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name of La Cloche, Bell, La Clochette, Little 

 Bell, and Les Gants de Notre Dame, our Lady's 

 Gloves. 



PYRAMIDAL BELL-FLOWER. Campanula 

 Pyramidalis. 



This plant, as its name intimates, bears its bells 

 on tall pyramidal branches, rising from the 

 flower border like a Chinese pagoda amongst 

 more humble buildings. It is a magnificent 

 plant when in full flower, and is frequently em- 

 ployed by country people to decorate their win- 

 dows, as it is sufficiently pliable to accommodate 

 itself to any shape ; sometimes bending its 

 branches round a hoop, forming a complete circle; 

 at others, taking a fan shape, so as to serve as 

 a blind either to the window, or to the rustic 

 grate of a country parlour. 



*' So did the maidens, witli their various flowers 

 Decke up their windows, and make neat their bowers." 



We have sometimes seen its branches trained 

 over hoops so as to form a complete globe, which 



