CAM 



CAN 



There are varieties, with hright blue flowers, 

 \vith white flowers, and with pale purple flowers. 



The nuuh species has an annual root ; the 

 stem and germs smooth ; the leaves acuminate ; 

 the flowers three or more from each axil or 

 bracte ; the corollas small ; llic sty'e longer than 

 the corolla. Jt is a native ot Pennsylvania, 

 rtowering in July. 



There are v.iricties, with single white, with 

 single blue, and \>. ith double blue flowers. 



'J'he tenth is a shrubby oruamental plant, a 

 native of the Cape of Good Hope, flowering 

 here in August. 



In the eleventh species the whole plant is full 

 of a milky juice: the root is biennial, spindle- 

 shaped, sometimes branching : the stem upright, 

 angular, two feet high, hair)' towards the 

 base, smooth above: branches alternate, short, 

 upright: the leaves towards the base of the 

 stem hairy above or on both sides, blunt; the 

 upper ones smooth, and becoming gradually 

 more pointed ; obscurely notched : teeth glan- 

 dular, whitish, not projecting beyond the edge 

 of the leaf: there is an awl-shaped bracte at 

 the base of each peduncle : the segments of 

 the calyx are awl-shaped, or setaceous, twice 

 as long aj the senn, with a small tooth on each 

 side of the base: the flowers are upright: the 

 corolla blueish purple, sometimes very pale 

 purple or whitish J each segment marked with 

 three lines: the nectary fringed. It grows wild 

 in France, &c., flowering in June, July, and 

 August. 



The fleshy roots are eatable, and are much 

 cultivated in France for sallads. 



Culture. — The plants in this extensive genus 

 are mostly hardy, and increased vith little diffi- 

 culty. The six tirst sorts, and tlieir varieties, 

 are all capable of being raised bv dividini: the 

 roots in the autumn or early spring, and plant- 

 ing them out on the beds, borders, or other parts. 

 The former is, however, the better season for 

 the purpose, as the roots become better esta- 

 blished before they begin to shoot up into stem. 

 They thrive in almost any soil or situation. 

 As the plants of the steeple bell-flower, trained 

 tor adorning halls and chimneys, are seldom 

 proper for the purpose the followmg season after 

 being planted out, a supply of young plants 

 should be annu.illv raised. And though this is 

 mostly done by ofl'sets, as being the cjuiekcsi 

 mode, the plants raised from seeds are always 

 stronger; the stalks rise higher, and produce a 

 greater number of flowers, especially where 

 good seeds can be procured. 



In the fifth sort, especially with the double 

 varieties, the parting their roots should be an- 



nually performed in the autumn, otherwise the 

 plants are apt to degenerate to sinulc, and the 

 st)il should not he loo light or rich in which 

 they are planted, as in either of these cases they 

 degenerate. In a strong fresh loam lhcirflov\trs 

 are in the greatest perfection. 



The broad-leaved sort is also easily propagated 

 by seeds, which it furnishes in L'reat plenty. 



In all these sorts, when not sown in the 

 places where they are to remain, the plants 

 should be transplanted intt> such situations, in 

 the beginning of the autumn, as by that means 

 thev flow er much better. 



The seventh and eighth kinds are increased 

 by seeds, which should be sown in llic spring, 

 on beds of common earth, keeping tlieni clean 

 from weeds till the following autumn; when 

 they may be transplanted into the borders or 

 other parts. And as the plants in the first of these 

 sorts perish the second year, young ones should 

 be annually raised. 



The latter of these kinds are mostly sown in 

 patches in the borders or clumps, among other 

 hardy annuals, at the above period ; but it sown 

 in autumn the plants grow much taller, and 

 flower much earliers 



The ninth sort is propagated by plantinsj the 

 oflscts from the roots in the bccrinnin<r of the 

 autumn, in beds, or other places, where they 

 are to remain. And the tenth species may be in- 

 creased by planting the cuttings of the shoots 

 in pots of light earth, and plunging them in the 

 hotbed of the stove. 



The eleventh kind is raised from seed, which 

 should be sown in April in a moist shady situa- 

 tion, the plants being thinned out to five or six 

 inches distance. The roots are ready for use 

 about t!-.c beginning of autumn. It requires to 

 be sown annually. 



Ail the hardy flowering sorts are highly orna- 

 mental in the borders of pleasure-grounds and 

 other parts, as they continue long in flower. 

 And the tender kinds atford variety in the 

 greenhouse. 



CAMPION. See Aguostf.mma. 



CAXARiisA,a genus containinga plant of the 

 exotic greenhouse kind. The Canary Bell-flower. 



It belvjngs to the class and order Hexandria 

 jilonniTijnia, and ranks iti the natural order of 

 Cainfjunaccce. 



The characters are : that the calyx is a supe- 

 rior pcri.inthiuiii: leaflets six, lanceolate, re- 

 curved and permanent: the corolla is monope- 

 talous, bell-form, six-cleft, nerved: the nectary 

 of six valves, equal, distant, covering the re- 

 ceptacle : the stamina have six subulate filaments, 

 spreading outwards, originating from the valves : 



