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the family being northern and southern Europe and western 

 Asia, a very large majority are hardy enough to endure the 

 severest winters of our climate. They are all of easy culture. 

 Many may be propagated by cuttings, but the largest number 

 are best increased by division or by seed. 



C. aggregata [Croivded-flowered C.) — This is one of the best 

 of a small section of Bell- Flowers, distinguished by having their 

 flowers drawn together in clustered heads in greater or less 

 density. The present plant grows about 2 feet high; the stems 

 are angular and leafy, the leaves lance-shaped and regularly 

 toothed. The flowers are pale blue, stalkless, in clustered 

 heads, appearing in July and lasting for a month or two. 

 Native of Bavaria. It delights in a sunny position, and in 

 light rich loam. 



C. alpina {Alpme C.) — A dwarf but erect plant, about 6 or 

 9 inches high. The leaves are lance-shaped, downy. The 

 flowers are dark blue, on longish stalks, grouped thinly on the 

 short leafy stem in loose pyramidal racemes. Native of the 

 Alps of Switzerland and high elevations. An excellent rock- 

 work species and good border-plant, requiring a dry rich soil 

 and open situation. 



C. carpatica {Carpathiaii C.) — This is a very handsome 

 tufted plant, about 9 inches high. The leaves are heart-shaped, 

 toothed on the margins. The flowers, on long slender stalks, 

 are very large, broadly bell-shaped, bright blue. It is one of 

 the showiest and best of the genus, and succeeds in any posi- 

 tion in border or rockwork, and in any ordinary garden-soil. 

 It has been used in bedding-out with good effect, and to those 

 having very limited glass accommodation it is worthy of atten- 

 tion for this purpose; for being hardy, it requires no other help 

 in spring than that of lifting, dividing, and replanting; but this 

 point is of considerable importance, as it conduces to more 

 continuous and profuse blooming. The seed-pods, also, will 

 require to be assiduously picked off as they form, for the same 

 reason. There is a very beautiful pure-white variety, and a 

 bicolor or blue-and-white variety also, an excellent and showy 

 plant, but barely so free-blooming as the species ; and there is 

 a rare dark-blue sort named Boivoodiaiia. Native of the Car- 

 pathian Mountains. Flowers from June till September. 



C. cenisia {Mont Cenis C. ) — This is a very diminutive plant, 

 only 3 or 4 inches high, forming pretty little carpets of bright 

 lilac -blue flowers, only one to each slender stalk. A very 

 pretty and interesting plant, suitable mostly for rockwork in 

 this country, but in sandy yet moderately rich soil it will suc- 

 ceed; also in the front of mixed borders. Flowers in July 



