BELL-FLOWER. 12.' 



CANTERBURY-BELL. Campanula Medium. 



This plant is no longer ranked amongst the ab- 

 originals of our soil, although Gerard tells us, that 

 " It do growe very plentifully in the lowe woods 

 and hedgerowes of Kent, about Canterburie, Sit- 

 tingborne, Southfleete, and Greenehyth," and 

 many other places which he mentions. In his 

 affe it bore, in addition to the name of Canter- 

 bury-Bell, those of " Haskewoort, Throtewoort, 

 and Vuula Woort," from the virtues it was thought 

 to possess in curing swellings and inflammations 

 of the throat. Of this species there are varieties 

 with blue, purple, white, and striped flowers, 

 both single and double. It is biennial, and de- 

 cays after having matured its seed. 



The Canterbury-Bell is raised by sowing the 

 seed on a common border, in the spring of the 

 year ; and it should be transplanted when of a 

 proper size into other beds, and in the autumn 

 it may be removed to the spots where it is in- 

 tended to flower the following year. These 

 flowers are large and branching, and therefore 

 better calculated to embellish the shrubbery than 

 to mix in the borders of choice flowers. 



The French distinguish this species by the 



