NAT. ORDER. — CAMPANDLACE^. 6', 



should be annually performed in the autumn, otherwise the plaata are 

 apt to degenerate to single, and the soil should not be too light or ricu 

 in which they are planted, as in either of these cases they degeu- 

 erate. In a strong fresh loam their flowers are in the greatest per- 

 fection. The broad-leaved sort is also easily propagated by seeds, 

 wliich it furnishes in great plenty. 



In all these different varieties when not sown in the places where 

 they are to remain, the plants should be transplanted into such 

 .situations in the beginning of the autumn, as by that process they 

 flower much better. 



The seventh and eiglith kinds are increased by seeds which should 

 be sown in the spring, on beds of common earth, keeping them clean 

 from weeds till the following autumn, when they may be transplanted 

 into the borders or other parts. And as the plants in the first of 

 these sorts perish or decay the second year, young ones should be 

 annually raised. The latter of these kinds are mostly sown in 

 patches in the borders or clumps, among other hardy annuals at the 

 above period ; but if sown in autumn the plants grow much taller 

 and flower much earlier. 



The ninth sort is propagated by planting the offsets from the roots 



in the beginning of the autumn, in beds, or other places, where they 



are to remain. And the tenth species may be increased by planting 



the cuttings of the shoots in pots of light earth and placing them in 



he hot-bed or the stove. 



The eleventh kind is raised from the seed, which should be sown 

 in April, in a moist, shady situation, the plants being thinned out to 

 five or six inches distance. They are ready for use in the beginning 

 of autumn. It requires to be sown annually. 



There are two hundred and twenty-seven species of Campanula, 

 and most of which have been cultivated at different periods of time. 

 The species and varieties here described, are among those mostly 

 sought for ; they are all highly ornamental in the borders and plea- 

 sure-grounds, as they continue long in bloom, and the tender kinds 

 afford variety in the green-house. 



