66 NAT. ORDKR. — CAMPANULACKE. 



shrubby ornamental plant, a native of the Cape of Good Hope, and 

 flowers here in August. 



Campanula Rupuncidas. Esculent Rampion. In this species 

 the whole plant is full of a milky juice ; the root is biennial, spin- 

 dle-shaped, sometimes branching; the stem upright, angular, two 

 feet high, hairy towards the base, and smooth above; branches 

 alternate, short, upright ; the leaves towards the base of stem hairy 

 above on both sides, blunt ; the upper ones smooth, and becoming 

 gradually more pointed, obscurely notched ; teeth glandular, whitish, 

 not projecting beyond the edge of the leaf; there is an awl-shaped 

 bracte at the base of each peduncle ; the segments of the calyx are 

 awl-shaped or setaceous, twice as long as the germ, with a small 

 tooth on each side of the base; the corolla bluish purple, sometimes 

 very pale purple or whitish ; each segment marked with three lines ; 

 the nectary fringed. It grows wild in all parts of France, and 

 flowers in June, July, and August. The fleshy roots are eatable, 

 and are much cultivated in France as sallads. 



Propagation and Culture. The plants in this extensive genus 

 are mostly hardy, and increased w ith very little difliculty. The six 

 first sorts and their varieties, are all capable of being raised by 

 dividing the roots in the autumn or early in the following spring, 

 and planting them out on the beds' borders, or other parts where 

 they are to remain. The former is, however, the better season for 

 the purpose, as the roots become belter established before they begin 

 to shoot up into stem. They thrive in almost any soil or situation. 

 As the plants of the steeple-bell-flower, trained for halls and chim- 

 neys are seldom proper for the purpose the following season after 

 being planted out, a supply of young plants should be annually 

 raised. And though this is mostly done by ofiscts, as being the 

 quickest mode, the plants raised from the seeds are always stronger; 

 the stalks rise higher, and produce a greater number of flowers, 

 especially where good seeds can be procured. 



In the fifth sort especially with varieties, the parting of their roots 



