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A DESCRIPTION OF CAMPANULAS. 



The first week in May I plant out all my stock, turning them en- 

 tire out of the pots, into the open border, pit-frames, &c. 



In planting them out into an open bed, I find it of advantage to 

 have it raised several inches above the level of the ground ; this 

 keeps it from injury by wet, as well as by raising it high at the cen- 

 tre, gives a very pretty effect. 



Near Lynn, July 21st, 1836. 



Article VII.— A DESCRIPTION OF SOME OF THE HANDSOMEST 

 KINDS OF CAMPANULAS, &c— By C. Dela Pryme. 



A correspondent in a late Number of the Cabinet requesting 

 some information as to the Campanula, or Bell-flower, perhaps the 

 following may be of some use. There are seventeen principal kinds, 

 which are here arranged in the order of their flowering, from May to 

 October. 



Besides these are the saxatilis, speciosa, glomerata, flora-alba, 

 patula, trachelium, garganica, grandiflora, hederacea, fragilis, (orhir- 

 suta,) and some others of less note. They are most of them hardy, 

 easy of cultivation, and handsome. The Campanula may be reckoned 

 as the bead of the border plants, and it has more varieties than any 

 other (not excepting the Gentiana.) They should not be planted 

 before the beginning of March or end of February (although this is 

 sometimes done.) 



Cambridge, Aug., 1836. 



