots can be planted, and in May a border of lobelia, one or two geraniums, pansies, fuchsias, a plant of lemon verbena, and some musk. What Shall We Do Now?: Five Hundred Games and Pastimes What is the treatment when an over-dose of deadly nightshade, monkshood, foxglove, bittersweet, gamboge, lobelia, bloodroot, tobacco, &c., is taken? A Treatise on Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene (Revised Edition) Treatment.—Wash the skin, night and morning, with the following:— Powdered lobelia seeds, 2 ounces. The American Reformed Cattle Doctor 2011-11-14T03:00:19.813Z The death-camas plants, which are commonly known in the Pacific States as "lobelia," are especially destructive of sheep, but cattle sometimes eat them and are poisoned. Special Report on Diseases of Cattle Rows of mignonette and lobelia bordered the footpath, and sweet, earthy garden smells filled the calm evening air. The Homesteaders A Novel of the Canadian West Olivia asked of the boy, who by this time was quite hidden behind a perfect forest of asters and larkspur and lobelia cardinalis. A Bookful of Girls Slow Progress.—It was a long time before lobelia was recognized by the profession—before anything good was found to belong to it. Buchanan's Journal of Man, October 1887 Volume 1, Number 9 If the dog has been bitten, wash the part with a strong infusion of lobelia, and bind some of the herb on the part. The American Reformed Cattle Doctor 2011-11-14T03:00:19.813Z It is a toxic substance which ought to be retired from the materia medica, and placed in the catalog of obsolete drugs along with tobacco, lobelia, and like useless but highly toxic drug substances.”—Dr. Alcohol: A Dangerous and Unnecessary Medicine, How and Why What Medical Writers Say Give tincture of aconite, compound powder of ipecac and opium, with injections of an infusion of hops and lobelia, or an infusion of belladonna. The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources If drooping or trailing plants are desired, the following may be used: oxalis, sweet-alyssum, lobelia, ivy, geranium, Kenilworth ivy, and Wandering Jew. Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study I wrote up the value of lobelia in surgery, obstetrics and practice over thirty years ago; also the valuable properties of hydrastis can., both of which were almost unnoticed then and since by regular practitioners. Buchanan's Journal of Man, October 1887 Volume 1, Number 9 Should a dog be bitten by one that is mad, give him a tea-spoonful of lobelia in water, and bind some of the same article on the wound. The American Reformed Cattle Doctor 2011-11-14T03:00:19.813Z The banks are wooded with pines, hemlocks, spruce, arbor vitaæ, beech, birch, and basswood, and the ground is covered with ferns, harebells, arbutus, linnæa, mitchella, blue lobelia, and other wild flowers. The Continental Monthly, Vol 6, No 5, November 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Take half an ounce each of green tea and lobelia herb, and tincture a few days in four ounces of alcohol and water, equal parts. The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources This is often seen as a symptom of irregular teeth; inflammation of the mouth or tongue, or of the use of such medicines as lobelia, mercury, and many others. Special Report on Diseases of the Horse Now one of our leading professors thinks lobelia will become the most valuable of our cardiac sedatives—regulator of the heart’s action. Buchanan's Journal of Man, October 1887 Volume 1, Number 9 Then take two ounces of lobelia, and one ounce of sulphur, place them in a common wash tub, and add several gallons of boiling water. The American Reformed Cattle Doctor 2011-11-14T03:00:19.813Z Here and there the scarlet lily, red, yellow, and pure white orchids, and pale lobelias. A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole Take finely pulverized gum myrrh, bloodroot, and lobelia seed, or ipecac, of each half an ounce; gum camphor and nitre, of each two drams. The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources Starry vines screened the porch, and everywhere were swinging baskets of silver birch, brimming over with the delicate green of smilax or clouded in an amethystine mist of lobelias. The Trail of '98 A Northland Romance She liked the houseboats, too, with their gaily-striped awnings, their hanging baskets filled with gaudy pink geraniums and bright lobelia. The Making of a Soul If they produce retching, reduce the quantity of lobelia. The American Reformed Cattle Doctor 2011-11-14T03:00:19.813Z In the mist of heat around them the bedding-plants, the scarlet geraniums, the lobelia and beet, made a vivid glare. Mary Gray Take pure olive oil, say one ounce, and half an ounce each of the tincture of lobelia and tincture of cayenne. The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources Catherine took many long jaunts to gather her herbs—thoroughwort, goldthread, catnip, comfrey, skullcap, pennyroyal, lobelia, peppermint, old-man's-root, snakehead and others of greater or less medicinal value. A Busy Year at the Old Squire's Everybody in the house was put through a course of lobelia with a heavy sweat, sometimes to cure a slight indisposition, but more often as an experiment. Confessions of Boyhood The medicinal ones are lobelia, Indian hemp, castor musk, ginseng, assafœtida, pleurisy root, Virginia snakeroot, camomile, wormwood. The American Reformed Cattle Doctor 2011-11-14T03:00:19.813Z And the bright and graceful lobelia cardinalis that loves the neighbourhood of the still waters. The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, January 1844 Volume 23, Number 1 Among them were tinctures of lobelia, myrrh, and capsicum. The Reminiscences of an Astronomer They had rows of tiny pots with geraniums and lobelia in them. Robin Little did he know how all this could be escaped by a good dose of lobelia. Confessions of Boyhood Treatment.—First wash the body with a strong lie of wood ashes or weak saleratus water, then with an infusion of lobelia. The American Reformed Cattle Doctor 2011-11-14T03:00:19.813Z Sometimes they were given a type of oil called "lobelia oil." Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 3 While mixing belladonna drops With tincture of lobelia, And putting up prescriptions, she Is fairer than Ophelia. Modern Eloquence: Vol III, After-Dinner Speeches P-Z It was a pretty room, lightly scented with the pink geraniums and blue lobelia and coral fuchsias that poised, urgent with colour, in the window-boxes at the open windows. Gentle Julia It was a curious life I led at this time between my regular occupation, lobelia, the dissecting room of the professor and frequent religious exhortations. Confessions of Boyhood On the grassy shore where the river begins to leave the rocks the brilliant blue lobelia is breaking into blossom, contrasted with the bright lemon yellow of the helenium. Some Summer Days in Iowa Almost all the bedding plants, like the geranium, begonia, ageratum, lobelia, etc., have white species. The Garden, You, and I Infusion of lobelia, one ounce to pint of hot water, is good. Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada On the contrary, making more holes, I filled the centre with Pampas grass and variegated Eulalias, set lady-grass and others round, and bordered the whole with lobelia—renewing, in fact, somewhat of the spring effect. About Orchids A Chat Everywhere near the shady creeks I saw the evening primrose, brilliantly yellow, while the intense, carmine-red flowers of the lobelia peeped out from under the shrubs. Unknown Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2) A Record of Five Years' Exploration Among the Tribes of the Western Sierra Madre; In the Tierra Caliente of Tepic and Jalisco; and Among the Tarascos of Michoacan The brook wound through a little wood; and as I was passing, looking closely among the flags and pickerel-wood, I suddenly heard a voice close to me—'The lobelia blossoms are further on, Miss Jane.' Trumps Beyond the violets, a mass of lobelias spread out like green wool gemmed with pale mauve. Abbe Mouret's Transgression Take one-half pound honey, one cup water; let these boil, take off scum; pour boiling hot upon one-half ounce lobelia herb and one-half ounce cloves; mix well, then strain and add one gill raspberry vinegar. Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada Filled with earth, each bears a showy plant—lobelia, pyrethrum, saxifrage, or what not, with the utmost neatness, making a border; and they last eternally. About Orchids A Chat As soon as the part begins to swell, wrap it with a cloth saturated thoroughly with the tincture of lobelia. Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889 Tall blue lobelias and golden flags played hide-and-seek in the reflections of the gentle stream, and an occasional spray of goldenrod, advance-guard of the autumn, stood apart, a silent warning to the summer idlers. Sandy Another excellent recipe: Take powdered liquorice root, powdered elecampane root, powdered anise-seed, each one drachm, powdered ipecac ten grains, powdered lobelia ten grains; add sufficient amount of tar to form into pills of ordinary size. The Whitehouse Cookbook (1887) Cooking, Toilet and Household Recipes, Menus, Dinner-Giving, Table Etiquette, Care of the Sick, Health Suggestions, Facts Worth Knowing, Etc., Etc. The Whole Comprising a Comprehensive Cyclopedia of Information for the Home A great mistake made was the indiscriminate use of lobelia in too large doses. Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada Beds of tiger lilies, pinks, larkspur, sweetwilliams, canterbury bells, primroses, gillyflowers, lobelia, bloomed in a luxuriance that the methodical box which bordered them could not restrain. The Bay State Monthly — Volume 2, No. 3, December, 1884 Treatment: Keep feet warm and give injections to the bowels of lobelia, lady slipper, and skullcap. Searchlights on Health The Science of Eugenics A bee buzzed about a spike of blue lobelia; ants moved up and down the trunk of the oak-tree; birds and butterflies came and went. The Purple Heights The aroma of the summer fields—of peppermint, catnip, and lobelia—haunted it. Darrel of the Blessed Isles Asthma, Lobelia Tea for.—"There is no medicine that is half so effective as lobelia in removing the tough, hard ropy phlegm from the asthmatic persons." Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada Very small seeds, such as lobelia and musk, should not be covered by earth, but a sheet of glass over the box is beneficial, as it keeps the moisture from evaporating too quickly. Gardening for the Million Treatment: Wash the parts often with warm water, distilled witch hazel, and strong infusion of lobelia. Searchlights on Health The Science of Eugenics "Blue lobelia and scarlet geraniums and some frisky little yellow bloom; I couldn't see exactly what it was." Ethel Morton's Enterprise In the hot July and August, the scarlet lobelia, the cardinal-flower, is to be found. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 27, January, 1860 Take equal parts of lobelia and stramonium leaves; make a poultice and apply to the parts. Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada The beds and borders crammed with cloves and many-coloured asters, the sweet blue of the cornflower, and the little lobelias. A Cotswold Village Bathe the affected parts well with borax water, and apply a wash of equal parts witch hazel, and an infusion of lobelia. Searchlights on Health The Science of Eugenics This was in pennyroyal time, and when the rare lobelia was in its prime and the elecampane was coming on. The Country of the Pointed Firs For the space of a dozen or twenty yards grew a patch of absolutely nothing but lobelia. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 27, January, 1860 The above remedy is very effective, as the honey has a soothing effect upon the inflamed parts, and the lobelia causes the bronchial tubes to dilate, relieving the patient. Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada But she insisted to the last that I didn't apply 'em right, and I didn't crumble the bread into the milk right, and the lobelia wuzn't picked right, nor the catnip. Samantha among the Brethren — Volume 4 In severe cases apply poultices of ground flaxseed, sprinkled over with golden seal and lobelia. Searchlights on Health The Science of Eugenics Every mother should keep lobelia at hand, as it has been known to give certain relief in many cases. Domestic Cookery, Useful Receipts, and Hints to Young Housekeepers If you desire to twine the threefold chord of color, as Mr. Ruskin calls it, I know of no lovelier foil for the lobelia than the white orchis, which haunts the same marshy spots. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 27, January, 1860 Tincture of lobelia can be given in severe cases, fifteen drops repeated every half hour until the patient feels sick at the stomach. Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada Cease instantly, or my sickness will increase, for such talk is like thoroughwort or lobelia to my moral and mental stomach. Samantha on the Woman Question Beside a ditch in a field beyond, we find the great blue lobelia, and near it, amid the weeds and wild grasses and purple asters, the most beautiful of our fall flowers, the fringed gentian. The Writings of John Burroughs — Volume 05: Pepacton Says I, "Cease instantly, or my sickness will increase; for such talk is like thoroughwort or lobelia to my moral stomach." Sweet Cicely — or Josiah Allen as a Politician A black cannon ball lies in a garden, an ornament like a shell or a fossil, among blue lobelia and green ferns. Field and Hedgerow Being the Last Essays of Richard Jefferies Ruptures, Herb Remedy for.—"Make a poultice of lobelia and stramonium leaves, equal parts, and apply to part, renewing as often as necessary." Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada There was a tiny lawn, well kept, and covered with short, soft grass, and in the centre of this a round bed filled with geraniums, calceolarias, and lobelias. Christie, the King's Servant The top level of the terrace garden was carpeted with pattern beds of heliotrope, and lobelia, and variegated foliage. Peter's Mother And this was in the days before the house with the cream-coloured front had put forth its first geraniums and lobelias in Feather's window boxes. The Head of the House of Coombe “The lobelia ought to act in about five minutes,” replied the doctor. Janice Meredith Big burly geraniums and proud dahlias must keep in their places and give the dainty lobelia, cinnamon pinks, oxalis and candy tuft their chance. Vignettes of San Francisco Dried leaves and tops of lobelia bring from three to eight cents per pound, while the seed commands fifteen to twenty cents per pound. Three Acres and Liberty There were geraniums in the front garden, and calceolarias and lobelias; of course, the children were not allowed to pick these. The Enchanted Castle Then came larkspur, peonies, stocks, and sweet-williams, verbenas and mignonette, with borders of lobelia and heliotrope. The Sky Pilot in No Man's Land Curious that the great blue lobelia should be the cardinal flower's twin sister! Wild Flowers An Aid to Knowledge of Our Wild Flowers and Their Insect Visitors It borrowed acupuncture and the moxa from the Japanese heathen, and was taught the use of lobelia by the American savage. Medical Essays, 1842-1882 His tortured garden was bright with geraniums and lobelias and polished shells. A Room with a View Then he saw that the clod of earth nourished a blue lobelia, and that a wound of corresponding size appeared on the pie-shaped bed. The Longest Journey It is really quite pretty; but to make it complete, I must have one of those scarlet lobelias, on the next island; they are the first I have seen this season. Elinor Wyllys, Volume 2 How the cardinal flower's wonderful mechanism works to utilize his visits has already been told under great lobelia, in the description of the blue lobelia of similar construction. Wild Flowers An Aid to Knowledge of Our Wild Flowers and Their Insect Visitors The next moment he lay on his own back in the lobelia pie. The Longest Journey Freeing his hand, he caught the little brute under the chin, and was again knocked into the lobelias by a blow on the mouth. The Longest Journey |
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