-CAM 



Campanula pentagonia pcrfoliata. Mor. Ilifi:. '2. p. 

 457- Five-tornered perfoliate BelUfloiver. 



13. Campanula {^Americana) caule ramofo, fulih hn- ! 

 ;uiformibus crenulatis margine cartilagineo. ^ Prod, j 

 ,cyd. 246. Bell-fo'wer v)itb a branching Jialk^ end' 



tcngue-Jhaped crenulaud leaves with ftiff edges. Cam- , 

 " panula minor Americana, foliis rigidis flore cfcrulco \ 

 patulo. H. L. 107. Smaller Ar/ierican Dell-floiver.^ 



14. Campanula [Canarienfis) foliis haftatis dentatis op- ^ 

 pofitis petiolatis, capfulis quinquelocularibus. Lin. ! 

 Sp. Plant. 1C8. Bell^ficjver ivith fpear-Jhapd indented] 

 leaves growing cfpoftte^ having foot-Jlalks and capfules 

 with five cells, .Campanula Canaricnfis, atriplicis fo- 

 lio, tuberosa radice. Canary Bell-flower, 



15. Campanula (P^/«/^) foliis ftridlis, radlcalibus lan- 

 ceolato-ovalibus, panicula patula. Flor. Suec. i86. 

 Bell-flower whofe radical leaves are oval, fpcaZ-pap^d^ 

 and fpreading flowers in panicles. Campanula ciculenti 

 facie, rami^ & fioribus patulis. Hort. Elth. i. 68. 



16. Campanula (C^n;/Vma) hifpida, fioribus fcffilibus, ' 

 capitulo terminali, foliis lanceolato-linearibus undu- 

 latis. Lin. Sp. 235. Rough Bell-fliower with [eflik flowers 

 terminating the flalks^ and linear^ [pear-floapcd^ waved 

 leaves. Campanula foliis echii. C. B. 36. 



17. Campanula {Saxatilis) foliis bbovatis crenatis, fio- 

 ribus alternis nutantibus, capfulis quinquecarinatis. 



" Lin, Sp. 237. Bell-flower with oval crenated leaves^ 

 nodding flowers placed alternate^ and hoat-fljaped capfules 

 with five cells. Campanula Cretica faxatilis, bcllidis 

 folio, magno flore. Tourn. Inft. iii. . ' '•>.:;'''" 



There are feveral other fpecies of this gerius, fome \ 



• of which grow naturally in England, and ethers in 



the .horthero, parts of Europe, which have but little 



beauty, therelore are feldom cultivated in gardens, 



^ . fo I Ihall not enumerate them here. There arc alfo 



. l^veral varieties of fome of the forts here mentioned, 



'-■^ which I fhall take notice of in their proper place; 



- but as they are not diftind fpecies, they are omitted 



^ -in the above lifl:. 



The firft fort hath thick tuberous roots which are 



V milky •, this fends out three or four fl:rdng, "fmooth, 



■ upright ftialks, which rife near four feet high, and 



are garniflied with fmooth oblong leaves, whole. edges 



are a little indented. The lower leaves are much 



broader than thofe which adorn the fl:alks. The 



flowers are produced from the fide of the fi-alks, and 



are regularly fet on for more than half their length, 



forming a fort of pyramid ; thcfe are large, open, 



and iliapcd like a belL The moft common colour 



- of the flowers is a light blue ; but there have been 



fome with white flowers, which make a variety 



. when intermixed with the blue, but the latter is moft 



cfteemed. 



This plant is cyltivated to adorn halls, and to place 

 before the chimnies in the fummer, when it is in 

 flower, for which purpofe there is no plant more 

 proper i for when the roots are flirong, they v/ill fend 

 out four or five fl:alks, which will rife as many feet 

 high, and are garniflied with flowers great part of 

 their length. Thefe upright fl:alks fend out -fome 

 ftiort fide branches, which are alfo adorned with 

 flowers, fo that by fpreading the upright fl:alks to a 

 fiat frame compofed of fiender laths (as is ufually 

 praftifed) the whole plant is formed into the fliape 

 of a fan, and will fpread near the width of a common 



M 



fire-place. AVhen the flowers begin to open, 

 pots are removed into the rooms, where 



the 

 beinp; 



ftiaded from the fun, and kept from the rain, the 

 flowers will continue long in beauty •, and if the pots 

 are every night removed into a more airy fituation, 

 but not expofcd to heavy rains, the flowers will be 

 fairer, and continue much longer in beauty. 

 Thofe plants which are thus treated, are feldom fit 

 for the purpofe the following feafon, therefore a fup- 

 ply of young plants fliould be annually raifed. The 

 common methodof propagating- this plant, is by di- 

 viding the roots. The bell time for doing this is in 

 September, that the offsets may have time to get 

 ftrong roots before winter. 

 This method of propagating by the offsets is the 



qiiickeft, therefore generally praftifed, but the plants 

 which are raifed from feeds, are always ftronger ; the 

 ftalks will rife higher, and produce a greater number 

 of flowers, thcraore I recommend it to the practice 

 of the curious; but in order to obtain good feeds, 

 there fliould be fome fi:rong plants placed in a warm 

 ficvmtion, near a pale, or wall, in autumn ; and, if 

 the following Winter fliould prove fevere, they ftiould 

 be covered either with hand-glaflTes or mats, to pre- 

 vent their being injured by the froftj and, in the 

 fummer, -when the flowers are fully open, if the feafon 

 fliould prove very wet, the flowers muft be fcreened 

 from great rains, otherwife there will be no good 

 feeds produced: the not obferving this, has occafioned 

 many to believe that the pknts do not bear feeds in 

 England, which is a great mifl:ake, for I have railed 



have been 



long 



always found 

 propagated 



by ofisets, feldom 



(Y3 



pjro4uce feeds, which is the fame with many otlicr 

 plants which are propagated by flips, or cuttin 

 which in a few years "become barren.' 

 When the feeds arc obtained, they mufl: be fown in 

 autumn in pots, or boxes, filled w)th light undungcd 

 earth, and placed in the open air till the froft or 

 hard rains come on, wl^n tliey fliould be placed 

 under a hot-bed frame, where they rhay be fnelrercd 

 from both, but in mild weather the glafiis fliould be 

 drawn ofi^ every day, that they thay enjoy die free 

 air; with this management the plants'will come up 

 cariy in the fpring, and then they mufl: be removed 

 out of the frame, placing them firfl; in a warm fi- 

 tuation •, but wlien the feafon becomes warm, they 

 fliould be rejnoved where they may have the morning 

 fun only. During the following fum^mer they mull 

 be kept clean fiom weeds, and in very dry weather, 

 now and then refreflicd with water, which mufl: be 

 given with great caution, for the Toots are very fub- 

 je6t to rot with too much moifturei " In September 

 the leaves of the plants will begin to" decay, at which 

 time they fliould be tranfplanted -, therefore there 

 mufl: be one or two beds pi'epared, in proportion to 

 the number of plants. Thefe beds mufl: be in a warm 

 fltuation, arid the earth light, fandv, and without 

 mixture of dunsr, which 1 



any 

 plant. 



enemy to this 

 If the fltuation of the place is low, or the 



natural foil moift, the beds muft be raifed five or fix 

 inches above the furface of the ground, and the na- 

 tural foil removed a foot and a half deep, putting 

 lime rubbifli eight or nine inches thick in the bottom 

 of the trench, to drain off* the moifture. Wiien the 

 beds are prepared, tlie plants muft be taken out of 

 the pots, or cafes, very carefully, fo as not to break 

 or bruife their roots, for they are very tender, and, 

 on being broken, the milky juice will flow out plen- 

 tifully, which will gready weaken them. Thefe 

 fliould be planted at about four inches diftance each 

 way, with the head or crown of the root half an 

 inch below the furface ; if there happens a gentle 

 fliower of rain foon after they are planted, it will be 

 of great fervice to the plants; but as the frafon fome^ 

 times proves very dry at this time of the year, in 

 that cafe, it will be proper to give them a gentle 

 watering three or four days after they are planted, 

 and to cover the beds with mats every day, to pre- 

 vent the fiin from drying the earth; but thefe muft 

 be taken off in the evening, that the dev/ may fall 

 on the e;round. Towards the end of October the beds 



fliould be covered over with fom.e old tanners bark 

 to keep out the froft, and where there is not conve- 

 niency of covering them with frames, they fliould 

 be arched over with hoops, that in fevere frofts they 

 rnay be covered wuh mats-, for tliefe plants, vvhca 

 young, are often deftroyed in winter, where this care 



In the fprino; the coverin^-s muft be re- 



IS wanting. 



miOved, and the following fumm.er the plants muft 

 be kq^t clean from wet^s ; and, if the feafon fliould 

 prove very dry, they muft now and then be ri^frcilicd 

 with water. The following autumn the furface or 



tlie ground fliould be ftirred between the plants, and 



foir.G 



