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more conspicuous tliau the leaves ; 

 wliicli renders tliem particularly 

 adapted* for rock-work, or growing 

 in pots. Some of tke species are so 

 tall, as to require to be planted at 

 the back of borders, or in a single 

 row, along with other tall plants ; 

 such, for example, as C. pTjramida- 

 lis, the pyramidal Bell-flower ; C. 

 Trachclium, the Throat- wort, &c. 

 C.pyram id alts is one of those plants 

 that by repeated repotting can be 

 brought to an extraordinary size, 

 either as a narrow cone covered with 

 deep-blue flowers from the base to 

 the summit, or trained against a 

 frame in the fan manner. By either 

 mode it makes a very splendid ob- 

 ject ; and all the art required to 

 produce it, consists in employing 

 rich soil, and in shifting the plant 

 for two years into pots always a 

 little larger and larger, so as to pre- 

 vent it from coming into flower till 

 it has acquired extraordinary vigour. 

 Some of the prettiest little species 

 for pots, or rockwood, are C cenlsia 

 and C. unijldra, which do not ex- 

 ceed three inches in height, and are 

 covered during June or July with 

 blue flowers; C. carpdtica, C. rotun- 

 difolla, C. gargdnica, and upwards 

 of fifty others, which do not exceed 

 six inches in height. All these are 

 very valuable for forming beds in a 

 geometric or regularly-shaped flower- 

 garden, from their dwarf and com- 

 pact habit of growth, and from the 

 great profusion of their leaves and 

 brilliant-looking flowers. C. Me- 

 dium, the Canterbury Bell, is one 

 of the most ornamental of biennials ; 

 and C. Sptcidum, Yenus's Looking- 

 glass, is a well-known and pretty 

 annual. This last species has been, 

 however, twice removed from the 

 genus Campanula ; having been 

 called Prisiiiatocdrpus Speculum by 

 L'Heritier, and Specularia Specula 

 by De CandoUe. The new Yenus's 



Looking-glass of the nurseries, Cant- 

 pdnula Lbrei, has, however, been 

 always considered to belong to Cam- 

 panula. All the species grow freely 

 in any common soil, and are in- 

 creased by dividing the roots, or by 

 seeds. The roots of aU the species 

 are eatable. 



Ca'mpiox. — This name is given 

 to several flowers, with diff"erent 

 prefixes, such as the Rose Campion 

 (see Ly'chxis or Agroste'mma), and 

 the Berry-bearing Campion. — See 



SlLE^JfE. 



Canary Bird Flower. — Tro- 

 pce^'olum peregrmum, or aduncum ; 

 sometimes also called T. canarieuse, 

 though wrongly, as it is a native of 

 Peru. This plant is generally con- 

 sidered a half-hardy annual, but it 

 is found to grow -^vithout any hot- 

 bed, if the seeds are sown as soon as 

 ripe, in pots, and kept in a room 

 during winter. The young plants 

 should be regularly watered, and 

 trained to a stick or frame till 

 spring, when they should be planted 

 out. They will then grow and 

 flower luxuriantly, producing a suc- 

 cession of blossoms till the plants 

 are destroyed by frost. 



Candleberrt Myrtle. — See 

 Mtri'ca. 



Candytuft. — See Ibe'kis. 



Ca'nna L. — Cdnnece or Scita- 

 vilnece. — Splendid reed-like plants, 

 from the East and West Indies, and 

 South America, of which two species, 

 C. 2-'(i*cns and C. spiecidsa, are sufli- 

 ciently hardy to stand the winter at 

 the base of a south wall, where they 

 wall flower freely during the summer. 

 The common Indian Shot, C. indica, 

 and almost all of the other kinds, 

 require a stove. They are all grown 

 in rich light soil, and are readily 

 increased by dividing the roots, or by 

 seeds. The seeds of the hardy kinds 

 generally require to be steeped in 

 water before they are sown. They 



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