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corolla is violet-blue, rarely white. A South 

 European species, which is known in English 

 gardens as the "Canterbury Bell" {Campanula 

 medium), has equally large blue flowers. 



There are several other British species of 

 Campanula, the commonest being the Harebell 

 {Campanula rotundifolia), a small delicate plant 

 only a few inches high, and bearing a drooping 

 blue flower. It is specially fond of hillsides, and 

 is the Bluebell of Scotland; though in England 

 the Wild Hyacinth is known by that name. It is 

 met with occasionally, like other plants of this 

 Order, with white flowers. 



Order XLVII. Ericacece (12 genera) 



The plants belonging to this Order are generally 

 low shrubs ; more rarely herbaceous plants or 

 trees, generally with drooping bell-shaped flowers, 

 with the calyx and corolla 4 or 5-lobed : the 

 stamens are generally twice as numerous, and are 

 inserted in the tube of the corolla ; and the anthers 

 have two round or linear openings at the extremity. 



The fruit is a juicy berry containing several seeds, 

 or is dry. 



The Strawberry Tree {Arbutus Unedo) is a native 

 of South Europe, which reaches the extreme north- 

 western limit of its range at Killarney, where it 

 is abundant. It grows freely, when planted, at 

 Dublin, and in other parts of Ireland ; but does 

 not grow wild in Great Britain. It is a thick, 

 bushy evergreen shrub, with rough bark, slightly 

 serrated leaves, and small drooping green or pinkish 

 flowers, succeeded by a large soft berry, resembling 

 a strawberry in appearance. In Ireland it hardly 

 grows to more than the size of a large shrub, and 

 the fruit is insipid ; but in the Levant it is said 

 to grow to the height of a tree, with fruit resem- 

 bling the strawberry in flavour as well as in 

 appearance. 



The Bearberry {Ardostaphylus Uva-ursi) is a 

 small trailing evergreen shrub with red flowers 

 shaped like those of the Arbutus, and round 

 red berries ; it is found on heaths in the north 

 of Great Britain and Ireland, but not in the 

 south. 



