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we can select are all beautiful, but nearly all are very limited 

 in species. In a general way, Cainpamdacece delight in rich 

 sandy loam ; but many are most accommodating in respect of 

 soil and of situation also, while others are adapted only to specific 

 conditions in both these respects. It will be more useful, there- 

 fore, to defer cultural requirements to be considered along with 

 the different subjects selected. 



Adenophora is a genus closely resembling, in all superficial 

 features, Campamda, from which it was separated on account 

 of the glandular cylindrical tube or disc that surrounds the 

 base of the style. The generic synonym Campaimla is there- 

 fore common to all the species, and under that name they are 

 sometimes circulated in Continental lists. They are very use- 

 ful hardy herbaceous plants, but possessing little variety of 

 colour, stature, and habit — blue, in lighter and darker tints, 

 being the colour of all. They will be found most useful for 

 the shrubbery and mixed border, and are easily cultivated in 

 almost any kind of garden-soil. Propagate by division and by 

 seeds. 



A. liliifolia {Lily-leaved A.) is perhaps the best and most 

 useful species in the family. It grows to the height of about 

 2 or 2^ feet, with narrow lanceolate leaves and rather erect 

 stems, terminating in panicles of pale-blue flowers, which 

 appear in the end of May, and last till the middle or end of 

 September. Native of Siberia and Dahuria. 



A. tricuspidata, syn. Campanula denticulata {Three-pomted 

 A.) — This is a very elegant species, growing to the height of 

 18 inches or 2 feet. The root-leaves are roundly egg-shaped, 

 rather coarsely toothed. Flowers in panicled racemes, bright 

 blue and profuse, appearing in the end of summer and in 

 autumn. Native of Dahuria. 



Campanula (BeH-F/owe?-). — This is a very numerous and 

 natural group of plants. A strong family likeness pervades the 

 whole, yet there is much diversity of habit and stature, which 

 renders them useful for many purposes, and fit for a variety of 

 positions. From the bright and beautiful character of the few 

 species with which we are famihar in cultivation or in nature 

 in this country, we may fairly estimate the ornamental value of 

 a large number of the perennial species. Our own " Scottish 

 Blue-Bells," which with grace and brightness light up for a 

 long period in summer the hedge-banks and waste places all 

 over the countr}% may be taken as a fair type of the family in 

 both the scientific and practical sense. A few species from 

 Madeira, the Cape of Good Hope, and Australia, are suitable 

 only for frame or greenhouse culture ; but the great home of 



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